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Appendix B: Science and Technology and the 1992 European Market Integration: Implications for R&D-Intensive Industries
Pages 160-173

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From page 160...
... The Cockfield White Paper of 1985,2 the Single European Act of 1986,3 and expenditures committed to the Framework Program4 are fundamental to the CEC's mandate to strengthen the scientific and technological basis of European industry and encourage it to become more competitive at the international level. To ensure economic growth through industrial development, the CEC acts as a mechanism to accelerate the tendencies toward cooperation and collaboration among industry, research centers, and universities.
From page 161...
... 518 741 814 590 845 928 518 590 5,700 6,497 Under the first heading, information and communication technologies receive the largest portion of total funding, followed by industrial and material technologies, together equaling approximately 55 percent of the total 5.7 billion ECUs. The "industry-led" nature of the Framework Program is very clear.
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From page 164...
... to help the European information technology industry with the technology base it needs to meet competitive requirements, (2) to promote European industrial cooperation in information technology, and (3)
From page 165...
... Under the last category of management of intellectual resources, human capital and mobility make up the final 9 percent of the total funding of the 1990-1994 phase of the Framework Program. Concerns for the quality, mobility, and concentration of scientific personnel play an integral part in the future of the Single Market.
From page 166...
... The fact that North American and European Community companies accounted for more than 95 percent of all cross-border acquisitions (in the 12 months ending September 30, 1989) , according to another Peat Marwick survey, is evidence of this trend.
From page 167...
... , identified machinery, automotive, computers, banking, insurance, chemicals, telecommunications, and medical equipment as sectors most likely to be affected by market integration. The Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations report entitled Europe 1992 flags rules of origin, public procurement, product standards, testing and certification, technology transfer, local content, and reciprocity as significant issues in which the United States has substantial interest.
From page 168...
... 5. Bilateral science and technology agreements, like the move toward bilateral trade pacts, are often mentioned as a way of starting a process toward regulating technology flows.
From page 169...
... 4. With U.S., European, and Asian companies looking at the market potential in eastern Europe, can issues of technology transfer and export controls be resolved quickly enough to take advantage of the expanded market without deteriorating into economic anarchy?
From page 170...
... It gives the European Parliament wider powers, eliminates the unanimous voting requirement in the Council of Ministers, and provides a basis for Community action in the field of R&D. (Title VI of Third Part of the EC Treaty as introduced by the Single European Act, Article 130 I)
From page 171...
... Source: Commission of the European Communities, Directorate-General for Science, Research, and Development, Catalogue of Research Programmes Within the Framework Programme of the European Community 1987-1991, Brussels, September 1989.
From page 172...
... Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Government Financing of Research and Development, 1980-1987, Luxembourg. Paoloni, M., ea., European Report: Research ESPRIT Week, European Information Service, Brussels, p.
From page 173...
... Executives to Two Minds on 1992, KPMG Peat Marwick Survey Shows," September 14, 1989. PRNewswire, "EC and North American Companies Account for More than 95 Percent of all Cross-Border Sales," December 12, 1989.


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