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COUNCILDECISION
of21June1971
adoptingafive-yearresearchandtrainingprogrammeoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Communityinthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics
(71/237/Euratom)
isinthecommoninteresttoadoptamulti-annual
programmeinthefieldofcontrolledthermonuclear
fusionandplasmaphysics;
WhereasitisclearlyimportantthattheCommunity
shouldencouragetheconstruction ofcertain
equipmentrelatingtoactivitiesaccordedpriority
statusbygrantingapreferentialrateof
participationintheexpenditureonsuchequipment;
Whereasthemobilityofstaffbetweenassociated
laboratoriesshouldbeencouraged;THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,andin
particularArticle7thereof;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingaSingle
CouncilandaSingleCommissionoftheEuropean
Communities ;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
submittedafterconsultationwiththeScientificand
TechnicalCommittee ;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1HavingregardtotheCouncilResolutionof6
December1969onthefutureactivitiesofthe
EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof27October
19701adoptingaresearchandtrainingprogrammeof
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityforthe
financialyear1971comprisingajointprogramme
andcomplementary programmes ,asamendedbythe
CouncilDecisionof25January19712;*Aresearchandtrainingprogrammeinthefieldof
controlledthermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics
shallbeadoptedforafive-yearperiodfrom1
January1971.Thisprogramme issetoutinthe
AnnextothisDecision.
Article2Whereasonaccountoftheextentoftheeffortstill
necessarytoreachthestageofthepractical
applicationofcontrolledthermonuclear fusion,from
whichtheCommunitycouldbenefit,thework
hithertoundertakeninthisfieldshouldbecontinued,
atthevariousstagesofdevelopmentthereof,ona
jointbasis;
WhereastheactionproposedbytheCommission
constitutesadequatemeansofachievingthisobjective
atthepresentstageofresearch;whereas,therefore,itTheupper*limitforexpenditurecommitmentsand
forstaffnecessaryfortheimplementation ofthis
programmeshallbefixedat46-5millionunitsof
accountand94Communityservants,theunitof
accountbeingdefinedinArticle19oftheFinancial
Regulation3establishingandimplementing the
researchandinvestmentbudgetoftheEAECand
concerningtheresponsibilityofauthorisingofficers
andaccountingofficers(Article183(a)and(c)ofthe
Treaty).
1OJNoL245,11.11.1970,p.27.
2OJNoL31,8.2.1971,p.4. 3OJNo74,16.11.1961,p.1433/61.

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Article3 DoneatLuxembourg ,21June1971.
FortheCouncil
ThisDecisionrepealsandreplaces,asregardsthe ,.j
'FusionandPlasmaPhysics'programme,the'Council 6restent
Decisionof25January1971. M.SCHUMANN
ANNEX
FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
1.Anamountof46-5millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtothis,objectiveandtheupper
limitforstaffshall,befixedat94Communityservants.
Thisamountisintendedtocovertheexpenditureonequipmentconcernedwithoperations
accordedprioritystatusandspecifiedinpoint5whicharetobecarriedoutduringthefirst
threeyearsofexecutionoftheprogramme ;theexpenditurethroughouttheprogrammeonthe
generalactivitiestobecarriedoutthereunder;andtheexpenditureforprocuringmobilityof
staffbetweenassociatedlaboratories .
2.Thesubject-matter oftheprogrammewhichwill.beexecutedbytheassociatedlaboratories
shallbe:
—generalphysicsinthesectorconcerned,inparticularstudiesofabasiccharacterorrelating
toconfinementofplasmaswithsuitabledevicesandtomethodsforproducingandheating
plasmas; >
—researchontheconfinementinclosedandopen-endedconfigurations ofplasmasofwidely
varyingdensityandtemperature ;
—productionofandresearchonplasmasofhighandveryhighdensity;
—improvement ofdiagnosticmethods;
—investigationoftechnologicalproblemsconnectedwithcurrentresearchandofproblems
relating,tothermonuclear reactortechnology .
Thisworkshallbecarriedoutundercontractsofassociation .
3.Theprogrammesetoutinpoint2shallbepartofalong-termco-operativeprojectembracing
allworkcarriedoutintheMemberStatesinthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics.Itis
designedtoleadinduecoursetothejointconstructionofprototypeswithaviewtotheir
industrial-scale productionandmarketing .
4.Withintheupperlimitof46-5millionunitsofaccount:
(a)amaximumamountof'8millionunits'ofaccountshallbeallocatedduringthefirstthree
yearsoftheprogrammetothefinancingofequipmentfortheoperationsspecifiedinpoint5,
astandardpreferentialrateofparticipationequaltoorlessthan44%beingapplied.In
returntherefor,allmembers-oftheassociationshallhavetherighttotakepactintheexper­
imentscarriedoutwiththisequipment; '
(b)amaximumamountof0*3millionunitsofaccountshallbesetasideforexpenditurefor
procuringmobility ,ofstaffbetweenassociatedlaboratories ;

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(c)theamountwhichshallnothavebeensetasidefortheoperationsandexpenditure
specifiedinsections(a)and(b)shallformtheupperlimitoffinancialparticipationbythe
Communityinotherexpenditureoftheassociationsandintheirmanagement .Thispartici­
pationshallbeatastandardrateofabout25%.Bywayofderogationfromthisprinciple,
thisrateshallbeincreasedtoamaximumof30%fortheEuratom/CNEN-CNR As­
sociation,whichwillfurtherbenefitfromtheassumptionbytheprogrammeoftheexpenses
inrespectoftheEuratomstaffsecondedthereto.
5.Afterconductingatechnicalexaminationofthevariousprojects,theCommissionwillbeable
tofinanceduringthefirstthreeyears,withinthefollowingupperlimits,theoperationsmen­
tionedbelow,whichareaccordedprioritystatus:
—Low-betastellaratorandTokomak : 5-5millionunitsofaccount,
—Screwpinchandhigh-betastellarator : 1-6millionunitsofaccount,
—Heatingandinjectionprocesses: 1-2millionunitsofaccount,
—Very-high-density processes : 0-8millionunitsofaccount.