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ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND
FOR COOPERATION
IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
The Commission of the European Communities and the Government of New Zealand have come to the following arrangement:
1. The Commission of the European Communities and the Government of New Zealand will cooperate in fields of science and technology of mutual interest.
2. The fields identified for cooperation will include, but are not limited to:
a. Agriculture
b. Biomass
c. Biotechnology
d. Environment
e. Forestry
f. Renewable energies
g. Telecommunications and information technologies.
3. The parties will initiate cooperation by the exchange of information arising from research in New Zealand and the European Communities in the above fields. Such information will be limited to that which the Parties have the authority to disclose. Cooperation will cover the categories outlined in item 2 and will be carried out by means of :
a. the exchange of publications and of research results, including where applicable, mutual access to data bases and information networks;
b. the exchange of experts;
c. seminars, symposia and technical workshops;
d. visits to research laboratories and centres.
4. The activities carried out under this Arrangement will depend on funds and personnel available to each Party. Each Party will bear the costs of its own participants in cooperative activities under this Arrangement.
5. Representatives of both Parties will, at mutually acceptable intervals, review the progress of activities conducted under this Arrangement and exchange information on planned activities, and programmes in science and technology.
6. This arrangement will come into effect at the time of signature. It does not create obligations binding under international law.
Signed in duplicate at Wellington this 17th of May, 1991.
(Sir Leon Brittan)
FOR THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
(Don McKinnon)
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF NEW ZEALAND.
please see also Joint Statement by the European Commission and New Zealand Following the Inaugural Joint Science and Technology Cooperation Meeting
and Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
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