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The Commission may also accept proposals according to an exceptional procedure and under the 
conditions mentioned below, when they make a particularly promising and significant contribution as 
regards the originality of the theme proposed, the novelty of the scientific and technical approach and 
the methodology of execution, also taking imp account the particular nature of the proposers. 
A favourable technical evaluation of such proposals shall not by itself be a sufficient justification for 
accepting a project; this exceptional procedure may only apply after verification that the nature of the 
project, as defined above, does not justify the use of one of the normal procedures. 
The amount of the financial participation of the Community for all the projects retained by the excep­
tional procedures will be decided each year, in relation to the projects selected according to particularly 
strict criteria of excellence. In any case, this amount may not exceed 5 %; it may be revised each year in 
the light of experience. 
The Commission shall draw up a vade mecum setting out all the rules applicable to this exceptional 
procedure in order to guarantee full transparency. 
5. The Commission may encourage the participants to form a European economic interest grouping 
(EEIG) or make other arrangements for carrying out projects, such as those on a large scale, permitting 
decentralized management adapted to the specific requirements of the project. 
6. The knowledge acquired during the course of the projects shall be disseminated on the one hand within 
the specific programme and on the other hand by means of a centralized activity, pursuant to the 
Decision referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 4 in Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC-
Proposal for a Council Decision approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European 
Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking 
COM(90) 441 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 3 October 1990) 
(90/C 261/14) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 50 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas, for the purposes of implementing the JET 
project, the Council, by Decision 78/471/Euratom ('), 
established the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint 
Undertaking, and adopted the Statutes thereof, as last 
amended by Decision 88/447/Euratom (2); Whereas, both to achieve fully the aims of the JET 
project as defined in Decision 78/471/Euratom and to 
establish reliable methods of impurity control of a plasma 
before proceeding to the construction of a Next Step 
fusion device, it is necessary to introduce a new phase 
into the JET programme, the objective of which would 
be to establish the effective control of impurities in 
operating conditions close to those of the Next Step; 
Whereas, by its Decision of 90/221/Euratom, EEC (*), 
the Council adopted a third framework programme of 
Community activities in the field of research and techno­
logical development (1990 to 1994), specifying, inter alia, 
the possible prolongation of the JET Joint Undertaking; 
O OJ No L 151, 7. 6. 1978, p. 10. 
O OJ No L 222, 12. 8. 1988, p. 4. (J) OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28. 
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whereas this Decision should be taken in the light of the 
grounds set out in the preamble to that Decision; 
Whereas the Commission has arranged for the evaluation 
and appraisal foreseen in Article 3 of Decision 
88/448/Euratom (') and is submitting the present 
proposal on the basis of this evaluation and appraisal; Whereas, the 'Swedish Natural Science Research 
Council' replaces the 'Swedish Energy Research 
Commission' as the Swedish Member of the Joint 
Undertaking from 1 July 1987; 
Whereas, the 'Kernforschungsanlage Jiilich GmbH' 
changed its name to 'Forschungszeritrum Jiilich GmbH' 
on 1 January 1990, 
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 
Whereas, the JET Council has, for that purpose, 
approved an extension of the Joint Undertaking to 31 
December 1996 and the corresponding amendments to 
the JET Statutes; 
(') OJ No L 222, 12. 8. 1988, p. 5. Article 1 
The amendments to the Statutes of the 'Joint European 
Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking', annexed to this 
Decision, are hereby approved. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following 
its publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
ANNEX 
1. Article 1.3 of the Statutes of the Joint European Torus QET), Joint Undertaking shall be replaced by 
the following: 
'1.3 The Joint Undertaking shall have the following Members: 
— the European Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter referred to as "Euratom"), 
— the Belgian State (hereinafter referred to as "Belgium") acting for its own part ("Laboratoire de 
physique des plasmas of the Ecole royale militaire — Laboratorium voor plasmaphysica van de 
Koninklijke Militaire School") and on behalf of the "University libre de Bruxelles" ("Service de 
physique statistique, plasmas et optique non-lin6aire de l'ULB"), and of the "Centre d'Etude de 
l'Energie Nuclfcaire" (CEN)/"Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie" (SCK), 
— the "Centro de Investigaciones Energeucas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas", Spain (hereinafter 
referred to as "Ciemat"), 
— the "Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique", France (hereinafter referred to as "CEA"), 
— the "Comitato Nazionale per la Ricerca e per lo Sviluppo dell'Energia Nucleare e delle Energie 
Alternative", Italy (hereinafter referred to as "ENEA" which, until 5 April 1982, was named 
"Comitato Nazionale per PEnergia Nucleare" (CNEN), and which, since 1 January 1986, has 
represented all Italian activities falling within the Euratom fusion programme including that of the 
"Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche", CNR), 
— the Hellenic Republic (hereinafter referred to as "Greece"), 
— the "Forschungszentrum Jiilich GmbH", Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter referred to as 
"KFA" and which, until 1 January 1990, was known as "Kernforschungsanlage Jiilich GmbH", 
— the "Forskningscenter Risoe", Denmark (hereinafter referred to as "Risoe"), 
— the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as "Luxembourg"), 
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— the "Junta Nacional de Investigate) Cientifica e Tecnologica" Portugal (hereinafter referred to as 
"jNicn, 
— Ireland, 
— the "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V. — Institut fiir Plasma-
physik", Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter referred to as "IPF'), 
— the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (hereinafter referred to as "NFR", which succeeded 
the Swedish Energy Research Commission on 1 July 1987, and which, in turn, succeeded the 
National Swedish Board for Energy Source Development on 1 July 1982), 
— the Swiss Confederation (hereinafter referred to as "Switzerland"), 
— the "Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie", the Netherlands (hereinafter referred to 
as "FOM"), 
— the "United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority" (hereinafter referred to as "the Authority" or "the 
Host Organization").' 
2. In Article 4.1.1, the reference to 'SERC shall be replaced by 'NFR'. 
3. Article 19.1 of the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking shall be replaced by 
the following: 
'19.1. The Joint Undertaking shall be established for a period until 31 December 1996.'