FP7 Third Country Agreements expected to apply from January 2007
The European Commission has issued a statement detailing the state of play on Third Country Agreements for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The agreement associating Israel and Switzerland to FP7 is expected to be applied provisionally from 1 January 2007. 'Proposers are hereby informed that subject to the accomplishment of the decision-making procedure, legal entities established in respectively Israel and Switzerland will be able to receive Community contributions for contracts signed after this date,' states the Commission. For Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to participate, the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Committee must first amend an EEA agreement. Subject to the accomplishment of this procedure, legal entities from these countries will then be eligible to receive Community contributions for projects under FP7 fro 1 January. Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) associating Turkey, Croatia and Serbia to FP7 are also expected to enter into force as of 1 January 2007. Researchers in these countries will be able to receive Community funding once internal procedures have been completed and the MoUs have come into force.
Countries
Switzerland, Croatia, Israel, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Türkiye