Brussels, 17/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - After adoption of the proposal for a regulation fixing the rules of participation, on 23 December, all the elements of the seventh Framework Programme for Research and Development (2007-2013) are now on the table of the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. In its half-yearly programme, the Austrian Presidency stresses that this package of proposals should be adopted well before end 2006 if the new programme is to effectively take over from...