The European Commission wants to modify the ‘Research Fund for Coal and Steel’ (RFCS) to align it with the objectives of the European Green Deal, according to information published in Contexte on 27 July.
Created in light of the expiry of the Treaty of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) on 23 July 2002, this fund is endowed with income from investments of the ECSC’s assets in liquidation to support research projects in the steel and coal sectors.
Since 2003 and until...