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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)1056 final
Brussels,2July1973
PROPOSAL FOR A
DECISION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheapprovalofanamendmenttotheStatutes
ofthe«Societed'energienucleairefranco-belge desArdennes
■JointUndertaking
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
C011(73)1055final

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AIMS
ByitsDecisionof9September19^1(OfficialJournalNo.65of
9October19^1),Councilestablishedthe'Socifeted'energie
nuclfeairefranco-beige desArdennes'asaJointUndertaking .Under
thesecondsubparagraph ofArticle50oftheEuratomTreaty,
amendmentstothestatutesofJointUndertaking donotenterinto
forceuntiltheyhavebeenapprovedbytheCouncil,actingin
accordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle47onaproposal
fromtheCommission .
Attheirextraordinary generalmeetingon29June1972,the
shareholders ofthe'Societyd'&nergienuclfeairefranco-beige des
Ardennes'approvedamendmentstotheStatutesfortheadoptionof
theagelimitsasrecommendedinFrenchLawNo.70,1284of
31December1970fortheDirectorsofthecompany,andtheaddition
tothecompanynameofthedistinguishing abbreviation MSEHA".
TheseamendmentswereaccordedafavourableopinionbytheFrench
CouncilofStateon13February1973inthedraftOrder,whichwill
notbepublisheduntiltheseamendmentshavebeenapprovedbythe
CounciloftheEuropeanCommunities .
TheCommission considersthattheamendmentstotheStatutesdonot
conflictwiththeprovisionsgoverningthe'Socifeted'&nergie
nucleairefranco-beige desArdennes'JointUndertaking .
TheCommissionthereforeproposesthattheCouncilapprovethese
amendmentstotheStatutes.
AnnexïDraftdécision.

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PROPOSAL FORA
DECISION (EEC )OFTHECOUNCIL
ontheapproval ofanamendment totheStatutes
ofthe 'Societe d'energie nucleaire franco –beige desArdennes'
Joint Undertaking
\
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Atomic Energy
Community ,and inparticular Articles 50and47thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas theCouncil established the 'Soci§t §d'lnergie nucl&aire
1franco-beige desArdennes' asaJoint Undertaking initsDecision
of9September 19^'ij
Whereas thegeneral meeting oftheJoint Undertaking on29June 1972
adopted theamendments totheStatutes foradoption oftheagelimits
fortheDirectors ofthecompany asrecommended inFrench Law
No.70.1234 of31December 1970 ,andaddition tothecompany name of
thedistinguishing abbreviation "SENA ";
Whereas these amendments donot conflict with theprovisions governing
Joint Undertakings ,andwhereas they should therefore beapproved ;
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
OJNo65,9October 1961 ,PP«1173/61

ΠΙ 111/616/73-E
Article 1
Theamendments inAnnextothisDecisiontotheStatutesofthe
'Soci&t§d'inergienucleairefranco-beige desArdennes'Joint
Undertakingareherebyapproved.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallbepublishedintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities,Itshallenterintoforceonthedateof
itspublication .
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

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ΑΜΕΧ
Amendrentstothéesgfthe'Sociétéd'énergie
nucléairefranco-belge desArdennes'JointUndertaking ,
AmendementtoArticle4oftheStatutes
Thefirstsubparagraph ofArticle4ofStatutesshallnowreadas
follows:
"Thenameoftheecmpaayis
ySocjeted;ener^ienucléairefranco-belgeclésArdennes',whichmaybe
abbreviated to!SMA',"
AmGndjienttoArticle17oftheJStatutes
AnadditionalsubparagraphshallbeinsertedinArticle17,which
shallnowreadasfollows;
"Notmorethanone-thirdoftheDirectorsinofficeshallbeover70
yearsofage.Wheremorethanone-thirdoftheDirectorsinoffice
areover70yearsofage,thetermofofficeoftheseniorDirector
orDirectorsinageshallendonthedateoftheannualordinary
generalmeetingofshareholders followingthedateonwhichthe
proportionofone-thirdwasexceeded."
\
AjnqndrnenttoArticle19ofthe_Statutes
Thereshallbeinsertedbetweenthesecondandthirdsubparagraphs of
Article19anadditionalsubparagraph whichshallreadasfollows:
"TheagelimitfortheChairmanisherebyfixedatJO.Thetermof
officeoftheChairmanshallendonthedateoftheannualordinary
generalmeetingfollowingthedateonwhichhereachedtheageofJO."

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iunendmenttoArticle23_oftheStatutes
Thereshallbeinsertedbetweenthefirstandsecondsubparagraphs
ofArticle23oftheStatutesanadditionalsubparagraph whichshall
readasfollows:
"TheagelimitfortheGeneralManagerisherebyfixedat65.The
termofofficeoftheGeneralManagershallendonthedateofthe
annualordinarygeneralmeetingofshareholders followinghis65th
birthday."