EU plans new expanded research programme - paint sector to benefit, although UK firms may miss out

摘要

The European Union (EU) paint and coating sector will be keeping a close eye on plans to craft a new €94.1 bn Horizon Europe research and development programme operating from 2021 to 2027. These major EU research budgets fund innovation in the sector involving companies from different countries within the EU - proposed industry and natural resources priority spending sections in the 2021-27 programme may especially promote paint and coating studies. Detailed debates will now be staged on the initial EU blueprint for a new programme, which could be approved by the end of next year. The plan, as it stands, excludes British participation, although non-EU countries, such as Switzerland have funded and benefitted from EU research programmes in the past and UK involvement may be negotiated in a Brexit deal, should one be struck before Britain's impending March 2019 exit from the bloc. See https:// ec.europa.eu/commission/sites/beta-political/ files/budget-may2018-horizon-europe-regulation_ en.pdf for current text, and https://ec.europa.eu/ commission/publications/research-and-innovation-including-horizon-europe-iter-and-euratom-legal-texts-and-factsheets_en.