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Meddelelse til Rådet vedrørende enaftale mellem Deforenede
Staters energiministerium ogKommissionen påvegne afDet euro­
pæiske Atomenergifællesskab omsamarbejde omforskning ogud­
viklinginden for sikkerhedskontrol fornukleare materialer _
1.Denvoksende udbredelse afnukleare materialer ,someri
kredsløb ogbrug ,erblevet noget ?derover hele verden be­kymrer både politikere -ogoffentligheden ,ogdenviser klart
betydningen afsikkerhedskontrolsystemer ,der erinternatio­
nalt anerkendt som værende effektivt installeret ogtaget i
brug .Fællesskabet har gennemført sin egen sikkerhedskontrol
imere end20år,ogdethar fået teknisk støtte afforsknings­
arbejde ,som erforetaget vedDet fælles Forskningscenter ,og
som sigter påikke blot atforbedre den anvendte sikkerheds -
kontrol men også påtilstadighed attilpasse depågældende
teknikker til deændrede krav pådette område .Idenne forbin­
delse indgik Kommissionen den 7.maj 1981enaftale medDen
internationale Atomenergi organisation omsamarbejde omforsk­
ning ogudvikling inden forsikkerhedskontrol (1).
2.Vedmøder iDetrådgivende udvalg forProgramforvaltning
"Kontrol medfissile materialer "i1978 ,1979 og1980 underret­
tede Det fælles Forskningscenter udvalget omudviklingen idets
tekniske kontakter ,somgennem dets ,program "Kontrol med fissile
materialer "erknyttet med etantal laboratorier under Defor­
enede Staters energiministerium (USDOE),somarbejder medFOU
inden for sikkerhedskontrol . =/
3.Især påudvalgets møde den 14.-15 .november 1978 drøftedes denne
form forsamarbejde iforbindelse medFOU-aktiviteterne ogsam­
arbejdet med SANDIA-laboratorierne vedrørende teknikker til
ultrasonisk identifikation afforseglinger .Udvalgets alminde­
lige mening var ,atetsådant samarbejde varønskeligt ,menat -
princippet omgensidighed ogligevægt nøje måtte iagttages .End­
videre varudsalget afden .opfattelse ,athovedvægten skulle
lægges på,atdeemner ,somsamarbejdet skulle omfatte ,var
internationalt anerkendt . . ~ ,
4.Påudvalgets møde den 11.-12.oktober 19^79blev dergivet en
mere detal jeret 'redegørelse forkontakterne med disse labora­
torier ;Veddenne lejlighed gavudvalget udtryk foralmindelig
tilslutning tildenmåde ,hvorpå disse kontakter udviklede sig .
5.Efter mødet den'27.-28 .januar 1981 afgav udvålget positiv ud­
talelse omformalisering afdisse kontakter iform af'enaftale
medUSDOE (2).Navnlig konstaterede udvalget ,atdervaret
solidt teknisk grundlag forindgåelse*af ensamarbejdsaftale ,
ataftalen ville give regler for .informationsudvekslingen og
patentbeskyttelsen iforhold til deamerikanske laboratorier og
USDOE ,ogatdetpåtænkte samarbejde ville foregå inden for
detnuværende budget ,oghverken reducere FFC's samarbejde med
Fællesskabet eller påuheldig måde påvirke medlemsstaternes
interesser pådepågældende arbejdsområder .
(1)Rådets dokument 4968/81 (ATO17)af3.februar 1981
(2)Rådets dokument 7967/81(ATO54)af3.juli 1981 .

6.Ibetragtning afden yderligere udvikling afKommissionens
kontakter cgunder hensyn tiludvalgets synspunkter ,især­
deleshed dets tidl rore henstilling vedrørende behovet for
balance iudvekslingen afviden mellem Kommissionen ogUSDOE ,
kunne Rådets ato.ngruppe den 12.maj 1931 underrettes omfrom-
skridtene idens drøftelser omensådan aftale med USDOE (1).
7.Kommissionen underretter hermed Rådet om,atdenhar tilhensigt ;
atindgå enaftale med USDOE ioverensstemmelse med den i
...j'UATOivI-traktatens artikel 101 ,stk .3,fastsatte fremgangsmåde ,
aftaleudkastet med bilag ervedlagt denne meddelelse .
(1)Rådets dokument 7019/81 (ATO 45)af15.æa.i 1931 .

Agreement Between the
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFENERGY . ,
and the
EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
Represented bythe
COMMIS SION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
inthe fîeld of • . ,
NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFEGUARDS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
TheUnited States Department ofEnergy (DOE )andtheEuropean
Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM )represented bytheCommission ,
oftheEuropean Communities (CEC),hereinafter called theParties :
sharing adesire tocooperate with each other onresearch ,development
testing andevaluation inorder "toimprove safeguards onnuclear
material ,including nuclear material accounting andcontrol measures ;
hereby agree asfollows :
Article I
The areas ofcooperation innuclear material safeguards research
anddevelopment may include : *
1.Development ,exchange and testing ofdestructive andnon-*
.destructive assay irethodis andinstrumentation ;exchanges of
information onperformance .
2.Preparation andcertification ofreference materials for
destructive andnon–destructive assay offissile materials
andrefinement ofreference techniques forchemical analyses .
3.Development ,exchange andtesting ofcontainment andsurveillance
methods andequipment :;exchanges ofinformation onperformance . '
4.Test ofmathematical methods fornuclear materials accounting
data evaluation . /
5.Exchanges ofinformation ,equipment andstaff . r •
Other areas ofcooperation may beadded bymutual agreement .

Article II
Joint research anddevelopment projects ,andspecific tasks
tobeundertaken intheareas ofcooperation stated in
Article Ishall beset forth inwritten annexes tothis
Agreement asmutually agreed onacase -by-case basis .
Each Party may .loan equipment totheother Party ,forsuch
purposes under this Agreement asmaybemutually agreeable
tothe Parties .
Information may beexchanged between theParties intheform
oftechnical reports ,correspondence ,byjoint meetings of
experts ,visits ,orinanyother form asmay bemutually
agreeable tothe Parties .
Staff maybeexchanged ,'subject totheprovisions ofArticle
VIofthis Agreement ,asmay bemutually agreeable tothe
Parties .
Article III
Tosupervise theexecution ofthis Agreement ,theParties shall
each name one individual toact asCoordinator .The Coordinators
shall meet toevaluate the status ofcooperation under this
Agreement atspecific times andplaces tobemutually agreed
upon ,with themeetings held alternately intheEuropean
Communities and inthe United States .These evaluations shall
include :comprehensive review ofeach Party 'snuclear material
safeguards research anddevelopment program ,status ,andplans ;
assessment ofthebalance ofexchanges under this Agreement ;
andconsideration ofmeasures toensure abalanced exchange in
the .design ofcooperation under this Agreement .
Day-to-daymanagement ofthecooperation under this Agreement
shall becarried outbyManagers designated bytheCoordinators .
TheManagers shall agree onspecific cooperative activities in
their respective areas inaccordance with Articles Iand IIof
this Aareement andwithin policy guidelines setbytheCoordinators .

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TheManagers shall beresponsible for theworking contacts
between theParties intheir respective areas ofcooperation .
Article IV
1.General
•A. Each Party may make available -tothe other information
inspecified areas ofthefield ofnuclear material '
v safeguards which they have theright todisclose ,.either '
intheir possession oravailable tothem .
B.Both Parties agree that information exchanged under this .■_
• – K
« «Agreement maybegiven wide distribution ,subject tothe
need toprotect proprietary information exchanged hereunder
asprovided inthis Article and theneed toprotect patent
rights asprovided inArticle VI.v ,..
2.Use ofProprietary Information
A. Definitions .
•(i)The term "information "means scientific ortechnical
data ,results ormethods ofresearch anddevelopment ,
*andanyother information intended tobeprovided or
exchanged under this Agreement .
(ii)The term "proprietary information "means information
which contains trade secrets orcommercial orfinancial
information which ispriviledged orconfidential ,and
may only include such information which :
a)hasbeen held inconfidence bytheowner ; -
b)isofatype which iscustomarily held in „
Λconfidence byits owner ;
c) .hasnotbeen transmitted bythetransmitting
Party toother entities (including thereceiving
Parry )except onthebasis that itbe .held in
confidence ;and
d)isnototherwise available -tothereceiving Party
from another source without restriction "onits
further dissemination . -

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B.Procedures
(i)AParty receiving information pursuant tothis
Agreement shall respect theprivileged nature
thereof .Anydocument which contains proprietary
information shall beclearly marked with the
following (orsubstantially similar )restrictive
legend :
"This document contains proprietary information
furnished inconfidence under anAgreement
dated ' between theUnited States
Department ofEnergy and the European Atomic
Energy Community ,and shall not bedisseminated
outside these organizations ,their contractors ,
and theconcerned departments and agencies of
the Governments ofthe United States and ofthe
Member States oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Agency
community ,without theprior approval of
.This notice shall bemarked onany
repr oduc tion hereof ,inwhole orinpart .These '
limitations shall automatically terminate when this
information isdisclosed bytheowner without
restriction ."
(ii)Proprietary information received inconfidence under
this Agreement may bedisseminated bythereceiving
Party to:
a)persons within oremployed bythereceiving Party
andconcerned departments andagencies ofthe
receiving Party that areengaged insafeguards
work relating tothe .subject matter ofthe
proprietary information ;
b)prime orsubcontractors ofthereceiving Party
located vrithin thegeographic limits ofthe
receiving Party foruseonly within theframework
oftheir contracts with thereceiving Party inwork
relating tothesubject matter oftheproprietary
information ;provided that anyproprietary
information sodisseminated shall bedisseminated
pursuant toanagreement ofconfidentiality and
shall bemarked with arestrictive legend substantially

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identical tothat appearing insubparagraph 2B(i )
above .Equipment ormaterials loaned under this
Agreement may embody some proprietary information
discernible byaknowledgeable person andsuch loans
shall betreated asdissemination ofproprietary ■
information provided that prior written notification ,
ofthis fact ismade tothereceiving Party .
(iii)With theprior written consent oftheParty providing
,proprietary information under this Agreement ,the
receiving Party maydisseminate such proprietary
information more widely than otherwise permitted in
theforegoing section ii.TheParties shall cooperate
, with each other indeveloping procedures forrequesting
' •andobtaining prior written consent for such wider
dissemination ,andeach Party shall grant such approval
totheextent permitted byitsownpolicies ,regulations
and laws asthecase may be.
C. Each Party shall exercise its best efforts toensure that
proprietary information received byitunder this Agreement
iscontrolled asprovided herein .Ifone ofthe Parties
becomes aware that itwill be,ormay reasonably beexpected
tobecome ,unable tomeet thenon-dissemination provisions
ofthis paragraph ,itshall immediately inform the "other
Party .The Parties shall thereafter consult :^todefine an
.appropriate course ofaction . "
D. Information arising from seminars and other meetings arranged
under this Agreement andinformation arising from theattachment
ofstaff ,use offacilities and joint projects shall betreated
bythe .Parties according totheprinciples specified -inthis
article ;provided however that noinformation orally communicated
shall besubject toThelimited disclosure requirements ofthis
Agreement unless theindividual communicating theinformation
places therecipient onnotice astotheproprietary character .
ofthe information communicated and forthwith confirms the
notice inwriting . .•

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E.Nothing contained inthis Agreement shall preclude the
useordissemination ofinformation received byaParty
through arrangements other than those provided forunder
this Agreement .
Article V
Information transmitted byone Party totheother Party under
this Agreement shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge and
belief oftheTransmitting Party ,but theTransmitting Party
does notwarrant thesuitability oftheinformation transmitted
foranyparticular use orapplication bytheReceiving Party or
byany third Party .Information developed jointly bytheParties
shall beaccxirate tothebest knowledge andbelief ofboth Parties .
Neither Party warrants theaccuracy ofthejointly developed
information oritssuitability for anyparticular use or
application byeither Party orbyany third Party .
Article VI
1.With respect toanyinvention ordiscovery made orconceived
inthecourse oforunder this Agreement :
A.Ifmade orconceived bypersonnel ofoneParty (the
Assigning Party oritscontractors )while assigned to
another Party (Recipient Party oritscontractors )in
connection with exchanges ofscientists ,engineers and
other specialists ,theRecipient Party will acquire all
rights ,title andinterest inandtoanysuch invention
ordisco /eryinallcountries ,subject toanon-exclusive ,
irrevocable ,royalty –free license inallsuch countries
totheAssigning Party ,with theright oftheAssigning
Party togrant sublicenses under such invention or
discovery andanypatent application ,patent orother
protection relating thereto .

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B. Ifmade orconceived byaParty orits contractors as
adirect result ofemploying information which hasbeen
communicated toitunder this Agreement byanother Party
oritscontractors orcommunicated during seminars or
other joint meetings ,theParty making theinvention will
acquire allrights ,title andinterest inand tosuch
inventions ordiscovery inallcountries ,subject toa .
grant tothe other Party ,ofaroyalty-free ,non-exclusive ,'
irrevocable license ,with theright oftheother Party to'
grant sublicenses inand toany such invention ordiscovery
and any patent orother protection relating thereto ,in
all countries .- " -
C.With regard toexchange ofsamples ,materials ,instruments
<andcomponents for joint testing ,theRecipient Party and ■
theAssigning Party will have the same rights assetforth
inparagraph 1A. -
D. VJith regard tospecific forms ofcooperation other than the
forms provided for insubparagraphs A,Band Cabove ,the
Parties will provide for appropriate distribution ofrights
toinventions o'rdiscoveries resulting from such cooperation
inanother Agreement orinanannex tothis Agreement in
accordance with paragraph 1ofArticle IIofthis Agreement .
Each Party will ,without prejudice toanyrights ofinventors -
under it?national lavs ,take allnecessary steps toprovide
thecooperation fron its inventors required tocarry out the ..
provisions ofthis Article .Neither oftheParties will
assume theresponsibility topayawards orcompensation
required tobepaid tonationals oftheother Party according
tolaws ofthe ccur.try-of that other Party ,.

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Article VII
1.Whenever anexchange ofstaff iscontemplated under this .
Agreement ,each Party shall ensure that -qualified staff
are selected for attachment totheother Party .
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2.Each Party shall beresponsible for thesalaries ,insurance ,
and allowance tobepaid its staff while attached to.the
other Party unless otherwise agreed .
3.Each Party shall payfor the travel andliving expenses of
its staff while attached totheother Party unless otherwise
agreed .
4.Thehost establishment shall use itsbest efforts toarrange
forcomparable accommodation for theother Party 'sstaff and
\their families onamutually agreeable reciprocal basis .
5.Each Party shall provide allnecessary assistance tothe
attached staff (and their families )oftheother Party as
regards administrative formalities (travel arrangements ,etc.).
6.The staff ofeach Party shall conform tothe general rules of
work andsafety regulations inforce atthehost establishment .
Article VIII
1.Information which isclassified byeither Party fornational
security reasons ,including Restricted Data orFormerly
Restricted Data ,shall not beexchanged hereunder .
2.Information cnsensitive nuclear technology shall not be
exchanged hereunder .

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Article IX
1.Bymutual agreement ,theParties may transfer equipment
tobeutilized under theAgreement .Insuch cases ,the
sending Party shall supply ,assoon aspossible ,adetailed
list oftheequipment tobeprovided together with the
relevant specifications and appropriate technical and
informational documentation relating touse ,maintenance
andrepair oftheequipment .
2.Equipment andnecessary spare parts supplied bythesending
Party foruseinjoint activities shall remain itsproperty
and shall bereturned tothesending Party upon completion
ofthejoint activity ,unless otherwise agreed .
3.Theabove-mentioned equipment shall bebrought into operation >
>atareceiving establishment after mutual agreement between
theCoordinators ,Managers ,ortheir senior representatives
atthe interested establishments ofthe Parties .
4.Thereceiving establishment shall provide thenecessary ^
-premises for theequipment ,shall provide forutilities
such aselectric power ,water and gas ,andnormally shall
provide materials tobetested ,inaccordance with technical '
requirements which shall bemutually agreed upon .
5.Theresponsibility andexpenses foreach transport ofequipment
and materials between the United States ofAmerica and the
European Atomic Energy Community byplane orship toa
mutually agreed destination ,including responsibility for
itssafekeeping andinsurance enroute shall rest with the
shipper until thereceiver orhis agent takes custody ofthe
shipment . :\ ^ -
6.Theequipment provided bytheSending Party forcarrying out
activities .under this Agreement shall beconsidered tobe
scientific andashaving anon-commercial character ,for
thepurposes ofdesignation andimport /export declarations .
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7.TheReceiving Party shall ensure duty-free entry into its
territory ofanyequipment provided pursuant tothis Agreement .

Article .X
Cooperation under this Agreement shall beinaccordance ,with
the la^s andregulations oftherespective Farties .All
questions relating totheAgreement arising -during its terra
shall besettled bytheParties bymutual agreement .
Article XI
Except when otherwise specifically agreed ,all costs resulting
from cooperation under this Agreement shall beborne bythe
Party that incurs thern .Itisunderstood that the ability of
theParties tocarry out their obligations shall besubject to
theappropriation offunds bytheappropriate governmental
authority ,where necessary ,and totheconstitution ,laws ,and
regulations applicable totheParties .
Article XII
1.All questions ordisputes related toorarising under this
Agreement ofactivities carried outhereunder should be
settled bymutual acreenent ofthe Parties .
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2.Compensation fordamages arising from activities under thi
Agreement shall beinaccordance with theapplicable
laws ofthe Parties .
Article XIII
-This Agreement shall remain ineffect forfive (5)years
after itseffective date unless terminated atthediscre­
tion ofeither Party ,upon three (3)months advance notifi­
cation inwriting ,andmaybeextended oramended bymutual
consent .

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Donemduplicate at this' day of 1981
DEPARTMENT OFENERGY OP
THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICAEUROPEAN ATOi IICENERGY COMMUNITY ,
REPRESENTED BYTHE COMMISSION OF
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Annex I
Joint Research andDevelopment Tasks
Area IDevelopment ,exchange and testing onnon-destructive
assay instrumentation andexchanges ofinformation
onperformance . ,
1.Field experience with theHigh-Level Neutron
Coincidence Counter inthe field . ~
2.-Non-destructive assay ofirradiated fuel materials .
3.Measurement ofPuisotopic ratios bygamma-ray
spectrometry . ,
,4.Comparison ofactive assay systems forhighly
enriched uranium assay (3b-Be fActive Well Counter ,
Random Driver ).
5.,Exchange ofinformation andcoordination inthe - ■.
construction ofNDAdata evaluation microprocessors
and softv /are . -
6.Evaluation ofthe use and field test ofabulk and
small sanpla calorimeter for themeasurement ofPu
' ^material forsafeguards purposes . ,
Area IIPreparation nr.l certification ofreference materials for
destructive a:il r.on-destructive' assay of .fissile materials
and refinement ofreference techniques for chemical analyses .
1.Refinement ofnuclear reference techniques for the
assay ofundiluted inputs ofreprocessing plants .
-2.Establishment ofreference materials for non­
: destructive assay . ' .
3.Joint certification ofreference and test materials
for theUSA -SALE program .

- Annex I
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Area III Development ,exchange and test ofcontainment and
surveillance equipment andexchange ofinformation
.onperformances .
1.Exchange ofinformation ontheprinciple ofthe
ultrasonic signature .
2.Vulnerability tests onseals (general purpose ,
CANDU type andothers ).
3.Development ofcap seals for LV7R fuels and in
field tests .
4.Development ofgeneral purpose seals .
5.Harmonization ofread-out equipment forultra - „
- -sonic identification .
6.In-field reidentif ication ofrivet seals . -
7.Test ofTVcameras and in-field test . -
Area IV Test ofmathematical methods for nuclear materials
accounting data evaluation .
1.Joint study ofdecision analysis techniques .
2.Exchange ofexperience oncontrolling measurement ,
uncertainties inselected measurement systems .
3.Development ofmodeling andsimulation techniques
forimproved materials accounting .