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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
Further extension oftheEuratom /OECD Agreement ontheComputer
Programme Library oftheNuclear Energy Agency (NEA).
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COMMUNICATION FROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
Subject:FurtherextensionoftheEuratom/OECDAgreement ontheComputer
ProgrammeLibraryoftheNuclearEnergyAgency(NEA).
TheAgreementbetweenEuratomandtheOECDonthesetting-upatthe
JRC-IspraEstablishment -oftheComputerProgrammeLibraryofthe
NuclearEnergyAgency(NEA),signedon17June1964,hasalreadybeen
extendedseveraltimes,thelastextensioncoveringtheperiod1973-76.
TheAgreementisthusduetoexpireon31December1976.
Inreturnforaverymodestcontributioninkind(200m2ofoffice
spacemadeavailablefreeofchargetotheNEA)andfornofinancial
consideration ,theCommission hastheuseoftheLibrary'sservices.It
alsomakesavailabletotheLibrary-foracertainnumber ,ofmachine-hours
andatareasonable charge-acomputerofatypeandcapacitycomparable
tothoseoftheIBM360/365.
TheSteeringCommitteeforNuclearEnergyoftheNEAvesnotable,
atitsmeetinginParison14October1976,totakeadecisiononthe
proposalfromtheSecretariat tomergetheComputerProgrammeLibrary
(CPL)andtheNeutronDataCompilationCentre(NDCC).themainconsequence
ofsuchamergerwouldbethetransferoftheIspraLibrarytoSaclay.
TheCommitteenotesthattheoutlinebudgetproposalsfor1977,whichwere
basedonthealternative assumptions of(a)continuedseparationofthe
activitiesoftheCPLandtheNDCCand(b)amergerbetweenthem,set
asideamountswhicharebroadlycomparable .Ithasbeendecidedatthis
stagetopresentbudgetproposalsbasedontheassumptionofcontinued
separationofCPLandNDCCactivities,ontheunderstanding thatafinal
decisionwillbetakenregardingthemergerofthetwocentresin1977
atthenextmeeting,scheduledfrom28April1977.
Undertheseconditions,theCommissionfeelsthatitisinthe
interestsofbothpartiestoextendtheAgreementforaperiodcorresponding
tothatoftheoriginalAgreement,i.e.,threeyears,buttocouplewith
thisextension aclauseprovidingforterminationoftheAgreementsubject
tothreemonths*notice.
TheCouncilisrequestedtoapprovetheextensionoftheAgreement
uptotheendof1979withaclauseprovidingfortermination ofthe
Agreementsubjecttothreemonths'notice.