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RECOMMENDATION (COM(2024)0438 – C100196/2024 – 2024/0240(NLE))

On the draft Council decision on the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine

A-10-2025-0007

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy · Rapporteur: Borys Budka

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Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the Agreement on cooperation in science and technology between the European Community and Ukraine. The renewal extends the existing agreement for five years without changing its content or creating new rights or obligations.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the renewal of the agreement for a new period of five years.

Key points

  1. Parliament consents to the renewal of the science and technology cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
  2. The agreement has been renewed four times previously, in 2003, 2011, 2015 and 2020.
  3. The renewal is in the mutual interest of both parties to continue cooperation in priority areas.
  4. The decision extends the existing agreement without altering its content or adding rights or obligations.

Who is affected

  • The European Union and Ukraine, as parties to the agreement, continue their science and technology cooperation.

Figures and deadlines

  • five years: additional period of renewal for the agreement

Legal basis: Article 186 and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union