The ceremony took place at 11am in the Brussels debating Chamber just before the opening of the extraordinary plenary session of the EP on the results of the European Council held on 14 and 15 December in Brussels and on the conclusions of the Finnish Presidency.
Laikposmā no 2007. g. līdz 2013. g. pētniecības projektiem ES paredzēti 54 miljardi eiro.