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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
COM(83) 247 final 
Brussels,  4 May 1983 
Proposal  for a 
COUNCIL DECISION 
approving  amendments to the  Statutes  of the 
Joint European  Torus (JET),  Joint Undertaking 
(submitted  to the  Council  by the Commission) 
COM (83) 247 final 

2. 
I 
EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 
( 
1. Following  its  accession  to the  European  Communities,  Greece 
requested accession  to the JET  Joint Undertaking  in January  1982. 
In accordance  with Article  18 of the JET  Statutes  Greece  addressed 
its request  for accession  to the  Director  of the JET  Project  who 
transmitted  it to the JET  Council.  At its meeting  on 25/26  March 
1982 the JET  Council authorized  the Joint Undertaking  to negotiate 
the conditions  of accession with  Greece.  After having successfully 
completed  these  negotiations  the Director  of the  Project submitted 
the amendments to the  Statutes required  for the  implementation  of 
Greece's  accession  to the JET  Council  which approved  them unanimously 
at its  meeting  on 21/22  October  1982. On  that occasion  the JET 
Council also  took into account  certain  changes  concerning  one of the 
Italian Members and the  Swedish  Member  of the  Joint Undertaking, 
which had taken place since  the last amendments to the  Statutes. 
2. The amendments  refer to the  following  articles  of the JET  Statutes  : 
a) Greece  will be inserted  in Article  3.1 which  designates  the 
Members of the  Joint Undertaking.  In addition,  on 6 April 1982 
the name of Comitato  Nazionale  per l'Energia  Nucleare  (CNEN) 
was changed  to Comitato  Nazionale  per la  Ricerca  e per lo 
Sviluppo dell'Energia  Nucleare  e delle Energie Alternative 
(ENEA), and in Sweden, the  Swedish  Energy  Research  Commission 
replaced  the National  Swedish  Board  for Energy  Source 
Development  on 1 July 1982. 
b) Article  4.1 stipulates  the composition  of, and the  voting 
rights in the JET  Council.  As for  all Members of the  Joint 
Undertaking,  Greece  will have two representatives. Since 
Greece has no  contract  of association with  Euratom  in the  field 
of thermonuclear  fusion  these two representatives together  will 
dispose of one  vote. This  will bring the total number of  votes 
in the JET  Council  from 37 to 38. The number of  votes required 
for the adoption  of acts, stipulated  in Article  4.1.2 at 26, 
remains unchanged. 

3. 
3. Pursuant  to Article  50 of the  Euratom  Treaty, these  amendments 
require the approval  of the  Council.  A proposal  for a  Council 
decision  approving  the amendment to the JET  Statutes  is set out in 
Chapter II of  this communication  . 

4. 
II 
PROPOSAL  
FOR A  
COUNCIL DECISION 
approving  amendments to the  Statutes  of the 
"Joint European Torus  (JET), Joint Undertaking" 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard  to the  Treaty establishing  the European Atomic Energy 
Community,  and in  particular  Article  50 thereof, 
Having regard to the  proposal  from the Commission, 
Whereas for the  purposes  of implementing  the JET  project  the Council,  by 
Decision  78/471/Euratom^  , established  the "Joint European Torus  (JET), 
Joint Undertaking"  and adopted  the Statutes thereof,  later amended by 
Decision  79/720/Euratomv  , 
Whereas  following  its accession  to the  European Communities  the Hellenic 
Republic requested accession  to the JET  Joint Undertaking, 
Whereas the JET  Council  has approved  the accession  of the  Hellenic 
Republic  to the  "Joint European Torus  (JET), Joint Undertaking"  and the 
amendments  to the  Statutes required  by that accession  and by some  other 
changes which have  occurred since  the last amendments to the  Statutes, 
HAS DECIDED AS  FOLLOWS: 
(1) OJ No L 151, 7.6.1978,  p. 10 
(2) OJ No L 213, 21.8.1979,  p. 9 

5. 
Article 1 
The amendments to the  Statutes  of the  "Joint  European Torus  (JET), 
Joint Undertaking",  annexed  to this Decision,  are hereby approved. 
Article 2 
This Decision  shall  enter  into force on the day  following  its 
publication  in the  Official  Journal  of the  European Communities. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 

6. 
ANNEX 
The Statutes  of the "Joint  European  Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking"  shall 
be amended  as follows: 
1. Article  1.3 is replaced by the following: 
"1.3 The Joint  Undertaking  shall have the following  members: 
the European  Atomic  Energy  Community  (hereinafter referred to as 
Euratom)  , 
the Belgian State (hereinafter referred to as  Belgium)  acting for 
its own part  (Laboratoire de  Physique  des Plasmas  of the  Ecole 
Royale Militaire)  and on behalf of the  Université  Libre de Bruxelles 
(Service  de Chimie-Physique  II of the  ULB), 
the Commissariat  à l'Energie  Atomique,  France,  (hereinafter referred 
to as CEA) , 
the Comitato  Nazionale  per la Ricerca e per lo  Sviluppo  dell'Energia 
Nucleare  e délie  Energie  Alternative,  Italy,  (hereinafter referred 
to as ENEA which,  until 5 April 1982, was named  Comitato  Nazionale 
per l'Energia  Nucleare,  CNEN), 
the Consiglio  Nazionale  delle Ricerche,  Italy,  (hereinafter referred 
to as CNR) , 
the Hellenic  Republic  (hereinafter referred to as  Greece) , 
the ForsjJgsanlaeg  Ris«5,  Denmark,  (hereinafter referred to as  Ristf) , 
the Grand  Duchy  of Luxembourg  (hereinafter referred to as 
Luxembourg) , 
Ireland, 
the Kernforschungsanlage  Jülich GmbH,  Federal  Republic  of Germany, 
(hereinafter referred to as KFA) , 

the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft  zur Forderung  der Wissenschaften  e.V. -
Institut  fiir Plasmaphysik,  Federal  Republic  of Germany,  (hereinafter 
referred to as IPP), 
the Swedish  Energy Research  Commission  (hereinafter referred  to as 
SERC which succeeded  the National  Swedish  Board for Energy Source 
Development  Board, on 1 July 1982), 
the Swiss Confederation  (hereinafter referred  to as Switzerland), 
the Stichting  voor Fundamenteel  Onderzoek  der Materie,  the 
Netherlands,  (hereinafter referred  to as FOM)  , 
the United  Kingdom  Atomic Energy Authority (hereinafter referred  to 
as the Authority  or the  host organization)." 
2. Article  4.1.1 is  replaced by the  following: 
"4.1.1 The Members of the  Joint Undertaking  shall be represented 
in the JET  Council as follows,  the vote of each pair of 
representatives  being weighted  as indicated: 
Representing  Number of  Weighting 
representatives  of vote 
Euratom 2 5 
Belgium 2 2 
CEA 2 5 
ENEA and CNR  jointly 2 5 
Greece 2 1 
Risrf 2 2 
Ireland 2 1 
Luxembourg  2 1 
IPP and KFA  jointly 2 5 
SERC 2 2 
Switzerland  2 2 
FOM 2 2 
Authority  2 5 "