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Mitteilung anden Rat betreffend ein Abkommen zwischen der Kommission imNamen
derEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft und demEnergieministerium derVereinigten
Staaten über Zusammenarbeit bei Fortschung undEntwicklung aufdemGebiet der
Sicherheitsüberwachung Von Kernmaterial
1.Derwachsende Umfang ,indem sich Kernmaterial imUmlauf und iroEinsatz
befindet ,beschäftigt weltweit sowohl die Politiker als auch die Öffent­
lichkeit und zeigt auf ,welche Bedeutung international alseffizient aner­
kannten Sicherheitsüberwachungssystemen zukommt .DieGemeinschaft betreibt
s^it über zwanzig Jahren ihr eigenes Sicherheitsüberwachungssystem ,das
technisch durch Forschungsarbeiten inderGemeinsamen Forschungsstelle unter­
stützt wird ,dienicht nurauf dieVerbesserung der eingewandten Sicherungs -
massnahmen ,sondern auch aufdie ständige Anpassung dereinschlägigen Tech­
niken ansich wandelnde Erfordernisse indiesem Bereich abzielen .,DieKom­
mission hat indiesem Zusammenhang am7.Mai 1981 mit der Internationalen
Atomenergie-Organisation einAbkommen über Zusammenarbeit bei Forschung und
Entwicklung aufdemGebiet derSicherheitsüberwachung geschlossen (1).
2.AufSitzungen desBeratenden Programmausschusses Spaltstof fflusskontrolle
indenJahren 1978 ,1979 und1980 hat dieGemeinsame Forschungsstelle den
BPAüber die Entwicklung ihrer technischen Kontakte imRahmen ihres Pro­
gramms Spaltstof fflusskontrolle mit einer Reihe ,von Laboratorien des United
States Department ofEnergy (USDOE ),die sich imF&E aufdemGebiet der
Sicherheitsüberwachung befassen ,unterrichtet .
3.Diese Art vonZusammenarbeit istinsbesondere aufderBPA-Sitzung vom 14;
und 15.November 1978 inVerbindung mit denF&E-Aktivitäten undderZusam­
menarbeit mit den SANDIA-Laboratorien über Ultraschallverfahren zur Identi­
fizierung vonSiegeln erörtert worden .DerBPAwarallgemein derAnsicht ,
dass eine solche Kooperation wünschenswert sei ,dass aber sehr sorgfältig
aufdieWahrung desPrinzips derGegenseitigkeit undderausgewogenen Zu­
sammenarbeit geachtet werden müsse .Der BPAhielt esferner fürnotwendig ,-
Nachdruck aufdieinternationale Anerkennung der indieZusammenarbeit ein­
zubeziehenden Themen zulegen .
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4.AufderSitzung desBPA ,vom 11.und 12.Oktober 1979 sind dieBeziehungen
zudiesen Laboratorien ausführlicher behandelt worden ;bei derGelegenheit
hatderBPAderArtderEntwicklung dieser Beziehungen allgemein zugestimmt .
5.ImAnschluss anseine Sitzung vom 27.und 28.Januar 1981 hatderBPAeine
befürwortende Stellungnahme zuderFormalisierung dieser Beziehungen in
einem Abkommen mitdemUSDOEabgegeben (2).DerBPAhatinsbesondere ver­
merkt ,dass eine gesunde technische Grundlage fürdenAbschluss eines Koope -
rationsabkommens vorhanden ist ,dass dasAbkommen ,denInformationsaustausch
mit den amerikanischen Laboratorien und dem USDOE sowie den Patentschutz
regeln würde ,dass dievorgesehene Zusammenarbeit ausdemHaushalt bestritten
werden könnte unddass sienicht zueiner Verringerung derZusammenarbeit der
GFSmitderGemeinschaft führen unddieInteressen derMitgliedstaaten inden '
fürdieZusammenarbeit vorgesehenen Bereichen nicht beeinträchtigen würden .
(1)Ratsdokument 4968/81 (AT0 17)vom 3.Februar 1981
(2)Ratsdokument 7967/81 (ATO 54)vom 3.Juli 1981

2.
6„InAnbetracht dar weiteren Entwicklung der Beziehungen der Kommission
und unter Berücksichtigung der vom BPA ausgedrückten Ansichten ,,ins­
besondere seiner früheren Empfehlung zuder Notwendigkeit eines ausge­
wogenen Austauschs von Kenntnissen zwischen der Kommission und dem
U3DOE ,ist die Gruppe Atomfragen des Rates am12.Mai 1981 über den
Stand der Beratungen imHinblick auf ein solches Abkommen mit dem USDOE
unterrichtet worden (1).
7.Die Kommission unterrichtet den Rat hiermit über ihre Absicht ,mit dem
USDOE ein Abkommen nach demVerfahren gemäss Artikel 101Absatz 3des
Euratom-Vertrages z.uschliessen .Der Entwurf des Abkommens mit den An­
hängen ist beigefügt .
(J.)Rat.sdokament 70i9 /81 (ATO 45)vom 15.Mai 1981 .

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

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Article II
1.•Joint research anddevelopment projects ,and specific tasks
tobeundertaken intheareas ofcooperation stated in
Article Ishall beset forth inwritten annexes tothis
Agreement asmutually agreed onacase -by-case basis .
2.Each Party may loan equipment totheother Party ,for such
purposes under this Agreement asmaybemutually agreeable
tothe Parties .
3.Information may beexchanged between theParties intheform
oftechnical reports ,correspondence ,byjoint meetings of .
experts ,visits ,orinanyother form asmaybemutually
agreeable tothe Parties .
4.Staff may beexchanged ,subject totheprovisions ofArticle
VIofthis Agreement ,asmay bemutually agreeable tothe
Parties . '
Article III
1.Tosupervise theexecution ofthis Agreement ,theParties shall
each name one individual toact asCoordinator .The Coordinators
shall meet toevaluate thestatus o£cooperation under this
Agreement atspecific times andplaces tobemutually agreed
upon ,with themeetings held alternately intheEuropean
Communities and intheUnited States .These evaluations shall
include :comprehensive review ofeach Party 'snuclear material
safeguards research anddevelopment program ,status ,andplans ;
assessment ofthebalance ofexchanges under this Agreement ;
andconsideration ofmeasure 'stoensure abalanced exchange in
thedesign ofcooperation under this Agreement .
2.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 IandIIof
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 totheother information
inspecified areas ofthefield ofnuclear material
safeguards which they have theright todisclose ,either ~
intheir possession oravailable tothem .
B.Both Parties aigree that information exchanged under this
«
Agreement' may begiven wide distribution ,subject tothe
need toprotect proprietary information exchanged hereunder
asprovided inthis Article and theneed toprotect patent
rights asprovided inArticle VI.
2,Use ofProprietary Information s \ ,
A. Definitions - - -
(i).Theterm "information "means scientific ortechnical
data ,results ,ormethods ofresearch and development ,
andany other 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 :
- s.)hasbeen held inconfidence bytheowner ;
b)isc£atype which iscustomarily held in
confidence byits owner ;
c)hasnotbeen transmitted bythetransmitting
. Party toother entities (including thereceiving
Parry )except onthebasis that itbeheld 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 .Any document 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 ,reproduction hereof ,inwhole orinpart .These
limitations shall automatically terminate when this
information isdisclosed bythe owner 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 tothesubject matter ofthe
proprietary information ; •
D)prime orsubcontractors ofthereceiving Party
locate !within 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 v/idely than otherwise permitted in
theforegoing section ii.TheParties shall cooperate -
with each other indeveloping procedures forrequesting
andobtaining prior "written consent forsuch 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 oftheParties
■'becomes aware that itwill be,ormayreasonably beexpected ,
tobecome ,unable tomeet thenon-dissemination provisions
ofthis paragraph ,itshall -immediately inform theother ■
Party .The Parties shall thereafter consult todefine an
.appropriate course ofaction .
D. Information arising from seminars andother meetings arranged
-under this Acreemer.t andinformation -arising from theattachment
ofstaff ,use offacilities and joint projects shall betreated
bytheParties according totheprinciples specified inthis
article ;provided however that noinformation orally communicated
shall besubject tothelimited disclosure requirements ofthis
-Agreement unless _uheindividual 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
use ordissemination ofinformation received byaParty
through arrangements other "than those provided forunder
this Agreement .
Article V
Information transmitted byoneParty totheother Party under
this Agreement shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge and
belief oftheTransmitting Party ,but theTransmitting Party
does notwarrant the suitability oftheinformation transmitted
for anyparticular use orapplication bytheReceiving Party or
byany third Party .Information developed jointly bytheParties
shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge andbelief ofboth Parties .
Neither Party warrants theaccuracy ofthejointly developed
information orits suitability £ot any particular 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 Farty oritscontractors )in
connection with exchanges ofscientists ,engineers and
other specialists ,theRecipient Party will acquire all
rights ,title andinterest inand toanysuch invention
ordiscovery inallcountries ,subject toanon-exclusive ,
irrevocable ,royalty-free license inallsuch countries
totheAssigning Party ,with theright oftheAssigning
Farty togrant sublicenses under such invention or
discovery andanypatent application ,patent orother
protection relating thereto .

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 totheother Party ,ofaroyalty-free ,non-rexclusive ,
irrevocable license ,with theright oftheother Party to
grant sublicenses inand toany such invention ordiscovery
.and anypatent 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 thesame rights assetforth
inparagraph 1A.
D. VJith regard tospecific forms ofcooperation otheF than the
forms provided for insubparagraphs A,Band Cabove ,,the *
Parties will provide forappropriate distribution ofrights -
toinventions ordiscoveries resulting from such cooperation
inanother Agreement or _inanannex to.this Agreement in
accordance with paragraph 1ofArticle IIofthis Agreement .
Each Party will ,without prejudice toanyrights ofinventors
under itsnational lavs ,take allnecessary steps toprovide ,
thecooperation from its inventors .required tocarry out the
provisions ofthis Article .Neither oftheParties will
assume theresponsibility topayawards orcompensation
required tobepaid tonationals oftheother Party according '.
tolaws ofthecountry ofthat "other Party . • ■

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Article VIT
1.Whenever anexchange ofstaff iscontemplated under this
Agreement ,each Party shall ensure that qualified staff
are selected for attachment tothe other Party .
2.Each Party shall beresponsible for thesalaries ,insurance ,
and allowance tobepaid its staff while attached tothe
other Party unless otherwise agreed .
3.Each Party shall payfor thetravel 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 ,si'allnot 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 . ■."j ■.
2.Equipment andnecessary spare parts supplied bythesending
Party foruse injoint activities shall remain itsproperty ■
and shall bereturned tothesending Party upon completion
ofthe joint 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 ,in .accordance 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 and -insurance enroute shall rest with the
shipper until 'the -receiver orhis agent takes custody ofthe
'shipment . 1 . ' .
6.The'equipment provided bytheSending Party forcarrying out •
activities under this Agreement shall beconsidered tobe
scientific and ashaving anon-commercial character ,for
thepurposes ofdesignation andimport /export declarations .
7.TheReceiving Party shall ensure duty-free entry into its
territory ofanyequipment provided pursuant tothis Agreement .

Article X
Cooperation under this Agreement shall beinaccordance v/ith
the laws andregulations oftherespective Farties .All
questions relating totheAgreement arising during its term
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 them .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 tothe Parties .
Article XII
1.All questions ordisputes related toorarising under this
Agreement ofactivities carried outhereunder should be
settled bymutual agreement ofthe Parties .
2.Compensation fordamages arising from activities under this
Agreement shall beinaccordance with tneapplicable
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 .

Donemduplicateat thxs dayof ,1981
DEPARTMENT OFENERGYOF
THEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAEUROPEANATOMICENERGYCOMMUNITY,
REPRESENTED BYTHECOMMISSION OF
THEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Annex I
Joint Research andDevelopment Tasks
Area IDevelopment ,exchange and testing onnon-destructive
assay instrumentation andexchanges ofinformation
onperformance .
1.Field experience ,/with theHi,gh-Level Neutron
Coincidence Counter inthefield .
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 ,Active Well Counter ,
Random Driver ).
5.Exchange ofinformation andcoordination inthe
construction ofNDA data evaluation microprocessors
and softv /are . ,
6.Evaluation ofthe use and field test ofabulk and
small sanple calorimeter for the measurement' ofPu
material for safeguards purposes .
Area IIPreparation and certification ofreference materials for
destructive anf non-destructive assay ,offissile 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 . -■
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3.Joint certification ofreference and test materials
for theUSA -SALE program .

AnnexI
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AreaIIIDevelopment ,exchangeandtestofcontainment and
surveillance equipmentandexchangeofinformation
onperformances .
1.Exchangeofinformation ontheprincipleofthe
ultrasonicsignature.
./2.Vulnerability testsonseals(generalpurpose,-
CANDUtypeandothers).
3.DevelopmentofcapsealsforLURfuelsandin7
fieldtests.
v.4.Development ofgeneralpurposeseals.
5.Harmonization ofread-outequipmentforultra-
~ .sonicidentification ."-
6.In-fieldreidentificationofrivetseals.
7.TestofTVcamerasandin-fieldtest.
AreaIVTestofmathematical methodsfornuclearmaterials '
accounting d?.taevaluation ..
1.Jointstudyofdecisionanalysistechniques .
.2.Exchangeofexperience oncontrolling measurement
uncertainties inselectedmeasurement systems.
3.3evelc?~sr.t ofmodeling ;andsimulationtechniques
.•j'forimprovedmaterialsaccounting .