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1. The Conference shall provide for co-operation among European States for fundamental research in molecular biology as well as in other areas of research closely related thereto.
2. The General Programme to be carried out under the responsibility of the Conference shall comprise in the first instance:
(a) provision for training, teaching and research scholarships;
(b) assistance to universities and other institutions of higher learning that wish to receive visiting professors;
(c) the establishment of programmes of courses and the organization of study meetings, co-ordinated with the programmes of universities and other institutions of higher learning and research.
The execution of the General Programme is entrusted by the Conference to EMBO.
The General Programme, or the means of its execution, may be modified by decision of the Conference taken unanimously by the Members present and voting.
3. Projects studied by the Conference which only some Members are disposed to execute shall be termed Special Projects. Any Special Project shall be approved by the Conference by a two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting. The execution of a Special Project shall be the subject of a special agreement between the States participating in it. Any Member is entitled to participate at any later time in a Special Project which has already been approved.