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PROPOSAL FORACOUNCILREGULATION
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containingprovisionstoenabletheInternational AtomicEnergyAgency
tocarryoutinspections andverifications intheterritories oftheMember
StatesoftheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity
(SubmittedbytheCommissionto"theCpuncil)
COM(76)354final

COMMUNICATION TOTHE COUNCIL
Subject ;Proposal for aCouncil Regulation containing provisions
toenable the International Atomic Energy Agency to
carry out inspection and verification activities inthe
territories oftheMember States oftheEuropean Atomic
Energy Community
The safeguards agreement signed on5April 1973 bytheEuro­
pean Atomic Energy Community ,theseven Community non-nuclear weapon
States ,and the International Atomic Energy Agency inimplementation
ofthe Treaty ontheNon-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons isdue to
enter into force inthe near future .
This agreement comprises anumber ofobligations which are
incumbent ,inmost cases ,ontheCommunity assuch ",but which in
certain cases are incumbent directly upon each Member State party
totheagreement .Thus each ofthese States is,inparticular ,
obliged toaccept the inspection and verification activities which
theAgency isentitled tocarry out under the terms oftheagreement .
Inorder tomeet this obligation ,theStates should take the
necessary legislative and administrative measures toenable the
Agency toexercise its rights .Obviously itisinthe interest of
all parties totheagreement that the provisions adopted for this
purpose atnational level beashomogeneous aspossible ,inorder
toavoid any discrimination ordisparity oftreatment and toensure
uniform implementation oftheagreement inall countries where it
has tobeapplied .
One ofthemost efficient ways ofensuring this would beto
lay down ,atCommunity level ,rules designed toenable theAgency
toexercise its rights effectively inall theStates party tothe
agreement .These rules might beadopted inaccordance with thepro­
visions ofArticle 203 oftheEuratom Treaty .

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Furthermore ,inaddition totheseven Member States mentioned
above ,another Member Country which isanuclear-weapon State has
just concluded asimilar safeguards agreement with the EAEC and the
IAEA onavoluntary basis .Other particular safeguards agreements
might beconcluded atsome time inthefuture bytheMemberState
which has not sofarconcluded any such agreements .
Itseems appropriate ,therefore ,for the same reasons asthose
mentioned above ,that the rules adopted atCommunity level should
also beapplicable inthe twoCommunity nuclear-weapon States tothe
extent that this iscalled for bytheparticular safeguarding obli­
gations that those States have assumed ormight assume .
Inconclusion ,the Commission considers that inthe present
instance all the conditions for the implementation ofArticle 203
oftheEuratom Treaty are fulfilled ,and proposes that theCouncil
adopt the Regulation which isenclosed indraft .

DRAFT
Proposal for aCouncil Regulation containing provisions to
enable theInternational Atomic Energy Agency tocarry out
inspection andverification activities intheterritories
oftheMember States oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Community
The Council oftheEuropean Communities
Having regard totheTreaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community ,and inparticular Article 203'thereof ,
Having regard tothe proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas ,pursuant toArticle 2(e )oftheTreaty ,theCommunity
isrequired toensure ,through appropriate safeguards ,that
nuclear materials are notdiverted topurposes other than
those forwhich they were intended ;
Whereas ,pursuant toArticle 2(h )oftheTreaty ,theCommunity
islikewise required toestablish all such relations with in­
ternational organizations asare likely tofurther progress in
the use ofnuclear energy forpeaceful purposes ;

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Whereas ,with aview tocontributing tothe achievement of
these objectives ,theCommunity ,together with theKingdom
ofBelgium ,theKingdom ofDenmark ,theFederal Republic of
Germany ,Ireland ,theItalian Republic ,theGrand Duchy of
Luxembourg ,and theKingdom oftheNetherlands (hereinafter
referred toas"Member States parties totheAgreement ")
have concluded with theInternational Atomic Energy Agency
(hereinafter referred toas"theAgency ")anAgreement in
implementation ofArticle III (1)and (k)oftheTreaty on
theNon-Proliferation ofNuclear Weapons (hereinafter re­
ferred toas"theAgreement ");
Whereas this Agreement establishes the right oftheAgency
tocarry out ,inaccordance with the procedures and condi­
tions set out intheAgreement ,inspection and verification
activities inthe territories ofthe Member States parties
totheAgreement ;
Whereas ,inorder toavoid any discrimination ordisparity
oftreatment and ensure uniform implementation ofthe provi­
sions oftheAgreement inall theMember States parties to
theAgreement ,rules must belaid down atCommunity level to
enable theAgency toexercise this right ;
Whereas ,for the same reasons ,itislikewise necessary to
establish ,atCommunity level ,sanctions and measures of
restraint toensure the effective exercise oftheAgency 's
right ;
Whereas ,for the same reasons ,rules must belaid down at
Community level toenable theAgency tocarry out inspection
and verification activities inthe territories ofthe Member

States not party totheAgreement ,tothe extent that this is
called for bythe particular safeguarding agreements concluded
between those Member States ,theCommunity and theAgency ;
Whereas theadoption ofsuch rules bytheCommunity therefore
proves necessary toattain theaforementioned objectives ofthe
Treaty ,
Whereas theTreaty has not provided the necessary powers ,
has adopted this regulation :
Article 1
This Regulation isapplicable topersons orundertakings who
manufacture ,use orstore ,inany way whatsoever ,source ma­
terials orspecial fissionable materials (hereinafter referred
toas"thepersons orundertakings ")intheterritories ofthe
Member States parties tothe Agreement .
This Regulation isapplicable likewise topersons orundertakings
inthe territories ofMember States not parties totheAgreement
insofar asthey manufacture ,use orstore ,inany way whatso­
ever ,source materials orspecial fissionable materials subject
tosafeguards under particular agreements (hereinafter referred
toas"theParticular Agreements ")concluded between those States ,
theCommunity and theAgency ,subject tothepublication inthe
Official Journal oftheEuropean Communities ofaCommunication
tothis effect from the Commission .

Article 2
Thepersons andundertakings shall permit and facilitate
Agency inspection and verification activities inaccor­
dance with theprovisions ofthis Regulation .
Article 3
The persons and undertakings shall permit theAgency to
carry out inspections for the purpose ofverifying the fun­
damental technical characteristics ofthe facilities speci­
fied inArticles 2tokofCommission Regulation
(hereinafter referred toas"theCommission Regulation ").
Article k
The persons and undertakings shall permit theAgency tomake
adhoc inspections toverify the information supplied bythe
Commission onthe basis ofthe initial report provided for
inArticle 12ofthe Commission Regulation ,and any changes
that have occurred between the date ofthe initial report and
the date ofentry into force oftheSubsidiary Arrangements
totheAgreement ortheParticular Agreements ,insofar as
they relate tothe persons and undertakings aforesaid .
For this purpose ,thepersons andundertakings shall grant
Agency inspectors access tothestrategic points specified
intheparticular safeguard provisions adopted bytheCommis­
sion ,or,indefault ofsuch provisions ,toall locations where
source orspecial fissile material istobefound .

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Article 5r »
The persons and undertakings shall permit theAgency tocarry
out adhoc inspections inorder toidentify ,and ifpossible
verify the quantity and composition of,source materials or
special fissionable materials imported ordesignated for ex­
portation ,which have been declared inaccordance with Articles
18and 19oftheCommission Regulation .
For this purpose ,thepersons andundertakings shall grant the
Agency 'sinspectors access toany location notified to the
Commission inaccordance with Articles l8c),3rdindent ,or19c),
2nd indent .
Article 6
The persons and undertakings shall permit theAgency tomake
routine inspections inorder to :
a)verify that theinformation supplied toitbytheCommission
onthebasis ofthereports specified inArticles 13and 17
oftheCommission Regulation are consistent with records }
b)verify thelocation ,identify ,quantity andcomposition of
all source materials and special fissionable materials ;
c)verify information onthepossible causes ofmaterial un­
accounted for ,shipper /receiver differences anduncertain­
ties inthebook inventory .
For this purpose ,thepersons and undertakings shall grant the
Agency inspectors access tothestrategic points referred to
inArticle kofthis Regulation -aswell astotheaccounting

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records kept inaccordance with Articles 8to10ofthe
Commission Regulation .
Inrespect offacilities and material balance areas outside
facilities with acontent orannual throughput ,whichever is
thegreater ,ofnuclear material notexceeding five effective
kilograms ,theAgency may carry out oneroutine inspection
per year under the provisions ofthis Article .
Inall other cases ,the frequency and intensity oftheAgency 's
inspections under the provisions ofthis Article shall bein­
dicated intheparticular safeguard provisions referred toin
Article *+ofthis Regulation .
Article 7
The persons and undertakings shall permit theAgency tocarry
out special inspections ,inaddition totheroutine inspections
provided forinArticle 6ofthis Regulation ,inthefollowing
cases :
a)inorder toverify theinformation contained inthespecial
reports provided for inArticle 16oftheCommission Regu­
lation ;
b)iftheAgency considers that theinformation made available
bytheCommission including explanations from theCommission
and information obtained from routine inspections ,isnot
adequate for theAgency tofulfil itsresponsibilities under
theAgreement orunder theParticular Agreements .
Inthecases mentioned above ,thepersons andundertakings shall
furthermore grant theAgency access tolocations orinformation

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other than those referred toinArticles Ato6,ifthis is
provided for byanindividual decision oftheCommission .
Article 8
Without prejudice toArticles 10and 11ofthis Regulation ,
thepersons andundertakings shall permit theAgency inspectors
tocarry out thefollowing activities within thecontext ofthe
inspections provided forinArticles kto7•
a)examine therecords kept pursuant toArticles 8to10of
theCommission Regulation ;
b)make independent measurments ofallsource materials and
special fissile material ;
c)verify thefunctioning andcalibration ofinstruments and
other measuring and control equipment ;
d)apply andmake use ofsurveillance andcontainment measures ;
e)useother objective methods which have been demonstrated to
betechnically feasible .
The persons and undertakings shall enable Agency inspectors
engaged inthese activities to :
a)observe that samples atkeymeasurement points formaterial
balance accountancy are taken inaccordance with procedures
which produce representative samples ;
b)observe thetreatment andanalysis ofthesamples ;
c)obtain duplicates ofthesamples drawn from thesame randomly
selected batches oritems asthose intended for the Community ,
and taken together with Community samples ;

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d)observe that themeasurements ofnuclear material atkey
measurement points formaterial balance accountancy are
representative ;
e)observe thecalibration oftheinstruments andequipment
involved .
The persons andundertakings shall furthermore allow Agency
inspectors touse orinstall Agency equipment forindependent
measurement and surveillance ,and toapply seals and other
identifying and tamper-indicating devices tocontainments ,if
such isprovided intheparticular safeguard provisions re­
ferred toinArticle 4ofthis Regulation .
Article 9
Within the scope ofthe inspections carried out under the pro­
visions ofArticles 4to7ofthis Regulation ,andwithout pre­
judice toArticles 10and 11,thepersons and undertakings in
sofarasprovision for this ismade inthe particular safe­
guard provisions referred toinArticle 4ofthis Regulation
shall ensure that :
a)additional measurements aremade andadditional samples taken
for theAgency 'suse ;
b)theAgency 'sstandard analytical samples areanalysed ;
c)appropriate absolute standards provided bytheAgency are
used for the calibration ofinstruments and other equipment ;
d)other calibrations are carried out attheAgency 'srequest ;
e)samples taken fortheAgency 'suseareduly shipped .

Article 10
Without prejudice toArticle 13ofthis Regulation ,the persons
and undertakings shall permit theAgency inspectors tocarry
out the inspections provided for inthis Regulation atthe same
time asthe inspections carried out bytheCommunity *,
Without prejudice toArticle 13ofthis Regulation ,the persons
and undertakings shall permit theAgency inspectors ,inthe course
oftheadhocandroutine inspections provided forinArticles k
to6ofthis Regulation tocarry outtheactivities specified in
Articles 8and 9through theobservation ofcertain inspection
activities oftheCommission 'sinspectors .
The persons and undertakings shall nevertheless permit theAgency
inspectors tocarry out independent inspection activities inthe
course ofroutine espections ifone ofthe following conditions
isfulfilled :
a)theactivity isprovided forintheparticular safeguard pro­
visions referred toinArticle 4ofthis Regulation ;
b)if,inthecourse ofaninspection ,theAgency inspectors
declare that they find itessential and urgent that indepen­
dent activities beundertaken ,iftheAgency cannot otherwise
achieve the purposes ofitsroutine inspections and ifthis
was unforeseeable .
The persons andundertakings shall likewise permit Agency ins­
pectors tocarry out independent inspection activities during
adhoc inspections if,inthe course ofsuch aninspection ,they
affirm that this isnecessary toenable theAgency tofulfil the
objectives ofitsadhoc inspections .

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Article 11
The persons andundertakings are notrequired topermit Agency
inspectors ,inthecourse oftheir inspection activities ,to
operate any facility themselves ,nor todirect the staff ofa
facility tocarry out any operation .
Ifsorequested bytheAgency inspectors ,thepersons andunder­
takings shall give instructions for the carrying out ofany o­
peration necessary fortheimplementation ofArticles 8and 9
cfthis Regulation .
Article 12
Inunusual circumstances ,and inparticular attherequest of
the persons and undertakings ortheMember State concerned ,the
Commission may limit theAgency 'sright ofaccess byindividual
decision .
Article 13
The persons andundertakings shall permit theAgency tomake
inspections :
-which are ofgreater frequency and intensity than the inspec­
tions provided for inthethird and fourth paragraphs ofArticle
6ofthis Regulation ;
-which entail more extensive rights ofaccess than those spe­
cified intheparticular safeguard provisions referred toin
Article kofthis Regulation ,
and

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-which differ inprocedure from those specified inArticle 10
ofthis Regulation ,
ifprovision for this ismade byanindividual decision ofthe
Commission incases where the conditions set out inArticle 13
oftheProtocol totheAgreement ortotheParticular Agreement
would not befulfilled .
Article 1H
The persons and undertakings shall grant Agency inspectors
access tothe facilities inaccordance with the provisions of
this Regulation onpresentation ofanAgency document establi­
shing their authority ,and also aCommission document indicating
that the inspectors inquestion have been accepted bythe Com­
mission and the Member States .
Article 15
Where aperson orundertaking isopposed tothecarrying out of
anAgency inspection ,the Commission ,ifitfinds that the ins­
pection isinconformity with this Regulation ,shall issue within
three days ,orimmediately ifthere danger indelay ,awritten
order inthe form ofanindividual decision ,toproceed with the
inspection .
After the decision has been issued ,the national authorities of
theState concerned shall ensure that theAgency inspectors have
access tothe places specified inthe decision .
IftheCommission refrains from adopting the decision provided

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for inthis Article ,and ifthere isdanger indelay ,theMember
State concerned maycompel theperson orundertaking topermit
theAgency 'sinspection ifitfinds that this inspection is
essential inorder tofulfil the obligations ithas undertaken
under theAgreement ortheParticular Agreements .
Article 16
Article 83oftheTreaty establishing theEAEC applies toinfringe­
ments onthe part ofthepersons orundertakings oftheobligations
imposed onthem bythis Regulation .
Article 17
The Commission ,within the time limits provided for inthe Subsi­
diary Arrangements totheAgreement ortheParticular Agreements ,
shall inform the Member States of :
a)theresults oftheAgency 'sinspections ;
b)theconclusions theAgency has drawn from itsverification ac­
tivities .
Article 18
Theparticular safeguard provisions referred toinArticle kof
this Regulation shall beissued byindividual decision ofthe
Commission ,after ahearing has been given tothe person orun­
dertaking concerned and totheMember State concerned .
The individual decisions provided for inArticles 7,9i12,13
and 15ofthis Regulation shall betaken bytheCommission after

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ahearing has been given tothe person orundertaking concerned
and totheMember State concerned ,except where there isdanger
indelay .
The person orundertaking affected byanindividual Commission
decision within themeaning ofthis Regulation shall receive
notification theroef ,and acopy ofthe notification shall be
forwarded tothe Member State concerned .
The individual decisions oftheCommission provided for inthis
Regulation shall beinaccordance with the relevant provisions
oftheAgreement ortheParticular Agreement andwith theSubsi­
diary Arrangements .
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Article 19
The Member States concerned shall have the right tosend their
representatives toparticipate intheAgency inspections provided
forinthis Regulation .
This Regulation shall bebinding inits entirety and directly
applicable inall Member States .