File concerning EFTA’s activities in the realm of science and technology, includes: letter, publications and note concerning EFTA’s cooperation with the EC in scientific research through the COST (European Cooperation on Research and Development) programme; Details of COST arrangements in which the EFTA countries participate (informatics, telecommunications, transport, oceanography, metallurgy and materials science, environmental protection, meteorology, agriculture, food technology); EFTA internal memo on recent research and development activities at the multilateral European level; Note on meeting of COST on ESPRIT (microelectronics) – pilot phase projects; Memo on trade in high technology; Summary of impressions of the talks with industrialists on European cooperation in the field of research and development; Norms and regulations on recent EC research activities with special reference to the harmonisation of technical standards and other norms and regulations

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