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4.2 Overview of objectives 4.3 60 Specific objective 1: Enhance cooperation between research, SMEs and upscale businesses at an EU level 4.3.1 Preliminary analysis of objective 1 4.3.2 Overview of possible policy actions 4.4 Objective 2: Promote integration of knowledge and exploratory infrastructure 4.4.1 Preliminary analysis of objective 2 4.4.2 Overview of possible policy actions 4.5 4.5.1 Preliminary analysis of objective 3 4.5.2 Overview of possible policy actions 4.6 4.7 Specific objective 4: Improve clarity and completeness of legal framework 4.6.1 Preliminary analysis of objective 4 4.6.2 Overview of possible policy actions Development of policy options 4.7.1 Policy option 1: No additional action 4.7.2 Policy option 2: Facilitating and promoting (soft policy measure) 4.7.3 Policy option 3: Mainstreaming Blue Biotechnology 4.7.4 Policy option 4: Formal policy measures 5 Impact Assessment 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Inventory of relevant economic, social and environmental impacts Assessment of impacts by measure Substantiation of impacts by policy option 5.3.1 Impacts of policy option 2 5.3.2 Impacts of policy option 3 5.3.3 Impacts of policy option 4 Comparison of options 6 Conclusions 6.1 Conclusions 6.2 Monitoring and evaluation Annexes: Supporting Information Annex 1: Events and policy documents Annex 2: Towards a valuation of the Blue Biotechnology sector Annex 3: Stakeholder Database Analysis Annex 4: U.S. National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap Annex 5: Patent Profiling – Methodology and detailed results Annex 6: Sub-sector reviews Annex 7: Inventory of Marine Research Infrastructures Annex 8: Sub-sector specific barriers Study in support of Impact Assessment work on Blue Biotechnology 63 63 63 64 64 64 Specific objective 3: Facilitate access to finance for second and third rounds of product development 64 64 65 65 65 66 66 68 68 69 70 71 71 72 75 75 77 78 80 83 83 84 85 85 87 90 95 98 116 162 169

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