each of the following provisions in their COOPERATION AGREEMENT:- AFFILIATE PROVISIONS,- ANTITRUST/COMPETITION LAW ISSUES,- CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION,- EMPLOYER/EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS,- EXPORT CONTROLS AND COMPLIANCE,- FIELD OF THE AGREEMENT,- INTENT OF THE PARTIES,- LICENSING PARTNERS IN OTHER PROJECTS,- LICENSOR'S LIABILITY ARISING FROM LICENSEE'S USE OF LICENSED TECHNOLOGY,- LOANED OR ASSIGNED EMPLOYEES AND RESULTING RIGHTS,- NEW PARTNERS AND WITHDRAWAL OF PARTNERS FROM PROJECTS,- POST COOPERATION AGREEMENT BACKGROUND,- PROTECTION, USE AND NON-DISCLOSURE OBLIGATIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION,- RESIDUAL INFORMATION,- ROYALTY RATES FOR BACKGROUND RIGHT LICENSES,- SOFTWARE SOURCE CODE,- TAXATION,- TERM/DURATION OF AGREEMENT.There are likely to be other provisions the PARTNERS will need to put into their COOPERATION AGREEMENTS depending on the particular circumstances of their PROJECT. PARTNERS should seek their own expert advice on this and note that no additional terms may conflict with Articles 1 and 2 of these provisions.Technical Appendix 1.AConvention establishing the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Stockholm, 14 July 1967)Article 2(viii) defines Intellectual Property to include:"… the rights to literary, artistic and scientific works; performances of performing artists; phonograms, and broadcasts; inventions in all fields of human endeavour; scientific discoveries; industrial designs; trade marks, service marks, and commercial names and designations; protection against unfair competition; and all other rights resulting from intellectual activity in the industrial, scientific, literary or artistic fields."Technical Appendix 2Financial accountability and principles for setting up and executing the IRS budgetISC and IRS members should avoid conflicts of interest in so far as decisions relating to the IRS budget are concerned.All revenue and expenditures must be incorporated in a single set of accounts [1] to be approved by the ISC.The balance between revenue and expenditure must be respected at all times [2].The budget shall be annual with exceptional carry-overs [3].There should be no transfers of appropriations between line items of budget expenditure, unless formally approved by the ISC.All revenues shall constitute a common pool [4].All expenditures shall be reasonable, justified and in accordance with the principles of sound financial management.The IRS shall respond to all reasonable requests to report on its financial activities.Regional contributions shall be based on fair principles, and will be paid in accordance with a defined schedule subject to late fees. Regional contributions will be based on the approved IRS budget and will be structured in different tiers, related directly to the size and level of development of each participant's economy. The Initial participants will be allocated in two tiers as follows:- Tier 1: European Union and Norway, Japan, United States,- Tier 2: Australia, Canada, Korea, Switzerland.The maximum amounts for the contributions will be CAD 200000 or equivalent per annum for Tier 1; and CAD 125000 or equivalent per annum for Tier 2.The foregoing principles shall be incorporated in a document on IRS operational guidelines.Technical Appendix 3IMS technical themesIn general, any project that addresses the IMS Scheme objectives as set forth in these terms of reference is considered an appropriate topic for an IMS Project. IMS projects might also address one or more of the following technical themes:1. Total product life cycle issues- Future general models of manufacturing systems. Examples for that theme are the proposals of "agile manufacturing", "fractal factory", "bionic manufacturing", "holistic enterprise integration", etc.- Intelligent communication network systems for information processes in manufacturing. To understand the productivity of global distribution and global sourcing, the communication networks and tools and their applications have to be improved.- Environment protection, minimum use of energy and materials. Environment, energy and materials questions have reached a complexity that can only be handled via cooperation with a variety of specialists. Due to the fact that the conditions in that field are very different in different regions a common understanding and harmonised views for the response of manufacturing technologies to environment protection are necessary.- New ideas and methods for recyclability that are globally accepted should be developed under the IMS umbrella.Harmonised assessment and economic justification models for new manufacturing systems.2. Process issuesTo enable the needs for rapid response to changing requirements and to saving human and material resources and to improving working conditions for employees the following themes can be identified.- Clean manufacturing processes that can minimise effects on environment. Process emission minimised systems. Process disposal minimised systems.- Factory (process) life-cycle pre-assessed systems.Minimum consumption of energy. Energy efficient processes that can meet manufacturing requirements with minimum consumption of energy.