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COMMISSION OETHEBUROEBANCOMMU
COM(74)283final
Brussels,7March1974
Draft
DECISION OFTHECOUNCIL
layingdowndirectivesfortheCommissionconcerningthenegotiation of
asafeguardsagreementbetweentheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,the
International AtomicEnergyandtheUnitedKingdom
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COK(74)233final

COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
Subject iSafeguards agreement tobenegotiated between theUnited
Kingdom ,the'European Atomic Energy Community andtheInter­
national Atomic Energy Agency#
1. Pursuant totheTreaty ontheNon-Proliferation ofNuclear
Weapons (NPT),asafeguards agreement wassigned inBrussels ®n3
April 1973' between theInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA ),the
European Atomic Energy Community and the latter' sseven Member States
which arenon-nuclear -weapeni States .
2. Asanuclear-weapon State theUnited Kingdom isnot .bound bythe
NPTtoconclude asafeguards agreement with theIAEA .InDecember 19&7 »
however ,while theNPT wasbeing prepared ,theGovernment ofthe
United Kingdom -like theUnited States Government -declared that when
thesafeguards agreements concluded under that Treaty were implemented
inthenon-nuclear -weapon States itwould beprepared toaccept
voluntarily theapplication ©fsimilar safeguards totheUnited Kingdom ,
subject only tcthelimitations necessary fornational security .
2* InApril 1970 ,during thenegotiations foraccession tothe
European Communities ,theUnited Kingdom delegation specified that the
verification procedures laid down intheagreement to'benegotiated
between Euratom ,itsnon-nuclear -weapon Member States andtheIAEA
could beused togive effect tothevoluntary offer made bythe
United Kingdom ,Inother words ,theGovernment oftheUnited Kingdom
agreed ,within thelimits ofitsvoluntary offer ,that itspeaceful
nuclear activities which arealready subject toEuratom safeguards
should also besubject to"verification "bytheIAEA ,.onthebasis
oftheprocedures forcooperation between theEuratom andIAEA safe­
guards systems laid down intheAgreement signed on5April 1973 »

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Under Community law ,therefore ,thesafeguards agreement
envisaged will beofthe "mixed "type ,governed bytheprovisions
ofArticle 102oftheEuratom Treaty ,since ,inaddition tothe
IAEA ,theCommunity and aMember State will beparties thereto each
tothe extent towhifch itis -concerned .
TheCommunity will take part inthenegotiations according
totheprocedure provided forinArticle 101oftheEuratom Treaty ,
which provides inparticular tljat theCommission shall negotiate
inaccordance with the directives ofthe Council .
>i ' •For thig purpose ,theCommission hasprepared draft directives
which ,while taking into account theposition oftheUnited Kingdom -
anuclear-weapon State -with regard tothe NPT ,arebased onthe
directives adopted bytheCouncil on20September 1971 for the
negotiation oftheagreement with thenon-nuclear -weapon Member
States .
Thus ,annexed heret® ,theCommission submits totheCouncil
adraft decisien issuing directives totheCommission for .thenego­
tiation ofasafeguards agreement between theEAEC ,theIAEA and the
United Kingdom .

XI1/67/7HF
DRAFT
DECISION CF THE COUNCIL
•LAYING DOWN DIRECTIVES FOR THE COMMISSION CONCERNING THE
NEGOTIATION OFASAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEEAEC ,THEIAEA
AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEAEC ,andin
particular thesecond paragraph ofarticle 101 thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft from theCommissisn ;
Whereas theUnited Kingdom isParty totheTreaty ontheNon-
Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons andwhereas itisanuclear-weapon
State within themeaning ofthis Treaty ;
Whereas theGovernment ofthe'United Kingdom hasdeclared
that when thesafeguards agreements concluded pursuant totheNPT
areimplemented inthenon-nuclear -weapon States itwill beprepared
toaccept theapplication ofsimilar safeguards totheUnited Kingdom ,
subject only tothelimitations necessary fornational security }
Wherea6 inorder toensure thenecessary cohesion inthe ful-
filment oftheexternal obligations oftheCommunity and theMember
States inthefield ofsafeguards itisappropriate that these
safeguards belaid down inanagreement concluded between theEAEC ,
theUnited Kingdom and theIAEA ;
Whereas anAgreement inimplementation oftheNPT was signed
on5April 1973 between theseven non-nuclear -weapon Member States
oftheEAEC ,theEAEC andtheIAEA ;
Having noted that theUnited Kingdom Government has stated
that theverification procedures laid down inthis Agreement could
beused togive effect tothevoluntary offer madd bytheUnited
Kingdom ;
Has adopted this decision :
TheCouncil hereby instructs theCommission tonegotiate with
theIAEA ,onthebasis ofArticles 2(h),77(h)»101and199ofthe
Treaty establishing theEAEC ,anagreement concerning theapplication

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ofsafeguards toallsource material andallspecial fissile materials
used inallpeaceful nuclear activities performed intheterritory
oftheUnited Kingdom ,aubject only tothelimitations necessary
fornational security *
Theobligations resulting therefrom shall beincorporated in
anagreement governed bytheprovisions ofArticle 1G2oftheTreaty
establishing the EAEC,' towhich theCommunity andtheUnited Kingdom
shall beparties each totheextent towhich itisconcerned .
Thenegotiations shall beconducted byadelegation comprising
representatives oftheCommission and theUnited Kingdom .
2. Wherever .possible theCommissi®n shall beguided bythesafe­
guards procedures laid down intheagreement with theIAEA signed
on5April 1973 ,subject tosuch amendments thereto asitmay
consider necessary inorder totake into account thespecial position
oftheUnited Kingdom ,which isanuclear-weapon power ,with regard
totheNPT ,andofthecircumstances surrounding theUnited Kingdom 's
voluntary offer .
3* Theagreement shall befounded ontheprinciple ofverification
bytheIAEA oftheresults of'theEuratom safeguards system ,having
dueregard tothe effectiveness ofthis system .
The agreement shall notconflict with theprovisions ofthe
EAEC Treaty .
J•
5* Verification shall beorganized insuch away' that itdoes not
impede the free movement within theCommunity ofnuclear materials
■' ,subject tothe agreement#