12.6.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL152/13
COUNCILDECISION
of20May1975
amendingDecisionNo71/237/Euratomadoptingafive-yearresearchandtraining
programmeoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityinthefieldoffusionandplasma
physics
(75/330/Euratom)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,andin
particularArticle7thereof;Whereastheabovementioned developments callfor
increasedstaffmobility,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
TheprogrammesetoutintheAnnextoDecision
No71/237/Euratomshallbereplacedbythe
programmeannexedtothisDecision.
Article2
Article2ofDecisionNo71/237/Euratomshallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
'Themaximumamountofexpenditure
commitments andthestaffnecessaryforthe
implementation programmeshallbefixedat
73100000unitsofaccountand112Community
servantsplus20temporaryCommunityservants,
theunitofaccountbeingdefinedinArticle10of
theFinancialRegulationof25April1973(1)
applicabletothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropean
Communities .HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
submittedafterconsultation withtheScientificand
TechnicalCommittee ;
WhereasbyDecisionNo71/237/Euratom(*),aslast
amendedbyDecisionNo74/36/Euratorn(2),the
Counciladoptedafive-yearresearchandtraining
programmeinthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics;
Whereastheresultsalreadyobtainedinthecourse
ofthisprogrammeshowthatitisdesirableto
undertakedetailedstudiestoserveasabasisfora
possiblesubsequentdecisiontoprovidethe
CommunitywithalargemachineoftheTokamak
type(JET:'JokrtEuropeanTorus');whereasto
avoiddelayitisdesirabletostartonthepreparatory
phaseoftheprojectduring1975,withoutprejudice,
however,toafinaldecisiontoproceedtothe
constructionphase;
Whereas,inordertoensurethecontinuityofthe
saidfive-yearprogrammewhich,moreover,takesits
placeinthewidercontextofthesecurityofthe
long-termenergysuppliesoftheCommunity ,itmust
beadequatelysupplemented withregardtothe
operationstobeconductedduring1975;(x)OJNoL116,1.5.1973,p.1.'
DoneatBrussels,20May1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.RYAN
(*)OTNoL143,29.6.1971,p.33.
(2)OJNoL30,4.2.1974,p.18.

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ANNEX
FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
mentfortheoperationsspecifiedinpoint5which
havebeenoraretobeundertaken,astandard
preferentialrateofparticipationnotexceeding
44%beingapplied.Inreturn,allmembersofthe
associationshallhavetherighttotakepartinthe
experimentscarriedoutwiththisequipment;
(b)amaximumamountof1250000unitsofaccount
shallbesetasideforexpenditureforensuring
mobilityofresearchstaffoftheMemberStates
inordertoenablethemtoworkintheassociated
laboratoriesoftheJETWorkingParty;
(c)amaximumamountof3600000unitsofaccount
shallbesetasideforexpenditureincurredinthe
firstdesignphaseandthepreparatoryphaseof
theJETproject.Thisamountshallbeusedto
enabletheworkcarriedoutbywayofcontracts
otherthanassociationcontractstobeentirely
financedbytheCommission ,andtoprovideup
to600000unitsofaccountsoastoincreaseits
participation intheworkcarriedoutfortheJET
projectintheassociatedlaboratoriestoabout
44%;
(d)theamountnotsetasidefortheoperationsand
expenditurereferredtoinsections(a),(b)and(c)
shallformtheupperlimitoffinancialparticipation
bytheCommunityinotherexpenditureofthe
associations ,intheirmanagementandinsupport
oftheJETproject.Thisparticipationshallbeat
astandardrateofabout25%.Bywayofdero­
gationfromthisprinciple,thisrateshallbe
increasedtoamaximumof30%fortheEuratom­
CNEN-CNR Association ,whichwillfurther
benefitfromtheassumptionbytheprogramme
oftheexpensesinrespectoftheEuratomstaff
secondedthereto.1.Anamountof73100000unitsofaccountshallbe
allocatedtothisprogrammeandtheupperlimitfor
staffshallbefixedat112permamentservantsand
20temporaryservants.Thisamountisintendedto
cover:
—theexpenditureonequipmentconcernedwith
operationsalreadyundertakenortobeundertaken
duringthelasttwoyearsoftheprogrammewhich
areaccordedprioritystatusandspecifiedin
point5;
—theexpenditurerelatingtothedesignphaseand
thepreparatoryphaseofthelargeTokamakJET
project;
—thecostofstaffmobility;
—theotherexpenditurerelatingtooperationstobe
carriedoutunderthisprogramme .
2.Thesubject-matter oftheprogrammewhichwillbe
executedbytheassociatedlaboratoriesshallbe:
—generalphysicsinthesectorconcerned,inpar­
ticularstudiesofabasiccharacterorrelatingto
confinementofplasmawithsuitabledevicesand
tomethodsforproducingandheatingplasma;
—researchontheconfinementinclosedandopen­
endedconfigurations ofplasmaofwidelyvarying
densityandtemperature ;
■—productionofandresearchonplasmaofhighand
veryhighdensity;
—improvementofdiagnosticmethods;
—investigationoftechnologicalproblemsconnected
withcurrentresearchandofproblemsrelatingto
thermonuclear reactortechnology ;
—thedesignphaseandthepreparatoryphaseofthe
JETproject.
Thisworkshallbecarriedoutbymeansofassoci­
ationcontracts .
3.Theprogrammesetoutinpoint2shallbepartofa
long-termcooperativeprojectembracingallwork
carriedoutintheMemberStatesinthefieldoffusion
andplasmaphysics.Itisdesignedtoleadindue
coursetothejointconstructionofprototypeswith
aviewtotheirindustrialscaleproductionand
marketing.
4.Withintheupperlimitof73100000unitsof
account :
(a)amaximumamountof17800000unitsofac­
countshallbeallocatedtothefinancingofequip­5.Afterconducting atechnicalexamination ofthe
variousprojectstheCommissionmayfinance,within
thefollowingupperlimits,theoperationsmentioned
below,whichareaccordedprioritystatus:
unitsofaccount
—low-betastellaratorandTokamak 11800000
—screwpinchandhight-betastellarator 3300000
—heatingandinjectionprocesses 1900000
—veryhighdensityprocesses 1400000
—open-endedconfigurations 500000
—reactortechnology 900000