1. 1 Purpose of the Study When the Agreement for the Foundation of the European Economic Community (EC Treaty) was extended and changed by the Single European Act (SEA), ratified by all the Member States of the European Community (EC) in July 1987, research and techno- logical development were placed for the first time on an equal footing with other politi- cal competences of the EC. In the newly added Articles 130 f - q of the EC Treaty the aims...