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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)156 final
Brussels ,13th May 1980
& ,miil^''êitel m
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PARTICIPATION OFTHE"COMMISSION ONBEHALF OFTHE
COMMUNITY INANNEX VIOFTHE IEA IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
FOR APROGRAMME OFRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
INHYDROGEN PRODUCTION FROM WATER
(Communication from the Commission tothe Council )
C0MC80 )156final

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
OnJune 24and oaJuly 6,1976 ,anagreement inthe form ofanexchange
ofLetters was concluded between the European Atomic Energy Community
(Euratom )and the European Economic Community onthe one hand and the
International Energy Agency (IEA)ontheother relating tocooperation
inthefield ofEnergy Research and Development .'
According tothe exchange ofletters ,the European Communities indicated
their intention tonegotiate ,onacase bycase basis ,their participation
insuch "Implementing Agreements "prepared within the framework ofthe
IEA JSwould contribute tothe attainment ofthe' research and development
cbji-i tivcs ofthe Community .Foritspart,the IEA took note ofth^s in­
tention and confirmed that such participation isopen tothe European
Corn.nwni ty.
Inapplication ofthis exchange ofletters eight Implementing aqre»~
mer.fc nave been concludedwhich have provided an<"umbre Ila"framework
forth rulei for the execution ofanumber of R&D"tasks "doscr ibed
tr>e annexes toeach ofthe said Agreements .Whilst each participant w;-zu
signinq the agreement confirms itsintention toparticipate ini,,eor
more t.iiiks ,provisions for the development ofadditional t.v.k -,,dc>.orriv «;
to procedure set out inArticle 2(b)ofthe Implementing Agrt-e.r .>t/
are aiso specified . . "
f ■ . ,
Cn?ofthese implementing agreements concerns aprogramme ofresearch a.o
development intheproduction ofhydrogen from water .This contained th'–•
"task "annexes and was signed bythe Community on7October 1977 .
More recently the Commission onbehalf ofthe Community decided top
cipate intwoadditional tasks ofthe implementing agreement onhyoro jc;;
(referred asAnnexes IVand V)andafter informing the Council (1)con­
firmed itsparticipation onthe 6March 1979 .
Inthe attached document the Council will find anadditional task (refer r-.'
toasAnnex VI),theobjective ofwhich is:
-toperform basic andapplied research for theproduction of
hydrogen through photocatalytic water electrolysis .
The Commission considers aCommunity participation inAnnex VIisjusti­
fied forthefollowing reasons . ■
Within theprogramme ofR&DinHydrogen useandproc&ction those aspects
dealintj' with electrolysis are animportant element inthe Community 's
search for new energy technologies .
(1)C0M(78)683 Final

2.
Annex VIissimilarly concerned with research inphotocatalytic water
electrolysis which notonly complements that being dor.e inCommunity 's
own programme butinthe development and subsequent evaluation ofbasic
technological elements such aselectrodes andelectrolytes ,makes avai­
lable aranje ofadditional research material useful infurthering the
research objectives ofthe Community .Apart from the Community ,parti­
cipants inAnnex VIare Belgium which isthe lead country ,Canada ,the ' =
Netherlands ,Sweden and the US.
7.Asconcerns those aspects dealing with information andintellectual pro­
perty -,the Commission notes thrjt :the provisions aqreed for Annex VIare
identical tothose agreed for Annexes IVand Vand aretherefore acceptable .
Ineffect they provide that forinformation arising from thecooperation
envisaged inthe annex ,nationals from all member states ,asaresult of
the Commission 'sparticipation ,,will beentitled toobtain such licences
for inventions andproprietary information .However ,asconcerns pre-/.
existing information and inorder toensure abalance between benefits
andobligations ,nationals ofnonparticipating member states ofthe Com­
munity will only beable toobtain pre-existing information onthe condi­
tion that they arealso prepared toexchange their ownpre-existing infor - ;
mation ,acondition which has been agreed forallparticipants tothe annex , <
including those member states ofthe Community whoparticipate intheir
ownright .
.Finally ithas been recognized that the Commission 'spurpose inpartici­
pating inthis annex isundertaken inorder tobenefit the Community as
awnole and isunrelated toanyparticular benefits acquired byindividual
nu'mbor states ofthe Community who make their owndirect contribution to
the annex .
8.Asconcerns thefinancial aspect thecontribution ofeach participant to
Annex VIisinthe form ofatask,the cost ofwhich isborne bythe par­
ticipants themselves.' The Community contribution which isnon nuclear
will bework included already intheJoint Research Centre 'ssolar energy
programme and the level ofeffort contributed toAnnex VIiscalculated
tobe2man years per year .Inthefirst phase basic and applied studies
will becarried cut over athree year period .iAsecond phase ofevalua -
-tion and laboratory Models will beleft todecision ofthe Executive Com­
mittee set upunder the Agreement atthe endofthat period .
9.Anopinion onCommunity participation was requested from theAdvisory
Committer for Programme Managment (ACPM )for Hydrogen .AfavouraDle opinion
was given with theprovision that since the JRC contribution would be
throu-jh itssolar energy .programme the ACPM forsolar energy wasalso tobe
consulted .
This was done and favourable opicion from thesolar energy ACPM toCommunity
participation was obtained atits meeting on13December 197V .

3.
10.The Commission has now completed itsnegotiations onAnnex VIbut
before concluding itsparticipation itproposes ,asithas done on
previous occasions ,toinform theCouncil beforehand .
11.Consequently the Commission informs the Council ofitsintention
toparticipate intheadditional task referred toasAnnex VIspeci
fiedfor the Implementing Agreement for aprogramme of R&Pinthe
production ofHydrogen from water .

ANNEX VI
PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER ELECTROLYSIS
KOBJECTIVES
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The objective ofthis Task istoperform basic and applied
rcnenrch fortheproduction ofhydrogen through photoci' tnly tic
wntor electrolysis ,and todevelop basic technological elements
.such aselectrodes and electrolytes for such production ofhydrogen
r.nd toevaluate theperformance ofthose elements 1inlaboratory
scaled models . ~ '-
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?, MEANS
(a).This Task will becarried out intwo Phases :
Phar.e 1 -
Subtask A:Basic studies on"photo-electrochemistry ":
-semi-conductor bulk properties
-semi-conductor -electrolyte interphase
-electrolytes ;.
e.g. :doping ,sensitization ,coatings ,hybrid cells ,
hetero -junctions 7
Subtask B:Applied studies ^
-stability :resistance against photodecomposi tion
-spectral response and efficiency
-material selection :composition and form
theoretical models
Phr,r.c2
Subtask C:Assessrncn t
-construction oflaboratory scale working models
-technical evaluation " . !
For Phase 1,the level ofeffort inman year :for each
i'uirticipant isshown inthe Table below . .
Based upon theresults ofPhase 1,theExecutive Committee , j
acting byunanimity will decide whether ornot toproceed to [
Phase 2.Ifadecision ismade toproceed toPhase 2,the pco-
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jected level ofeffort foreach Participant ,asshown intheTable
i..>e]ov /,will bere-assessed bythe .Executive Committee , !

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TABLE ,.
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATION INTIIKPHOTOCATALYTIC
WATER ELECTROLYSIS ^PROGRAMME
., νPhase 1 Phase 2
»■ Subtasks •
,A B C
(projected
' level of.Total
Net Man Years /
Year
Belgium- ' I effort )2 •
C«inada
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CEC ■■ 3 -!
__ j
.Netherlandsm
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*2 '
I
Sweden 1-2 j
J
Switzerland/2 !
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- •• I
U.S. A. i
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(c)Within the first year ofthe implementation ofthis Annex -,
?ach Participant will provide totheOperating Agent publications
inits possession which are relevant tothe objectives ofthis
rack .-. Each Participant will also provide totheOperating
^gent copies ofsuch internal reports and working papers resulting
from thework outlined inparagraph 2(.a ) asmay beof
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interest tothe other Participants .
Each Participant will ^prepare anannual progress report on
Itswork underway and ,by31st December each year ,submit its report
theOperating Agent . '

) The .*Operating Agent will cor.pilo and submit ;tothe .-Executive -'
C vii awork prograrnmo .for the first year .The -Executive -Com- .
miILeo ,acting byunanimity ,shall approve awork programme for 1th'a
first year ,nolater than three months after signature ofthis Annex .
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Thewor .<programme will outline therespective contributions ofeach
Participant foraccomplishing theobjectives oftheTask .
(o) TheOperating Agent will organize aworkshop atthebeginning
ofthefirst year todefine thework programme .Atthe cirri ofthe
first andsecond ye«)rs ,aworkshop will beheld todiscuss progress
reports and toformulate thenext year 'sdetailed -work programme .
Organization oftheworkshop shall betheresponsibility oftheOpe­
rating Agon t. -
(f)Each Participant will designate aperson tobeavailable to
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theOperating Agent asthe technical contact point for each ofthe
i - ■ '■
Subtasks undertaken bythe Participants pursuant toparagraph 2(a).
(g)Exchange ofresearchers between the Participants isanticipated
The initiation ofsuch exchanges will beleft tothe interested
experts ofthe Participants under detailed arrangements tobeagreed
upon between theParticipants concerned .The Participants will
advise theOperating Agent ofall such exchanges ,asthey occur ,
and theOperating Agent will compile anddistribute toParticipants
regular reports onsuch exchanges .
3.TIME SCHEDULE • -v .
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This isenvisaged asafive-year programme divided into two
Phases ,beginning on1stSeptember ,1979 .Theduration ofPhase 1 .
will bethree years ,iftheExecutive Committee decides toproceed
toPhase 2,inaccordance "with paragraph 2(b),theduration of
that Phase will betwoyears . • v"~ '
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A.RESULTS -' , - -
* '·· / ·■ .
* Th>results ofthese co-operative activities will be:
(a)Copies ofallpublications ,internal reports andworking
papers which have been submitted totheOperating Agent in :
accordance with paragraph 2(c )will becompiled anddis­
tributed bytheOperating Agent toallParticipants ona .
regular basis .

(b)Attheendofeach year andprior totheannual workshop ,
theOperating Agent will reproduce ,collate ,and distribute
* toall Participants ,copies ofthe annual progress reports
prepared byeach Participant ;such reports will then beused
asabasis for discussion attheworkshops .
(c)Afinal report will beprepared bytheOperating Agent .
5.RESPO NSIBILITIES OFTHE OPERATING AGENT • ,
Inaddition tothe resp'onsibil ities described inparagraphs
2and Aabove ,the Operating Agent will beresponsible for the
overall management ofthis Tack and for implementing actions
required bythe Executive Committee .
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6.BUDGET ■
(a)-Each Participant will bear itsown costs .incarrying out the
Tack ,including costs ofreporting and travel exponcet ;of
representatives .
(b)The cost ofmeeting organization shall beborne bythe host
country .
7.OPERATING AGENT -
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (3elqiürn )
6.INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY .
(ii)L.u\uf t\cCn/r.miiwe.s Powers .Thepublication,distributionhandling,
pioiecuonandownershipofinformationaadintellectualpropertyarising
liomacu\itiesconductedunderthisAnnexshallbedeterminedbythe
].>au:tiveCommitteeactingbyunanimity,,inconformitywiththisAgreement . -
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(b)'iheRi^littoPublish.Subjectonly10patentandcopyrightrestrictions,
theAnnexVIParticipants -sh:illhavetheright-topublishallinfor­
mationprovided'toorarisingfromAnnexVIexceptproprietary
information . .
-(c)ProprietaryInformation .TheAnnexVIParticipantsandtheOperat­
ingAgentshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresinaccordancewiththispara­
;graph,thelawsoftheirrespectivecountriesandinternational lawto
•protectproprietaryinformation ,providedtoorarisingfromthepro-•
gramme.Forthepurposeofthisparagraphproprietaryinformationshall
mean.information ofaconfidentialnaturesuchastradesecretsand
know-how,(forexample,computerprogrammes ,designproceduresand
techniques ,chemicalcompositionofmaterials,ormanufacturing methods,-
piocessesortreatment)whichisappropriatelymarked,providedsuch
information : v •
(1)Isnotgenerallyknownorpubliclyavailablefromothersources;D
(2)Hasnotpreviouslybeenmadeavailablebytheownertoothers
withoutobligationsconcerningitsconfidentiality ;and
(3)Isnotalreadyin'thepossessionoftherecipientAnnexVIParti­
cipantwithoutobligationconcerningitsconfidentiality ."
ItshallbetheresponsibilityofeachAnnexVIparticipantsupplyingproprietary
nfomu'tionandoftheOperatingAgentinrespectofthearisingproprietaryinformation
oidentifytheinformationas.suchandtoensurethatitisproperlymarked.
(d)Identification ofInformationby-Governments' .TheOperatingAgent
shallencouragethegovernments o'fallAgencyParticipatingCountries
tomakeavailableoridentifytotheOperatingAgentallpublishedor
,otherwisefreelyavailableinformationknowntothemthatisrelevantto
.••theTabk.
.... . ._ .._-(c)Identification ofInformationbyParticipants .TheAnnexv-Parttci-.
pantsshallidentifytotheOperatingAgentallpre-existinginformation ,
andinformationdevelopedindependently oftheirundertakings inAnnex.VI
.--■knowntotheAnnexVIParticipantswhichisrelevanttotheTaskand
■Vwhich:
(1)CanbemadeavailabletotheTaskwithoutcontractualorlegal
-'limitations . -
(2)WillorcanonlybemadeavailabletotheTaskwithcontractual
orlegallimitations . '
(f)ReportsonWorkPerformed'undertheTask.TheOperatingAgent
shallprovidereportsonallworkperformedunderthisTaskandthe
lesulisthereof,otherthanproprietaryinformation ,totheExecutive
Committee . •o

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(g)Arhin ^Inventions .Inventions made orconceited inthecourse ofor
,.'under thisTask (arising inventions )shall beowned inallcountries by
theinventing Annex VIParticipant Information regarding inventions
onwhich patent protection istoboobtained byan -Annex VIPartici­
pant shall -notbepublished ^orpublicly disclosed by,theother Annex VI .. /
P.irticipant .until apatent application hasbeen Hied ,provided ,however ,
that thisrestriction onpublication ordistribution shall not beextended
beyond sixmonths from thedate ofreceipt ofsuch information .Itshall
betheresponsibility oftheinventing Annex VI 'Participant orofthe
Operating Agent toappropriately mark reports which disclose inventions
which have notbeen appropriately protected bythefiling ofapatent
application , •
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(It)l.irrp'.r -ofPropiietnry InforQhUion and Patents Needed for I'ask' .
E.ich Annex VIParticipant agrees tolicense all -pre-existing' proprietary .
information and pre-exisiing patents solely owned orcontrolled byit
•which arenecessary for useintheTask ,and allarising proprietary
information ,and inventions covered bypatents toanyoilier Annex VI -
Participant foruseinitsundertakings -inAnnex VIonly atnocost to
theother Participant .-ITsuch proprietary information orpatents are
partially owned orcontrolled byanAnnex VIParticipant ,then efforts'
shall bemade bytheAnnex IVParticipant toreduce oreliminate as
faraspossible thebenefits that might accrue toit. '
fi)I.it ofPr>piietcry Information and Patents torOther Reasons .
I;,s-hAnnex VIParticipant agrees tolicense allpre-e'vistin;.' proprietary
information andpatents solely owned orcontrolled byitwhich areneces­
sary forpiactising theresults oftheundertakings inAnnex VIand
which have been utilized intheTask ,andallarising proprietary infer -^
mation andinventions covered bypatents totheother Annex VIPartici­
pants ,their governments andthenationals oftheir respective countries
designated bythem onreasonable terms andconditions foruseinall
countries forhydrogen production : .. .>
,TheAnnex VIParticipants agree tolicense allarising ,proprietary infor­
mation ant!inventions covered bypatents toallAgency Participating
Countries onreasonable terms ,andconditions toruseintheir own country -
inorder tomeet their energy needs .
\ . • . .
(j)Copyrights .Each Annex VIParticipant .may anddieOperating Agent
shall take appropriate .measures necessary toprotect copyrightable
material generated under the1ask.-Copyrights obtained shall bothe
property oftheAnnex VlPurticipani-or theOperating Agent ,provided ,
however ,thatother Annex VIParticipants may reproduce anddistribute _
'-such material butshall notpublish itwith aview toprofit . ,-
(k)•.Inventors and Authors .Each Annex VI -Participant wil' ,without pre-
■jjidiee toanyrights ofinventors' orautt-ors' under it>national laws ,take
allnecevory -steps ,toprovide theco-operator ..from it*-authors 'and
inventors -'required tocarry -out .theprovi -va.-asoftinsArticle , -Each
Annex VIParticipant will assume' the •-'csponsibility to,pay awards or
compensation required tobepaid toitsemployees according tothelaws
'ofitscountry .

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(I).Dciciiiiiiuuion of"h'aiionrJ".TheExecutive :Committeemayestablish
piiddinesto.determinewhatconstitutesa"national"ofaParticipant ,
inviewoftheparticipation oftheConynission oi'thelluropeanCoin-'
immiries,anyMemberStateoi"theEuropeanCommunities ".\hic!risnot
aParticipantunderthisAnnexVIshallbeunderstoodtobeincluded
asgovernmentsandcountriesinsub-paragraph (i)ofthisparagraphfor
pmposesofentitlementtoalicenseforarisingproprietaryinformation
•andinventions .SuchMemberSlateand"its.designatednationalswho
wishtoavailthemselvesofalicenseforpre-existingproprietaryinfor­
mationandpatentsundersub-paragraph (!)abovemayelecttodo,but
mustmakeavailableatthetimeofelectiontheirproprietaryinformation
andpatentsdevelopedundertheirprogrammeswhichareusefulinpract­
icingtheTaskresultsundcYthetermsandconditionsstatedinsub­
paragraph(i)abovetoAnnexVI'Participants ,theirgovernmentsandthe
nationalsoftheirrespectivecountriesdesignatedby.them.
0" INTHISÀKMEX–•.
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JheContractingPartieswhich'are'Participants inthisAnnexarethefoliow:nc»:
'/Bclgiurn/
/Canada/
/ccc7
/Motherlands/- . •
/Syodcn/ ■–
/Switzerlarid/ .
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/USA/