TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 13049 

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ATOMIC ENERGY 

Cooperation 

 Protocol Between the 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

and CANADA 

 

Amending the Agreement of June 15, 1955, 

As Amended 

Signed at Washington June 23, 1999 

 

 
 

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 CANADA 

Atomic Energy: Cooperation 

Protocol amending the agreement of 

 June 15, 1955, as amended. 

Signed at Washington June 23, 1999; 

Entered into force December 13, 1999. 
PROTOCOL AMENDING THE AGREEMENT FOR COOPERATION

CONCERNING CIVIL USES OF ATOMIC ENERGY

BETWEEN THE

GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AS AMENDED

The Government of the United States of America and the

Government of Canada;

Desiring to amend the Agreement for Cooperation Concerning

Civil Uses of Atomic Energy Between the Government of the

United States of America and the Government of Canada

signed at Washington on June 15, 1955, as amended by the

Agreements signed at Washington on June 26, 1956, June 11,

1960, and May 25, 1962, and at Ottawa on April 23, 1980

(hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement");

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Article I of the Agreement is amended by changing the

termination date to read "January 1, 2030" and by adding

the following:

"This Agreement shall continue in force thereafter for

additional periods of five years each. Either Party

may, by giving six months' written notice to the other

Party, terminate this Agreement on January 1, 2030 or

at the end of any subsequent five year period."

ARTICLE 2

Paragraph H of Article XII of the Agreement is amended to

read:

"Each Party shall take such measures as are necessary

to ensure adequate physical protection of material,

equipment and devices subject to this Agreement, over

which a Party has jurisdiction and which are subject

to the relevant Agreement specified in Article I bis,

and apply criteria in accordance with the levels of

physical protection at least equivalent to those set

out in document INFCIRC/225/Rev. 3 of the

International Atomic Energy Agency entitled 'The

Physical Protection of Nuclear Material', or any

revision of that document agreed to by the Parties.

The Parties shall consult periodically, or at the

request of either Party, concerning matters relating

to physical protection."
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ARTICLE 3

The 9th paragraph, paragraph "I," of Article XIV of the

Agreement is amended by substituting "the Annex" in place

of "Annex B."

ARTICLE 4

1. Article XV of the Agreement is amended to read: "The

Annex shall constitute an integral part of this Agreement."

2. "Annex A" shall be deleted from the Agreement, and the

heading of "Annex B" is amended to read: "Annex."

ARTICLE 5

This Protocol shall enter into force on the date on which

the Parties exchange diplomatic notes informing each other

that they have complied with all applicable requirements

for its entry into force.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized,

have signed this Agreement.

DONE at Washington, this 23rd	day of June, 1999, in

duplicate, in the English and French languages, both texts

being equally authentic.

FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE	FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:	CANADA: