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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)321 final
Brussels .30June 1981
Draft
COUNCIL DECISION (Euratom )
giving instructions tothe Commission concerning the negotiation
ofamendments tothe Agreements for Cooperation concluded bythe
European Atomic Energy Community with Sweden and with Switzerland
inthe field ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion
Draft
COUNCIL DECISION (Euratom )
approving the conclusion bythe Commission ofProtocols amending
the AGreements for Cooperation inthefield ofcontrolled thermo­
nuclear fusion concluded bythe European Atomic Energy Community
with Sweden and with Switzerland
(submitted tothe Council bythe Commission )
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
SUBJECT :Amendments tothe Agreements for cooperation inthefield ofcon­
trolled thermonuclear fusion concluded bythe European Atomic
Energy Community with Sweden and with Switzerland
a)Inaletter of19May 1980,tothe Council ,the Commission enclosed a
communication (Doc.COMC80 )242final )proposing adraft decision setting
upaconsultative Committee for the Fusion Programme .This Committee was
set upbythe Council Decision of16December 1980 .
b)Point 3ofthe abovementioned communication was worded asfollows :
"3.When'the Council has adopted this Decision ,the Commission will take
appropriate action leading tothe dissolving ofthe CCF,the Liaison
Group and the Committee ofDirectors .These three Committees betng men­
tioned inthe Agreements for Cooperation inthefield ofcontrolled thermo­
nuclear fusion concluded with Sweden and Switzerland ,itmight bene­
cessary tomodify these Agreements inorder for them tosuit the new
consultative structure ofthe fusion programme .Inthis case,' the Com­
mission will submit tothe Council ,forits approval ,thealterations "
agreed with these third countries ."
c)Asthe Council raised noobjection ,the Commission with Sweden and Swit­
zerland discussed and drew upthe amendments which needed tobemade to
the Agreements asaresult ofthesetting-up oftheConsultative Committee
for the Fusion Programme .
d)Ittook advantage ofthat opportunity toup-date the Agreements inques­
tion,inparticular with regard totheintroduction ofthe ECU andthe
impact oftheconclusion ofthe Agreement with Switzerland ontheAgree­
ment with Sweden .
e)Lastly ,itappeared opportune tomake some minor amendments totheclau­
sesrelating tothedissemination ofinformation andpatents .They are
also included arrsonq the attached amendments . y

2.
f)Inapplication ofArticle 101,alrnea 2,ofthe Euratom Treaty ,the
Commission submits tothe Council : ■ '
1)adraft Council Decision giving instructions tothe Commission
concerning the negotiation ofthese amendments ;
2)adraft Council Decision approving the conclusion bythe Commission
ofthe two amendments .

DRAFT
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Council Decision (Euratom )
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giving instructions tothe Commission concerning thenegotiation
ofamendments tothe Agreements for Cooperation concluded bythe
European Atomic Energy ,Community with Sweden and with Switzerland
inthe field ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard tothe Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community ,and inparticular the second paragraph ofArticle 101thereof ,
Having regard tothe >draft from the Commission ,
Whereas the Council ,byits Decision of .16December 1980,created
the Consultative Committee for the Fusion Programme (CCFP );
Whereas itisadvisable toadapt the Agreements for Cooperation in
thefield ofthermonuclear fusion concluded with Sweden ^on10May
1....... . ...... .«,«21976 and with Switzerland 0£i14September 1978 tothe new consult­
ative structure ofthe fusion programme ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS : .-
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. . Sole Article
1.Onthe basis ofthe second paragraph ofArticle 101 ofthe Treaty
establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ,the Commission shall
negotiate 'amendments totheAgreements forCooperation fnthefield
ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion concluded bythe Community
with Sweden and with Switzerland inorder toadapt them tothe new
consultative structure ofthe fusion programme .-
2.The Commission shall take advantage ofthat opportunity toupdate
these Agreements ,inparticular with regard totheintroduction
ofthe ECU andthe impact oftheconclusion oftheAgreement with
Switzerland onthe Agreement with Sweden .,
0JNoL162,23.6.1976 ,p.28 ' *
20JNoL242,4.9.1978 ,p.12

DRAFT
CouncilDecision (Euratom)
approvingtheconclusion bytheCommissionofprotocols
amending theAgreementsforCooperation inthefieldof
controlled thermonuclear fusionconcludedbytheEuropeanAtomic
EnergyCommunitywithSwedenandwithSwitzerland .
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community,andinparticular thesecondparagraphofArticle101thereof,
HavingregardtothedraftfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCommission has,inaccordance withtheinstructions from
theCouncil,negotiated'protocolsamending .theAgreementsforCooperation
inthefieldofcontrolled thermonuclear fusionconcludedwith .
SwedenandwithSwitzerland ;
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Whereasitisconsequently advisabletoapprovetheconclusion by
theCommission oftheseprotocols,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
SoleArticle
Theconclusion bytheCommissionofprotocolsamendingtheAgreements
forCooperation concludedbytheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity
withSwedenandwithSwitzerland isherebyapproved.
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ThetextsoftheseprotocolsareannexedtothisDecision.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident

PROTOCOL ONAMENDMENTS TOTHE
AGREEMENT FORCOOPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC
ENERGY COMMUNITY AND SWEDEN INTHE FIELD OFCONTROLLED
THERMONUCLEAR FUSION AND PLASMA PHYSICS
TheEUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ,hereinafter called "Euratom "
represented bytheCommission oftheEuropean Communities ,hereinafter
called "theCommission ","
ANDTHEGOVERNMENT OFSWEDEN ,
Whereas theAgreement forcooperation between Euratom andSweden
inthefield ofthermonuclear fusion andplasma physics ,hereinafter referred
toas"Agreement ",wasconcluded on10May1976 ;
V.
Whereas thedecision oftheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities
establishing the "Joint European Torus (JET),Joint Undertaking ",inwhich
Sweden participates ,wasadopted on30May 1978 ;
A.
Whereas thedecision oftheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities setting upa
Consultative Committee for'the Fusion Programme wasadopted on16December 1980 ;
Whereas the recommendation ofthe Euratom /Sweden Fusion Committee concerning the
amendment oftheAgreement wasissued on22May 1981 ;
HAVE AGREED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1
Theprovisions oftheAgreement shall remain unchanged save asprovided
forbelow :
1•Thesecond andthird sentences ofArticle III»2 aswell asArticles IV
and Vshall bedeleted .
2.Article VIIshall bereplaced bythefollowing :
"Article VII
Euratom shall ensure that theassociated Swedish bodies maybecome parties
tothecontracts relating tomobility ofstaff andtoanycontract orunder -
taking theobject ofwhich falls within thescope ofthis Agreement other than

acontract ofassociation orsimilar contract ,which Euratom concludes
during the period ofthis Agreement ",
Article VIII shall bereplaced bythe following ;
«
"Article VIII
1.. The Committee responsible for ensuring the proper implementation of
the present Agreement ,isdefined inArticle XII.
2. The Committee responsible for ensuring the proper implementation of
the contract(s )ofassociation referred toinArticle III above shall
bedefined insuch contract (s).
3. The Committee responsible for ensuring the proper implementation of
the mobility contracts referred toinArticle VII shall bedefined
inthose contracts .
4. The bodies and committees responsible for implementing the JETproject
are defined inthe Statutes ofthe "Joint European Torus (JET),Joint
Undertaking "."
The text ofArticle X.2 shall read asfollows :
"2.ItshaU beguaranteed by:
rules oninformation and patents „which will apply inaccordance
with the general principles set out inArticle XI;
mobility ofstaff between the laboratories inthe Community and
other associated States onthe one hand and inSweden onthe other
hand ;
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equitable sharing among Swedish industries ,industries inthe
Community and inother associated States oforders placed for
the implementation ofthe associated programmes ,subject tothe
principle ofobtaining the best return forthe sums committed ."
A '
Article XIishereby amended asfollows :
a)Article XIA.1 shall bereplaced bythe following :
"A.1.Information resulting from research programmes undertaken in
Sweden under the terms ofthis Agreement shall becommunicated
tothe Member States ofEuratom and toassociated non-member
States andtopersons orundertakings engaged inresearch or

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production activities intheterritory ofaEuratom Member
State orofanassociated non-member State where such activities
justify their access tosuch information ."
b) The second sentence ofArticle XI.Cshall bereplaced bythe following !
ι
The Euratom Member States /Sweden ,the associated non-member States
and persons orundertakings established intheterritories inquestion
shall have theright toobtain licences or sublicences forthe exploi­
tation ofsuch patents for industrial orcommercial purposes onappro­
priate terms and conditions and inanon-discriminatory way,where the
Contracting Parties have the right togrant such licences orsublicen -
ces".
c)'Article XI0(b )shall bereplaced bythe following :
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"(b)Patents resulting from activities referred tointhe previous
subparagraph shall bemade available inanon-discriminatory way
tothose States ,persons orundertakings which canobtain alicence
orsublicence fortheexploitation ofthepatents referred toin
section Ctothe extent necessary for the use ofsuch licences or
sublicences ,where theContracting Parties have theright togrant t
such licences orsublicences ." 1
6.Inarticle XII 3.the words "onthebasis ofopinions delivered bythe LG"
shall bedeleted .
7* .Thefollowing sentence shatl beadded toArticle XIV 2.:
"Prior totheadoption ofanew Euratom programme theContracting Parties
shall consult each other within joneoftheCommittees provided fortothat end
inArticle VIII 1andVIII 2.ofthepresent Agreement ."
Article 2
This Protocol shall enter into force ontheday ,onwhich itissigned .

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Article3
TheAgreement andthisProtocolshallbereadandinterpreted togetherasone
singleinstrument andshallbeknownasthe"Agreement forcooperation between
theEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity andSwedeninthefieldofcontrolled
thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysicsasamendedin1981."
DoneatBrusselsonthe......dayof......... 1981induplicate
intheDanish,Dutch,,English,French,German,Greek,Italianand
Swedishlanguages.
FortheGovernment ofSweden FortheCommission

PROTOCOL ONAMENDMENTS TOTHECOOPERATION AGREEMENT
BETWEENTHESWISSCONFEDERATION ANDTHEEUROPEAN ATOMICENERGYCOMMUNITY
INTHEFIELDOFCONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
TheSwissConfederation ,
hereinafter called"Switzerland",represented bytheSwissFederalCouncil,
hereinafter called"theFederalCouncil",and
TheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,hereinafter called"Euratom",represented
bytheCommissionoftheEuropeanCommunities,hereinafter called"theCommission",
Whereas*theCooperation AgreementbetweenSwitzerland andEuratomin
thefieldofcontrolled thermonuclear fusionandplasmaphysics,hereinafter
called"theAgreement",wasconcludedonKSeptember1978,
WhereastheDecisionoftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities settingupaConsulta
^tiveCommitteefortheFusionProgramme wasadoptedor16December1980,
« • » 1
Whereas Recommendation N°1/81oftheEuratom/Switzerland Committeeon
Fusionwasissuedon11March1981, (
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
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TheprovisionsoftheAgreementshallremainunchanged,saveasregardsthe
followingamendments andadditions:

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1.Inthesecondsentenceofthefirstsubparagraph ofArticte2.1,thewords
"referredtoinArticles 5to10and16"shallbereplacedby"referredto
in.Article4.1and4.2".
2.Article4shallbereplacedbythefollowing :
Article4–––– t
4.1.Thebodyresponsible foradministering thisAgreementisdescribedin
Article16thereof.
4.2.Thebodiesresponsible forestablishing theassociation referredtoin
Article2ofthisAgreementaredescribedinthecontractofassociation .
4.3.Thebodiesresponsible forstaffmobilityaredescribedintheagreement
forthepromotionofstaffmobility.
4.4.ThebodiesoftheJETJointUndertaking aredescribedinthestatutesof
thatundertaking."
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3.Articles 5,6,7,8and9shallbedeleted.
4.ThefollowingadditionsshallbemadetoArticle15.3and15.4:
a)InthesecondsentenceofArticle15.3,afterthewords"onappropriate
termsandconditions",thewords"andinanon-discriminatory way,"shall
beinserted.
b)InthesecondsentenceofArticle15.4,afterthewords"shallbemade
available",thewords"inanon-discriminatory way"shallbeinserted.
c)AttheendofArticle15.4,thefullstopshallbereplacedbyacommaand
thefollowingwordsadded:"wheretheContracting Partieshavetheright
tograntsuchlicencesorsub-licences".
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5.InArticle16.4,thewords",onbasisofopinionsdeliveredbytheLG,shall
bedeleted.
6.InArticle19.2,thewords"mentionedinArticles5to10and16"shallbe
replacedbythewords"referredtoinArticle4.1and4.2".

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7.InAnnexIII,theterms"Europeanunitsofaccount"and"EUA"shallbereplaced
by"ECU".
Article2
ThisProtocolshallenterintoforceonthedateonwhichitissigned.
DoneatBrussels,this ^\induplicate.'
intheDanish,,Dutch,English,French,,German,
GreekandItalianlanguages. .
FortheSwissConfederation : FortheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community :