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COMMUNICATION OFTHE COMMISSION
'' TOTHE COUNCIL CONCERNING
THE CREATION OFA '
"CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OFTHEFUSION PROGRAMME "
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s.
Following theagreement which wasreached attheCouncil session held in
Luxembourg on22October 1979 ,theCommission hasasked theConsultative
Committee forFusion (CCF )taexamine theconsultative andmanagement
structure oftheResearch andTraining Programme fortheEuropean Atomic
*Energy Community inthefield ofControlled Thermonuclear Fusion andPlasma
Physics (Fusion Programme ). .
*»,•
« -• ■ *
Following themeeting on28November 1979 theCCFhasadopted theOpinion
given inAnnex .
TheCommission invites theCouncil toapprove
theprinciple ofthecreation ofanewCommittee called "TheConsultative
Committee oftheFusion Programme (CCFP )".
- the "Guidelines forestablishing theterms ofreference oftheCCFP ",
given inAnnex totheCCFP ",given inAnnex toth6CCFOpinion .
TheCommission ,after approval bytheCouncil oftheprinciple andguide­
lines mentioned above ,will submit tothelatter aproposed resolution ,
drafted inconsultation with theCCFfollowing these guidelines ,-preating
theCCFP andestablishing itsterms ofreference .
Finally ,theCommission will dissolve theConsultative Committee forFusion ,
;
and take themeasures necessary for thedissolution oftheLiaison Group
and the Committee ofDirectors .' -
ANNEX

ANNEX
OPINION OFTHE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE FOR FUSION ONTHE
CONSULTATIVE AND MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES OFTHE -FUSION PROGRAMME __
(Meeting of28November 1979 )
TheCommunity Programme inthefield ofControlled Fusion andPlasma
Physics hasexperienced certain changes during thelast twoyears .
- Totheactivities carried out intheframework oftheAssociations
hasbeen added thelarge JETproject executed asaJoint Undertaking
with itsproper structure .These twoparts oftheprogramme cannot
progress independently ofeach other .Itisbecoming more andmore
evident that thesuccess ofJETcanonly beassured iftheAssocia­
tions give arapidly increasing contribution tothepreparation of
itsoperational phase ,inparticular intheareas ofplasma heating
equipment anddiagnostics . ''
- Thegeneral programme which ,some years agoincluded many diverse
activities ,has since become more oriented towards theattainment
ofFusion asanenergy source .This evolution should bestimulated
andaccompanied byagreater selectivity intheuseoftheCommunity
resources .
Itisnecessary that some structures fororientation ,coordination and
control beadapted tothese newcharacteristics oftheprogramme and
tothemagnitude oftherelative financial commitment .
Thenewstructures must bedefined taking account ofthefact that ,in
comparison with other Community R&D programmes ,theFusion programme
has specific characteristics : "
/
Itincludes all theactivities ofthemember States ,aswell as
certain third States ,inthis field .
Itaims ,inthelong term ,attheattainment ofasingle common
goal . ^ .
- Itpresents itself asasingle body initsrelations with other
fusion programmes intheworld.' -

TheCCFproposes toadapt thestructures asfollows :
- Each association will continue tobemanaged byaSteering
Committee and theJETJoint Undertaking will keep itspresent
organization . !
- Conversely ,all theother existing Committees (Consultative
Committee onFusion ,Liaison .Group ,Committee ofDirectors )should
bedissolved andreplaced byasingle committee which should
(*)fulfil their tasks ,^among others those ofanACPM ^.TheCCF
proposes calling thenewCommittee ;"TheConsultative Committee
*
oftheFusion Programme (CCFP )". Thesuggested guidelines for
setting uptheterms ofreference oftheCCFP aregiven inANNEX .
~This streamlining oftheconsultative structure oftheFusion
programme should guarantee amore efficient anddirect management
< bytheCommission and itsAssociates . •
The CCF recommends tothe Commission :
* " - •_
- toinvite theCouncil toapprove inprinciple thecreation of
anew Committee called "The Consul tative ""Commit tee oftheFusion
>Programme (CCFP)"/ : .
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- Toinvite theCouncil toapprove the Guidelines for
establishing theterms ofreference oftheCCFP ",given inAnnex .
- Tosubmit totheCouncil ,after itsapproval oftheprinciple and
guidelines mentioned above ,aproposed resolution ,drafted in
consultation with theCCFfollowing these guidelines ,creating the
«-
CCFP andestablishing its terms ofreference ...
- Finally ,todissolve theConsultative Committee forFusion ,and to
take themeasures necessary for thedissolution oftheLiaison
Group and theCommittee ofDirectors .
(x)seeCouncil Resolution of18July 1977
\(OJN°C192of11.8.77 ) .

ANNEX
Guidelines forestablishing theTerns ofReference oftheCCFP
Tasks •
Without prejudice totheCommission 'sresponsibility intheimplementa­
tion oftheFusion programme ,theCCFP has ,thetask ofcontributing ,in
itsadvisory capacity ,tothebest possible implementation .ofthe
programme ,inparticular :
towatch over theongoing activities
toensure that selectivity criteria areapplied inthedefinition
andmanagement oftheprogramme
- toensure harmony between theactivities oftheAssociations ,the
JRCand theJETProject
- todefine priority actions with aview totheallocation of
preferential support
- toevaluate the results obtained
- tocollaborate inthepreparation ofprogramme proposals
- toensure proper relations between theCommunity fusion programme
and theother fusion programmes
to-exercise therole ofACPM concerning thefusion activities of
theJRC (direct action )
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Composition
The Committee shall consist ofnot more than :
- for theCommission ,three members appointed bythis institution
from among itsownofficials ,
- foreach member State /orthird State participating fully inthe
Fusion programme ,three members appointed bytheGovernment of
that State .Each delegation will include ,preferably ,amember
coming from aGovernment department andamember coming from the
scientific ortechnical community ,

2.
•- for theJETJoint Undertaking ,twomembers appointed bytheJET
Council . . v ''
3.Sub-Committees -
- The CCFP will create aScientific Council whose members are as
' independent aspossible ofhierarchical structures andwill
"consult itontheevolution ofthemain orientation oftheprogramme
- TheCCFP cancreate other sub-committees ,inparticular ,towatcti
N over theongoing activities .
- TheCCFP will keep thenumber ofsub-committees ,and themembership
ofsuch committees ,toaminimum .
Procedures " , '
- TheCCFP gives opinions which shall beforwarded totheCommission ^
acopy being sent tothe .Council .Anymember may request that his
views berecorded inthese opinions .Theabsence ofanydelegation
shall notdeprive theCommittee meeting ofitsvalidity ,and its
ability togive anopinion .
- Thevoting procedure will bedefined inthe terms ofreference , ■-
oftheCCFP . ' -, .' '
- -TheCommittee shall appoint itschairman from among itsmembers ,
upon theproposal oftheCommission 'sdelegation . ■.v
Secretariat services fortheCommittee shall beprovided bya
Commission official placed forthis purpose atthedisposal of
theCommittee under theauthority ofthechairman .-