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COMMISSION
MEMORANDUM
ofunderstanding betweentheUnitedStatesofAmerica,theEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community (Euratom),theKingdomofBelgium,theFederalRepublicofGermany,
Ireland,theItalianRepublic,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandtheKingdomofthe
Netherlandsinthefieldofnuclearscienceandtechnologyinformation
(74/560/Euratom)
Preamble
Whereasnuclearresearchanddevelopment
information isreportedinalargebodyof
documentation withintheUnitedStatesofAmerica
andtheEuropeanCommunities ,andconsiderable
effortshavebeendevotedbytheUnitedStates
AtomicEnergyCommission (hereinafterreferredtoas
USAEC)andtheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community (Euratom)tothedevelopment of
informationsystemstoensurereadyaccessto
nucleardocumentation ;
WhereastheGovernment oftheUnitedStatesof
AmericaandEuratomenteredintoagreementson
8November1958,and11June1960,whichprovide
forcooperationinthepeacefulusesofatomic
energy,includingtheexchangeofunclassified
information ;
WhereastheUnitedStatesofAmerica,represented
bytheUSAEC,theEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community (Euratom),represented bythe
Commission oftheEuropeanCommunities
(hereinafterreferredtoastheEuropean
Commission),theKingdomofBelgium,theFederal
RepublicofGermany,Ireland,theItalianRepublic,
theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandtheKingdom
oftheNetherlands—togetherhereinafterreferredto
astheparties—desiretocooperateinpromotingthe
effectivedissemination ofscientificandtechnical
informationinthenuclearfield,articles,conferencepapers,theses,patentsand
reports;
2.'non-conventional documentation ':meansforms
ofdocumentation notreadilyavailableforsaleto
thepublic,includingbutnotlimitedtosuch
formsastheses,patentsandreports;
3.'subjectscope':meansalimitednumberof
specificareasorfieldsofscienceselectedfrom
thetotalrangeofscientificdisciplineswhich
delineatethetopicsorsubjectmatteronwhich
documentation istobecollectedandexchanged
pursuanttothisMemorandum ;
4.'datafile':meansbibliographic citations,
abstractsandindexescompiledfrom
documentation withinthesubjectscopeand
storedinmachine-readable form,usuallyon
magneticcomputertape.
Article11
Responsibilities oftheparties
1.Thepartiesundertaketocoordinatetheir
effortsinthecollection,evaluation,processing,and
disseminationofnucleardocumentation generatedin
theirrespectiveterritories,or,inthecaseof
Euratom,intheexecutionofitsresearchand
developmentprogramme .
2.Thepartiesshallexercisetheirbesteffortsto
ensurethatthecollectionandprocessingofrelevant
documentation arecompleteandtimely.
3.Theoperationalproceduresandtechnical
aspectsrelatingtotheimplementation ofthis
Memorandum ,includingbutnotlimitedtosubject
scope,tapeformats,thesauri,andstandardsfor
preparinginputintoeachother'sinformation
systems,shallbesubjecttoagreementbetweentheTHEPARTIESTHEREFORE AGREEASFOLLOWS :
ArticleI
Definitions
ForthepurposesofthisMemorandum :
1.'documentation ':meansunclassifiedscientificand
technicalliteratureappearinginanyform,
includingbutnotlimitedtobooks,journal

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USAECandEuratomactingforitselfandonbehalf
oftheotherparties.Thepartiesrecognizethatsuch
operationalproceduresandtechnicalaspectswill
requireperiodicreviewandwillbesubjectto
revisiontoreflectchanginginterestsoftheparties,to
takeaccountofnewdevelopments inscienceand
technology,ortoachieveconformitywithexchange
arrangements similartothoseprovidedforunder
thisMemorandum whichthepartiesmaymakewith
othercountriesororganizations .Thepartiesexpect
thatthereviewsandrevisionsreferredtoabovemay
beachievedthroughcommittees,taskforces,orby
othermeansofconsultationamongthepartiesof
thisandlikeexchangearrangements .
4.Indevelopingtheoperationalproceduresand
technicalaspectsrelatingtotheimplementation of
thisMemorandum ,thepartieswillbearinmindthe
programmeoftheInternational AtomicEnergy
AgencytodevelopanInternational Nuclear
Information Systemandthefactthatother
arrangements ofabilateralormultilateralnatureare
beingundertakenbyvariousnationsforcooperation
intheexchangeofnuclearinformation .Accordingly,
thepartiesshallseektoassurethattheoperational
proceduresandtechnicalaspectsdevelopedthrough
suchbilateralandmultilateralcooperationare
compatibleandwillbeconducivetoasmoothand
effectivetransitionintotheInternational Nuclear
InformationSystem.6.TheGovernmentsoftheKingdomofBelgium,
theFederalRepublicofGermany,Ireland,theItalian
Republic,theGrandDuchyofLuxembourgandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlandsshall:
(i)scanalldocumentation originallypublishedin
respectivelyinBelgium,intheFederalRepublic
ofGermany,inItaly,inIreland,inLuxembourg
andintheNetherlands,andselecttherefromall
documentation whichfallswithinthesubject
scope;
(ii)prepareabstractsintheEnglishlanguageofthe
documentation thusselected;
(iii)indextheselecteddocumentation intheEnglish
languageusingtheagreed-uponthesaurusof
keywords;
(iv)providetotheUSAECabstractsandindexesof
theselecteddocumentation alongwith
appropriatebibliographiccitations(initiallyin
typedform,tobechargedassoonaspractical
intoamutuallyagreed-uponmachine-readable
form),andcopiesofallnon-conventional
documentation inprintedormicroficheform.
7.TheUSAECshall:
(i)scanalldocumentation originallypublishedin
theUnitedStatesofAmericaandselect
therefromalldocumentation whichfallswithin
thesubjectscope;
(ii)prepareabstractsintheEnglishlanguageofthe
documentation thusselected;
(iii)indextheselecteddocumentation intheEnglish
languageusingtheagreed-uponthesaurusof
keywords;
(iv)providetotheotherpartiesabstractsand
indexesoftheselecteddocumentation ,along
withappropriate bibliographic citations
(initiallyintypedform,tobechangedassoon
aspracticalintoamutuallyagreed-upon
machine-readable form),andcopiesofallnon­
conventional documentation inprintedor
microficheform.
8.Eachofthepartiesshallbeartheexpensesof
itsactivitiesunderthisMemorandum .5.TheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity
(Euratom),represented bytheEuropean
Commission,shall:
(i)scanalldocumentation reportingwork
supportedinwholeorinpartwithEuropean
Communities'fundsoriginallypublishedinthe
EuropeanCommunities ,andselecttherefromall
documentation whichfallswithinthesubject
scope;
(ii)prepareabstractsintheEnglishlanguageofthe
documentation thusselected;
(iii)indextheselecteddocumentation intheEnglish
languageusingtheagreed-uponthesaurusof
keywords;
(iv)providetotheUSAECabstractsandindexesof
theselecteddocumentation ,alongwith
appropriatebibliographiccitations(initiallyin
typedform,tobechangedassoonaspractical
intoamutuallyagreed-uponmachine-readable
form),andcopiesofallnon-conventional
documentation inprintedormicroficheform.Article111
Useofthedatafile
1.Eachpartyhastheexclusiverighttoestablish
termsandconditionsforuseofthedatafilewithin
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2.Eachpartyhastheexclusiverighttoestablish
termsandconditionsforuseofitsown
contributions tothedatafileoutsidetheterritories
oftheotherparties.
3.Shouldanyofthepartiesnegotiatean
arrangementforinputtothedatafilebyanother
countryorinternationalorganization,thenegotiating
partyshallemployitsbesteffortstoassurethatthe
otherpartiestothisMemorandum havetherightto
usewithintheirterritoriessuchadditionalinputto
thedatafile.
4.Theapplicationoruseofanyinformation
exchangedortransferredbetweenthepartiesunderthisMemorandum shallbetheresponsibilityofthe
partiesreceivingit,andtheotherpartydoesnot
warranttheaccuracyorcompleteness ofsuch
information,northesuitabilityofsuchinformation
foranyparticularuseorapplication.
ArticleIV
Duration
ThisMemorandum shallremaininforceforaperiod
ofthreeyearsaftersignaturebythepartiesandmay
beextendedbymutualagreementoftheparties.Any
partymay,uponsixmonths'notice,terminateits
participationunderthisMemorandum .
Inwitnesswhereof,theundersignedrepresentatives havesignedthisMemorandum of
Understanding .
DoneatBrusselsonthenineteenthdayofSeptemberintheyearonethousandnine
hundredandseventy-four,ineightcopies,intheDanish,Dutch,English,French,
GermanandItalianlanguages,eachtextbeingequallyauthentic.
FortheGovernment oftheUnitedStatesofAmerica:
J.GREENWALD
FortheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity :
CommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities
G.SCHUSTER R.APPLEYARD
FortheGovernmentoftheKingdomofBelgium:
J.vanderMEULEN
FortheGovernmentoftheFederalRepublicofGermany:
E.BOEMKE
FortheGovernmentofIreland:
B.DILLON
FortheGovernmentoftheItalianRepublic:
G.BOMBASSEI deVETTOR
FortheGovernmentoftheGrandDuchyofLuxembourg :
J.DONDELINGER ■
FortheGovernmentoftheKingdomoftheNetherlands :
E.KORTHALS ALTES