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HFP, 02JUN2008: The Industry Grouping of the Joint Technology Initiative on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen, New Energy World IG (NEW IG), welcomes the adoption of the Council Regulation creating the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Technology Initiative (FCH JTI). The Regulation was adopted on May 30, 2008, by the EU's Competitiveness Council.
Between 2008 and 2017, the FCH JTI will have a budget of €1 billion with investment shared by its two founding members, the European Commission and NEW IG. The FCH JTI will run until 2017 and will drive the technology towards commercialisation in the next decade.
Further details on the content of the JTI program and structure are expected at the official launch during the General Stakeholders Assembly in Autoworld in Brussels on October 14th and 15th.
The text that was adopted by the Competitiveness Council 30 May 2008 can be retrieved through
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=wtd6tncab.0.0.hg9df4bab.0&p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fchindustry-jti.eu%2Fdocuments%2FFCHJTIRegulation.pdf&id=preview
The final text will be published in the Official Journal of the EU within the next few weeks. |
