The MoU was signed today in Amsterdam in the presence of Mme Sylvie Retailleau, French Minister of Higher Education and Research and Mr Robbert Dijkgraaf, Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science. Signatories for CEA and TNO were Mr. Fran?ois Jacq, Chairman and CEO of CEA and Mr. Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi, CEO and Chairman Executive Board TNO , both members of the Steering Board of EARTO (European Association of Research and Technology Organisations).