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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(76)523final.
Brussels,30September1976.
PROPOSED COUNCILDECISION
amendingDecisionNo76/345/EURATOMadoptingafive-yearresearch
andtrainingprogramme(1976/1980)oftheEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Communityinthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics.
DRAFTJET
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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COM(76)523final

Explanatory Note
Following thedeclaration oftheForeign Ministers Council of19-20 July
1976 (1)theCommission issubmitting totheCouncil aproposed decision
concerning therealization oftheJETproject intheframe oftheCommunity
pluriannual programme 1976 /80inthefield ofcontrolled thermonuclear
fusion andplasma physics .
This proposal hasbe prepared taking into account thediscussions within
thecompetent consultative bodies oftheCommission ,inparticular theCCF ,
onthefollowing subject :
1)Financial key
2)Legal form oftheproject
3)Statute ofthe staff
4)Site .
1.Financial key
1.1Principies
Taking into account theimportance oftheproject for thefusion
programme oftheCommunity andtaking into account thenecessity
ofrealizing aproject ofsuch asize asaCommunity venture ,the
financing oftheproject should beundertaken toalarge extent
bytheCommunity .
Ontheother hand ,inorder toensure thedirect commitment of
theAssociated Laboratories totherealization ofthis joint
project ,afinancial participation ontheir part isnecessary .1.1 .
1.1.2
(1)"TheCouncil held anexchange ofviews ontheJETresearch programme on
controlled thermonuclear fusion .Itformulated afavourable opinion on
therapid initiation ofthis project intheframework oftheCommunity
multiannual research andtraining programme (1976-1980 );the
necessary decisions will besubmitted tothenext Council ofMinisters
responsible forresearch' .1

2.
1.1.3 Inview oftheadvantages which will result for thehost Country
from therealization oftheproject onitsterritory ,this
Country should make aspecial contribution totheProject .
1.2 Prop£sed Solution
1.2.1 TheCommission maintains itsproposal tocharge 80%ofthecost (108iIUC(l )
oftheproject tothegeneral budget oftheCommunities .
1.2.2 Theremaining 20%will beapportioned among all theother
Partners inproportion tothecontributions oftheCommission to
theannual budgets oftheAssociations (excluding the 20%
additional support topriority actions ),these contributions
being expressed inEuropean Units ofAccount .
1.2.3 The special contributions from thehost Country consist of
allexpenditure necessary fortheprovision ofthesite tothe
Project in"standard condition "(2)andforthede-commissioning of
thedevice attheend ofitsoperation .
Should theCouncil consider that thehost Country must ,inaddition ,make a
special financial contribution totheProject ,theCommission recommends
thefollowing distribution oftheremaining 20%:5%tobepaid bythe
host Country and 15%apportioned among all thePartners asdetailed in
1.2.2.
(1)Itshould beremembered that thecost ofJEThasbeen calculated atthe
prices ,without taxes ,ofMarch 1975 inBelgian francs ,atfree market
exchange rates ,then converted into units ofaccount attheofficial rate :
50FB= 1UC .
(2)inparticular :connection ofelectric power supplies ,auxiliary
buildings ,cooling water .1.2.2
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3.
2.Legal Form oftheProject
2.1Princrgles __
Theorganization andmanagement oftheJETProject shall meet the
following requirements :
2.1.1 . Theimportance ,thescientific andengineering complexity of
theProject ,together with itssize andcost ,demand aform of
management organisation inwhich decisions canbetaken and
executed without delays .
2.1.2 Themanagement bodies carrying out theProject must carry
full responsibility for itonallaspects :scientific ,financial
and administrative .
2.1.3 Icwill bevital totheprospects ofsuccess oftheProject
that aneffective collaboration and interaction isestablished
between theProject and theAssociated Laboratories .
2.2 Proposal
2.2.1 Considering theimportance ,thescientific andengineering
complexity oftheproject ,together with itssize andcost ,the
Commission proposes toestablish aJoint Undertaking inthe
meaning ofArticles 45to51ofthetreaty establishing EURATOM ,
provided that theJoint Undertaking shall notbear anyfinancial
charge resulting from indirect taxes oncommercial dealings
included intheprice ofgoods purchased byorservices rendered
toit.
This condition canbeachieved either bymeans ofexemption from
orreimbursement ofsuch taxes ,orbyanyother form offinancial
compensation .These results canbeachieved either byapplication
ofarticle 3oftheProtocol onthePrivileges andImmunities of
theEuropean Communities orbyadequate measures taken bythe
host country .
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3bis
2.2.2 TheCommission will start immediately after the site decision
theprocedure provided for inArticle 46oftheTreaty andwill
formulate together with thePartners theproposals relating to
that Joint Undertaking and submit them totheCouncil assoon as
possible .Inthemeantime ,inorder toavoid anydelay ,the
Project canbecarried onunder acontract between Euratom and
all theorganizations associated tothefusion programme .This
contract will beanextension andanadaptation oftheJETDesign
Agreement .

3.Statute ofthe staff
3.1 Principles
3.1.1 TheProject Tean .will comprise staff from all theAssociated
Laboratories ,~rom industry ,from other sources ,oratpresent
employed bythe J"RC .
Conditions ofemployment must beadequate toensure ability to
recruit staff from abroad .These conditions ofemployment must
atthesame time ensure acertain homogeneity inorder toavoid
difficulties within theteam .Thesalaries oft^is part ofthe
staff should notbesubject toincome taxes inthehost country .
3.1.2 Tinconditions ofemployment ofthestaff provided bythehost
organization should bethesame asthose oftheother staff of
that organization working atthesite .
3.1.3 Toensure effective management oftheteam ,itisessential
that all thestaff isunder theauthority oftheHead ofProject .
3.2Pro_posed_solu_t2 1on_
3.2.1 All thestaff ,except that provided bythehost organization ,
will beemployed bytheCommunities tofill temporarily temporary
posts (seeArticle 2.aoftheConditions ofEmployment ofother
servants oftheCommunities )andassigned totheJoint Undertaking .
TheCommission proposes that amaximum of250temporary posts be
allocated totheFusion Programme fortheconstruction ofJET .
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5.
3.2.2 The staff provided bythehost organization will beseconded
totheProject butwill remain intheemployment ofthat
organization ontheir normal conditions ofservice .
3.2.3 All theAssociations must commit themselves tore-employing
their own staff they will have provided toJET attheend of
their service with theProject .
3.2.4 All thestaff will beplaced under thedirection oftheHead
ofProject .

6.
4. Site
4.1 The Commission concluded its communication tothe Council onthe site
ofJET ,submitted on29January 1976 (doc .COM(76 )8final )with the
statement that thtsite forJETmust beIspra .TheCommission
maintains itspiiion onthis point .
4.2 InJune 1976 tb-;Co..ission (1)already stressed theurgency ofa
final decision .All thaarguments putforward arevalid "afortiori "
atpresent .
4.3 TheCommission proposes that ,incase noagreement onthesite is
reached before theendof1976 ,theCouncil request theCommission to
choose thesite onthebasis ofarecommendation bytheJETCouncil
(majority oftwothirds ofvotes ).
Communication oftheCommission totheCouncil ontheJETProject ,(doc .
COM(76 )271 final ).

PROPOSED COUNCIL DECISION
amending Deoision No76/345/Euratom adopting afive–year research
andtraining programme (1976/1980 )of'theEuropean Atomic Energy
Community inthe "ield offusion andplasma physics .
THE COUNCIL ?F EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Atomic Energy
Community ,and inparticular Article 7thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission submitted after
consultation with theScientific andTechnical Committee ;
Whereas byDecision No76/345/Eu^a-tom theCouncil adopted afive-
year research andtraining programme (1976/1980 )^ field of
fusion andplasma physics }
foiereas itisnecessary toprovide theCommunity with alarge machine
oftheTokamak type (JET :"Joint European Torus ");
Whereas theorganizations associated tothefusion programme will
bear 20%ofthetotal cost oftheconstruction ofJET ;
(Whereas theGovernment ofthehost Country will bear 5%andallthe
organizations associated iothefusion programme will bear 15$of
thetotal cost oftheconstruction ofJET ;)
Whereas thehost Country will bear allthe costs necessary toprovide
theJETproject with thesite intherequired condition aswell asall
thecosts forde-commissioning thedevice attheendofitsoperation ;
Whereas theGovernment ofthehost Country commits itself toexempting
theJETproject from indirect taxes orsale taxes included inthe
price ofmovable orimmovable property acquired fcrtheexecution
oftheprojeot .

Whereas,inordertoensure "thecontinuityofthesaidfive–year
programmewhich,moreover,takesitsplaceinthewidercontext
ofthesecurityofthelong-termenergysuppliesoftheCommunity,
itmustheadequatelysupplemented withregardtotherealization
oftheJETproject,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
TheprogrammesetoutintheAnnextoDecisionNo76/345/Euratom
shallhereplaced "bytheprogrammeannexedtothisDecision.
Article2
Article2ofDecisionNo76/345/Euratomshall"bereplaced "bythe
following :
"Themaximumamountofexpenditure commitments andthestaff
necessaryfortheimplementation ofthisprogrammeis
estimatedat232000000unitsofaccountand113Community
servantsplus250temporaryservants,theunitofaccount
"beingdefinedinArticle10oftheFinancialRegulationof
25April1973applicabletothegeneral "budgetofthe
EuropeanCommunities ."
DoneatBrussels,
FortheCouncil
ThePresident

AOTEX
FUSIONANDPLASMAPHYSICS
1.Thesubjectmatteroftheprogrammewhichwill"beexecutedshallbe:
-a)generalphysicsinthesectorconcerned,inparticularstudies
ofabasiccharacterorrelatingtoconfinement withsuitable
devicesandtomethodsforproducingandheatingplasma;
b)researchintotheconfinement,inclosedconfigurations ,of
plasmaofwidelyvaryingdensityandtemperature ;
c)productionofandresearchintoplasmaofhighandveryhigh
density;
d)improvementofdiagnosticmethods;
e)investigation intotechnological problemsconnectedwithcurrent
researchandproblemsrelatingtothermonuclear reactortechnology ;
f)realizationoftheJETproject.
Theworkreferredto-undera),b),c),d)ande)shallbecarried
outbymeansofassociation orlimiteddurationcontractsdesigned
toyieldtheresultsnecessaryfortheimplementation oftheprogramme.
Fortherealization oftheJETprojectaJointUndertaking inthe
meaningofArticles45to51oftheEtJRATOMtreatywillbeestablished.
UntilthisJointUndertakingisestablished ,theprojectwillbe
executedbyextensionandadaptationoftheJETDesignAgreement.
2.Theprogrammesetoutinpoint1shallbepartofalong-termco­
operativeprojectembracingallworkcarriedoutintheMemberStates
inthefieldoffusionandplasmaphysics.Itisdesignedtoleadin
duecoursetothejointconstruction ofprototypeswithaviewto
theirindustrial-scale productionandmarketing.
,·»/2.

Amaximum amount of232 million units ofaccount and amaximum
number of113employee :,plus 250temporary employees forJET shall
"beallocated tothis objective .Theamount inquestion isintended
tocover :
– expenditure relating totheconstruction ofJET ;
– expenditure onequipment concerned with operations accorded
priority status ;
– the cost ofstaff mobility ;
– other expenditure relating tooperations tobecarried out
under theprogramme .
Within theupper limit of232million units ofaccount :
a)amaximum amount of108million units ofaccount shall be
allocated tothefinancing ofthe construction ofJET ,a
rate ofparticipation of80%being applied ;
b)amaximum amount of39million units ofaccount shall be
allocated tothefinancing oftheoperations specified in
paragraph 5>astandard preferential rate ofparticipation
ofabout 45being applied .Inreturn ,allpartner associations
shall have theright totake part intheexperiments carried
outwith this equipment ;
c)amaximum amount offour million units ofaccount shall beset
aside foradministration costs andforexpenditure intended to
ensure themobility ofresearch staff oftheMember States
necessary ifthey are towork inorganizations cooperating
intheimplementation oftheprogramme ;
d)theamount notsetaside fortheoperations andexpenditure
referred toina),b)andc)shall form theupper limit of
financial participation bytheCommunity inother expenditure
incurred bytheassociations .This participation shall beat
astandard rate ofabout 25$.
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5.Afterconductingatechnicalexaminationofthevariousprojects,
theCommission may,withinthefollowingupperlimits,financeat
arateofabout45$theoperationsmentioned "below,whichare
acoordedprioritystatuslaytheliaisongroup:
(millionunitsof
account)
TokamaksystemsandJET 50
High-betasystems 20
Low-betasystems(Stellarator) 5
Heatingandinjectionprocesses 12
Technology 18
Veiyhighdensityprocesses 2
Eachoftheseamountsshallconstitutethemaximumexpenditure to
betakenintoconsideration foreachoftheabovepriorityoperations.
Moreover,thetotalamountforalloperationsshallnotexceed86.7
millionunitsofaccount.