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DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
INSTRUCTING THE COMMISSION TONEGOTIATE ANAGREEMENT FOR
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY
AND SPAIN INTHE FIELD OFCONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION
(presented bytheCommission totheCouncil )
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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
SUBJECT:Cooperation withSpaininthefieldofcontrolled thermonuclear
fusionthroughSpanishparticipation inthestaffmobilitycon­
tractconcludedbetweentheCommission anditspartnersinthe
field 1
1.TheSpanishauthorities haveexpressed adesireforimmediatecooperation
withtheCommunityinthe_fieldofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion.
2.TheCommission andtheSpanishauthorities haveundertaken apreliminary
examination ofthepossibilities forcooperation inthefieldoffusion.
Thisexamination hasrevealedthat:
2.1-ResearchinSpaininthefieldofthermonuclear fusiononlybegan
afewyearsago;
-thenationalprogramminSpaininthisfieldwillemploy25scien­
tistsinthenexttwoyears;
-thisprogrammwillbebasedontheTokamakconcept(asmallmachine
ofthistype,identicaltothe"Erasmus"oftheBelgian"Ecole
RoyaleMilitaire",hasbeenorderedintheUnitedStatesandwill
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bedeliveredin1980;amedium-sized Tokamakisinthedesignstage)
2.2GiventhepresentstageofthefusionresearchprogramminSpain,
completeassociation ,withtheCommunity'sprogramm,suchaswascon­
cludedwithSwedenandSwitzerland,wouldnotbejustifiedandis
notdesiredbySpain.
2.3However,cooperation betweentheCommunity andSpaininvolvingparti­
cipationbySpaininthestaffmobilitycontractconcludedbythe
Commission anditspartnersunderthefusionprogrammisinthein­
terestsoftheCommunityandofSpain.

2.4Thisparticipation wouldenableSpaintosendscientists towork
inthelaboratories oftheCommission 'spartners andtoinvite
scientists fromtheselaboratories toSpaininordertodevelop
aprogramm compatible withtheCommunity'sprogramm withaview
toabroaderassociation (whichmaybeexpectedintheeventof
SpainjoiningtheCommunity).
2.5Spainwouldpayitscontribution tothestaffmobility fundas
afunction oftheratiobetween herGrossDomestic Product and
thatoftheCommunity,i.e.approx.7,5%of2MUA=0,15MUA
-'"overfiveyears,i.e.approx.30.000 UA-perannum.(Thesamefor
mulaaswasusedintheagreements withSwedenandSwitzerland ).
Thevariousadvisory committees ofthecommunity fusionprogramm and
,amongthemtheACFwereconsultedorv thesubjectofsuchacooperation
withSpainandexpressed afavourable advice.
Inconclusion ,theCommission istransmitting totheCouncilas
Annex1ofthiscommunication ,aDraftDecisioninstructing theCom­
missiontonegotiate anagreement forcooperation betweentheEuropea
AtomicEnergyCommunity andSpain,throughSpanishparticipation in
thestaffmobility contract concluded betweentheCommission andits
partnersinthefieldofcontrolledthermonuclear fusion.

ANNEXI
DRAFTC-OUNCILDECISION
INSTRUCTING THECOMMISSION TONEGOTIATE ANAGREEMENT
FORCOOPERATION BETWEENTHEEUROPEAN ATOMICENERGY
COMMUNITY ANDSPAININTHEFIELDOFCONTROLLED THERMOr
NUCLEAR FUSION
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity
inparticular thesecondparagraphofArticle101thereof, •
Havingre^rdtotheDraftoftheCommission,
WhereastheCounciladopted,on13March1980,afifthresearchandtraining
programmfortheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunityinthefieldofcontrolled
thermonuclear fusioncoveringtheperiod1979-1983 andensuringthelong-
termcontinuityofthecommunity programm;
WhereasSpain,asacountryseakingaccessiontotheEuropeanCommunities,
hasexpressedthedesiretoparticipate immediately inthestaffmobility
contractunderthefusionprogramminordertomapout-andstartuptheSpa­
nishfusionprogrammunderthebest.possibleconditions withaviewtobro­
aderassociation ; :''
WhereastheexistingCommittees underthefusionprogrammhavebeenconsulted
onthissubjectandhaveexpressed afavourable advice;
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:'\
1)theCommissionshallnegotiate,onthebasisofthesecondparagraphof
Article101oftheTreaty"establishing theEuropeanAtomicCommunity,an
agreementforcooperation betweentheCommunityandSpaininthefieldof

2.
controlled thermonuclear fusion,limitedtotheparticipation
ofSpaininthestaffmobility contract concluded betweenthe
Community anditspartners inthefieldoffusion;
2)therightsandobligations resulting fromtheagreement,par­
ticularly withregardtofinancial matters,takentogether
shallnothavetheeffectofputtingSpaininamorefavourable
position thanthatoftheMemberStates;
3)thefinancial contribution ofSpainshallbefixedonthebasis
oftheratiobetweenitsGrossDomesticProductandtha^ofthe
Community ;
4)theagreement shallprovideforthesetting up,atasuitable
level,ofaCommittee formedofrepresentatives ofthetwocon­
tractingparties,whichshallmeetattherequestofeitherof
themandatleastonceayear,todiscussproblems ofjointin­
terestinthefieldoffusion;
5)theagreement shallbeconcluded foraperiodofthreeyears.
Sixmonthsbeforetheendofthatperiod,thetwopartiesshall
holdconsultations onwhatfurther measures totake.
Thecontracting parties mayterminate theagreement bygiving
sixmonth'snotice.