Role of science in building the information society must be clearly acknowledged, claims ICSU 18 July
Commission acts against Belgium, the Netherlands and France for non-compliance with EU law on animal experiments 18 July
Finalised text of Council Decision on the Protocol of Amendment to the European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for scientific purposes (link) 17 July
Call for specific support actions across the thematic area 'life sciences, genomics and biotechnology for health' 16 July
Finalised text of Council decision concerning the conclusion of the scientific and technical cooperation agreement with Chile (link) 16 July
"A" item note: Approval of the second-reading amendments to the common position for the proposed Regulation on GMOs 16 July
Finalised text of the Common position for a Directive on setting standards for the commercial use of human tissues and cells (link) 16 July
I/A item note and statements for the minutes: Adoption of a Council Decision concerning the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes 15 July
I/A item note and statement for the minutes: common position for a Directive on quality and safety standards for the donation, procurement, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human tissu 15 July
Proposed Council Decision on "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006) 14 July
Three new web sites: Aeronautics, Endocrine Disrupters and Networks of Women Scientists (link) 14 July
Water and Soil Times - A new newsletter on activities and project results related to the Water Cycle and Soil-Related Aspects theme of FP6 14 July
Plan for the organisation of work at the 14 July meeting of the Working Party on the Court of Justice on jurisdictional matters raised in the proposed Council Regulation on the Community patent 11 July
Outcome of the second reading of the proposed regulation on genetically modified food and feed, including text of the amendments and resolution (link) 11 July
Industrial property: eight Member States referred to Court for failure to implement Directive on legal protection of biotechnological inventions 11 July