9.6.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL153/17
COUNCILDECISION
of14May1973
amendingtheDecisionof21June1971adoptingafive-yearresearchandtrainingpro­
grammeoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityinthefieldoffusionandplasma
physics
(73/129/Euratom)
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
TheprogrammesetoutintheAnnextotheDecision
of21June1971isreplacedbytheprogramme
annexedtothisDeed'sion.
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,andinparticular
Article7thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
submittedafterconsultation withtheScientificand
TechnicalCommittee ;
Whereastheprogrammewhichisthesubjectofthe
CouncilDecisionof21June1971(l)adoptinga
five-yearresearchandtrainingprogrammeofthe
EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityinthefieldof
fusionandplasmaphysics,shouldbeadjusted ;totake
accountoftheAccessionofnewMemberStatesto
theCommunity ;
WhereastheproposalfromtheCommissioncon­
stitutesanadequateadjustmentwhichwillstrengthen
theCommunity'spotentialinthefieldofresearch
oncontrolledthermonuclear fusionandplasma
physics;
Whereasitisinthecommoninteresttoamendthe
Decisionof21June1971withaviewtoensuringthe
activeparticipationoftheinstitutionsoftheenlarged
Communityinresearchwork;Article2oftheDecisionof21June1971shallbe
replacedbythefollowing :
'Theupperlimit (forexpenditurecommitments
andforstaffnecessaryfortheimplementation of
thisprogrammeshall!befixedat56.196million
unitsofaccountand112Communityservants
plus20temporaryCommunityservants,theunit
ofaccountbeing (definedintheFinancialRegu­
lationestablishingandimplementing thebudget
oftheEuropeanCommunitiesandconcerningthe
responsibility ofauthorizing officersand
accountingofficers'.
DoneatBrussels,14May1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
R.VANELSLANDE f1)OJNoL143,29.6.1971,p.33.

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ANNEX
FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
1.Anamountof56.196millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtothisobjectiveandtheupper
limitforstaffshallbefixedat112servantsand20temporaryservants.
Thisamountisintendedtocovertheexpenditureonequipmentconcernedwithoperations
accordedprioritystatusandspecifiedinpoint5whicharetobecarriedoutduringthefirstthree
yearsofexecutionoftheprogramme ,theexpenditurethroughouttheprogrammeonthe
generalactivitiestobecarriedoutthereunder,andtheexpenditureforprocuringmobility
ofstaffbetweenassociatedlaboratories .
2.Thesubject-matter oftheprogrammewhichwillbeexecutedbytheassociatedlaboratories
shallbe:
—generalphysicsinthesectorconcerned,inparticularstudiesofabasiccharacterorrelating
toconfinementofplasmaswithsuitabledevicesandtomethodsforproducingandheating
plasmas;
—researchontheconfinementonclosedandopen-endedconfigurations ofplasmasofwidely
varyingdensityandtemperature ;
—productionofandresearchonplasmasofhighandveryhighdensity;
—improvement ofdiagnosticmethods;
—investigationoftechnologicalproblemsconnectedwithcurrentresearchandofproblems
relatingtothermonuclear reactortechnology .
Thisworkshallbecarriedoutundercontractsofassociation .
3.Theprogrammesetoutinpoint2shallbepartofalong-termcooperativeprojectembracing
allworkcarriedoutintheMemberStatesinthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics.Itis
designedtoleadinduecoursetothejointconstructionofprototypeswithaviewtotheir
industrial-scale productionandmarketing .
4."Withintheupperlimitof56.196millionunitsofaccount:
(a)amaximumamountof8.82millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedduringthefirst
threeyearsoftheprogrammetothefinancingofequipmentfortheoperationsspecified
inpoint5,astandardpreferentialrateofparticipationequaltoorlessthan44%being
applied.Inreturntherefore,allmembersoftheassociationshallhavetherighttotake
partintheexperimentscarriedoutwiththisequipment;
(b)amaximumamountof0.45millionunitsofaccountshallbesetasideforexpenditurefor
procuringmobilityofstaffbetweenassociatedlaboratories ;
(c)theamountwhichshallnothavebeensetasidefortheoperationsandexpenditurespecified
insections(a)and(b)shallformtheupperlimitoffinancialparticipationbytheCommunity
inotherexpenditureoftheassociationsandintheirmanagement .Thisparticipationshall
beatastandardrateofabout25%.Bywayofderogationfromthisprinciple,thisrateshall
beincreasedtoamaximumof30%fortheEuratom/CNEN-CNR Association ,which
willfurtherbenefitfromtheassumptionbytheprogrammeoftheexpensesinrespectof
theEuratomstaffsecondedthereto.
5.Afterconductingatechnicalexaminationofthevariousprojects,theCommissionwillbeable
tofinanceduringthefirstthreeyears,withinthefollowingupperlimits,theoperationsmen­
tionedbelow,whichareaccordedprioritystatus:
—low-betastellaratorandTokomak 6.3millionunitsofaccount
—screwpinchandhigh-betastellarator 1.7millionunitsofaccount
—heatingandinjectionprocesses 13millionunitsofaccount
—very-high-density processes 0.8millionunitsofaccount