NoL30/18 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 4.2.74
COUNCILDECISION
of17December1973
amendingtheDecisionof21June1971adoptingafive-yearresearchandtraining
programmeoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityinthefieldoffusionand
plasmaphysics
(74/36/Euratom)
LHECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,delay,withoutprejudice,however,toafinaldecision
toproceedtotheconstructionstage;
Whereastheabovementioned developments callfor
increasedmobilityofstaff,HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity ,andin
particularArticle7thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission
submittedafterconsultation withtheScientificand
TechnicalCommittee ;
Whereastheprogrammewhichisthesubjectofthe
CouncilDecisionof21June1971(*)adoptingafive­
yearresearchandtrainingprogrammeoftheEAEC
inthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysicsshouldbe
adjusted,amendedbytheDecisionof14May
1973(2)totakeaccountoftheadditionstothe
operationstobeconductedpursuanttothisDecision;
WhereastheCommission proposaladequately
supplements thethirdfive-yearprogramme as
regardstheoperationstobeconductedduring1974
and1975inordertoensurethecontinuityofthis
programmewhich,moreover,takesitsplaceinthe
widercontextofthesecurityofthelong-term
energysuppliesoftheCommunity ;
Whereastheresultsalreadyobtainedinthecourse
ofthethirdprogrammeshowthatitisdesirableto
undertakedetailedstudiestoserveasabasisfora
possiblesubsequentdecisiononprovidingthe
CommunitywithalargemachineoftheTokamak
typeJET('JointEuropeanTorus');whereas
measuresmustbetakentoavoidanyunnecessaryHASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
TheprogrammesetoutintheAnnextothe
Decisionof21June1971isreplacedbythepro­
grammeannexedtothisDecision.
Article2
Article2oftheDecisionof21June1971shallbe
replacedbythefollowing:
'Themaximumamountofexpenditure
commitments andthestaffnecessaryforthe
implementation ofthisprogrammeshallbefixed
at71*1millionunitsofaccountand112
Community servantsplus20temporary
Communityservants,theunitofaccountbeing
definedinArticle10oftheFinancial
Regulation (3)of25April1973applicabletothe
generalbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities.'
DoneatBrussels,17December1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
I.N0RGAARD
(!)OJNoL143,29.6.1971,p.33.
(2)OJNoL153,9.6.1973,p.17. (8)OJNoL116,1.5.1973,p.1.

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ANNEX
FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
1.Anamountof71-1millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtothisprogrammeandthe
upperlimitforstaffshallbefixedat112permanentservants !and20temporaryservants.
Thisamountisintendedtocover:
—theexpenditureonequipmentconcernedwithoperationsalreadyundertakenortobe
undertakenduringthelasttwoyearsoftheprogrammewhichareaccordedpriority
statusandspecifiedinpoint5;
—theexpenditurerelatingtothedesignphaseofthelargeTokamakJETproject;
—thecostofstaffmobility;
—theotherexpenditurerelatingtooperationstobecarriedoutunderthisprogramme .
2.Thesubject-matter oftheprogrammewhichwillbeexecutedbytheassociatedlaboratories
shallbe:
—generalphysicsinthesectorconcerned,inparticularstudiesofabasiccharacteror
relatingtoconfinementofplasmawithsuitabledevicesandtomethodsforproducing
andheatingplasma;
—researchontheconfinementinclosedandopen-endedconfigurations ofplasmaof
widelyvaryingdensityandtemperature ;
—productionofandresearchonplasmaofhighandveryhighdensity;
—improvement ofdiagnosticsmethods;
—investigationoftechnologicalproblemsconnectedwithcurrentresearchandofproblems
relatingtothermonuclear reactortechnology;
—thedesignphaseoftheJETproject.
Thisworkshallbecarriedoutbymeansofassociationcontracts.
3.Theprogrammesetoutinpoint2shallbepartofalong-termcooperativeproject
embracingallworkcarriedoutintheMemberStatesinthefieldoffusionandplasma
physics.Itisdesignedtoleadinduecoursetothejointconstructionofprototypeswith
aviewtotheirindustrialscaleproductionandmarketing .
4.Withintheupperlimitof71-1millionunitsofaccount;
(a)amaximumamountof17-8millionunitsofaccountshallbeallocatedtothefinancing
ofequipmentfortheoperationsspecifiedinpoint5whichhavebeenoraretobe
undertaken,astandardpreferentialrateofparticipationnotexceeding44°/obeing
applied,.Inreturn,allmembersoftheassociationshallhavetherighttotakepartin
theexperimentscarriedoutwiththisequipment;
(b)amaximumamountof1-25millionunitsofaccountshallbesetasideforexpenditure
forensuringmobilityofresearchstaffoftheMemberStatesinordertoenablethem
toworkintheassociatedlaboratoriesortheJETWorkingParty;
(c)amaximumamountof1-6millionunitsofaccountshallbesetasideforexpenditure
incurredinthefirstdesignphaseoftheJETproject,ofwhich1millionunitsof
accountmaybefinancedat100°/obytheCommissionforworktobecarriedoutby
contractsotherthanassociationcontracts,andupto0-6millionunitsofaccountmay
beprovidedtoincreaseitsparticipationintheworkcarriedoutfortheJETprojectin
eachassociatedlaboratorytoabout44°/o.
(d)theamountnotsetasidefortheoperationsandexpenditurereferredtoinsections(a),
(b)and(c)shallformtheupperlimitoffinancialparticipationbytheCommunityin
otherexpenditureoftheAssociations ,intheirmanagementandinsupportoftheJET
project.Thisparticipation shallbeatastandardrateofabout25%>.Bywayof
derogationfromthisprinciple,thisrateshallbeincreasedtoamaximumof30°/ofor
theEuratom/CNEN-CNRAssociation,whichwillfurtherbenefitfromtheassumption
bytheprogrammeoftheexpensesinrespectoftheEuratomstaffsecondedthereto.
5.Afterconductingatechnicalexaminationofthevariousprojects,theCommissionmay
finance,withinthefollowingupperlimits,theoperationsmentionedbelow,whichare
accordedprioritystatus:
—low-betastellaratorandtokamak 11-8millionu.a.
—screwpinchandhigh-betastellarator 3-3millionu.a.
—heatingandinjectionprocesses 1-9millionu.a.
—veryhighdensityprocesses 1*4millionu.a.
—open-endedconfigurations 0-5millionu.a.
—reactortechnology 0-9millionu.a.