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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEÂH COMMUN1TI
COM(78)239 final
Brussels -8June1978
DRAFT
DECISION (EAEC)COUNCIL
Approving theconclusion bytheCommission of«en
Agreement betweentheEuropean AtomicEnergy Com­
munityandSwitzerland inthefieldofcontrolled
thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics
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(submitted totheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC78)239final

C0MMU1JICATIONFROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:AgreementforCooperation "betweentheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community andSwitzerland inthefieldofcontrolled
thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics
On31May1976,theCounciltookadecisiontoissuedirectives tothe
Commission forthenegotiation oftheAgreement referredtoabove.
Theseinstructions axeidentical withthosedecidedonbytheCouncil
in1974fornegotiation ofanagreementinthesaxnefieldwithSweden
(CouncilDecisionof12November1974»Poc.R2915/74;adecisionof11November 1975thetextofthisagreement wasapproved bythe
Councilandtheagreement wassignedon10May1976).Consequently ,
thedraftAgreementwithSwitzerland isfullycomparable withthe
agreement madewithSweden.
TheresearchbodiesintheMemberStatesandinSwedenwhichareassociated
withtheCommunity 1sjointresearchandtrainingprogrammeinthefield
ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysicshavebeenkept
informedduringthecourseofthenegotiations .Atitsmeetingof
2-3March1978,theLiaisonGroupdeliveredafavourable opinionontheresultsofthenegotiations ;thisculminated inthedraftAgreement
whichappearsinAnnexItothiscommunication .
TheSvri.scprogramme conformswiththelong-termobjectives andmodesofcooperation oftheEuratomprogramme (Article2.1ofthedraftAgreement).Article3.1providesforacontractofassociation tobesignedbetweenthetwoPartiesandforSwitzerland 'sparticipation intheagreement on
mobilityofstaffsignedbetweentheCommission andtheassociated Dodies.
Inaddition,Switzerland will,withaviewtoitsparticipation int,he
JETproject,becomeamemberoxtheJETJointUndertaking ,whoseStatutesitaccepts(Article3.2).Switzerland willbeabletobecomeapartyto
anycontracttheobjectofwhichfallswithinthe.scopeoftheAgreement
signedwithEuratom.
Switzerland'scontribution totheEuratomfusionprogrammewillbe_calculated annually–asforSweden–onthebasisoftherelationship
betweentheSwissGrossNationalProdiictandthesumofboththe
Community jmdSwissGUP(.Article11.1;cf.Financial RecordSheet
inAnnexII).ItshouldbenotedthatSwitzerland willparticipate m
-thefinancingoftheJETJointUndertaking assoonasthelatterhas
beensetup,eveniftheestablishment ofJETprecedestheconclusion of
theAgreement ,
ThedraftAgreementprovidesforSwissrepresentation atalllexrelsonthetechnical committees setupundertheJointprogramme (Articles 5to
lo)•Inaddition,Article 16setsupa"Euratorry'Switzerland Fusion
Committee",consisting ofrepresentatives ofthetwoParties,withresponsibility forensuringtheproperimplementation oftheAgreement .
Inparticular ,itwillinvestigate anymeasureswhichcouldimprove
cooperation pursuanttothis.Agreement .

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Artieie15contains clauses ontherulesgoverning -information and.•
••Aleuts;theseclausesareinconformity withtheCommunity'spolicy •
onthissubject.Asregardsinformation andpatents,Switzerland and
?wiospersonsorundertakings shallhavethesamerightsandobligations
anCommunity llemberStates,personsorundertakings .
Information resulting fromtheCommunity programme andtheSwiss
programme shallbeexchanged andmadeavailable toSwiss
oiidCommunity undertakings .
Swissundertakings mayobtainpatentlicences incaseswhereCommunity
undertakings mayobtainthemand.viceversa.
Information andpatentsexistingpriortotheentryintoforceofthe
Agreement maynot"beexchanged excepttothee.xten$necessary forthe
useofnewinformation .
Switzerland maynotexchange suchinformation andpatentswithnon-member
countries ,otherthanSweden,withouttheapproval oftheCommission ,
Ittherefore acceptsinthisrespectthesameobligations asthebodies
currently associated withtheCommunity .
Article 17of"theAgreement provides thatanydisputes betweenthe
Contracting Partiesmustbesubmitted toaBoardofArbitrators .
Whenever anewprogramme isadoptedbyeitherParty,suchprogramme shall
rplacetheprogramme orprogrammes listedinAnnexesIandIItothe
.Agreement .
EachContracting Partymayterminate theAgreement atanytimeDygiving
sixmonths'notice(Article19.2),
TheCommission nowtransmits totheCounciltheattached draft
decision approving theconclusion ofanAgreement bytheCommission .

DRAFTDECISION' (EAEC)COUNCIL
approving theconclusion bytheCommission ofanAgreement "betweenthe
European AtomicEnergyCommunity andSwitzerland inthefieldof
controlled thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics
TheCounciloftheEuropean Communities ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropean AtomicEnergy
Community ,andinparticular Article101(2)thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftfromtheCommission ,
WhereastheCommission has,inaccordance withtheCouncildirectives
of31May1976,negotiated anAgreement withSwitzerland inthefield
ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics;
«
IJhereas,therefore,' oonclusion,by.theCommission ofsuchanAgreement .
shouldbeapproved ,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
SoleArticle
Theconclusion ofanAgreement betweentheEuropean AtomicEnergy
Community andSwitzerland ,thetextofwhichisannexedhereto,
isherebyapproved .
DoneatBrussels ,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

ANNEX
AGREEMENT FORCOOPERATION
STWHEtr THEEUROPEAN ATOMIC I3TERGY COMMUNITY
AND
THESWISSCOIIFEDEJtATION
THEFIELDOFCONTROLLED T'HERMOIJU CLEARFJSION
AHDPLASMA PHYSICS

THEEUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COKKUNI TY,hereinafter called "Euratom "f
represented "bytheCommission oftheEuropean Communities ,hereinafter
called "theCommission ",
ANDTHESWISS CONFEDERATION ,hereinafter called "Switzerland ",
represented bytheSwiss Federal Council ,hereinafter called "theFederal
Council ".
WHEREAS Euratom has ,since 1959 *aspart ofalong-term joint programme
embracing allactivities inthefield offusion andplasma physics in
Euratom ,been implementing multiannual research andtraining programmes
inthis field which have been designed tolead tothe industrial
production andmarketing ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion reactors ;
whereas work carried outunder such programmes has ,inter alia ,been
performed under contracts ofassociation andunder acontract relating
tothemobility ofstaff ,the last ofthese being thefourth five-year
programme covering theperiod 1976-80 :
WHEREAS this programme includes aproject fortheconstruction of.amajor
experimental device ,JET (Joint European Torus ),which istobebuilt
and operated byaJoint Undertaking asdefined inChapter Vofthe
Euratom Treaty ,hereinafter called "theJETJoint Undertaking "}
WHEREAS Switzerland foritspart hasbeen carrying outresearch for
many years inthefield ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion andplasma
physics ,andpossesses major skills inthis field :
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RiljCGGITI ZT1TGthat,owingtothescopeoftheworkremaining tobe
pex-forraed beforereaching thestageatwhichcontrolled thermonuclear
fusioncan"beappliedinpractice ,itisintheinterest ofthe
Contracting' PartiestothisAgreement _to.combinetheireffortsin
thisfield "bothwithaviewtoavoiding unnecessary duplication andin
ordertospeeduptheirrespective research programmes ,whoseobjectives have
gainedgreaterpriority asaresultoftheenergycrisis.
HAVEAGREED ASFOLLOWS :
A.OBJECTIVE OFTHEAGREERENT
Article '
Theobjective ofthisAgreement istoenableeachofthe
Contracting Parties,bypoolingtheirresearcheffortsinthefield
ofthermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics,toderivemaximumbenefit
fromtheresources assigned totheirrespective research programmes
byavoiding unnecessary duplication ,andthustohastentheattainment
ofthecommonobjective ofsuchresearch ,namelytheproduction of
electricity atcompetitive pricesbyutilization ofcontrolled nuclear
fusionreactions .
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Article 2
2.1Inordertoachievetheobjective ofthisAgreement theContracting
Partiesshallassociate theirrespective research programmes ,hereinafter
called"theEuratomprogramme "and"theSwissprogramme",anddefined
inAnnexesIandIItothisAgreement .Inordertoensureeffective
cooperation ,theSwissprogramme shalladoptthelong-term objectives •
andmodesofcooperation' oftheEuratom programme andshallheextended
ormodified ,after "beingstudied "bythebodiesreferred toinArticles
5to10and16ofthisAgreement ,toincludenewactivities relevant
totheEuratomprogramme whenever suchnewactivities arise.
Eachtimeanewprogramme isadoptedbyeitheroftheContracting Parties,
itshallreplacetheprogramme orprogrammes listedinAnnexesIandII
tothisAgreement .
Theassociation referredtointhefirstparagraph shallbeestablished
bythefollowing means:
-appropriate participation byeachoftheContracting Partiesinthe
phaseInvolving preparation andimplementation oftheotherParty's
programmes ;
-mobility ofstaffbetweenthelaboratories concerned inEuratom,in
Switzerland andinthenon-member StateswithwhichEuratom has
signedanagreement similartothisAgreement ,hereinafter called
"associated non-member States",andthosewhichtakepartinthe
Euratomprogramme ;
-reciprocal financing ofthoseprogrammes ;
-reciprocal rightsofaccesstothescientific andtechnological results
ofthoseprogrammes .

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2.2Forthepurposes ofachieving theobjective ofthisAgreement ,
Switzerland willparticipate intheJETProject.
B.LEOALIITSTRUI-IEFTC REQUIRED IIIORDERTOACHIEVE TEEOBJECTIVF OF
Article 3
3.1Inordertoestablish theassociation referred toinArticle 2.1
ofthisAgreement ,theContracting Partiesshallconclude acontract
ofassociation ,hereinafter called"Contract ofAssociation ".Asfar
aspossible ,thiscontract shallbesimilar -tothosebetweenthe
Commission andStates,personsorundertakings ,hereine.fter called
"associated bodies",fortheimplementation oftheEuratomprogramme ..
Forthesamepurpose ,EuratomshallarrangeforSwitzerland to
becomeparty,assoonasthisAgreement entersintoforce,to
theagreement onmobility ofstaffwhichhasbeenconcluded between
theCommission andtheassociated bodiesandwhichishereinafter called
the"Mobility Agreement ".
3.2Forthepurposeofparticipation mtheJETProject,Switzerland
shall,assoonasthisAgreement entersintoforce,becomea
memberoftheJETJointUndertaking ,whoseStatutesitaccepts .
3.3Euratomshallfurthermore ensurethatSwitzerland maybecomea
partytoanycontract theobjectofwhichfallswithinthescopeof
thisAgreement ,otherthancontracts ofassociation oranysimilar •
contract concluded byEuratomduringtheperiodofvalidity ofthis
Agreement .

C.BODIES REQUIRED INORDERTOACHIEVE THEOBJECTIVE OPTHEAGREEMENT
Article 4
4.1Thetodiesresponsible forestablishing theassociation referred to
inArticle 2.1ofthisAgreement aredescribed inArticles 5"to10
ofthisAgreement andintheContract ofAssociation .
4.2Theadministrative organsoftheJETJointUndertaking aredescribed
intheStatutes ofthatUndertaking .
Article 5
Inparticular ,theContractofAssociation shallsetupaSteering
Committee consisting ofappropriate representatives oftheCommission
andoftheFederalCouncil.ThetaskofthisSteering Committee shall
be:
-toimplement theContractofAssociation ;
-todrawupdetailsoftheprogrammes formingthesubjectofthat
Contract }
-tosupervise thedevelopment oftheresearch,andguideitsoasto
obtainthebestpossibleresultsin,acoordance withtheaimsofthis .
Agreement .
Article 6
6.1Switzerland shallberepresented bynotmorethantwodelegates
ontheLiaisonGroup,hereinafter called"theLG",setupwithinthe
framework oftheEuratomprogramme .TheLG,whosetaskistoensure
exchange ofinformation andcooperation inallmattersconcerning
programmes andoperations orproposed programmes andoperations which
arewithinthescopeoftheEuratomprogramme ,shallperformthattaskwithrespecttoallthe^research anddevelopment activities covered
bythisAgreement .

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Tnparticular ,itshall ensure thepromotion ofcooperation and
coordination between the associated bodies
andguide their work ,tothebest advantage ofthetwoContracting
Parties ,towards thecommon objective defined intheEuratom programme
andintheSwiss programme andinArticle 1ofthis Agreement ,with
dueregard toanyscientific andtechnological development which ."
may occur elsewhere intheworld .
o.2 Inaccordance with itsrules ofprocedure ,theLGshall
appoint oneormore Swiss representatives tositontheAdvisory
Groups setupinimplementation oftheEuratom programme ,whenever
theappropriate Swiss authorities sorequest® TheAdvisory Groups ,
which submit research proposals totheLGwith aview toobtaining
niaximum scientific benefit from the funds allocated under the
Euratom programne ,shall perform that task with respect toallthe
research anddevelopment activities covered bythis Agreement .
Article 7
7.1 Switzerland shall berepresented bythelaboratory director
ofone ofthe laboratories concerned onthe Committee ofDirectors set
upunder theEuratom programme .TheCommittee ofDirectors ,which is
responsible forsupervising theimplementation oftheEuratom
programme and formaking optimum use ofthecapacities ofthe
various laboratories taking part inthework thereunder ,shall
perform that task with respect toalltheresearch anddevelopment
activities covered bythis Agreement .Inparticular ,itshall ensure
optimum use ofstaff and their mobility between thevarious
laboratories engaged intheimplementation oftheEuratom programme
and oftheSwiss programme .

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7.2 ASwiss representative shall have theright tositonany -
Coordinating Committee setupunder theEuratom programme .The
Coordinating Committees ,which shall present totheCommittee of
Directors suitable proposals for the optimum utilization ina
particular sector ,oftheavailable funds ,personnel ,know-how and
skills ofeach laboratory concerned intheimplementation ofthe
Euratom programme ,shall assume that task ,for aparticular
sector ,with respect toalltheresearch anddevelopment activities
covered bythis Agreement .
Article 8
Switzerland shall berepresented ontheAdvisory Committee onFusion ,
hereinafter called "theACF".TheACF shall comprise one representative
ofeach Euratom Member State ,oneSwiss representative andone
representative from anyother associated non-member State ,drawn from
persons responsible fornuclear andenergy research .Atthe
Commission 'srequest ,theACFwill advise thelatter onthe
implementation ofthesprogramme andonanynecessary changes in
direction ,onthepreparation offuture programmes andtheir overall
cost ,andonthecoordination andintegration ofnational activities
inthefield ofthermonuclear fusion atCommunity level .
Article 9
Theopinions delivered bytheACF ,the LG,theCommittee ofDirectors ,
theAdvisory Groups andtheCoordinating Committees shall beofan
advisory nature . .TheLGshall bemandatorily required togive itsopinion
onpriority projects andsimilar provisions apply totheCommittee of
Directors asregards staff mobility .

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Article 10
representatives ofthe twoContracting Parties shall take part inthe
work ofanytechnical advisory body oranymanagement "body that may
besetupforthepurposes ofthis Agreement .
D. FINANCIAL AND TAX PROVISIONS OFTHE AGREEMENT
Article 11
11.1 The financial contribution ofSwitzerland tothe Euratom
programme under this Agreement shall befixed annually atasumwhich
bears the same relation toEuratom' sshare ofthe cost ofthe
Euratom programme astheSwiss Gross Domesti c.Product bore tothetotal
Gross Domestic Product ofboth Euratom and Switzerland inthe
antepenultimate year .
Asregards thefinancial contribution totheJETProject ,this shall
bebased ontheEuratom contribution totheJoint Undertaking ,assoon as
itisset up.
Inaddition ,Switzerland shall paytotheJETJoint Undertaking an
amount tobedetermined inaccordance with the financial provisions of .
theStatutes oftheJoint Undertaking .
11.2 Thefinancial contribution ofEuratom tothefinancing ofwork
carried outunder theAssociation Agreement andtheMobility Agreement
shall becalculated onthesame basis asthat normally used in
calculating theEuratom contributions tothe financing ofwork carried
out under corresponding contracts .

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11.3 TheCommission shall ,atthebeginning ofeach year ,inform
theFederal Council oftheamount envisaged forexpenditure relating
totheEuratom programme forthat year .TheFederal Council shall
pay totheCommission the amount due onthebasis ofthis Article in
thefollowing manners ?/l2before 15January and5/12 "before
15July .Other arrangements forthepayment offinancial contributions
bySwitzerland andEuratom pursuant tothis Article arelaid down in
Annex IIItothis Agreement .
Article 12
12.1 Switzerland shall take allmeasures necessary toensure that
Euratom shall beexempt from customs duties andother charges ,and
from import prohibitions andrestrictions inrespect ofthat part of
articles financed byEuratom andintended tobeused inSwitzerland
intheactivities covered bythis Agreement .
12.2 Articles imported into oracquired inSwitzerland shall not
bedisposed of,whether ornotinreturn forpayment ,inSwitzerland
except under conditions approved bytheFederal Council .
12.3 Officals oftheCommission within themeaning ofArticle 1of
theStaff Regulations ofOfficials oftheEuropean Communities who
areliable tointernal taxapplied within theCommunities onsalaries ,
wages andemoluments paid bytheCommunities ,andwhoareengaged inthe
activities inSwitzerland covered by ofthis Agreement ,
andSwiss persons whoaregoverned bytheabove –mentioned Staff
Regulations andwho areengaged insuch activities intheterritories
ofEuratom Member States ,shall beexempt from national taxes on
salaries ,wages andemoluments .These taxexemptions shall notapply
inrespect ofpensions andannuities paid tosuch persons ..

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E. PKOVIST OTISOFTHEAGREEMENT RELATING TOACCESS TOIIJPORKATION
Article 13
13.1 Theprovisions relating toaccess toinformation which are
applicable inrespect oftheassociation referred toinArticle 2.1-
tothis Agreement are setout inArticles 14and 15ofthis Agreement ,
inthe Contract ofAssociation and intheMobility Agreement -
13.2 Theprovisions relating toaccess toinformation which are
applicable inrespect oftheparticipation ofSwitzerland intheJET .
Joint Undertaking are setout inArticle 14ofthis Agreement and
intheStatutes oftheJETJoint Undertaking .
Article 14
14-1 Right ofaccess foreach oftheContracting Parties tothe
scientific results oftheother Party 'sprogramme shall beanessential
part ofthis Agreement .
14.2 Itshall beguaranteed by:
-rules oninformation andpatents :
–mobility ofstaff between thelaboratories concerned inEuratom ,
Switzerland and theassociated non–member States ;
-equitable distribution among industries inEuratom ,Switzerland and
the associated non-member States oforders connected with the
implementation ofthetwoassociated programmes ,subject tothe
principal ofobtaining thebest return forthesums committed .

Article 15
15.1 Information resulting from activxties inEuratom orinthe
associated bodies inthe field ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion
andplasma physics during theperiod ofvalidity ofthis Agreement
shall becommunicated toSwitzerland andtopersons orundertakings
carrying out ,inSwitzerland ,research orproduction activities which
justify their access tosuch information onthe same conditions as
areapplied toMember States ,persons orundertakings inEuratom .
15.2 Information resulting from research activities undertaken in
Switzerland under theterms ofthis Agreement shall becommunicated
tothe Member States ofEuratom and toassociated non-member States and
topersons orundertakings engaged inresearch orproduction activities
inthe territory ofaEuratom Member State orofanassociated
non-member State where such activities justify their access tosuch
information .Such information shall not becommunicated bythe
Contracting Parties toanyother States ,persons orundertakings
except byagreement between such Parties unless itbepersons or
undertakings carrying outinSwitzerland research orproduction
activities which justify their access tosuch information .
15.3 Iftheinformation referred toinsections 1ajid 2is
protected bypatents ,thelatter maybeused forresearch purposes
byEuratom Member States ,Switzerland ,thenon-member associated
States andpersons orundertakings established intheterritories in
question inorder toattain theobjectives ofthis Agreement .The
Euratom Member States ,Switzerland ,theassociated non–member States
andpersons orundertakings established intheterritories inquestion
shall have theright toobtain licences orsublicences forthe
exploitation ofsuch patents forindustrial orcommercial purposes
onappropriate terms andconditions ,where theContracting Parties
have theright togrant such licences orsublicences .

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15«4 Theinformation resulting from theactivities ofEuratom ,the
associated bodies orofSwitzerland acquired prior totheentry into
force ofthis Agreement shall bemade available tothose States ,
persons andundertakings towhich the information referred toin
sections 1and2may 'becommunicated totheextent necessary forthe
use ofthe information referred tointhose sections .Patents
resulting from activities referred tointhis section shall bemade
available tothose States ,persons orundertakings which canobtain
alicence orsublicence inrespect ofthepatents referred toin
section 3totheextent necessary fortheuse ofsuch licences or
sublicences .
15«5 This Article shall notaffect anyrights under national laws of
inventors ortheir successors intitle .
15.6 TheContracting Parties shall refrain from anyactprejudicial
tothepatentability ofresearch resulting from theactivities or
research referred toinsections 1and .2ofthis Article .
F. GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS OPTHE AGREEMENT
Article 16
16.1 AJoint Body which shall becalled the"Euratom /Switzerland
Fusion Committee "ishereby setup,consisting onthe onehand of
representatives ofEuratom and ontheother hand ofrepresentatives
ofthe Federal Council .
16.2 TheEuratom /Switzerland Fusion Committee shall beresponsible
forensuring that this Agreement isproperly implemented .Itshall
investigate anymeasures likely toimprove cooperation pursuant to
this Agreement andshall keep abreast oftheprogress ofwork .

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16.3 IfoneoftheContracting Parties considers that the other
Contracting Party hasfailed tocomply with anobligation under the
Agreement ,itshall notify theEuratom /Switzerland Fusion Committee
forthwith .
16.4 TheEuratom /Switzerland Fusion Committee may ,forthepurposes
offulfilling itstasks ,formulate ,onthebasis ofopinions
delivered bythe LG,recommendations ,which shall becommunicated to
theauthorities concerned inEuratom andinSwitzerland ,asregards
theadoption ofprogrammes andbudgets inthefields ofresearch
covered bythis Agreement .
16.5 TheEuratom /Switzerland Fusion Committee shall adopt itsown
rules ofprocedure .TheOffice ofChairman shall beheld byeach
oftheContracting Parties inturn ,inaccordance with therules of
procedure oftheEuratom /Switzerland Fusion Committee .
16.6 TheEurat om/Switz-erland Fusion Committee shall meet atthe
request ofeither oftheParties ,andnotless than once ayear .
Article 17
17«1 Disputes regarding theinterpretation orapplication ofthis
Agreement shall ,upon therequest ofeither Contracting Party ,be
submitted toaBoard ofArbitrators .
17*2 The Board ofArbitrators referred toinsection 1ofthis
Article shall beestablished for each individual case .Itshall be
composed ofthree members .Each Contracting Party shall appoint one
member andthese twomembers shall agree upon theappointment ofthe
third member ,whoshall betheChairman oftheBoard .IfaContracting
Party fails toappoint amember oftheBoard within twomonths of
therequest forsubmission ofadispute totheBoard ,orifwithin
onemonth oftheappointment ofthesecond member oftheBoard ,the

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-tworaetnoersoft;,eBoardhavenotreachedagreement ontheappointment
cfthethirdmember,x^eContracting PartyortheContracting Parties,
asthecasfsmaybe,shallinvitethePresident oftheInternational
CourtofJusticetoappointtheappropriate member.
17.3ThsBoardofArbitrators shalldrawupitsownrulesof
procedure .Itshallreachitsdecisions byamajority ofvotes.
Suchdecisions shallbebinding.
17.4EachContracting Partyshallbearthecostsofitsownmember
inthearbitral proceedings ;thecostsoftheChairman andthe
remaining costsshallbeborneinequalpartsbybothContracting
Parties .
Article 18
TheAnnexestothisAgreement formanintegral partthereof.
Article 19
19.1ThisAgreement shallbeapproved bythePartiesinaccordance
withtheirownprocedures .Itshallenterintoforcewhenthe
Partieshavenotified eachotherthatthenecessary procedures havfe
beencompleted .

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19*2 Either Contracting Party mayterminate this Agreement lay
giving sixmonths *notice atany time .
Done atBrussels ,this ,m
duplicate ,intheDanish ,Dutch ,English ,French ,German andItalian
languages ,each text being equally authentic .
For theEuropean Atomic
Energy Community :For the Swiss Confederation

AÎTNEX I
Euratom Programme
1. Thesubjects oftheEuratora programme fortheperiod 1976-80
are asfollows :
-general physics inthesector concerned ,inparticular studies of
abasic character orrelating toconfinement with theaid of
suitable devices andmethods forthemanufacture andheating of
plasmas ;
-research ontheconfinement inclosed configurations ofplasmas
ofwidely vary!ngdensity andtemperature ;
-production ofandresearch onplasmas ofhigh andvery high density ;
-improvement ofdiagnostic methods ;
-investigation oftechnological problems connected with current
research andofproblems relating tothermonuclear reactor
technology .
This work will becarried out under contracts ofassociation or
contracts oflimited duration inorder toobtain thenecessary results
for the implementation oftheprogramme .
2. Theprogramme defined insection 1ispart ofalong-term
cooperation project embracing allwork carried out intheMember
States inthefield offusion andplasma physics .Itisdesigned to
lead indue course tothe joint construction ofprototypes with a
view totheir industrial-scale production andmarketing .

AHNEX II
SWISS PROGRAMME
Toroidal magnetic confinement
Theory ofequilibria andtheir stability asafunction ofthegeometry
and thebeta value .Development andexecution ofdigital computer
programs which calculate the ideal anddissipative magnetohydrodynamics
Experiments onanexisting Belt pinch andavariable configuration
Tokamak ,theconstruction ofwhich isamajor feature ofthis programme
Methods for the measurements ofplasma parameters
Methods ofoptical diagnosis :interferometry andThomson scattering
inthefarinfra-red spectrum .Measurement ofmagnetic fields by
ionbeams .Measurement bytheinteraction ofcrossed –wave beams .
Methods for the auxiliary heating ofaplasma
Theoretical andexperimental study ontheinjection ofwaves into .the
plasma ,their dissipation ,heat conversion oftheir energy .In
particular ,Alfven waves .
Interaction ofwaves and turbulences inthe plasma
Theory ofturbulence ,excitation andsaturation ,itseffects onthe
transport ofenergy andofparticles intheplasma .Experimental study
onelectrical resistance and turbulence-induced diffusion .
Theoretical andexperimental studies onthenon–linear interaction of
waves inaplasma .

AKNEX ITT
Arrangements for thepayment bySwitzerland
and Euratom ofthe financial contributions
referred toinArticle 11oftheAgreement
I. The financial contributions referred toinArticle 11,1 and
II.2 oftheAgreement have been expressed inEuropean units of
account (EUA).
Switzerland 'sfinancial contribution shall bepaid inSwiss francs
(SwF)inSwitzerland ,toanaccount opened inthename ofEuratoin .
Euratom 'sfinancial contribution tothefinancing ofwork carried
outunder theContract ofAssociation shall bepaid inSwF,toan
account inSwitzerland opened bytheFederal "Council »
2. The rate for the conversion ofSwFinto EUA and EUA into
SwFshall becalculated onthebasis oftherates published daily by
theCommission oftheEuropean Communities .Therate applicable
shall betherate inforce ontheday onwhich thetransfer order
isexecuted bythefinancial institution .

FINANCIAL RECORD SHEET
1.Financial contribution fromSwitzerland
Article11.1oftheCooperation Agreement laysdownthatthefinancial
contribution ofSwitzerland totheFusionProgramme shallbefixed
annually atasumwhichisinthesamerelation totheEuratomfinancial
contribution totheEuratomprogramme astheSwissgrossdomestic product
istothesumofthegrossdomestic productofbothEuratomandSwitzer­
landintheantepuniItimateyear.
(a)Switzerland shallparticipate intheFusionProgramme,withthe
exception ofJET,asfrom1979.
-According todatasupplied bytheStatistical Office,theCommunity's
GDPin1976was1242500million EUAandthatofSwitzerland was
50350millionEUA.
-Thustheratiois 3.89%
1242500+50350
-Theappropriations forpaymentprgyidedforin1979and1980,as.partoftheFusionProgramme,are:
197926812million EUA
198029676million EUA
56488million EUA
-Thus,Switzerland 'sfinancial contribution forthetwoyearsin
question shallbe3.897.of56488=2.197million EUA
(b)Switzerland 'sparticipation intheCommunity financing ofthecons­
truction phaseoftheJETProject (untilmid-1983 )
-Estimated totalcost 184.6million EUA
-Euratom 147.7million EUA
-Swissfinancial contri­
bution3,89%of147.7
million 5_Z4|_QQÔ EUA
-Totala+b Z_942=0QQ EUA ..
2.TheCommunity'sfinancial contribution toworkcarriedoutinSwitzerland
underthecontract ofassociation shallbecalculated onthesamebasis
asthatnormally usedincalculating theEuratomcontributions tothe
financing ofworkcarriedoutinpursuance ofsimilarcontracts ofasso­
ciation (Article11.2oftheAgreement ).
Thesefiguresaresubjecttoamendment following therevisionoftheFusion
Programme asprovidedforinArticle 3oftheDecisionof25March1976.

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-Switzerland shallprovide abudgetofSF9000000for1979andthesame
for1980.
-TheCommunity'sparticipation forthetwoyearsshallamountto
2360000EUA
Conclusion
Thereceipts deriving fromtheCooperation Agreement tobeconcluded between
Switzerland andtheEAECcovertheexpenditure pertaining theretoasentered
inthebudget (item3351-"Fusionandplasmaphysics,including theJET•
project")andwillbeentered inthebudget-item9211.
Anyexcessrevenue maybeusedforfinancing additional expenditure under
item3351.