KOIVMI SS IONEN FOR DE EUROPÆISKE FÆLLESSKABER 
K0M(94) 362 endelig udg. 
Bruxelles, den 08.09.1994 
Forslag t i I 
RAPETS AFGØRELSE 
OM GODKENDELSE AF 
DET EUROPÆISKE ATOMENERGIFÆLLESSKABS 
INDGÅELSE AF KONVENTIONEN OM 
NUKLEAR SIKKERHED 
(forelagt af Kommissionen) 
BEGRUNDELSE 
I. INDLEDNING 
1. I 1991 spillede Kommissionen og medlemsstaterne en afgørende 
rolle i forbindelse med forberedelse, drøftelser og 
udarbejdelse af udkast til konklusionerne fra "Den 
internationale konference om nuklear sikkerhed: strategier 
for fremtiden", der blev afholdt fra den 2. til den 6. 
september 1991 i Wien i Den Internationale 
Atomenergiorganisation IAEA's regi. 
2. I "Hovedkonklusionerne" erklærede den internationale 
konference, at der var "behov for at overveje en integreret, 
international løsning af alle spørgsmål vedrørende nuklear 
sikkerhed", og henviste til "den mulige værdi af en trinvis 
løsningsmodel" med henblik på en rammekonvention om nuklear 
sikkerhed. Konferencen anmodede "de styrende organer i IAEA" 
om at arrangere "forberedelsen af et udkast til de nødvendige 
elementer i en sådan formaliseret international løsning, hvor 
fordelene ved forskellige muligheder undersøges, og hvor der 
tages hensyn til de aktiviteter og roller, der gør sig 
gældende for relevante internationale organer og 
interguvernementale organer, idet der tages udgangspunkt i de 
retningslinjer og mekanismer, der allerede opereres med i 
IAEA." 
3. I medfør af en resolution, der blev vedtaget på IAEA's 
generalkonference kort tid efter, og af de af en 
ekspertgruppe fremsatte anbefalinger indkaldte IAEA til det 
første møde i maj 1992 i en åben gruppe bestående af 
juridiske og tekniske eksperter, hvis opgave var at forberede 
ordlyden af et udkast til en konvention om nuklear sikkerhed. 
Gruppen mødtes syv gange med fuld deltagelse af Kommissionens 
repræsentanter. Det sidste møde fandt sted fra den 31. januar 
til den 4. februar 1994. 
4. I september 1993 fremsatte Kommissionen et udkast til en 
rådsafgøreise med retningslinjer for Kommissionens 
forhandling af en internat,i onal konvention om nuklear 
sikkerhed(1). 
5. På mødet i De Faste Repræsentanters komité den 27. januar 
1994 blev der opnået enighed om, at en talsmand for Den 
Europæiske Union på ekspertgruppens møde i Wien skulle stille 
forslag om en fremgangsmåde, der skal gøre det muligt for Det 
Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab (Euratom) at undertegne og 
efterfølgende ratificere, acceptere eller godkende 
konventionen, eller eventuelt tiltræde den. 
6. På ovennævnte møde fra den 31. januar til den 4. februar 1994 
opnåedes der i ekspertgruppen enighed dm den endelige ordlyd 
af udkastet til en konvention om nuklear sikkerhed. Efter 
forslag fra eksperterne fra det græske formandskab indeholder 
udkastet en bestemmelse, der åbner mulighed for, at 
konventionen kan undertegnes eller tiltrædes af stater og 
regionale organisationer, hvis formål er integration eller 
andet (artikel 30 i udkastet til konvention). 
7. IAEA vil indkalde til en diplomatisk konference fra den 14. 
til den 17. juni 1994 i Wien, hvor konventionen om nuklear 
sikkerhed skal drøftes og vedtages formelt. Konventionen kan 
så fremlægges til undertegning på IAEA's generalkonferences 
38. ordinære møde i september 1994, og den vil kunne 
undertegnes indtil det tidspunkt, hvor den træder i kraft. 
8. Kommissionen er af den opfattelse, at konventionen om nuklear 
sikkerhed er i overensstemmelse med bestemmelserne i Euratom-
traktaten og med den deraf afledte lovgivning. Af nedenfor 
anførte grunde kan denne overensstemmelse imidlertid kun 
sikres fremover, hvis Fællesskabet bliver part i konventionen 
på linje med de medlemsstater, der ønsker det. 
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Det foreslås derfor, at Fællesskabet undertegner konventionen 
med henblik på at blive part heri. 
II KONVENTIONEN OM NUKLEAR SIKKERHED. 
9. Målsætningerne med konventionen er i henhold til artikel 1: 
i) at opnå og bevare et højt niveau af nuklear sikkerhed 
på verdensplan gennem nationale foranstaltninger og 
internationalt samarbejde, 
ii) at tilvejebringe og opretholde en effektiv beskyttelse 
på nukleare anlæg mod eventuelle strålingsfarer med 
henblik på at beskytte enkeltpersoner, samfundet og 
miljøet mod skadelige virkninger af ioniserende 
stråling fra sådanne anlæg, 
iii) at forebygge ulykker, der medfører stråling og mildne 
følgerne heraf, hvis sådanne ulykker skulle indtræffe; 
10. Med henblik på at opfylde disse målsætninger foreskrives der 
i konventionens kapitel 2 en række forpligtelser, herunder 
(artikel 7), at de kontraherende parter tilvejebringer og 
bevarer forskriftsmæssige og lovmæssige rammer med henblik 
på at sikre sikkerheden på nukleare anlæg. 
11. Der fastsættes specifikke bestemmelser for følgende områder: 
Rapportering (artikel 5) 
Vurdering og verifikation af sikkerhed (artikel 14) 
Strålingsbeskyttelse (artikel 15) 
Nødberedskab (artikel 16) 
Placering (artikel 17) 
Projektering og konstruktion (artikel 18) 
Drift (artikel 19) 
Som indledning til de forpligtelser, der opstilles i 
konventionens kapitel II, findes der et kapitel om generelle 
bestemmelser (kapitel I) og supplerende kapitler om 
institutionelle ordninger vedrørende møder mellem de 
kontraherende parter (kapitel III) og slutklausuler og andre 
bestemmelser (kapitel IV). 
III BESTEMMELSER I KONVENTIONEN VEDRØRENDE ANLIGGENDER INDEN FOR 
EURATOM-TRAKTATENS ANVENDELSESOMRÅDE. 
12. Konventionen drejer sig i forskellige henseender om 
anliggender inden for Euratom-traktatens anvendelsesområde. 
Fællesskabets bemyndigelse og jurisdiktion berøres på 
følgende måder: 
a) Fællesskabets enekompetence i henhold til artiklerne 30, 
31 og 32 i EAFK Traktaten 
13. I henhold til artikel 4 i konventionen skal de kontraherende 
parter inden for rammerne af deres nationale lovgivning 
træffe alle nødvendige administrative og lovgivningsmæssige 
foranstaltninger 
med henblik på at opfylde deres forpligtelser under 
konventionen. I henhold til artikel 15 medfører dette 
navnlig, at hver kontraherende part skal tage alle 
nødvendige skridt for at sikre, at bestrålingen fra nukleare 
installationer af arbejdstagere og befolkningen holdes så 
lav som det med rimelighed er muligt, og at ingen 
enkeltperson under nogen omstændigheder udsættes for 
strålingsdoser, der overstiger gældende dosisgrænser. 
14. Inden for det område, inden for hvilket Euratom- traktaten 
finder anvendelse (jf. artikel 198 heri), er disse 
lovgivningsmæssige og forskriftsmæssige opgaver 
Fællesskabets ansvarsområde, idet det i medfør af artikel 2 
(b) i Euratom-traktaten skal "indføre ensartede 
sikkerhedsnormer til beskyttelse af befolkningens og 
arbejdstagernes sundhed og overvåge deres anvendelse". Til 
den ende siges det i Euratom- traktatens artikel 30 mere 
specifikt: 
"I Fællesskabet indføres grundlæggende normer til 
beskyttelse af befolkningens og arbejdstagernes sundhed mod 
de farer, som er forbundet med ioniserende stråling. 
Ved grundlæggende normer forstås : 
(a) de maksimale doser, der kan tillades med fornøden 
sikkerhed, 
(b) den maksimalt tilladelige bestråling og kontaminering, 
(c) de fundamentale principper for lægekontrol med 
arbejdstagerne." 
15. De grundlæggende normer, som i øjeblikket er i kraft i 
Fællesskabet, er fastsat i Rådets direktiv af 15. juli 1980 
om ændring af direktiverne om fastsættelse af de 
grundlæggende normer for beskyttelse af befolkningens og 
arbejdstagernes sundhed mod de farer, der er forbundet med 
ioniserende stråling (80/836/Euratom)(2), som ændret ved 
Rådets direktiv 84/467/Euratom af 3. september 1984(3). 
Disse direktiver suppleres af yderligere relevant 
fællesskabslovgivning på området sundhed og sikkerhed(4). 
(2) EFT nr. L 246 af 17.9.1980, s. 1 
(3) EFT nr. L 265 af 5.10.1984, s. 4; den 20. juli 1993 fremlagde 
Kommissionen et ændret fprslag til Rådets direktiv om fastsættelse 
af grundlæggende sikkerhedsnormer til beskyttelse af befolkningens 
og arbejdstagernes sundhed mod de farer, som er forbundet med 
ioniserende stråling (EFT nr: C 245 af 9.9.1993, s.5). 
(4) Rådets direktiv 84/466/Euratom af 3. september 1984 om fastsættelse 
af grundlæggende foranstaltninger til strålebeskyttelse af 
personer, der underkastes medicinske undersøgelser og behandlinger 
(EFT nr. L 265 5.10.1994, s. 1). 
Rådets beslutning 87/600/Euratom af 14. december 1987 om en 
fællesskabsordning for hurtig udveksling af information i tilfælde 
af strålingsfare (EFT nr. L 371, 30.12.1987, s. 76). 
Rådets direktiv 89/618/Euratom af 27. november 1989 om oplysning af 
befolkningen om, hvorledes den skal forholde sig, samt om 
sundhedsmæssige foranstaltninger i tilfælde af strålingsfare (EFT 
nr. L 357 af 7.12.1989, s. 31). 
Rådets direktiv 90/641/Euratom af 4. december 1990 om 
strålebeskyttelse af eksterne arbejdstagere, der udsættes for 
risici for ioniserende stråling under deres arbejde i et 
kontrolleret område (EFT nr. L 349 af 13.12. 1990, s. 21). 
Rådets direktiv 92/3/Euratom af 3. februar 1992 om overvågning af 
og kontrol med overførsel af radioaktivt affald mellem 
medlemsstaterne samt ind i og ud af Fællesskabet (EFT nr. L 35, 
12.2.1992). 
Rådets forordning 87/3954/Euratom af 22. december 1987 om 
fastsættelse af de maksimalt tilladte niveauer for radioaktivitet i 
levnedsmidler og foder som følge af nukleare ulykker eller andre 
tilfælde af strålingsfare (EFT nr. L 371, 30.12.1987, s. 11). 
Kommissionens forordning 89/944/Euratom af 12. april 1989 om 
fastsættelse af de maksimalt tilladte niveauer for radioaktivitet i 
mindre vigtige levnedsmidler som følge af nukleare ulykker eller 
andre tilfælde af strålingsfare (EFT nr. L 101, 13.4.1989, s. 17). 
Rådets forordning 89/2218/Euratom af 18. juli 1989 om ændring af 
forordning (Euratom) nr. 3954/87 om fastsættelse af de maksimalt 
tilladte niveauer for radioaktivitet i levnedsmidler og foder efter 
nukleare ulykker eller andre tilfælde af strålingsfare (EFT nr. L 
211, 22.7.1989, s. 1). 
Rådets forordning 89/2219/EØF af 18. juli 1989 om særlige 
betingelser for udførsel af levnedsmidler og foder efter nukleare 
ulykker eller i andre tilfælde af strålingsfare (EFT nr. L 211, 
22.7.1989, s.4). 
Rådets forordning 90/737/EØF af 22. marts 1990 om betingelser for 
indførsel af landbrugsprodukter med oprindelse i tredjelande som 
følge af ulykken på kernekraftværket i Tjernobyl (EFT nr. L 82 af 
29.3.1990, s. 1). 
Kommissionens forordning 90/770/Euratom af 29. marts 1990 om 
fastsættelse af de maksimalt tilladte niveauer for radioaktivitet i 
foder som følge af nukleare ulykker eller andre tilfælde af 
strålingsfare (EFT nr. L 83, 30.3.1990, s. 78). 
Rådets forordning 1493/93/Euratom af 8. juni 1993 om overførsel af 
radioaktive stoffer mellem medlemsstaterne (EFT nr. L 148, 
19.6.1993, s. 1). 
Kommissionens forordning 1518/93/EØF af 21. juni 1993 (til 
erstatning for Kommissionens forordning 92/598/EØF af 9. marts 1992) 
om fastsættelse af en fortegnelse over produkter, der undtages fra 
Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 737/90 om betingelser for indførsel af 
landbrugsprodukter med oprindelse i tredjelande som følge af ulykken 
på kernekraftværket i Tjernobyl (EFT nr. L 150, 22.6.1992, s. 30). 
Rådets direktiv 85/337/EØF om vurdering af visse offentlige og 
private projekters indvirkning på miljøet (EFT nr. L 175, 5.7.1985, 
s. 40); dette direktiv finder udtrykkeligt anvendelse på bl.a. 
atomkraftværker, også selv om det er baseret på EØF-traktaten. 
b) 
Fællesskabets sammenfaldende beføjelser i henhold til 
Euratom-traktaten 
16. Fællesskabets enekompetence under Euratom-traktatens 
artikel 30-32 suppleres af nogle ikke-eksklusive 
fællesskabsforpligtelser, hvis formål er at give de 
grundlæggende normer og deres anvendelse inden for 
Fællesskabet gyldighed. Disse forpligtelser, som er 
opstillet i Euratom-traktatens artikel 33 til 38, 
tilfalder på Fællesskabsniveau og drejer sig om følgende 
emner, som er dækket af udkastet til konventionen. 
17. Mens det i henhold til Euratom-traktatens artikel 33 
tilfalder enhver medlemsstat at vedtage de love og 
administrative bestemmelser, der er egnede til at sikre 
overholdelsen af de grundlæggende normer og at træffe de 
nødvendige foranstaltninger med hensyn til undervisning 
og faglig uddannelse, påhviler det Kommissionen at afgive 
alle henstillinger med henblik på at sikre en 
harmonisering af de gældende bestemmelser og at afgive 
henstillinger om alle forslag til bestemmelser på dette 
område. 
Med hensyn til anvendelsen af artikel 4 i konventionen er 
Kommissionen derfor impliceret i alle relevante 
lovgivningsmæssige og forskriftsmæssige foranstaltninger, 
som iværksættes af medlemsstaterne for at give 
konventionen fuldkommen gyldighed. 
18. Artikel 37 i Euratom-traktaten kræver, at Kommissionen 
fremsætter en udtalelse om, hvorvidt iværksættelsen af 
planer om bortskaffelse af radioaktivt affald "kan 
antages at medføre en radioaktiv kontaminering af en 
anden medlemsstats vande, jord eller luftrum". I det 
omfang de foranstaltninger, som overvejes i konventionen 
med hensyn til vurdering af sikkerhed (artikel 14), 
beredskab (artikel 16) og drift af nukleare 
installationer (artikel 19), vedrører bortskaffelse af 
spild af den art, som omtales i artikel 37 i Euratom-
traktaten, berører de tydeligvis Kommissionens 
forpligtelser. 
19. I henhold til Euratom-traktatens artikel 35 og 36 har 
Kommissionen til en vis grad kontrol- og 
tilsynsforpligtelser, som bl.a. tillader den at udøve 
sine beføjelser i henhold til artikel 38. Ifølge denne 
bestemmelse skal Kommissionen rette henstillinger til 
medlemsstaterne vedrørende radioaktivitetsmængden i 
atmosfæren, i vand og i jord. Endvidere har Kommissionen 
vidtrækkende beføjelser i tilfælde af nødsituationer, da 
ikke blot medlemsstaterne i sådanne tilfælde er pålagt 
den opgave at sikre overensstemmelse med de grundlæggende 
normer (jf. artikel 33), men at det også gælder 
Kommissionen. I det omfang konventionen således også 
gælder i nødsituationer, hvilket den gør (jf. 
f. eks. artikel 16), er Fællesskabets deltagelse 
nødvendig. 
20. I lyset af ovenstående er Kommissionen af den opfattelse, 
at det er i Fællesskabets interesse at undertegne 
konventionen, for så vidt som resultatet af de 
forhandlinger, der er.planlagt til den 14.-17. juni 1994, 
er rimeligt og tilfredsstillende for Fællesskabet. 
21. Kommissionen fremsender nu teksten til konventionen 
(bilag 1), således at Rådet kan godkende, at Kommissionen 
indgår den (bilag 2), i henhold til proceduren i Euratom-
traktatens artikel 101, stk. 2. 
I medfør af Euratom-traktatens artikel 102 skal 
indgåelsen af konventionen først erklæres af Kommissionen 
for Fællesskabet, når alle interesserede medlemsstater 
har tilkendegivet over for Kommissionen, at konventionen 
er gjort anvendelig i overensstemmelse med den nationale 
lovgivning, 
I henhold til artikel 30, stk. 4, nr. iii, i konventionen 
afgiver Kommissionen samtidig en erklæring, som beskrevet 
i bilag 3, med angivelse af, hvilke stater der er 
medlemmer af Det Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab, og 
hvilke af konventionens artikler, der gælder for det. 
10 
ANNEX i 
DRAFT NUCLEAR SAFETY CONVENTION 
PREAMBLE 
THE CONTRACTING PARTIES 
(i) Aware of the importance to the international community 
of ensuring that the use of nuclear energy is safe, 
well regulated and environmentally sound; 
(ii) Reaffirming the necessity of continuing to promote a 
high level of nuclear safety worldwide; 
(iii) Reaffirming that responsibility for nuclear safety 
rests with the State where a nuclear installation is 
located; 
(iv) Desiring to promote an effective nuclear safety 
culture,-
(v) Aware that accidents at nuclear installations have the 
potential for trans-boundary impacts; 
(vi) Keeping in mind the Convention on the Physical 
Protection of Nuclear Material (1979), the Convention 
on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident (1986), 
and the Convention on Assistance in the Case of a 
Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency (1986); 
(vii) Affirming the importance of international cooperation 
for the enhancement of nuclear safety by the use of 
existing bilateral and multilateral mechanisms and the 
establishment of this incentive Convention; 
(viii) Recognizing that this Convention entails a commitment 
to the application of fundamental safety principles 
rather than detailed safety standards and that there 
are internationally formulated safety guidelines which 
are updated from time to time and so can provide 
guidance on contemporary means of achieving a high 
level of safety; 
(ix) Affirming the need to begin promptly the development 
of an international convention on the safety of 
radioactive waste management as soon as the ongoing 
process to develop waste management safety 
fundamentals has resulted in broad international 
agreement ; 
(x) Recognizing the usefulness of further technical work 
in connection with the safety of other parts of the 
nuclear fuel cycle, and that this work may, in time, 
facilitate the development of current or future 
international instruments; 
HAVE AGREED as follows: 
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CHAPTER •!. OBJECTIVES. DEFINITIONS AND SCOPE 
ARTICLE 1. OBJECTIVES 
(i) 
(ii) 
(iii) The objectives of this Convention are: 
to achieve and maintain a high level of nuclear safety 
worldwide through national measures and international 
co-operation; 
to establish and maintain effective defences in 
nuclear installations against potential radiological 
hazards in order to protect individuals, society and 
the environment from harmful effects of ionizing 
radiation from such installations; 
to prevent accidents with radiological consequences 
and to mitigate such consequences should they occur. 
ARTICLE 2. DEFINITIONS 
For the purpose of this Convention: 
(i) "nuclear installation" means for each Contracting Party 
any land based civil nuclear power plant under its 
jurisdiction including such storage, handling and 
treatment facilities for radioactive materials as are 
on the same site and are directly related to the 
operation of the nuclear power plant. Such a plant 
ceases to be a nuclear installation when all nuclear 
fuel elements have been removed permanently from the 
reactor core and have been stored safely in accordance 
with approved procedures, and a decommissioning 
programme has been agreed to by the regulatory body. 
(ii) "licence" means any authorization granted by the 
regulatory body to the applicant to have the overall 
responsibility for the siting, design, construction, 
commissioning or operation of a nuclear installation. 
(iii) "regulatory body" means for each Contracting Party any 
body or bodies given the legal authority by that 
Contracting Party to grant licences and to regulate the 
siting,design, construction, commissioning, operation 
or decommissioning of nuclear installations. 
ARTICLE 3. SCOPE OF APPLICATION 
The provisions of this Convention shall apply to the 
safety of nuclear installations. 
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CHAPTER 2. OBLIGATIONS 
(a) General Provisions 
ARTICLE 4. IMPLEMENTING MEASURES 
Each Contracting Party shall take, within the framework 
of its national law, the legislative, regulatory and 
administrative measures and other steps necessary to implement 
its obligations under this Convention. 
ARTICLE 5. REPORTING 
Each Contracting Party shall submit for review, prior to 
each meeting referred to in Article 20, a report on the 
measures it has taken to implement each of the obligations of 
this Convention. 
ARTICLE 6. EXISTING NUCLEAR INSTALLATIONS 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that the safety of nuclear installations existing at 
the time the Convention enters into force for that Contracting 
Party is reviewed as soon as possible. When necessary in the 
context of this Convention, the Contracting Party shall ensure 
that all reasonably practicable improvements are made as a 
matter of urgency to upgrade the safety of the installation. 
If such upgrading cannot be achieved, plans should be 
implemented to shut down the installation as soon as 
practically possible. The timing of the shut-down may take 
into account the whole energy context and possible 
alternatives as well as the social, environmental and economic 
impact. 
(b) Legislation and regulation 
ARTICLE 7. LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK 
1. Each Contracting Party shall establish and maintain a 
legislative and regulatory framework to govern the safety of 
nuclear installations. 
2. The legislative and regulatory framework shall provide 
for: 
(i) the establishment of applicable national safety 
requirements and regulations; 
(ii) a system of licensing with regard to nuclear 
installations and the prohibition of the operation 
of a nuclear installation without a licence; 
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(iii) a system ol: regulatory inspection and assessment of 
nuclear installations to ascertain compliance with 
applicable regulations and the terms of any 
licence; 
(iv) enforcement of applicable regulations and of the 
terms of any licence, including suspension, 
modification or revocation. 
ARTICLE 8. REGULATORY BODY 
1. Each Contracting Party shall establish or designate a 
regulatory body entrusted with the implementation of the 
legislative and regulatory framework established in accordance 
with Article 7,and provided with adequate authority, 
competence and financial and human resources to fulfill its 
assigned responsibilities. 
2. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure an effective separation between the functions of the 
regulatory body and those of any other body or organization 
concerned with the promotion or utilization of nuclear energy. 
ARTICLE 9. RESPONSIBILITY OF THE LICENCE HOLDER 
Each Contracting Party shall ensure that prime 
responsibility for the safety of a nuclear installation rests 
with the holder of the relevant licence and shall take the 
appropriate steps to ensure that each such licence holder 
meets its responsibility. 
(c) General Safety Considerations 
ARTICLE 10. PRIORITY TO SAFETY 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that all organizations engaged in activities 
directly related to nuclear installations shall establish 
policies that give due priority to nuclear safety. 
ARTICLE 11. FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
1. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that adequate financial resources are available to 
support the safety of each nuclear installation throughout its 
life. 
2. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that for all safety related activities in or for 
each nuclear installation throughout its life sufficient 
numbers of qualified staff with appropriate education, 
training and retraining are available. 
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ARTICLE 12. HUMAN FACTORS 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that the capabilities and limitations of human 
performance are taken into account throughout the life of a 
nuclear installation. 
ARTICLE 13. QUALITY ASSURANCE 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that quality assurance programmes are established 
and implemented with a view to providing confidence that 
specified requirements for all activities important to nuclear 
safety are satisfied throughout the life of a nuclear 
installation. 
ARTICLE 14. ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION OF SAFETY 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that : 
(i) comprehensive and systematic safety assessments are 
carried out before constructing and commissioning a 
nuclear installation and throughout its life. Such 
assessments shall be well documented, subsequently updated 
in the light of operating experience and significant new 
safety information, and reviewed under the authority of 
the regulatory body,-
(ii) verification by analysis, surveillance, testing and 
inspection is carried out to ensure that the physical 
state of a nuclear installation and the operation of the 
installation continue to be in accordance with its 
design, applicable national safety requirements and with 
operational limits and conditions. 
ARTICLE 15. RADIATION PROTECTION 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that in all operational states the radiation 
exposure to the workers and the public caused by a nuclear 
installation shall be kept as low as reasonably achievable and 
no individual shall be exposed to radiation doses which exceed 
prescribed national dose limits. 
ARTICLE 16. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS 
1. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that there are on-site and off-site emergency plans 
that are routinely tested for nuclear installations and cover 
the activities to be carried out in the event of an emergency. 
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For any new nuclear installation, such plans shall be prepared 
and tested before it commences operation above a very low 
power level. 
2. Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that, insofar as they are likely to be affected by a 
radiological emergency, its own population as well as the 
competent authorities of the States in the vicinity of the 
nuclear installation are provided with appropriate information 
for emergency planning and response. 
3. Contracting Parties which do not have a nuclear 
installation on their territory, but are likely to be affected 
in the event of a radiological emergency in a neighbouring 
State, shall take the appropriate steps to ensure that 
emergency plans have been prepared and tested that cover the 
activities to be carried out in the event of an emergency. 
(d) Safety of Installations 
ARTICLE 17. SITING 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that appropriate procedures are established and 
implemented: 
(i) for evaluating all relevant site-related factors which 
are likely to affect the safety of a nuclear 
installation for its projected lifetime; 
(ii) for evaluating the likely safety impact of a proposed 
nuclear installation on individuals, society and the 
environment ; 
(iii) for re-evaluating as necessary all relevant factors 
referred to under sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) to ensure 
the continued safety acceptability of the nuclear 
installation; 
(iv) for consulting Contracting Parties in the vicinity of a 
proposed nuclear installation, insofar as they are 
likely to be affected by that installation and, upon 
request providing the necessary information to such 
Contracting Parties, in order to enable them to evaluate 
and form their own assessment of the likely safety 
impact of the installation. 
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ARTICLE 18. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that: 
(i) the design and construction of a nuclear installation 
provides for several reliable levels and methods of 
protection (defense in depth) against the release of 
radioactive materials, with a view to preventing the 
occurrence of accidents and to mitigating their 
radiological consequences should they occur; 
(ii) the technologies incorporated in the design and 
construction of nuclear installations are proven by 
experience or qualified by testing or analysis; 
(iii) the design allows for reliable, stable and easily 
manageable operation, with specific consideration of 
human factors and the man-machine interface. 
ARTICLE 19. OPERATION 
Each Contracting Party shall take the appropriate steps 
to ensure that : 
(i) the initial authorization to operate a nuclear 
installation is based upon an appropriate safety 
analysis and a commissioning programme demonstrating 
that the installation, as constructed, is consistent 
with design and safety requirements; 
(ii) operational limits and conditions derived from the 
safety analysis, tests and operational experience are 
defined and revised as necessary to identify safe 
boundaries for operation,-
(iii) operation, maintenance, inspection and testing of a 
nuclear installation are conducted in accordance with 
approved procedures; 
(iv) procedures are established to respond to anticipated 
operational occurrences and to accidents; 
(v) necessary engineering and technical support in all 
safety related fields is available throughout the 
lifetime of a nuclear installation; 
(vi) incidents significant to safety are reported by the 
holder of the relevant licence to the regulatory body; 
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(vii) programmes to collect and.analyze operating experience 
are established, that the results obtained and the 
conclusions drawn are acted upon and that existing 
mechanisms are used to share important experience with 
international bodies and with other operating 
organizations and regulatory bodies; 
(viii) the generation of radioactive waste resulting from the 
operation of a nuclear installation is kept to the 
minimum practicable for the process concerned, both in 
activity and volume, and that any necessary treatment 
and storage of spent fuel and waste directly related to 
the operation and on the same site take into 
consideration conditioning and disposal. 
CHAPTER 3. MEETINGS OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES 
ARTICLE 20. REVIEW MEETINGS 
1. The Contracting Parties shall hold meetings for the 
purpose of reviewing the reports submitted pursuant to Article 
5 in accordance with the procedures adopted under Article 22. 
These meetings shall hereinafter be referred to as "review 
meetings". 
2. Subject to the provisions of Article 24 sub-groups 
comprised of representatives of Contracting Parties may be 
established and may function during the review meetings as 
deemed necessary for the purpose of reviewing specific 
subjects contained in the reports. 
3 . Each Contracting Party shall have a reasonable 
opportunity to discuss the reports submitted by other 
Contracting Parties and to seek clarification of the reports. 
ARTICLE 21. TIMETABLE 
1. A preparatory meeting of the Contracting Parties shall 
be held not later than six months after the date of entry into 
force of this Convention. 
2. At this preparatory meeting the Contracting Parties 
shall determine the date for the first review meeting. This 
review meeting shall be held as soon as possible but not later 
than thirty months after the date of entry into force of this 
Convention. 
3. At each review meeting the Contracting Parties shall 
determine the date for the next such meeting. The interval 
between review meetings shall not exceed three years. 
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ARTICLE 22. PROCEDURAL ARRANGEMENTS 
1. At the preparatory meeting held pursuant to Article 21 
the Contracting Parties shall prepare and adopt by consensus 
Rules of Procedure and Financial Rules. The Contracting 
Parties shall establish in particular and in accordance with 
the Rules of Procedure: 
(i) guidelines regarding the form and structure of the 
report to be submitted pursuant to Article 5; 
(ii) a date for submission of such reports,-
(iii) the process for reviewing such reports; 
2. At review meetings the Contracting Parties may,if 
necessary, review the arrangements established under sub­
paragraphs (i)-(iii)above, and adopt revised arrangements by 
consensus unless otherwise provided for in the Rules of 
Procedure. 
ARTICLE 23. EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS 
An extraordinary meeting of the Contracting Parties 
shall be held: 
(i) if so agreed by a majority of the Contracting Parties 
present and voting at a meeting,abstention being 
considered as voting; or 
(ii) at the written request of a Contracting Party, within 
six months of this request having been communicated to 
the Contracting Parties and notification having been 
received by the Secretariat, that the request has been 
supported by a majority of the Contracting Parties. 
ARTICLE 24. ATTENDANCE 
1. Each Contracting Party shall attend meetings of the 
Contracting Parties and be represented at such meetings by one 
delegate, and such alternates, experts and advisers as it 
deems necessary. 
2. The Contracting Parties may invite, by consensus, any 
intergovernmental organization which is competent in respect 
of matters governed by this Convention to attend, as 
observers, any meeting, or specific sessions thereof. 
Observers shall be required to accept in writing, and in 
advance, the provisions of Article 27. 
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ARTICLE 25. SUMMARY REPORTS 
The Contracting Parties shall adopt, by consensus, and 
make available to the public a document addressing issues 
discussed during a meeting and conclusions reached. 
ARTICLE 26. LANGUAGES 
1. The languages of meetings of the Contracting Parties 
shall be Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish 
unless otherwise provided in the Rules of Procedure. 
2. Reports submitted pursuant to Article 5 shall be 
prepared in the national language of the submitting 
Contracting Party or in a single designated language to be 
agreed in the Rules of Procedure. Should the report be 
submitted in a national language other than the designated 
language, a translation of the report into the designated 
language shall be provided by the Contracting Party. 
ARTICLE 27. CONFIDENTIALITY 
1. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect the 
rights and obligations of the Contracting Parties under their 
law to protect information from disclosure. For the purposes 
of this Article, "information" includes, inter alia, 
(i)personal data,- (ii) information protected by intellectual 
property rights or by industrial or commercial 
confidentiality; and (iii) information relating to national 
security, the physical protection of nuclear materials or 
nuclear installations. 
2. When, in the context of this Convention, a Contracting 
Party provides information identified by it as protected as 
described in paragraph 1, such information shall be used only 
for the purposes for which it has been provided and its 
confidentiality shall be respected. 
3. The content of the debates during the reviewing of the 
reports by the Contracting Parties at each meeting shall be 
confidential. 
ARTICLE 28. SECRETARIAT 
1. The International Atomic Energy Agency, (hereinafter 
referred to as the "Agency") shall provide the secretariat for 
the meetings of the Contracting Parties. 
2 . The secretariat shall : 
(i) convene, prepare and service the meetings of the 
Contracting Parties; 
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(ii) transmit to the Contracting Parties information 
received or prepared in accordance with the 
provisions of this Convention. 
The costs incurred by the Agency in fulfilling (i) and 
(ii) above shall be borne by the Agency as part of its regular 
budget. 
3. The Contracting Parties may, by consensus, request the 
Agency to provide other services in support of meetings of the 
Contracting Parties. The Agency may provide such services if 
they can be undertaken within its programme and regular 
budget. Should this not be possible, the Agency may provide 
such services if voluntary funding is provided from another 
source. 
CHAPTER 4. FINAL CLAUSES AND OTHER PROVISIONS 
ARTICLE 29. RESOLUTION OF DISAGREEMENTS 
In the event of a disagreement between two or more 
Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or 
application of this Convention, the Parties shall consult 
within the framework of a meeting of the Contracting Parties 
with a view to resolving the disagreement. 
ARTICLE 30. SIGNATURE, RATIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE, APPROVAL, 
ACCESSION 
1. This Convention shall be open for signature by all 
States at the Headquarters of the Agency in Vienna until its 
entry into force. 
2. This Convention is subject to ratification, acceptance 
or approval by the signatory States. 
3. After its entry into force, this Convention will be open 
for accession by all States. 
4. (i) This Convention shall be open for signature or 
accession by regional organizations of an integration 
or other nature, provided that any such organization 
is constituted by sovereign States and has competence 
in respect of the negotiation, conclusion and 
application of international agreements in matters 
covered by this Convention. 
(ii) In matters within their competence, such 
organizations shall, on their own behalf, exercise 
the rights and fulfil the responsibilities which this 
Convention attributes to States Parties. 
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(iii) When becoming party to this Convention such an 
organization shall communicate to the Depositary a 
declaration indicating which States are members 
thereof and which articles of this Convention apply 
to it, as well as the extent of its competence in the 
field covered by those articles. 
(iv) Such organization shall not hold any vote additional 
to those of its Member States. 
5. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or 
accession shall be deposited with the Depositary. 
ARTICLE 31. ENTRY INTO FORCE 
1. This Convention shall enter into force on the ninetieth day 
after the date of deposit with the Depositary of the 
[twentieth] instrument of ratification, acceptance or 
approval, including the instruments of [fifteen]States, each 
with at least one nuclear installation. 
2. For each State or regional organization of an 
integration or other nature which ratifies, accepts, approves 
or accedes to this Convention after the date of deposit of the 
last instrument required to satisfy the conditions in 
paragraph 1, this Convention shall enter into force on the 
ninetieth day after deposit of the appropriate instrument by 
such a State or organization. 
ARTICLE 32. AMENDMENTS TO THE CONVENTION 
1. Any Contracting Party may propose an amendment to this 
Convention. Proposed amendments shall be considered at a 
review or extraordinary meeting. 
2. The text of any proposed amendment and the reasons for 
it shall be provided to the Depositary who shall communicate 
the proposal to the Contracting Parties promptly and at least 
ninety days before the meeting at which it is submitted for 
consideration. Any comments received on such a proposal shall 
be circulated by the Depositary to the Contracting Parties. 
3 . The Contracting Parties shall decide after consideration 
of the proposed amendment whether to adopt it by consensus, or 
in the absence of such consensus, whether to submit it to a 
Diplomatic Conference. A decision to submit a proposed 
amendment to a Diplomatic Conference shall require a two-
thirds majority vote of the Parties present and voting at the 
meeting, provided that at least one half of the Contracting 
Parties are present at the time of voting. Abstentions shall 
be considered as voting. 
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4. The Diplomatic Conference to consider and adopt 
amendments to this Convention shall be convened by the 
Depositary to be held no later than one year after the 
appropriate decision taken in accordance with paragraph 3 of 
this Article. 
5. Amendments to this Convention adopted under paragraphs 3 
and 4 above shall be subject to ratification, acceptance, 
approval, or confirmation by the Contracting Parties and shall 
enter into force for those Contracting Parties having 
ratified, accepted, or approved or confirmed them on the 
ninetieth day after the receipt by the Depositary of the 
relevant instruments by at least three fourths of the 
Contracting Parties. For those Contracting Parties which 
later on ratify, accept, approve or confirm the said 
amendments, the latter will enter into force on the ninetieth 
day after that Party deposits its relevant instrument. 
ARTICLE 33. DENUNCIATION 
1. Any Contracting Party may denounce this Convention by 
written notification to the Depositary. 
2. Denunciation shall take effect one year following the date 
of the receipt of the notification by the Depositary, or on 
such later date as may be specified in the notification. 
ARTICLE 34. DEPOSITARY 
1. The Director General of the Agency shall be the Depositary 
of this Convention. 
2. The Depositary shall inform the Contracting Parties of: 
(i) the signature of this Convention and of the deposit 
of instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval 
or accession, in accordance with Article 30; 
(ii) the date on which the Convention enters into force, 
in accordance with Article 31; 
(iii) the notifications of denunciation of the Convention 
and the date thereof, made in accordance with Article 
33; 
(iv) the proposed amendments to this Convention submitted 
by the Contracting Parties, the amendments adopted by 
the relevant Diplomatic Conference or by the meeting 
of the Contracting Parties, and the date of entry 
into force of the said amendments, in accordance with 
Article 32. 
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ARTICLE 35. AUTHENTIC TEXTS 
The original of this Convention - of which the Arabic, 
Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are 
equally authentic, shall be deposited with the Depositary who 
shall send certified copies thereof to the Contracting 
Parties. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE UNDERSIGNED, BEING DULY AUTHORIZED TO 
THAT EFFECT, HAVE SIGNED THIS CONVENTION. 
Done at on the day of 
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RÅDHTS AFGØRELSE 
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om godkendelse af Kommissionens indgåelse af 
Konventionen om Nuklear Sikkerhed 
(.../.../Euratom) 
RÅDET FOR DEN EUROPÆISKE UNION HAR -
under henvisning til traktaten om oprettelse af Det Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab, 
særlig artikel 101, stk. 2, 
under henvisning til udkast fra Kommissionen, og 
ud fra følgende betragtninger: 
På mødet mellem regeringsrepræsentanterne, der afholdes i Wien i Den Internationale 
Alomcncrgiorganisations hovedkvarter fra den 14. til den 17. juni 1994, skal 
konventionen om nuklear sikkerhed vedtages; 
i betragtning ai' de opgaver, der ved traktatens kapitel III, afsnit 2, er tildelt Fællesskabet, 
bør Kommissionens indgåelse af konventionen godkendes; 
TRUFFET FØLGENDE AFGØRELSE: 
Eneste artikel 
Herved godkendes Kommissionens indgåelse af konventionen om nuklear sikkerhed. 
Udfærdiget i ... På Rådets vegne 
Formand 
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Erklæring fra Det Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab 
i henhold til bestemmelserne i artikel 30, stk. 4, nr. iii, 
i konventionen om nuklear sikkerhed 
Følgende stater er for øjeblikket medlemmer af Det Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab: 
Belgien, Danmark, Tyskland, Grækenland, Spanien, Frankrig, Irland, Italien, Luxembourg, 
Nederlandene, Portugal og Del Forenede Kongerige. 
Fællesskabet erklærer, at følgende artikler i konventionen finder anvendelse på det: artikel 
1-5, artikel 7, artikel 14-35. 
Fællesskabet har beføjelser inden for de områder, der er omfattet af artikel 1-5, artikel 
7 og artikel 14-19, som fastsat i traktaten om oprettelse af Det Europæiske 
Atomenergifællesskab og i de fællesskabsretsakter, der er angivet nedenfor. 
I fremtiden kan det meget vel tænkes, at Fællesskabet overtager yderligere 
ansvarsområder gennem vedtagelse af mere specifik lovgivning vedrørende det område, 
der er omfattet af konventionen. 
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LISTE OVER FAELLESSKABETS LOVGIVNING 
Rådets direktiv 80/836/Euratom af 15. Juli 1980 om cndrlng af 
direktiverne om fastscttelse af de grundliggende norner for beskyttelse 
af befolkningens og arbejdstagernes sundhed mod de farer, der er 
forbundet «ed Ioniserende stråling (EFT nr. L 246 af 17.9.1980. s. 1). 
Rådets direktiv 84/467/Euratom af 3. september 1984 om andring af 
direktiv 80/836/Euratom for sé vidt angår fastscttelse af de 
grundlcggende normer for beskyttelse af befolkningens og arbejdstagernes 
sundhed mod de farer, der er forbundet med Ioniserende stråling (EFT nr. 
L 265 af 5.10.1984. s. 4). 
Rådets beslutning 67/600/Buratom af 14. december 1987 om en 
fallasskabsordning for hurtig udveksling af information i 
tilfalde ef strålingsfare (BFT nr. L 371, 30.12.1987, s. 76). 
Rådet« direktiv 89/618/Buratom af 27. november 1989 om 
oplysning af befolkningen om. hvorledes den skel forholde sig, 
•amt om sundhedsmæssige foranstaltninger 1 tilfalde af 
strålingsfare (BFT nr. L 357 ef 7.12.1989, s. 31). 
RAdets direktiv 90/64l/Buretom af 4. december 1990 om 
strålebeskyttelse af eksterne arbejdstagere, der udsattes for 
risici for ioniserende stråling under deres arbejde i et 
kontrolleret område (BFT nr. L 349 af 13.12. 1990, s. 21). 
Rådets direktiv 92/3/Buratom af 3. februar 1992 om overvågning 
af og kontrol med overførsel ef radioaktivt affald mellem 
medlemsstaterne samt ind i og ud af Pallesskabet (BFT nr. L 
35, 12.2.1992). 
Rådets forordning 87/3954/Buratom af 22. december 1987 om 
featsattelse af de maksimalt tilladte niveauer for 
redioektivitet i levnedsmidler og foder som følge af nukleare 
ulykker eller andre tilfalde af strålingsfare (BFT nr. L 371, 
30.12.19S7, s. 11) . 
Kommissionens forordning 89/944/Buratom af 12. april 1989 om 
featsattelse af de maksimalt tilladte niveauer for 
radioaktivitet i mindre vigtige levnedsmidler som felge af 
nukleare ulykker eller andre tilfalde af strålingsfare (BFT nr. 
L 101. 13.4.1989. S. 17). 
Rådets forordning 89/2218/Buratom ef 18. juli 1989 om andring 
af forordning (Buratom) nr. 3954/87 om faatsactelse af de 
maksimalt tilladte niveauer for radioaktivitet i levnedsmidler 
og foder efter nukleare ulykker eller andre tilfclde af 
strålingsfare (BFT nr. L 211, 22.7.1989. s. 1). 
Rådets forordning 89/2219/BØF af 18. juli 1989 om sarlige 
betingelser for udførsel af levnedsmidler og foder efter 
nukleare ulykker eller i andre tilfalde af strålingsfare (EFT 
nr. L 211, 22.7.1989, s.4). 
Rådets forordning 90/737/BØP af 22. marts 1990 om betingelser 
for indførsel af landbrugsprodukter med oprindelse i 
tredjelande som følge af ulykken på kemekraftvarket i 
Tjernobyl (EPT nr. L 82 af 29.3.1990, s. 1). 
Kommissionens forordning 90/770/Buratom af 29. marts 1990 om 
featsattelse af de maksimalt tilladte niveauer for 
radioaktivitet i foder som følge af nukleare ulykker eller 
andre tilfalde af strålingsfare (BFT nr. L 83, 30.3.1990, s. 
78). 
Rådets forordning 1493/93/Buratom af 8. juni 1993 om overførsel 
af radioaktive stoffer mellem medlemsstaterne (BFT nr. L 148, 
19.6.1993. S. 1). 
Kommissionens forordning 1S18/93/BØP af 21. juni 1993 (til 
erstatning for Kommissionens forordning 92/598/BøF af 9. marts 
1992) om fastscttelse af en fortegneise over produkter, der 
undtagea fra Rådets forordning (EØF) nr. 737/90 om betingelser 
for indførsel af landbrugsprodukter med oprindelse i 
tredjelande som følge af ulykken på kemekraftvarket i 
Tjernobyl (BFT nr. L 150, 22.6.1990. S. 30). 
Rådets direktiv 85/337/BØP om vurdering af visse offentlige og 
privete projekters indvirkning på miljøet (BFT nr. h 175, 
5.7.1985, S. 40) 
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