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Consider it desirable, with a view to expanding industrial co-operation, to encourage the exploration of co-operation possibilities and the implementation of co-operation projects and will take measures to this end, inter alia, by facili- tating and increasing all forms of business contacts between competent organisa- tions, enterprises and firms and between their respective qualified personnel;

Note that the provisions adopted by the Conference relating to business contacts in the economic and commercial fields also apply to foreign organisa- tions, enterprises and firms engaged in industrial co-operation, taking into account specific conditions of this co-operation, and will endeavour to ensure, in particular, the existence of appropriate working conditions for personnel engaged in the implementation of co-operation projects;

Consider it desirable that proposals for industrial co-operation projects should be sufficiently specific and should contain the necessary economic and technical data, in particular preliminary estimates of the cost of the project, information on the form of co-operation envisaged, and market possibilities, to enable potential partners to proceed with initial studies and to arrive at decisions in the shortest possible time;

Will encourage the parties concerned with industrial co-operation to take measures to accelerate the conduct of negotiations for the conclusion of co- operation contracts;

Recommend further the continued examination for example within the framework of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe of means of improving the provision of information to those concerned on general conditions of industrial co-operation and guidance on the preparation of con- tracts in this field;

Consider it desirable to further improve conditions for the implementation of industrial co-operation projects, in particular with respect to:

the protection of the interests of the partners in industrial co-operation projects, including the legal protection of the various kinds of property involved;

the consideration, in ways that are compatible with their economic systems, of the needs and possibilities of industrial co-operation within the frame- work of economic policy and particularly in national economic plans and programmes;

Consider it desirable that the partners, when concluding industrial co-opera- tion contracts, should devote due attention to provisions concerning the exten- sion of the necessary mutual assistance and the provision of the necessary information during the implementation of these contracts, in particular with a view to attaining the required technical level and quality of the products resulting from such co-operation;

Recognise the usefulness of an increased participation of small and medium sized firms in industrial co-operation projects.

The participating States,

Projects of common interest

Considering that their economic potential and their natural resources permit, through common efforts, long-term co-operation in the implementation, in-

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