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RECOMMENDATION (08080/2025 – C100095/2025 – 2025/0066(NLE))

On the draft Council decision on the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India

A-10-2025-0145

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

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Parliament gives its consent to the renewal of the EU-India science and technology cooperation agreement for a new five-year period. The renewed agreement is identical in substance to the current one and extends the existing framework without creating new rights or obligations.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament give its consent to the renewal of the agreement.

Key points

  1. Parliament consents to the renewal of the Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of India.
  2. The renewal extends the existing agreement for a new period of five years.
  3. The substance of the renewed agreement is identical to the current one and does not create new rights or obligations for the EU.

Who is affected

  • The European Union and the Republic of India, as parties to the agreement.
  • Researchers and companies in the EU and India benefit from continued collaboration.

Figures and deadlines

  • five years: the new period of the renewed agreement.

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