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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)242 final
Brussels ,8May 1980
Draft
COUNCIL DECISION
setting upaConsultative Committee forthe
Fusion Programme
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
C0M(80 )242 final

COMMUNICATION OFTHE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
PROPOSING ADRAFT DECISION
CREATING THE
CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OFTHE FUSION PROGRAMME -
I. Atthetime oftheadoption oftheResearch andTraining Programme
k*(1979–83 )fortheEAEC inthefield ofControlled Thermonuclear Fusion ,
theCouncil recorded ,instatements forentry intheCouncil Minutes ,
itsgeneral agreement ontheprinciples contained intheCommission 's
communication totheCouncil (Doc .COM(79 )771final ),concerning the
creation ofaConsultative Committee oftheFusion Programme (CCFP )and
took note oftheCommission 'sintention tosubmit ,within three months
-?oftheadoption ofaProgramme Decision ,adraft decision ^drawn up
^inconsultation with theConsultative Committee onFusion (CCF),
creating theCCFP andestablishing itsterms ofreference .
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2.Bythis communication ,theCommission submits totheCouncil adraft
' idecision creating theCCFP andestablishing itsterms ofreference
(ANNEX ).This draft hasbeen drawn upafter consultation with theCCF ,
which gave advice onthesubject atitsmeeting on6March 1980 .This
advice was sent totheCouncil on15April 1980 . ■,
3.When theCouncil hasadopted this decision ,theCommission will take
'theappropriate action leading tothedissolving oftheCCF ,the
Liaison Group and theCommittee ofDirectors .These three committees
being mentioned intheAgreements forCooperation inthefield of
Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion concluded with Sweden andSwitzerland ,
itmight benecessary tomodify these agreements inorder forthem to
suit thenewconsultative structure ofthefusion programme .Inthis
case ,theCommission will submit totheCouncil ,foritsapproval ,the
alterations agreed with these third countries .
(1)Council Decision of13March 1980 ,80/318Euratom
OJL72of18.3.80 ,p.18 v}
ANNEX

DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
sefting upaConsultative Committee forthe
Fusion -Programme
1. There ishereby established aConsultative Committee fortheFusion Programme
1
.(CCFP )inthe area ofcontrolled thermonuclear fusion (indirect
... 2anddirect actions ).
2.Without prejudice totheCommission sresponsibility intheimplementa­
tion oftheFusion Programme ,theCCFP shall have thetask ofcontributing in
2itsadvisory capacity tothebest possible implementation ofthepro­
gramme ,inparticular :
towatch over theongoing activities
- toensure that selectivity criteria areapplied inthe
definition andmanagement oftheprogramme
toensure harmony between theactivities oftheAssociations ,,
theJRCand theJETProject
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todefine priority actions with aview totheallocation
? ofpreferential support
toevaluate theresults obtained
tocollaborate inthepreparation ofprogramme proposals
- toensure proper relations between theCommunity Fusion
Programme andother fusion programmes
- toexercise therole ofAdvisory Committee onProgramme
Management concerning thefusion activities oftheJRC
(direct action ).
(1)Programme adopted byDecision 80/318Euratom
(OJN°L72of18.3.80 ,page 18) ' .
(2)Programme adopted byDecision 80/317/CEE .Euratom
(OJNL72of18.3.80 ,page 11) ,/2,

2.
3.TheCommittee shall consist ,pfnotmore than :
(a)forthedelegation ofeach Member State ,three members appointed
bytheGovernment ofthat State .
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(b)-for thedelegation ofeach non-member State participating fully inthe
Fusion Programme ,three members appointed bytheGovernment of x
that State . -
(c)three members for theCommission ,including onerepresentative of
theJRCandonerepresentative oftheJETJoint Undertaking designa­
tedbytheJETCouncil .
Each ofthedelegations under (a)and (b)above sha 11include ,preferably ,
.amember coming from agovernment department andamember coming from
theScientific ortechnical community . •
Each member shall beappointed inprinciple forarenewable term of
three years , • • "
Alternate members shall notbeacceptable .Ifamember cannot attend a
meeting ,anewmember mayIjenominated forthat meeting .Thenomination
shall benotified tothechairman and thesecretary before themeeting .
TheCCFP maydecide tahear experts .
4.TheCCFP maycreate sub-committees .TheCCFP shalldefine thecomposition
and theterms ofreference ofsuch sub-committees .TheCCFP shall keep
thenumber ofsub-committees ,andtheir membership ,toaminimum .
Thedecision whether travel expenses anddaily allowances shall bepaid
bytheCommission tothemembers ofsub-committees shall rest with the
Commission . '
5,TheCCFP shall give opinions which shall beforwarded totheCommission /
acopy being sent totheCouncil .Anymember mayrequest that his
views berecorded intheopinions .
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6.•Forameeting oftheCommittee tobevalid ,atleast three quarters of
thedelegations must berepresented ,lAdelegation shall beproperly
represented ifatleast oneofitsmembers ispresent .Opinions shall -
beadopted bymajority ofthedelegations present . M
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3.
7.TheCommittee shell appoint itschairman from among itsmembers ,in
principle foraterm oftwoyears ,renewable once /upon theproposal
ofthe Commission .
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8.Secretarial services for theCommittee shall beprovided ,under the
authority oftheChairman ,byaCommission servant placed atthe
disposal oftheCommittee for this purpose .
9.TheCCFP shall meet atleast twice ayear .
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10.TheCCFP shall adopt its ownrules ofprocedure .