30/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EP approved on 17 December last without debate a report by Yves Piétrasanta (F, Greens) on the European Commission Reports on the EU Research and Technological Development activities in 2001 and on those of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) the same year. Parliament welcomed the Commission's setting of a target of investment of 3% of GDP in research and called for simplification of the procedures of the 6th R&D programme to facilitate the participation of...