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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77 )439final .
Brussels .20September 1977
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION /;
issuing aDirective tothe .Commission onparticipation
"bythe EAEC intwo R&Dagreements inthefield
ofthermonuclear fusion prepared under the auspices of
theInternational 'Energy Agency (OECD )
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DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION APPROVING
1)theImplementing Agreement foraprogramme ofresearch
and development onPlasma Wall Interaction inTextor
2)theImplementing Agreement foraprogramme ofresearch
and development onsuperconducting magnets for fusion
power
(submitted totheCouncil bythe Commission )
COM(77 )439final .

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL
OnJune 24and onJuly 6,197° ,anagreement inthe form ofanexchange
ofletters was concluded between the European Atomic Energy Community
(Euratom )and European Economic Community onthe one hand and the Intei–
national Energy Agency (IEA)onthe other relating toco-operation in
the field ofEnergy Research and Development .
According tothe exchange ofletters ,the European Communities indicated
their intention tonegotiate ,onacase bycase basis ,their participation
insuch "Implementing Agreements "prepared within the framework ofthe IEA
aswould contribute tothe attainment ofthe research and development
objectives ofthe Community .Foritspart ,the IEA took note ofthis
intention and confirmed that such participation isopen tothe European
Community .
Inapplication ofthis agreement there has been concluded :
-anImplementing Agreement onthe technical exchange ofinformation in
thefield ofreactor safety research and development ;
-anImplementing Agreement for aco-operative research and development
programme leading tothe construction ofanintense neutron source ;
-anImplementing Agreement for aprogramme todevelop andtest solarheating andcooling systems (l).
Furthermore thefinal stages for Community participation inanImplementing
Agreement for aprogramme ofresearch and development onthe production of
hydrogen from water are now being completed .
Inthe framework ofits programme for thermonuclear fusion for which the
Commission plays arole as"leader organization ",the IEA proposes toits
members and toEuratom the conclusion oftwo new Implementing Agreements
inthis field .These are :
(a)anImplementing Agreement for aprogramme ofresearch and development
onPlasma Wall Interaction in"Textor ";(Annex A)
(b)anImplementing Agreement for aprogramme ofresearch and development
onsuperconducting magnets for fusion power .(Annex B)
Thetexts ofboth Agreements andtheir task Annexes are attached (see
Annex Aand Annex B).
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3.The Commission considers that the participation ofthe European Atomic
Energy Community inthese two Implementing Agreements issuch asto
contribute tothe attainment ofthe Communities objectives for research
and development inthis field .Community interest inthese two Implement­
ing Agreements can besummarized asfollows :
a)Research and Development onplasma Wall Interaction inTextor .
Infusion devices the degree ofinteraction between the plasma and
the surrounding wall isalready ofessential importance for present
day fusion experiments because the contamination ofthe plasma has
tobelimited toacceptably low levels and increasing both the plasma
temperature and the duration ofoperations causes wall erosion .There­
fore means have tobedeveloped tolargely reduce theeffects ofplasma
wall interaction .
One ofthe ways ofdoing this isthe construction and operation ofa
sufficiently large tokamak facility particularly designed forthis
purpose .Ithas tooffer thepossibility for easy exchange ofthe
whole inner vacuum container andithas tobeequipped with special­
ized and elaborate diagnostics .
"TEXTOR "issuch adevice .Itwill bebuilt and operated within the
Euratom fusion programme bythe Euratom-KFA association .Its value
could begreatly enhanced ifasaresult ofinternational co-operation
other partners would contribute bysupplying different internal wall
arrangements which were optimized according totheir experience and
bycontributing experts during the construction and operating phase .
b)Research and Development onSuperconducting Magnets for Fusion Power .
Itisofvery high probability that future fusion reactors based on
toroidal magnetic confinement will beequipped with superconducting
coils .This technology isavailable inprinciple but sofar not de­
veloped enough toallow the immediate construction oflarge coils
andtheir reliable operation under the required bouaary conditions .
Itistherefore important todevelop this technology tothe extent
that itbecomes available for the next generation offusion experi­
ments after JET,TFTR orJET-60 .Forthis purpose itisnecessary to
build not only asuperconducting coil oflarge enough dimensions but
also proper testing requires atoroidal set-up ofatleast 4to6
coils and afacility tobalance the large interactive forces between
them .
This Implementing Agreement provides such apossibility .Each parti­
cipant delivers atleast one coil sothat afull toroidal set upof
sixisarrived at.Thus ,asfar asthe Community isconcerned ,forthe
cost ofone coil weobtain the benefits ofthis multi coil facility .
Inaddition toits own coils ,the USERDA ,asthe operating agent ,
will also becontributing the Large Coil Test Facility necessary for
proper testing atnocost toother participants .

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4.The financial implications ofparticipation ineach ofthese Implementing
Agreements are set out inthe task Annexes .
Nojoint funding isproposed and the contribution ofeach participant is
inthe form ofatask,the cost ofwhich will beborne bytheparticipants
themselves .Asfar asEuratom isconcerned the contribution ineach case
will bework carried out byexisting association contracts sothat no
additional financial liability isenvisaged .Inthe case ofthe Plasma
Wall Implementing Agreement the Euratom contribution will bework carried
out bythe association contract between Euratom and Kernf orschungsan lage
JuLichGmbH (KFA).Inthe case ofthe Implementing Agreement ofSupercon­
ducting Magnets itwill bework carried out according totheassociation
contract Euratom /Max Planck Institut fur Plasmaphysik (IPP).
5.Asconcerns provisions dealing with information andintellectual property ,
itisknown that theposition adopted bythe Commission onthe occasion
ofnegotiations ofthe Agreement relating tothe production ofhydrogen
isasfollows :IfanAgreement inwhich the Community intends toparti­
cipate envisages anexchange ofindustrial and commercial licenses ,the
Member States ,persons and enterprises ofthe Community must beable to
benefit from such licenses .
Inthe case ofHydrogen this problem does notarise because the exchange
oflicenses has been limited toresearch and development purposes andto
the execution ofthe tasks envisaged inthe Agreement .Inthefield of
fusion andfor the exchange of -industrial and commercial licenses ,the
position ofthe Commission has been accepted ,taking into consideration
that the programme ofthe Community and those ofthe Member States are
carried outjointly and that the Commission will act
not only inthe name ofthe Community but also inthe name ofits Asso­
ciates .
6.The Commission participated inthe preparation ofthese twodraft Imple­
menting Agreements inthe framework ofthe Fusion Power Coordinating
Committee (FPCC )ofthe IEA inclose collaboration with the Associates
ofthe Euratom Programme for Thermonuclear Fusion and inparticular with
the twoassociates most directly concerned ,KFA and IPP.
All theassociates have indicated their agreement that Euratom can con­
clude these two Implementing Agreements .
Aswas the case for the Implementing Agreement onthe Intense Neutron
Source which was not signed byMember States but bythe Commission on
behalf ofEuratom ,Member States should not sign these Agreements .In
fact,given that theentire research inthe 9Member States inthefield
ofthermonuclear fusion iscarried out onaCommunity basis ,agreements
for such international co-operation must beconcluded bythe Community .

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7.Ifthe Council considers asdoes the Commission that itisinthe interest
ofEAEC toparticipate inthese two "Implementing Agreements "andthat the
texts proposes are acceptable ,the Commission proposes that this partici­
pation should benegotiated and concluded onthe basis ofArticle 101,
paragraph 2,ofthe Euratom Treaty .
Inview ofthe urgency ofthe matter (the signing ceremony isplanned to
take place inParis during theMinisterial meeting ofthe IEA Governing
Board on5th October ,1977),the Commission suggests that the Council
take atthe same time adecision issuing directives tonegotiate partici­
pation ofEuratom inthis agreement and adecision approving the agree­
ment .
8.Inconclusion the Commission proposes tothe Council :
a)totake adecision issuing directives tothe Commission ,asset forth
indraft Annex C.
b)totake atthe same time adecision (Annex D)approving the conclusion
ofthe Implementing Agreements negotiated onthe basis ofthe direct­
ives referred toina)above .

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10thAugust ,1977
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
FOR APROGRAMME OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ON PLASMA WALL
INTERACTION INTEXTOR
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE 1
ARTICLE 1
OBJECTIVES 2
ARTICLE 2
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 2
ARTICLE 3
THE OPERATING AGENT 4
ARTICLE 4
ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF 4
ARTICLE 5
FINANCE 5
ARTICLE 6
INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 5

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Article 7
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY 8
ARTICLE 8
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS 8
ARTICLE 9
ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OFCONTRACTING PARTIES 9
ARTICLE 10
FINAL PROVISIONS 10
ANNEX
PLASMA WALL INTERACTION INTEXTOR 12

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
FOR APROGRAMME OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ON PLASMA WALL
INTERACTION INTEXTOR
The Contracting Parties
CONSIDERING that theContracting Parties ,being either governments orinter­
national organisations orparties designated bytheir respective governments pursuant to
Article IIIoftheGuiding Principles forCo-operation intheField ofEnergy Research
andDevelopment adopted bytheGoverning Board oftheInternational Energy Agency
(the"Agency ")on28th July ,1975 ,wish totake part intheestablishment andoperation
ofaProgramme ofResearch andDevelopment onPlasma Wall Interaction inTEXTOR
(the"Programme ")asprovided inthisAgreement ;
CONSIDERING that theContracting Parties which aregovernments and the
governments oftheother Contracting Parties (referred tocollectively asthe"Govern­
ments ")participate intheAgency andhave agreed inArticle 41oftheAgreement onan
International Energy Program (the"I.E.P. Agreement ")toundertake national programmes
intheareas setoutinArticle 42oftheI.E.P. Agreement ,including research anddevel­
opment oncontrolled thermonuclear fusion inwhich field theProgramme willbecarried
out;
CONSIDERING that intheGoverning Board oftheAgency on28th July ,1975 ,
theGovernments approved theProgramme asaspecial activity under Article 65ofthe
I.E.P. Agreement ;
CONSIDERING thattheAgency hasrecognized theestablishment oftheProgramme
asanimportant component ofinternational co-operation inthefield offusion power
research and development ;
HA VE AGREED asfollows :
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Article 1
OBJECTIVES
(a) Scope ofActivity .The Programme tobecarried outbytheContracting
Parties within theframework ofthis Agreement shall consist ofco-operative research ,
'•development ,demonstrations and exchanges ofinformation regarding plasma wall inter­
action inTEXTOR asprovided intheAnnex hereto .
(b) Method ofImplementation .Each Contracting Party shall implement the
Programme byundertaking oneormore tasks asprovided intheAnnex hereto .
(c) Task Co-ordination and Co-operation .The Contracting Parties shall co­
operate inco-ordinating thework under theProgramme andinadvancing theresearch
anddevelopment activities ofallContracting Parties inthefield ofplasma wall interaction .
Article 2
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(a) Supervisory Control .Control oftheProgramme shall bevested inthe
Executive Committee constituted under this Article .
(b) Membership .The Executive Committee shall consist ofonemember desig­
nated byeach Contracting Party ;each Contracting Party shall alsodesignate analternate
member toserve ontheExecutive Committee intheevent that itsdesignated member
isunable todoso.
(c) Responsibilities .The Executive Committee shall :
(1)Adopt foreach year ,acting byunanimity ,theProgramme ofWork ,
together with anindicative programme ofwork forthefollowing two
years ;theExecutive Committee may ,asrequired ,make adjustments
within theframework oftheProgramme ofWork ;
(2)Make such rules and regulations asmay berequired forthesound
management oftheProgramme ;
(3)Carry outtheother functions conferred upon itbythisAgreement and
theAnnex hereto ;and
(4)Consider anymatters submitted toitbytheOperating Agent orby
any Contracting Party .
(d) Procedure .The Executive Committee shall carry outitsresponsibilities in
accordance with thefollowing procedures :
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(1)The Executive Committee sb.aH each year elect aChairman andcue
ormore Vice-Chairmen ;
(2)TheExecutive Committee mayestablish such subsidiary bodies analines
ofprocedure asarerequired foritsproper functioning .^Arepresentative
oftheAgency andarepresentative oftheOperating ^Agent (iaits
capacity assuch)may attend laeetia&s oftheexecutive Committee
anditssubsidiary bodies inanadvisory capacity ;
(3)TheExecutive Committee shall meet inregular session twice each year ;
aspecial meeting shall beconvened upon therequest ofanyContracting
Party which candemonstrate theneed therefor ;
(4)Meetings oftheExecutive Committee shall beheldatsuch time andin
such office oroffices asmay bedesignated bythsCovnnnttee ;
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(5)Atleast twenty-eight days before each oftheExecutive Com­
mittee ,notice ofthetime ,place andpurpose ofthemeeting .shall fas
given toeach Contracting Party tndtoother persons orentities entitled
toattend themeeting ;notice need notbegiven toanyperson orentity
otherwise entitled thereto ifnotice iswaived before ot*after themeeting ;
(6)Thequorum forthetransaction ofbusiness inmeetings c:theExecutive
Committee shall beone-half ofthemembers plus one (lessanyresu'cirg
fraction ).
(e) V otingO*
(1)Where thisAgreement requires theExecutive Comcziticz toactby
unanimity ,thisshall require theagreement ofeach mc-xbz ?oralternate
member present and voting atthemeeting atwhich thedecisio -i:
ClT^i^! A Tw 1^4Vr^f* <•>.»«-»- £AA A. ft ^ /',S.AtPl /* .«..Jl
(2)With theagreement ofeach member ora/teraate member entitled tcnetthereon ,adecision orrecommendatfoc maybemade byteie^c"c-*^without thenecessity forcalling ameeting .TheChairmla
executive Committee shall have responsibly ofensuring thataU
members oralternate members entitled toactthereon areinformed of
eachcfe^i.jcn orrecc.ri.ccndzucn made pursuant tothisparagraph .
^ Reports .Tne Executive Committee sh-"!? ~ .-
-gency withperiodic reports ontheprogress ofthePmgramml "' provics

Article 3
THE OPEEATïNG AGENT
(a) Designation .TheProgramme shall beconducted bytheEURATOM-KFA
Jiilich Association forFusion ,acting through theKernforschungsanlage Jiilich GmbH ,as
theOperating Agent .
(b) Scope ofAuthority toActonBehalf ofContracting Parties .Subject to'the
provisions ofArticle 6hereof ,theOperating Agent shall perform alllegal actsrequired
tocarry outitsfunctions asdefined intheAnnex hereto onbehalf of.theContracting
Parties .
(c) Replacement .AContracting Party may ,v/lilitheconsent oftheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity ,designate another entity Gyrating Agent inplace of
theContracting Party orother Operating Agent .designed it.The adoption of
anyconsequential amendments tothisAgreement andtheJ~l..u:hereto aswell asthe
arrangements fortransfer oftheOperating Agent 'sresponsibility snail require adecision
oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity .
(d) Resignation .The Operating Agent shall have theright toresign atany
time ,bygiving sixmonths written notice tothat effect totheExecutive Committee ,
provided that :
(1)AContracting Party ,orentity designated byaContracting Party ,isat
such time willing toassume theduties andobligations oftheOperating
Agent andsonotifies theExecutive Committee andtheother Contracting
Parties tothat effect ,inwriting ,notlessthan three months inadvance
oftheeffective date oftheOperating Agent 'sresignation ;and
(2)Such Contracting Party orentity isapproved bytheExecutive Com­
mittee ,acting byunanimity .
Article 4
ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF
(a) Administration ofTasks .The Operating Agent shall beresponsible tothe
Executive Committee forimplementing itsresponsibilities inaccordance with thisAgree­
ment ,theAnnex hereto andthedecisions oftheExecutive Committee .
(b) Information andReports .TheOperating Ager.t shall furnish totheExecutive
Committee such information concerning theProgramme astheCommittee may request
andshall each year submit ,notlater than twomonths after theendofthefinancial year ,
areport onthestatus ofwork under theProgramme .
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(c) Staff .Itshall betheresponsibility oftheOperating Agent toretain such
staff asmay berequired tocarry outitsresponsibilities .The Operating Agent may also ,
asrequired ,utilize theservices ofpersonnel employed byother Contracting Parties (or
organisations orother entities designated byContracting Parties )andmade available to
theOperating Agent bysecondment orotherwise ,subject toarrangements tobeagreed
between theContracting Party andtheemployer ofsuch personnel .
Article 5
FINANCE
(a) Obligations oftheOperating Agent .The Operating Agent shall bear the
costs oftheconstruction andnormal operation ofTEXTOR asdescribed intheAnnex
hereto . •
(b) Individual Obligations .Each oftheContracting Parties willbear thecosts
itincurs incarrying outthisAgreement andtheAnnex hereto except asotherwise agreed
between twoormore Contracting Parties .
Article 6
INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(a) Executive Committee 'sPowers .The publication ,distribution ,handling ,
protection andownership ofinformation andintellectual property arising from activities
conducted under thisAgreement shall bedetermined bytheExecutive Committee ,acting
byunanimity ,inconformity with thisAgreement .
(b) Right toPublish .Subject only topatents andcopyright restrictions ofthis
Agreement ,theContracting Parties shall have theright topublish allinformation provided
toorarising from theProgramme except proprietary information ,butthey shall notpublish
itwith aview toprofit except astheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,may agree
orprovide byrule .Allthat information shall beavailable without charge totheCon­
tracting Parties .
(c) Proprietary Information .The Contracting Parties shall take allnecessary
measures inaccordance with thisArticle ,thelaws oftheir respective countries andinter­
national law toprotect proprietary information .For thepurposes ofthisAgreement ,
proprietary information shall mean information ofaconfidential nature such astrade
secrets and know-how (forexample ,computer programmes ,design procedures and
techniques ,chemical composition ofmaterials ,ormanufacturing methods ,processes ,or
treatments )which isappropriately marked ,provided such information :
(1)Isnotgenerally known orpublicly available from other sources ;

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(2)Hasnotpreviously been made available bytheowner toothers without
obligation concerning itsconfidentiality ;and
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(3)Isnotalready inthepossession oftherecipient Contracting Party
without obligation concerning itsconfidentiality .
Itshall betheresponsibility ofeach Contracting Party supplying proprietary information
toidentify theinformation assuch andtoensure thatitisappropriately marked .
(d) Production ofRelevant Information byGovernments .TheOperating Agent
should encourage thegovernments ofallAgency Participating Countries tomake available
ortoidentify totheOperating Agent allpublished orotherwise freely available information
known tothem that isrelevant totheProgramme .TheContracting Parties should notify
theOperating Agent ofallpre-existing information ,and information developed inde­
pendently oftheProgramme known tothem which isrelevant totheProgramme and
which canbemade available totheProgramme without contractual orlegal limitations .
(e) Reports onProgramme Work .Reports containing arising information and
pre-existing information necessary forandused intheProgramme ,including proprietary
information ,shall beprovided toeach Contracting Party bytheContracting Party perform­
ing thework .Itshall betheresponsibility ofeach Contracting Party toidentify
information which qualifies asproprietary information under thisArticle and ensure that
itisappropriately marked .The Operating Agent shall provide summary reports ofwork
performed under theAnnex hereto and theresults thereof (arising information ),other
than proprietary information ,totheExecutive Committee .
(f) License ofProprietary Information .Each Contracting Party agrees tolicense
allpre-existing proprietary information necessary forand used initswork under the
Programme andwhich itowns orcontrols and allarising proprietary information tothe
Contracting Parties ,their governments ,and thenationals oftheir respective countries
designated bythem :
(1)Royalty-free foruseintheProgramme only ;and
(2)Onfavourable terms andconditions forallother usestaking intoaccount
theequities oftheContracting Parties based upon thesharing of
obligations ,contributions ,rights andbenefits ofallContracting Parties .
Each Contracting Party agrees tolicense allsuch arising proprietary information toall
Agency Participating Countries onreasonable terms andconditions foruseintheir own
country inorder tomeet their energy needs .
(g) License ofPatents Needed forProgramme .Patents solely owned orcon­
trolled byaContracting Party which areneeded foruseintheProgramme shall belicercea
toanother Contracting Party foruseintheProgramme only atnocosttosuch Contracting
Party .Ifsuch patents arepartially owned orcontrolled byaContracting Party ,then
efforts shall bemade bytheContracting Party toreduce oreliminate aspossible thebenefit
that might accrue toit.
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(h) Arising Inventions .Inventions made orconceived inthecourse oforunder
theProgramme (arising inventions )shall beowned inallcountries bytheinventing Con­
tracting Party .Information regarding inventions onwhich patent protection istobe
obtained bytheContracting Party shall notbepublished orpublicly disclosed bythe
other Contracting Parties until apatent application hasbeen filed ,provided ,however ,
that thisrestriction onpublication ordisclosure shall notextend beyond sixmonths from
thedate ofreceipt ofsuch information .Itshall betheresponsibility oftheinventing
Contracting Party toappropriately mark reports which disclose inventions that have not
been appropriately protected bythefiling ofapatent application .
(i) License ofInventions .Each Contracting Party agrees tolicense allpre­
existing inventions covered bypatents owned orcontrolled byitwhich arenecessary for
practising theresults ofitswork under theProgramme and which have been utilized in
thatwork ,andallarising inventions totheContracting Parties ,their governments andthe
nationals oftheir respective countries designated bythem :
(1)Royalty-free foruseintheProgramme only ;and
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(2)Onfavourable terms and conditions forallother uses ,taking into
account theequities oftheContracting Parties based upon thesharing
w . ,,ofobligations ,contributions ,rights and benefits ofallContracting
'Parties ."" :
Each Contracting Party agrees tolicense allsuch arising inventions toallAgency Participat­
ingCountries onreasonable terms andconditions foruseintheir own country inorder to
meet their energy needs .
(}) Copyright .The Operating Agent oreach Contracting Party foritsown
work under theProgramme may take appropriate measures necessary toprotect copyright -
able material generated under theProgramme .Copyrights obtained shall betheproperty
ofthat Contracting Party ortheOperating Agent ,provided ,however ,that Contracting
Parties may reproduce anddistribute such material ,butshall notpublish itwith aview
toprofit .
(k) Inventors andAuthors .Each Contracting Party will,without prejudice to
anyrights ofinventors orauthors under itsnational laws ,take allnecessary steps toprovide
theco-operation from itsauthors andinventors required tocarry outtheprovisions ofthis
Article .Each Contracting Party willassume theresponsibility topayawards orcompen­
sation required tobepaid toitsemployees according tothelaws ofitscountry .
(I) Determination of"National ". The Executive Committee may establish
guidelines todetermine what constitutes a"national "ofaContracting Party ,provided ,
however ,inrecognition ofthefactthat allthefusion power research and development
programmes oftheindividual Member States oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Community
(EURATOM )arecarried outjointly intheframework ofEURATOM ,andthatEURA­
TOM acts onbehalf ofitself and itsassociated national organisations infusion power
research anddevelopment ,thegovernments andcountries referred toinsub-paragraphs (f)
and(i)above shall ,with respect toEURATOM ,beunderstood tobethegovernments and
countries oftheMember States ofEURATOM .

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Article 7
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LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
Each Contracting Party agrees tocompensate theOperating Agent orpersons
acting onitsbehalf fordamages ,liabilities orcosts when such damages ,liabilities orcosts
areduetothegross negligence orwilful misconduct ofthepersonnel oftheContracting
Party assigned under anagreement entered into inaccordance with theAnnex hereto ,
provided ,however ,thatthisprovision shall notapply todamages ,liabilities orcosts insofar
asand totheextent that they arise outofthegross negligence orwilful misconduct of
theOperating Agent ,orpersons acting onitsbehalf .
Article 8
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS *•
(a) Accomplishment ofFormalities .Each Contracting Party shall request the
appropriate authorities ofitscountry (oritsMember States inthecase ofaninternational
organisation )tousetheir best endeavours ,within theframework ofapplicable legislation ,
tofacilitate theaccomplishment offormalities involved inthemovement ofpersons ,the
importation ofmaterials and equipment and thetransfer ofcurrency which shall be
required toconduct itswork under theProgramme .
(b) Applicable Laws .Incarrying outthisAgreement and theAnnex hereto ,
theContracting Parties shall besubject totheappropriation offunds bytheappropriate
governmental authority ,where necessary ,and totheconstitution ,laws and regulations
applicable totherespective Contracting Parties ,including ,butnotlimited to,laws establish­
ingprohibitions upon thepayment ofcommissions ,percentages ,brokerage orcontingent
fees topersons retained tosolicit governmental contracts and upon anyshare ofsuch
contracts accruing togovernment officials .
(c) Decisions ofAgency Governing Board .The Contracting Parties shall take
account ,asappropriate ,oftheGuiding Principles forCo-operation intheField ofEnergy
Research and Development ,and anymodification thereof ,aswell asother decisions of
theGoverning Board oftheAgency inthatfield .Thetermination oftheGuiding Principles
shall notaffect thisAgreement ,which shall remain inforce inaccordance with theterms
hereof .
(d) Settlement ofDisputes .Any dispute among theContracting Parties concern­
ingtheinterpretation ortheapplication ofthisAgreement which isnotsettled bynegotiation
orother agreed mode ofsettlement ,shall bereferred toatribunal ofthree arbitrators to
bechosen bytheContracting Parties concerned who shall alsochoose theChairman of
thetribunal .Should theContracting Parties concerned failtoagree upon thecomposition
ofthetribunal ortheselection ofitsChairman ,thePresident oftheInternational Court
ofJustice shall ,attherequest ofanyoftheContracting Parties concerned ,exercise those
responsibilities .Thetribunal shall decide anysuch dispute byreference totheterms of
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thisAgreement andanyapplicable laws andregulations ,anditsdecision onaquestion
offactshall befinal andbinding ontheContracting Parties .AnOperating Agent which
isnotaContracting Party shall beregarded asaContracting Party forthepurpose of
this paragraph .
Article 9
ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRACTING PARTIES
(a) Admission ofNew Contracting Parties :Agency Countries .Upon the
invitation oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,admission totheAgreement
shall beopen tothegovernment ofanyAgency Participating Country (oranational agency ,
public organisation ,private corporation ,company orother entity designated bysuch
government ),which signs oraccedes tothisAgreement andaccepts therights andobliga­
tions ofaContracting Party .Such admission ofaContracting Party shall become effective
upon thesignature ofthisAgreement bythenewContracting Party oritsaccession thereto
andtheadoption ofanyconsequential amendments thereto .
(b) Admission ofNew Contracting Parties :Other OECD Countries .Thegovern­
ment ofanyMember oftheOrganisation forEconomic Co-operation andDevelopment
which does notparticipate intheAgency may,ontheproposal oftheExecutive Committee ,
acting byunanimity ,beinvited bytheGoverning Board oftheAgency tobecome a
Contracting Party tothisAgreement (ortodesignate anational agency ,public organisation ,
private corporation ,company ,orother entity todoso),under theconditions stated in
paragraph (a)above .
(c) Contributions .The Executive Committee may require ,asacondition to
admission toparticipation ,that thenew Contracting Party accept obligations which are
designed tocompensate theContracting Parties asappropriate fortheir prior contributions
totheProgramme .
(d) Replacement ofContracting Parties .With theagreement oftheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity ,andupon therequest ofagovernment ,aContracting
Party designated bythat government may bereplaced byanother party .Intheevent of
such replacement ,thereplacement party shall assume therights andobligations ofaCon­
tracting Party asprovided inparagraph (a)above andinaccordance with theprocedure
provided therein .
(e) Withdrawal .Any Contracting Party may withdraw from thisAgreement
either with theagreement oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,orbygiving
twelve months written Notice ofWithdrawal totheExecutive Director oftheAgency ,such
Notice tobegiven notlessthan twoyears after thedate hereof .The withdrawal ofa
Contracting Party under thisparagraph shall notaffect therights andobligations ofthe
other Contracting Parties .
(f) Change ofStatus ofContracting Party .AContracting Party other than a
government oraninternational organisation shall forthwith notify theExecutive Committee
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ofanysignificant change initsstatus orownership ,orofitsbecoming bankrupt orentering
intoliquidation .TheExecutive Committee shall determine whether anysuch change in
status ofaContracting Party significantly affects theinterests oftheother Contracting
•Parties ;iftheExecutive Committee sodetermines ,then ,unless theExecutive Committee ,
acting upon theunanimous decision oftheother Contracting Parties ,otherwise agrees :
(1)That Contracting Party shall bedeemed tohave withdrawn from the
Agreement under paragraph (e)above onadate tobefixed bythe
Executive Committee ;and
(2)The Executive Committee shall invite thegovernment which designated
thatContracting Party todesignate ,within aperiod ofthree months of
thewithdrawal ofthat Contracting Party ,adifferent entity tobecome
aContracting Party ;ifapproved bytheExecutive Committee ,acting
byunanimity ,such entity shall become aContracting Party with effect
from thedate onwhich itsigns oraccedes tothisAgreement .
«
(g) Failure toFulfil Contractual Obligations .Any Contracting Party which fails
tofulfil itsobligations under thisAgreement within sixty days after itsreceipt ofnotice
specifying thenature ofsuch failure and invoking thisparagraph ,may bedeemed bythe
Executive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,tohave withdrawn from thisAgreement .
Article 10
FINAL PROVISIONS
(a) Term ofAgreement .This Agreement shall remain inforce foraninitial
period ofnine years from thedate hereof .The term ofthisAgreement may beextended
forsuch additional period asmay bedetermined bytheExecutive Committee ,acting by
unanimity .
(b) Legal Relationship ofContracting Parties .Nothing inthisAgreement shall
beregarded asconstituting apartnership between anyoftheContracting Parties .
(c) Amendment .This Agreement andtheAnnex hereto may beamended atany
time bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity .Such amendments shall come
intoforce inamanner determined bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity .
(d) Deposit .Theoriginal ofthisAgreement shall bedeposited with theExecutive
Director oftheAgency andacertified copy thereof shall befurnished toeach Contracting
Party .Acopy ofthisAgreement shall befurnished toeach Agency Participating Country ,
andtoeach Member country oftheOrganisation forEconomic Co-operation andDevel­
opment .
Done inParis ,this5thdayofOctober ,1977 .
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For the NATIONAL RESEARCH
COUNCIL OF CANADA
(designated bytheGovernment
ofCanada ):
For theEUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM ):
[JAPANJ
For the TURKISH SCIENTIFIC AND
TECHNICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
(designated bytheGovernment
ofTurkey ):
[For theUNITED STATES ENERGY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
for and onbehalf ofthe Government
ofthe United States ofAmerica :
or
For the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
for and onbehalf ofthe Government
oftheUnited States ofAmerica ]:

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ANNEX
PLASMA WALL INTERACTION INTEXTOR
1.Objectives
Theoverall objectives oftheProgramme aretoevaluate therelative importance
oftheprocesses leading tothebuild-up ofimpurities intokamaks andtothedamage of
thefirst wall under different operating conditions ;tosearch forappropriate first wall
materials ,structures andtemperatures that areoptimized with respect toparticle release
and wall material behaviour ;and todevelop and testmethods tocontrol theplasma
boundary .
2.Means
'The Contracting Parties willundertake aProgramme involving thesharing of
tasks (asdescribed inparagraph 3below )inthefinal design ,construction andoperation
ofaplasma testbed device (theTorus Experiment forTechnology Oriented Research
known asTEXTOR )(asdescribed intheReport onthePlanning ofTEXTOR dated 15No­
vember 1975 and theTEXTOR Kurzbeschreibung dated March 1976 ,hereinafter called
the"TEXTOR Reports "). lathisregard ,they willundertake theaccompanying material
studies ,thedevelopment ofrelated diagnostics ,and will co-operate intheoperation of
TEXTOR inthepresence ofdifferent first wall assemblies under avariety ofplasma
boundary conditions .
3.Programme Phases
(a)Phase I:Final Design and Construction
(1)Definition .The preliminary design having been completed prior to
thesigning ofthis Agreement ,Phase Iwill encompass thefinal
design and construction ofTEXTOR .Baring thisphase ,which
isexpected tolastthree tofour years ,theContracting Parties other
than EURATOM will assign specialists (scientists ,engineers and/or
other technical personnel )totheTEXTOR sitstocontribute tothe
final design ,construction andpreparation foroperation ofTEXTOR ,
including thedevelopment ofplasma walldiagnostics andappropriate
wall materials .
(2)Each Contracting Party other than EURATOM will contribute
between four andseven man-years ofassigned specialists working at
theTEXTOR site.Not more than three specialists from asingle
Contracting Party ,with thenoted exception ,willbeaccepted atany
onetime without theprior approval oftheOperating Agent .
(3)Specialists willbeassigned inaccordance with theprocedures set
forth inparagraph 6below .

(b)Phase 11:Operation
(1)Definitions .TheTEXTOR Operation Phase willinclude asequence
ofexperiments forwhich anagreed time period willbeprovided by
theOperating Agent .Each oftheContracting Parties willcontribute
proposals forexperiments intheOperation Phase falling intooneor
more ofthefollowing categories :
(i)Category I.Experiments requiring neither modifications to
TEXTOR noradditional equipment ,butinvolving theassign­
ment ofthenecessary experts during theexperiment .
(ii)Category I!. Experiments requiring nomodifications to
TEXTOR ,butrequiring additional equipment ,andtheassign­
ment ofexperts during theexperiment .
(iii)Category 111.Experiments requiring modifications of
TEXTOR and theassignment ofspecialists ,and possibly ,
additional equipment .Itisexpected that such modifications
will not require major changes inthebasic design and
construction oiTEXTOR .
(2)Procedures forSubmission ofandDecision onProposals forExperi­
ments
(i)Proposals forexperiments tobecarried outwith TEXTOR
willbesubmitted byeach oftheContracting Parties other than
EURATOM totheOperating Agent .These shall include a
detailed description ofaims ,Categoiy (asdefined insub­
paragraph (1)above ),programme ,design ,means ,personnel
(including experts tobeassigned ),time period required and
time schedule ,other conditions and,ifavailable ,results of
reliability tests already conducted .
(ii)Experiments inCategories IandII,requiring theutilisation of
TEXTOR foraperiod ofnotmore thanfourmonths ,may be
agreed upon directly between theOperating Agent andthe
proposing Contracting Party .
(iii)Allother experiments will require theapproval ofthe
Executive Committee ,acting byunanimity .
(iv)Inthecase ofproposals "forexperiments failing under (iii)
above ,theOperating Agent ,ifitconcurs with theproposal ,
will submit itwith itscomments totheExecutive Committee
which will take thenecessary steps tohave theproposal
reviewed astoitsscientific andtechnical merits ,cost andtime
requirements ,byatleast twoexperts selected from alistof
experts previously agreed bytheExecutive Committee .On
thebasis oftheexperts' report ,theExecutive Committee will

decide whether ornottoapprove theexperiment .Inapprov­
ing,theExecutive Committee shall confirm theexperimental
programme ,time period required andtime schedule ,priority
with respect toother experiments ,personnel tobeassigned and
anyspecial conditions .
(v)Intheevent that,inthejudgement oftheOperating Agent ,a
proposed experiment isfelttoendanger theessentiai compo­
nents oftheTEXTOR ensemble and/orthesafety ofoperating
personnel ,theOperating Agent may ,after consultation with
theExecutive Committee ,decline tocarry outtheproposed
experiment .
(3)Allocation ofTime forExperiments
Itisunderstood that 40percent ofthetotal operating time of
TEXTOR will heavailable fortheagreed experiments ofallthe
Contracting Parties .The other 60percent will beattheexclusive
disposal oftheOperating Agent ,which taay grant from that time
additional operating time foragreed experiments oftheContracting
Parties other than EURATOM .The Operating Agent will make
every effort totransmit theresults ofexperiments performed within
itsoperating time totheExecutive Committee andtotheProgramme
Officers ofeach oftheContracting Parties other than EURATOM
within sixmonths oftheconclusion ofeach experiment .
(4)Acceptance Testing ofComponents
The Operating Agent reserves theright toconduct acceptance t.:.
ofthe delivered components (forinstance ,vacuum ,mechanics ,
electrical ,magnetic )toensure that their insertion will notendanger
orperturb theoperation ofTEXTOR .
(5)Removal ofMaterials andEquipment
After theconclusion ofanexperiment ,each Contracting Party will ,
upon therequest oftheOperating Agent ,forthwith effect atitsown
cost theremoval ofmaterials and/orequipment introduced bythat
Contracting Party attheTEXTOR site.
(6)Reporting ofExperimental Results
Each Contracting Party willreport theresults ofitsexperiments to
theother Contracting Parties within sixmonths oftheconclusion ci
each experiment .
Specific Responsibilities oftheOperating Agent
The Operating Agent will :
(a)Beresponsible forthefunding ,design ,construction andoperation orthe
TEXTOR device (asspecified intheTEXTOR .Reports );forwhich purpose
operation shall mean theoverall administrative ar>dtechnical management
ofTEXTOR ;

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//(b)Useitsbest efforts toprovide thenecessary office space and,subject to/ .mutual agreement ,laboratory space atthesitetoContracting Parties other
'/ thanEURATOM ; ;
(c)Make thenecessary arrangements tofacilitate access foreach ofthe
Contracting Parties other than EURATOM tothesite;
(d)Use itsbest efforts toprovide ,during theOperation Phase ,necessary and
reasonable computer time toContracting Parties other than EURATOM ;
(e)During theOperation Phase ,and after agreement onexperiments (under
paragraph 3(b)(2)above ),carry out thenecessary modifications of
TEXTOR ,assisted where necessary bytheinterested Contracting Party
and ensure that adequate priority isgiven totheexperiments during the
agreed time period ;
(f)During theOperation Phase ,beresponsible forproviding thenecessary
technical personnel fortheroutine operation ofTEXTOR during the
agreed experiments ,for covering TEXTOR operating costs and for
acquiring thebasic plasma and wall data required fortheinterpretation
ofresults insofar aspermitted bystandard measuring methods installed at
that time ."TEXTOR operating costs "arethecosts anticipated inconnec­
tion with theroutine operation ofTEXTOR ,and theservices ofthe
Operating Agent pursuant tosub-paragraphs (b)to(f)above .Costs other
than TEXTOR operating costs ,aswell asthecosts ofmaterials for
additional equipment ormodifications ofTEXTOR (extra costs ),will be
borne bytheContracting Party whose experiment requires these extra costs .
5.Technical Description
Adescription oftheTEXTOR facility and itsrelevant parameters istobe
found intheTEXTOR Reports .From thisinformation Contracting Parties other than
EURATOM may obtain dimensions andother data needed fortheincorporation ofnew
components ordiagnostic instruments .Technical information ingreater detail than that
found intheTEXTOR Reports will bemade available bytheOperating Agent upon
therequest ofaContracting Party .
6.Assignment ofPersonnel
(a)The Contracting Parties other than EURATOM may assign experts mChe
fields setforth inparagraph 1above towork attheTEXTOR site in
accordance with agreements between theOperating Agent andtheassigning
Party .Such agreements will specify thework plan tobefollowed by
•such experts .
(b)Theprocedures tobefollowed inassigning experts shall beasfollows :
(1)Each Contracting Party desiring toassign anexpert shall submit its
nomination totheOperating Agent ,asar.Ie,atleast four months
prior totheexpected assignment date .Each such nomination shall
specify thequalifications oftheexpert ,hist^skduring theassignment
and thelength oftheassignment .

(2)TheOperating Agent shall ,assoon aspossible ,notify thenominating
Party oftheacceptability oftheassignment .
(c)The duration ofeach assignment during thefinal design andconstruction
phase shall normally beone year ,except asmay otherwise beagreed
between theOperating Agent andthenominating Party .
(d)Publications resulting from theoretical orexperimental investigations carried
outinconnection with theProgramme shall normally beissued intheform
ofjoint reports oftheContracting Parties orindividuals who contributed
totheinvestigations .
(e)Allpersonal expenses associated with anassignment shall beborne bythe
assigning Party .Such expenses shall include ,butnot belimited to,
costs ofsalary ,travel ,insurance and living expenses ofthe assigned
personnel .Assigned personnel shall innov/aybedeemed tobeemployees
oftheOperating Agent byvirtue oftheir assignment .Assigned personnel
shall adhere toallsafety andother operating procedures oftheOperating
Agent .
7.Programme Officers *
Each Contracting Party will designate aProgramme Officer who will bethe
principal point ofcontact among theContracting Parties .
8.Time Period
(a)The period oftheProgramme isexpected toextend totheendof19S5 or
until thecompletion oftheOperation Phase setoutinparagraph 3above ,
whichever isearlier .
(b)Programme Milestones :
Freezing ofmain machine parameters Completed in1976
Final design andcallfortenders ofmain components :
–TF-coils ,transformer 1977
–vessel 1978
–first liner 1978-1979
Commissioning ofthesystem including neutral injection .... 19S0
Thedevelopment ofspecial diagnostics ,theaccompanying material studies
e.g.leading tonew liners andthepreparation ofnew methods ofplasma -
wall-control willbepursued throughout theProgramme .
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~ 7.7Γ.Τ " -·----'* 2»
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY~ "
IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
FOR APROGRAMME OFRESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ON SUPERCONDUCTING
MAGNETS FOR FUSION POWER
The Contracting Parties
CONSIDERING that theContracting Parties ,being either ,governments orinter­
national organisations orparties designated bytheir respective governments pursuant to
Article IIIoftheGuiding Principles forCo-operation intheField ofEnergy Research and
Development adopted bytheGoverning Board oftheInternational Energy Agency (the
"Agency ")on28th July ,1975 ,wish totake part intheestablishment andoperation ofa
Programme ofResearch andDevelopment onSuperconducting Magnets forFusion Power
(the"Programme ")asprovided inthisAgreement ;
CONSIDERING that theContracting Parties which arcgovernments andthegovern­
ments oftheother Contracting Parties (referred tocollectively asthe"Governments ")
participate intheAgency and have agreed inArticle 41oftheAgreement onanInter­
national Energy Program (the"I.E.P.Agreement ")toundertake national programmes
intheareas setout inArticle 42oftheI.E.P. Agreement ,including research and devel­
opment oncontrolled thermonuclear fusion inwhich field theProgramme willbecarried
out ;
CONSIDERING that intheGoverning Board oftheAgency on28th July ,1975 ,
theGovernments approved theProgramme asaspecial activity under Article 65ofthe
I.E.P. Agreement ;
CONSIDERING that theAgency hasrecognised theestablishment oftheProgramme
asanimportant component ofinternational co-operation inthefield offusion power
research and development ;
HA VE AGREED asfollows :
Article I
OBJECTIVES
 
(a) Scope ofActivity .The Programme tobecarried outbytheContracting
Parties within theframework ofthisAgreement shall consist ofco-operative research ,
development ,demonstrations and exchanges ofinformation regarding superconducting
magnets forfusion power .

•7--
(h) Method ofImplementation .The Contracting Parties shall implement the
Programme byundertaking oneormore tasks (the"Task "or"Tasks ")each ofwhich will
beopen toparticipation bytwoormore Contracting Parties asprovided inArticle 2hereof .
TheContracting Parties which participate inaparticular Task are,forthepurposes ofthat
Task ,referred tointhisAgreement as"Participants ".
(c) Task Co-ordination and Co-operation .The Contracting Parties shall co­
operate inco-ordinating thework ofthevarious Tasks and shall endeavour ,onthebasis
ofanappropriate sharing ofburdens and benefits ,toencourage co-operation among
Participants engaged inthevarious Tasks with theobjective ofadvancing theresearch and
development activities ofallContracting Parties inthefield ofsuperconducting magnets
forfusion power .
Article 2
IDENTIFICATION AND INITIATION C?TASKS
(a). Identification .The Tasks undertaken byParticipants areidentified inthe
Annexes tothisAgreement .Atthetime ofsigning thisAgreement ,each Contracting Party
shall confirm itsintention toparticipate inone ormore Tasks bygiving theExecutive
Director oftheAgency aNotice ofParticipation intherelevant Annex orAnnexes -and
theOperating Agent foreach Task shall give theExecutive Director oftheAgency aNotice
ofAcceptance oftheTask Annex .Thereafter ,each Task shall becarried out inaccord­
ance with theprocedures setforth inArticles 2to 11hereof ,unless otherwise specifically >■
provided intheapplicable Annex .
(b) Initiation ofAdditional Tasks .Additional Tasks may beinitiated byany
Contracting Party according tothefollowing procedure :
(1)AContracting Party wishing toinitiate anew Task shall present to
oneormore Contracting Parties forapproval adraft Annex ,similar in
form totheAnnexes attached hereto ,containing adescription ofthe
scope ofwork and conditions oftheTask proposed tobeperformed :
(2)Whenever two ormore Contracting Parties agree toundertake anew
Task ,they shall submit thedraft Annex forapproval bytheExecutive
Committee pursuant toArticle 3(e)(2)hereof ;theapp.v.ved draft Annex
shall become part ofthisAgreement ;Notice ofParticipation intheTask
byContracting Parties andacceptance bytheOperating Agent shall be
communicated totheExecutive Director inthemanner provided in
paragraph (a)above ;
(3)Incarrying outthevarious Tasks .Participants shall co-ordinate their
activities inorder toavoid duplication ofactivities .
(c) Application ofTask Annexes .Each Annex shall bebinding only upon the
Participants therein andupon theOperating Agent forthatTask ,andshall notallect the
rights orobligations ofother Contracting Parties .

Article 3
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(a) Supervisory Control .Control ofthe Programme shall bevested inthe
Executive Committee constituted under this Article .
(b) Membership .The Executive Committee shall consist ofone member desig­
nated byeach Contracting Party ;each Contracting Party shall also designate analternate
member toserve ontheExecutive Committee intheevent that itsdesignated member is
unable todoso.
(c) Responsibilities .The Executive Committee shall :.
(1)Adopt foreach year ,acting byunanimity ,theProgramme ofWork ,and
Budget ifforeseen ,foreach Task ,together with anindicative programme
ofwork and budget forthefollowing two years ;theExecutive Com­
mittee may ,asrequired ,make adjustments within theframework of
theProgramme ofWork andBudget ;
(2)Make such rules andregulations asmay berequired forthesound man­
agement oftheTasks ,including financial rules asprovided inArticle 6
hereof ;
(3)Carry outtheother functions conferred upon itbythisAgreement and
theAnnexes hereto ;and
(4)Consider anymatters submitted toitbyanyoftheOperating Agents
orbyanyContracting Party .
(d) Procedure .The Executive Committee shall carry outitsresponsibilities in
accordance with thefollowing procedures :
(1)The Executive Committee shall each year elect aChairman and one
ormore Vice-Chairmen ;
(2)TheExecutive Committee may establish such subsidiary bodies andrules
ofprocedure asarerequired foritsproper functioning .Arepresentative
oftheAgency and arepresentative ofeach Operating Agent (inits
capacity assuch )may attend meetings oftheExecutive Committee
anditssubsidiary bodies inanadvisory capacity ;
(3)The Executive Committee shall meet inregular session twice each year ;
aspecial meeting shall beconvened upon therequest ofanyContracting
Party which candemonstrate theneed therefor ;
(4)Meetings oftheExecutive Committee shall beheld atsuch time and
insuch office oroffices asmay bedesignated bytheCommittee ;

(5)Atleast twenty-eight days before each meeting oftheExecutive Com­
mittee ,notice ofthetime ,place andpurpose ofthemeeting shall be
given toeach Contracting Party andtoother persons orentities entitled
toattend themeeting ;notice need notbegiven toanyperson orentity
otherwise entitled thereto ifnotice iswaived before orafter the
meeting ;
(6)The quorum forthetransaction ofbusiness inmeetings oftheExecutive
Committee shall beone-half ofthemembers plus one (lessanyresulting
fraction )provided that any action relating toaparticular Task shall
require aquorum asaforesaid ofmembers oralternate members desig­
nated bytheParticipants inthatTask .
(e) V oting .
(1)When theExecutive Committee adopts adecision orrecommendation
fororconcerning aparticular Task ,theExecutive Committee shall act :
*
(1)When unanimity isrequired under thisAgreement :byagreement
*ofthose members oralternate members which were designated by
theParticipants inthatTask andwhich arepresent andvoting ;
-(ii)When noexpress voting provision ismade inthisAgreement :by .
majority vote ofthose members oralternate members which were
designated bytheParticipants inthatTask andwhich arepresent
andvoting ;
(2)Inallother cases inwhich this Agreement expressly requires the
Executive Committee toactbyunanimity ,thisshall require theagreement -
ofeach member oralternate member present andvoting ,and inrespect
ofallother decisions andrecommendations forwhich noexpress voting
provision ismade inthis Agreement ,theExecutive Committee shall
actbyamajority vote ofthemembers oralternate members present
andvoting .Ifagovernment hasdesignated more than oneContracting
Party tothisAgreement ,those Contracting Parties may cast only one
vote under this paragraph ;
(3)The decisions andrecommendations referred toinparagraphs (1)and
(2)above may ,with theagreement ofeach member oralternate member
entitled toactthereon ,bemade bymail ,telex orcable without the
necessity forcalling ameeting .Such action shall betaken byunanimity
ormajority ofsuch members asinameeting .The Chairman ofthe
Executive Committee shall ensure that allmembers are informed of
each decision orrecommendation made pursuant tothisparagraph .
(f) Reports .The Executive Committee shall ,atleast annually ,provide the
Agency with periodic reports ontheprogress oftheProgramme .

Article 4
THE OPERATING AGENTS
(a) Designation .Participants shall designate intherelevant Annex anOperating
Agent foreach Task .References inthisAgreement totheOperating Agent shall apply
toeach Operating Agent inrespect oftheTask forwhich itisresponsible .
(b) Scope ofAuthority toActonBehalf ofParticipants .Subject totheprovisions
oftheapplicable Annex :
(1)Alllegal acts required tocarry outeach Task shall beperformed on
behalf oftheParticipants bytheOperating Agent fortheTask ;
(2)The Operating Agent shall hold ,forthebenefit oftheParticipants ,
thelegal title toallproperty rights which may accrue toorbeacquired
for the Task .
The Operating Agent shall operate theTask under itssupervision and responsibility ,
subject tothisAgreement ,inaccordance with thelawofthecountry oftheOperating Agent .
(c) Reimbursements ofCosts .The Executive Committee may provide that
expenses and costs incurred byanOperating Agent inacting assuch pursuant tothis
Agreement shall bereimbursed totheOperating Agent from funds made available bythe
Participants pursuant toArticle 6hereof .
(d) Replacement .Should theExecutive Committee wish toreplace anOperating
Agent with another government orentity ,the Executive Committee may .acting by
unanimity andwith theconsent ofsuch government orentity ,replace theinitial Operating
Agent .References inthisAgreement tothe"Operating Agent "shall include anygovern­
ment orentity appointed toreplace theoriginal Operating Agent under thisparagraph .
(e) Resignation .AnOperating Agent shall have theright toresign atany
time ,bygiving sixmonths written notice tothateffect totheExecutive Committee ,provided
that :
(1)AParticipant ,orentity designated byaParticipant ,isatsuch time
willing toassume theduties andobligations oftheOperating Agent and
sonotifies theExecutive Committee and theother Participants tothat
effect ,inwriting ,notlessthan three months inadvance oftheeffective
date ofsuch resignation ;and
(2)Such Participant orentity isapproved bytheExecutive Committee ,
acting byunanimity .
(f) Accounting .AnOperating Agent which isreplaced orwhich resigns as
Operating Agent shall provide theExecutive Committee with anaccounting ofanymonies
andother assets which itmay have collected oracquired fortheTask inthecourse of
carrying outitsresponsibilities asOperating Agent .

(g) Transfer ofRights .Intheevent that another Operating Agent isappointed
under paragraph (d)or(e)above ,theOperating Agent shall transfer tosuch replacement
Operating Agent anyproperty rights which itmay hold onbehalf oftheTask .
Article 5
ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF
(a) Administration ofTasks .Each Operating Agent shall beresponsible tothe
Executive Committee forimplementing itsdesignated Task inaccordance with thisAgree­
ment ,theapplicable Task Annex ,and thedecisions oftheExecutive Committee .
(b) Information and Reports .Each Operating Agent shall furnish tothe
Executive Committee such information concerning theTask astheCommittee may request
and shall each year submit ,notlater than twomonths after theend ofthefinancial year ,
areport onthestatus oftheTask .
(c) Staff .Itshall betheresponsibility oftheOperating Agent toretain such
staff asmay berequired tocarry outitsdesignated Task inaccordance with rules determined
bytheExecutive Committee .The Operating Agent may also ,asrequired ,utilise the
services ofpersonnel employed byother Participants (ororganisations orother entities
designated byContracting Parties )andmade available totheOperating Agent bysecond­
ment orotherwise .Such personnel shall beremunerated bytheir respective employers
and shall ,except asprovided inthisArticle ,besubject totheir employers' conditions of
service .The Contracting Parties shall beentitled toclaim theappropriate cost ofsuch
remuneration ortoreceive anappropriate credit forsuch cost aspart oftheBudget of
theTask ,inaccordance with Article 6(f)(6)hereof .
Article 6
FINANCE
(a) Individual Obligations .Each Contracting Party shall bear thecosts itincurs
incarrying outthisAgreement ,including thecosts offormulating ortransmitting reports
and ofreimbursing itsemployees fortravel and other perdiem expenses incurred in
connection with work carried outontherespective Tasks ,unless provision ismade for
such costs tobereimbursed from common funds asprovided inparagraph (g)below .
(b) Common Financial Obligations .Participants wishing toshare thecosts
ofaparticular Task shall agree intheappropriate Task Annex todoso.Theapportion­
ment ofcontributions tosuch costs (whether intheform ofcash ,services rendered ,intel­
lectual property orthesupply ofmaterials )andtheuseofsuch contributions shall be
governed bytheregulations anddecisions made pursuant tothisArticle bytheExecutive
Committee .

(c) Rules ofProcurement ,Expenditure .The Executive Committee ,acting by
unanimity ,may make such regulations asarerequired forthesound financial management
ofeach Task including ,where necessary :
(1)Establishment ofbudgetary andprocurement procedures tobeused by
theOperating Agent inmaking payments from any common funds
which may bemaintained byParticipants fortheaccount oftheTask
orinmaking contracts onbehalf oftheParticipants ;
(2)Establishment ofminimum levels ofexpenditure forwhich Executive
Committee approval shall berequired ,including expenditure involving
payment ofmonies totheOperating Agent forother than routine salary
and administrative expenses previously approved bythe Executive
Committee inthebudget process .
Intheexpenditure ofcommon funds ,theOperating Agent shall take into account the
necessity ofensuring afairdistribution ofsuch expenditure intheParticipants' countries ,
where this isfully compatible with themost efficient technical and financial management
oftheTask .. . ',
(d) ' Crediting ofIncome toBudget .Any income which accrues from aTask
shall becredited totheBudget ofthatTask .; y-- C
(e) .Accounting .The .system ofaccounts employed bytheOperating Agent ,
shall beinaccordance with accounting principles generally accepted inthecountry ofthe .
Operating Agent andconsistently applied .
(f) Programme ofWork and Budget ,Keeping ofAccounts .Should Participants
agree tomaintain common funds forthepayment ofobligations under aProgramme of
Work and Budget oftheTask ,accounts shall bemaintained asfollows unless otherwise
decided bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity :
(1)The financial year oftheTask shall correspond tothefinancial year -of
theOperating Agent ;
(2)TheOperating Agent shall each year prepare andsubmit totheExecutive
Committee forapproval adraft Programme ofWork and Budget ,
- together with anindicative programme ofwork and budget forthe
following twoyears ,notlater than three months before thebeginning of
'*. each financial year ; ■'
(3)TheOperating Agent shall maintain complete ,separate financial records -
which shall clearly account for'allfunds andproperty coming into the
custody orpossession oftheOperating Agent inconnection with the
Task ;
(4)Not later than three months after theclose ofeach financial year the
Operating Agent shall submit toauditors selected bytheExecutive
Committee foraudit theannual accounts maintained fortheTask ;upon
completion oftheannual audit ,theOperating Agent shall present the

accounts together with theauditors' report totheExecutive Committee
forapproval ;
(5)Allbooks ofaccount andrecords maintained bytheOperating Agent
shall bepreserved foratleast three years from thedate oftermination
oftheTask ;
(6)Where provided intherelevant Annex ,aParticipant supplying services ,
materials orintellectual property totheTask shall beentitled toa
credit ,determined bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,
against itscontribution (ortocompensation ,ifthevalue ofsuch
services ,materials orintellectual property exceeds theamount ofthe
Participant 'scontribution );such credits forservices ofstaff shall be
calculated onanagreed scale approved bytheExecutive Committee
andinclude allpayroll-related costs .
(g) Contribution toCommon Funds .Should Participants agree toestablish
common funds under theannual Programme ofWork andBudget foraTask ,anyfinancial
contributions due from Participants inaTask shall bepaid to'theOperating Agent in
thecurrency ofthecountry oftheOperating Agent atsuch times and upon such other
conditions astheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,shall determine ,provided
however that :
(1)Contributions received bytheOperating Agent shall beused solely in
accordance with theProgramme ofWork andBudget fortheTask ;
(2)The Operating Agent shall beunder noobligation tocarry outanywork
ontheTask until contributions amounting toatleast fifty percent
(incash terms )ofthetotal dueatanyonetime have been received .
(h) Ancillary Services .Ancillary services may ,asagreed between theExecutive
Committee andtheOperating Agent ,beprovided bythatOperating Agent fortheoperation
ofaTask andthecosts ofsuch services ,including overheads connected therewith ,may bo
met from budgeted funds ofthat Task .
(i) Taxes .The Operating Agent shall pay alltaxes and similar impositions
(other than taxes onincome )imposed bynational orlocal governments andincurred byit
inconnection with aTask ,asexpenditure incurred intheoperation ofthat Task under
theBudget ;theOperating Agent shall ,however ,endeavour toobtain allpossible exemptions
from such taxes .
(j) Audit .Each Participant shall have theright ,atitssole cost ,toaudit the
accounts ofanywork inaTask forwhich common funds aremaintained onthefollowing
terms :
(1)The Operating Agent shall provide theother Participants with an
opportunity toparticipate insuch audits onacost-shared basis ;
(2)Accounts andrecords relating toactivities oftheOperating Agent other
than those conducted fortheTask shall beexcluded from such audit ,

butiftheParticipant concerned requires verification ofcharges tothe
Budget representing services rendered totheTask bytheOperating
Agent ,itmay atitsown cost request andobtain anaudit certificate
inthisrespect from theauditors oftheOperating Agent ;
(3)Notmore than onesuch audit shall berequired inanyfinancial year ;
(4)Any such audit shall becarried outbynotmore than three representatives
oftheParticipants .
Article 7
INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Itisexpected thatforeach Task agreed topursuant tothisAgreement ,theapplicable Annex
will contain information and intellectual property provisions .The General Guidelines
Concerning Information andIntellectual Property ,approved bytheGoverning Board of
theAgency on21st November ,1975 ,shall betaken into account indeveloping such ,
provisions .
Article 8
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INSURANCE
(a) Liability ofOperating Agent .TheOperating Agent shall useallreasonable
skill and care incarrying outitsduties under thisAgreement inaccordance with all
applicable laws andregulations .Except asotherwise provided inthisArticle ,thecost
ofalldamage toproperty ,and allexpenses associated with claims ,actions andother costs
arising from work undertaken with common funds foraTask shall becharged tothe
Budget ofthatTask ;such costs andexpenses arising from other work undertaken fora
Task shall becharged totheBudget ofthatTask iftheTask Annex soprovides orthe
Executive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,sodecides .
(b) Insurance .The Operating Agent shall propose totheExecutive Committee
allnecessary liability ,fireand other insurance ,and shall carry such insurance asthe
Executive Committee may direct .The cost ofobtaining andmaintaining insurance shall
becharged totheBudget oftheTask .
(c) Indemnification ofContracting Parties .TheOperating Agent shall beliable ,
initscapacity assuch ,toindemnify Participants against thecost ofany damage to
property and alllegal liabilities ,actions ,claims ,costs and expenses connected therewith
totheextent that they :

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(1)Result from the failure oftheOperating Agent tomaintain such
insurance asitmay berequired tomaintain under paragraph (b)above ;
or
(2)Result from thegross negligence orwilful misconduct ofany officers
oremployees oftheOperating Agent incarrying outtheir duties under
this Agreement .
Article 9
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
(a) Accomplishment ofFormalities .Each Participant shall request theappro­
priate authorities ofitscountry (oritsMember States inthecase ofaninternational
organisation )tousetheir best endeavours ,within theframework of-applicable legislation ,
tofacilitate theaccomplishment offormalities involved inthemovement ofpersons ,the
importation ofmaterials and equipment and thetransfer ofcurrency which shall be
required toconduct theTask inwhich itisengaged .
(b) Applicable Laws .Incarrying out this Agreement and itsAnnexes ,the
Contracting Parties shall besubject totheappropriation offunds bytheappropriate govern­
mental authority ,where necessary ,and totheconstitution ,laws andregulations applicable
totherespective Contracting Parties ,including ,but not limited to,laws establishing
prohibitions upon thepayment ofcommissions ,percentages ,brokerage orcontingent fees
topersons retained tosolicit governmental contracts andupon anyshare ofsuch contracts
accruing togovernmental officials .
(c) Decisions ofAgency Governing Board .Participants inthevarious Tasks shall
take account ,asappropriate ,oftheGuiding Principles forCo-operation intheField of
Energy Research andDevelopment ,andanymodification thereof ,aswell asother decisions
oftheGoverning Board oftheAgency inthat field .The termination ,oftheGuiding
Principles shall notaffect thisAgreement ,which shall remain inforce inaccordance with
the terms hereof .
(d) Settlement ofDisputes .Any dispute among theContracting Parties con­
cerning theinterpretation ortheapplication ofthisAgreement which isnotsettled by
negotiation orother agreed mode ofsettlement ,shall bereferred toatribunal ofthree
arbitrators tobechosen bytheContracting Parties concerned who shall also choose the
Chairman ofthetribunal .Should theContracting Parties concerned failtoagree upon
thecomposition ofthetribunal ortheselection ofitsChairman ,thePresident ofthe
International Court ofJustice shall ,attherequest ofanyoftheContracting Parties con­
cerned ,exercise those responsibilities .The tribunal shall decide anysuch dispute by
reference totheterms ofthisAgreement andanyapplicable laws andregulations ,and
itsdecision onaquestion offactshall befinal andbinding ontheContracting Parties .
Operating Agents which arenotContracting Parties shall beregarded asContracting
Parties forthepurpose ofthisparagraph .

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Article 10
ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRACTING PARTIES
(a) Admission ofNew Contracting Parties :Agency Countries .Upon the
invitation oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,admission tothisAgree­
ment shall beopen tothegovernment ofanyAgency Participating Country (oranational
agency ,public organisation ,private corporation ,company orother entity designated
bysuch government ),which signs oraccedes tothis Agreement ,accepts therights and
obligations ofaContracting Party ,and isaccepted forparticipation inatleast oneTask
bytheParticipants inthatTask ,acting byunanimity .Such admission ofaContracting
Party shall become effective upon thesignature ofthisAgreement bythenew Contracting
Party oritsaccession thereto and itsgiving Notice ofParticipation inoneormore Annexes
and theadoption ofanyconsequential amendments thereto .
(b) Admission ofNew Contracting Parties :Other OECD Countries .The govern­
ment ofanyMember oftheOrganisation forEconomic Co-operation and Development
which does notparticipate intheAgency may ,ontheproposal oftheExecutive Committee ,-
acting byunanimity ,beinvited bytheGoverning Board oftheAgency tobecome aCon­
tracting Party tothisAgreement (ortodesignate anational agency ,public organisation ,
private corporation ,company orother entity todoso),under theconditions stated in
paragraph (a)above .
(c) Admission ofNew Participants inTasks .AnyContracting Party may ,with
theagreement oftheParticipants inaTask ,acting byunanimity ,become aParticipant in
thatTask .Such participation shall become effective upon theContracting Party 'sgiving
theExecutive Director oftheAgency aNotice ofParticipation intheappropriate Task
Annex and theadoption ofconsequential amendments thereto .
(d)^ Contributions .The Executive Committee may require ,asacondition to
admission toparticipation ,that thenew Contracting Party ornew Participant shall
contribute (intheform ofcash ,services ormaterials )anappropriate proportion ofthe
prior budget expenditure ofanyTask inwhich itparticipates .
(e) Replacement ofContracting Parties .With theagreement oftheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity ,andupon therequest ofagovernment ,aContracting
Party designated bythatgovernment may bereplaced byanother party .Intheevent of
such replacement ,thereplacement party shall assume therights and obligations ofa
Contracting Party asprovided inparagraph (a)above andin*accordance with theprocedure
provided therein .
(f) Withdrawal .Any Contracting Party maywithdraw from thisAgreement or
from anyTask either with theagreement oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,
orbygiving twelve months written Notice ofWithdrawal totheExecutive Director orJie
Agency ,such Notice tobegiven notlessthan twoyears after thedace hereof .The with­
drawal ofaContracting Party under thisparagraph shall notaffect therights andobligations
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oftheother Contracting Parties ;except that,where theother Contracting Parties have
contributed tocommon funds foraTask ,their proportionate shares intheTask Budget
shall beadjusted totake account ofsuch withdrawal .
(g) Changes ofStatus ofContracting Party .AContracting Party other than a
government oraninternational organisation shall forthwith notify theExecutive Committee
ofanysignificant change initsstatus orownership ,orofitsbecoming bankrupt orentering
into liquidation .TheExecutive Committee shall determine whether anysuch change in
status ofaContracting Party significantly affects theinterests oftheother Contracting
Parties ;iftheExecutive Committee sodetermines ,then ,unless theExecutive Committee ,
acting upon theunanimous decision oftheother Contracting Parties ,otherwise agrees :
(1)That Contracting Party shall bedeemed nave withdrawn from the
Agreement under paragraph (3)above c..adate tobefixed bythe
Executive Committee ;and
(2)The Executive Committee shall invite thesovernment which desisnared
that Contracting Party todesignate ,within aperiod ofthree mont.-.s of
thewithdrawal ofthat Contracting Party ,adifferent entity 10become
aContracting Party ;ifapproved bytheExecutive Committee ,acting
byunanimity ,such entity shall become aContracting Party with effect
from thedate onwhich itsigns oraccedes tothisAgreement and gives
theExecutive Director oftheAgency aNotice ofParticipation ir.one
ormore Annexes .
(h); Failure toFulfil Contractual Obligations .Any Contracting Party which *
tofulfil itsobligations under thisAgreement within sixty days after itsreceipt ofnotic:-
specifying thenature ofsuch failure andinvoking thisparagraph ,may bedeemed bytr.:
Executive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,tohave withdrawn from thisAgreement .
Article 11
FINAL PROVISIONS
(a) Term ofAgreement .This Agreement shall rc.;.ain inforce foraninitial
period ofsixyears from thedate hereof ,andshall contLv.:i inforce thereafter unless
anduntil theExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,deci^-s onitstermination .
(b) Legal Relationship ofContracting Parties andParticipants .Nothing inthis
Agreement shall beregarded asconstituting apartnership between anyoftheContracting
Parties orParticipants .
(c) Termination .Upon termination ofthis Agreement ,orany Annex tothis
Agreement ,theExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,shall arrange fortheliquidation
ofthe assets oftheTask orTasks .Intheevent ofsuch liquidation ,theExecutive
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therefrom ,mproportion tothecontributions which theParticipants have made from the
beginning oftheoperation oftheTask ,andforthat purpose shall take into account the
contributions and anyoutstanding obligations offormer Contracting Parties .Disputes
with aformer Contracting Party about theproportion allocated toitunder thisparagraph
shall besettled under Article 9(d)hereof ,forwhich purpose aformer Contracting Party
shall beregarded asaContracting Party .
(d) Amendment .This Agreement may beamended atanytime bytheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity ,and any Annex tothisAgreement may beamended at
anytime bytheExecutive Committee ,,acting byunanimity oftheParticipants intheTask
towhich theAnnex refers .Such amendments shall come into force inamanner determined
bytheExecutive Committee ,acting under thevoting rule applicable tothedecision to
adopt theamendment .
(e) Deposit .The original ofthisAgreement shall bedeposited with theExecutive
Director oftheAgency andacertified copy thereof shall befurnished toeach Contracting
Party .Acopy ofthisAgreement shall befurnished toeach Agency Participating Country ,
and toeach Member country oftheOrganisation forEconomic Co-operation and
Development .
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Done inParis ,this5thdayofOctober ,1977 ." ~.

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FortheEUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM )
[JAPANJ
[SWITZERLAND ]
[FortheUNITED STATES ENERGY RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
for and onbehalf ofthe Government
ofthe United States ofAmerica :
or
For the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
for and onbehalf ofthe Government
oftheUnited States ofAmerica ]:

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Annex I
LARGE COIL TASK
1.Objectives
The Large Coil Task shall beundertaken inorder toobtain experimental data ,
todemonstrate reliable operation oflarge superconducting coils ,and toprove thedesign
principles andfabrication techniques proposed forthemagnets inatokamak Experimental
Power Reactor .
2.Means
The Participants shall implement theLarge Coil Task ,onatask-sharing basis
asprovided intheAgreement ani thisAnnex .
(a)Planning andConstruction oftheLarge Coil Test Facility (LCTF )
(1)Inconsultation with theother Participants ,theOperating Agent shall
fund ,design ,construct and operate the LCTF asdescribed in
document IEA/CRD(77)57 ,which may beamended bytheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity .Asthe design oftheLCTF
progresses ,theOperating Agent shall keep theother Participants
informed onanymajor additional elements offacility design andits
capabilities .
(2)The Participants shall make suggestions relating totheplanning and
design oftheLCTF .
(b)Design and Fabrication ofTest Coils
Each oftheParticipants shall design ,fabricate ,anddeliver totheLCTF
inOak Ridge ,Tennessee ,U.S.A. ,oneormore ofitssuperconducting coils
conforming totheparameters contained indocument IEA/CRD(77)57
which may beamended bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity .
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(c)Assembly andTesting ofCoils inaCompact Torus Array intheLCTF
(1)The Operating Agent shall accept amaximum ofthree non-U.S.
origin coils inthefirst testassembly .The Operating Agent shall
also provide computer time totheParticipants asrequired forthe
conduct oftheTest Programme referred toinparagraph 2(e)below .
(2)Each Participant shall participate intheTest Programme inaccord­
,ance with itsterms .Each Participant shall also provide allspecial
equipment necessary fortheincorporation ofitscoils into theLCTF
andfortheconduct oftests notprovided forintheTest Programme .
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(d)Task-Related Information Exchanges and Visits
(1)Each Participant shall report ontheprogress onsubsize coildesign
andfabrication toallother Participants astheinformation becomes
available .Each Participant shall report anticipated helium coil
cooling requirements totheOperating Agent .
(2)Each Participant shall supply thefollowing information tothe
Operating Agent atleast thirty days inadvance ofdelivery ofits
coils totheLCTF site :
(i)Bate ofdelivery ofthecoils tothetestsite ;
(ii)Method ofdelivery andagent utilised ;
(iii)Total weight ofcoils and crates ;
(iv)Overall crate dimensions ;
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(v;Any special precautions thatshould betaken during handling
ofthecoils ;
(vi)Manner inwhich thecoils canbelifted (i.e.suspended through
asingle point orbyacradle under thecrate );
(vii)Names ofpeople that will beeither accompanying thecoils
orwill help uncrate andcheck outthecondition ofthecoils ;
and
(viii)Names ofpeople that willhelp totestthecoils .
The Participants shall contact theOperating Agent afew months
before shipping their coils inorder todetermine ifthere areany
changes tooradded requirements besides those enumerated above .
(3)Each Participant should ,atthetime ofthedelivery ofitscoils tothe
LCTF site ,distribute thefollowing information totheother Parti -
pants subject totheprovisions ofparagraph 5below ,andtothe extent that the information isnotproprietary .
(i)Description ofthecoils ,including drawings and materials
uscd ;
(ii)Detailed design data ofthecoils andsuperconductors ;
(iii)Back-up analysis andtestdata that wasutilised toevolve the
design ofthecoils ;
(iv)Description offabrication methods ofthecoils and super­
conductors ;and
(v)Anticipated performance ofthecoils .

(4)Each Participant shall useitsbest efforts toarrange visits forthe
- other Participants tocoilfabrication installations initscountry .
(e)Detailed Test Procedures
Detailed procedures fortheconduct oftests ("TheTest Programme ")shall ,
notlater than 31st December ,1979 ,beadopted bytheExecutive Com *
mittee ,acting byunanimity ,inagreement with theOperating Agent . :.
3.Administration and Staff (Supplementing Article 5oftheAgreement ) *
. (a)Administration ofTask .TheOperating Agent shall have soleresponsibility
fortheadministration and provision ofstaff forthisTask ;remuneration
ofthestaff oftheTask shall bethe'sole responsibility oftheOperating
Agent .The Operating Agent shall adhere totheLCTF and Test Coil
Procurement Programme tobeadopted bytheExecutive Committee ,acting
byunanimity .
(b)Access toTest Facility .Each Participant may schedule visits byits
personnel totheLCTF during theperiod oftheAgreement .TheOperating
; ^Agent shall accept amaximum ofthree officials from each oftheother
Participants attheLCTF siteatanyonetime without prior notification :
theacceptance ofadditional officials shall besubject totheprior approval
oftheOperating Agent .Inaddition tomaking thenecessary arrangements
tofacilitate access ofParticipants totheLCTF site,theOperating Agent
shall also provide office space attheLCTF sitetotheother Participants .
4.Funding and Rules ofProcurement
(a)Costs ofParticipation .TheOperating Agent shall bear thecostoffunding ,
designing ,constructing ,and operating theLCTF .Each oftheother
Participants shall bear thecosts itincurs incarrying outthisAgreement ,
including thecosts offormulating andtransmitting reports ,ofdesigning ,
.fabricating ,delivering ,and repatriating test coils ,ofreimbursing its
employees fortravel andother perdiem expenses ,andofpayment forthe
salaries ,insurance ,and allowances tobepaid toitspersonnel incurred in
y: ■ V*■.connection with work carried outontheTask .The repatriation oftest
::coils shall bethesole responsibility oftheParticipant supplying the :test
•' ; coils ,which shall make allarrangements andbear allresponsibility for
=. . ' removal ofthecoils from theLCTF .The other Participants shall also
provide allspecial equipment necessary fortheincorporation ofcoils into
theLCTF and fortheconduct oftests notincluded intheagreed Test
Programme . ' v
■(b)Rules ofProcurement .The Operating Agent may enter into agreements
fortheappointment ofconsultants ,theconstruction ofplant ,and the
.procurement ofmaterials inpursuit oftheTask inaccordance with its
procurement regulations .

5.Information and Intellectual Property
(a)Executive Committee 'sPowers .The publication ,distribution ,handling ,
protection and ownership ofinformation and intellectual property ,and
rules andprocedures related thereto ,shall bedetermined bytheExecutive
Committee inconformity with theAgreement .
(b)Right toPublish .Subject only totherestrictions applying topatents and
copyrights ,theParticipants shall have theright topublish allinformation
provided toorarising from this Project except proprietary information .
For thepurposes ofthis paragraph ,proprietary information shall mean
information ofaconfidential nature such astrade secrets and know-how
(forexample ,computer programmes ,design procedures and techniques ,
chemical composition ofmaterials ,ormanufacturing methods ,processes ,
ortreatments )which areappropriately marked ,provided such information :
(1)Isnotgenerally known orpublicly available from other sources ;
(2)Hasnotpreviously been made available bytheowner toothers without
obligations concerning itsconfidentiality ;and
(3)Isnotalready inthepossession oftheOperating Agent orParticipants
without obligation concerning itsconfidentiality .
(c)Marking ofProprietary Information .Itshall betheresponsibility ofeach
Participant toidentify information itfurnishes which qualifies asproprietary
information under thisparagraph andinsure that itisappropriately marked .
The Participants shall take allnecessary measures inaccordance with this
paragraph ,thelaws oftheir respective countries and international law to
protect proprietary information .
(d)Production ofRelevant Information byParticipants .The testfacility and
associated buildings andfacilities tobeused inthisTask arebeing supplied
bytheOperating Agent ,andtheOperating Agent andtheother Participants
will besupplying superconducting coils tobetested inthetest facility .
Each Participant should endeavour tomake available ,oridentify inthe
context oftheTask ,pre-existing information and information developed
independently oftheTask ,known toit,which isrelevant totheTask and
which can bemade available totheTask' without contractual orlegal
limitation .Each Participant supplying asuperconducting coiltobetested
under thisTask shall supply totheOperating Agent fulland complete
information regarding thedesign ,physical properties ,operating character­
istics ,materials and construction ofthesuperconducting coils supplied
including proprietary information (hereinafter referred toas"design
information "),butneed notsupply information regarding themethods or
processes bywhich thecoils ,their subcomponents ortheir materials were
manufactured (hereinafter referred toas"manufacturing information ").
(e)Reports onInformation Relevant totheTask .Reports containing infor­
mation arising inthecourse oforunder theAgreement ("arising infor -
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mation ")andpre-existing information necessary forand used intheTask ,
including coil design information ,both proprietary and freely available ,
shall beprovided totheOperating Agent byeach Participant and shall'
cover thework performed bytheParticipant onthesuperconducting coils
supplied .Areport summarising thework performed byeach Participant
and theOperating Agent ,excluding proprietary information ,shall be
prepared bytheOperating Agent and forwarded totheExecutive Com­
mittee .
if)Licensing ofInventions and Information .Each Participant agrees to
license ,allpre-existing inventions and allpre-existing design information ,
including proprietary information owned orcontrolled bytheContracting
Party which arenecessary forutilising ortesting ,orwhich were incorporated .
inthesuperconducting coils supplied bythatParticipant totheOperating
utAgent asnon-exclusive ,royalty-free basis foruseintheTask only .Each
Participant also agrees tolicense all arising ddsign information
pincluding proprietary information ,andallinformation identified
inparagraph 2(d)ofthis Annex ,onanon-exclusive ,royalty
basis tothe Operating Agent for use inthe task onty .
(g)Licensing Design and Manufacturing Information forResearch ,Devel­
opment orDemonstration Programmes .Each Participant agrees tolicense
allpre-existing design information ,including proprietary information ,
owned orcontrolled bytheParticipant ,which isnecessary forutilising
.-ormanufacturing ,orwhich was -incorporated inthesuperconducting coils
supplied bythat Participant ,and allarising design information ,including
proprietary information ,regarding thesuperconducting coils supplied by
'theParticipant ,totheother Participants onanon-exclusive ,royalty-free
basis foruseintheresearch ,development anddemonstration programmes
only oftheother Participants .Each Participant similarly agrees tolicense
onthesame basis andforthesame purpose allpre-existing manufacturing
information ,including proprietary information ,necessary forutilising or
manufacturing ,orwhich was incorporated .inthesuperconducting coils
supplied bythatParticipant andarising manufacturing information ,includ­
ingproprietary information ,butonly ifthat Participant cannot supply
.additional superconducting coils ,subcomponents ormaterials therefor at
reasonable prices andwithin areasonable time which arenecessary foruse
intheresearch ,development ordemonstration programmes oftheother
Participants .Each Participant also agrees tolicense anypre-existing and
arising invention owned orcontrolled bythatParticipant which isnecessary
.fortheutilisation ormanufacture ,orwhich wasincorporated inthesuper­
conducting coils supplied bythatParticipant ,totheother Participants on
anon-exclusive ,royalty-free basis foruseintheresearch ,development and
demonstration programmes oftheother Participants .
(h)Licensing forCommercial Use..Each Participant agrees tolicense allpre­
existing inventions and allpre-existing design and manufacturing infor­
mation ,including proprietary information ,owned orcontrolled bythe
Participant which arenecessary forutilising ormanufacturing ,orwhich
were incorporated inthesuperconducting coils supplied bythatParticipant ,
totheother Participants ,their governments and thenationals oftheir
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respective countries designated bythem forcommercial purposes on ..
favourable terms and conditions taking into account theequities ofthe
Participants based upon thesharing ofobligations ,contributions ,rights_
and bene fitsofallParticipants .
(i)Licensing ofInventions andInformation Arising from ,theTask .Inven­
tions made orconceived inthecourse oforunder theAgreement ("arising
inventions ")andarising design andmanufacturing information ,including
proprietary information ,shall beowned inallcountries bytheinventing
Participant .Each Participant shall license such arising inventions and
information totheother Participants ,their governments and thenationals
oftheir respective countries designated bythem forcommercial purposes in
allother countries onfavourable terms andconditions taking into account
theequities oftheParticipants based upon thesharing ofobligations ,
contributions ,rights and benefits ofallParticipants under theAgreement .
(f)Licensing toAgency Participating Countries ..Each Participant agrees to
license allarising information andinventions toallAgency Participating
Countries onreasonable terms andconditions foruseintheir own country
.inorder tomeet their ownenergy needs .
(k)Production ofInformation orInventions Subject toLimitations .In
situations where aParticipant only partially owns orcontrols pre-existing
information orinventions which arerequired tobelicensed inthepreceding
sections ofthisparagraph ,theParticipant should endeavour toreport that
fact totheParticipants andwilluseitsbest efforts toinsure that thelicens­
ingasstipulated above iscarried outandthat theParticipant willobtain
nomore benefit from such licensing than isprovided forinthisparagraph .
(I)Copyrights .Each Participant may take appropriate measures necessary to
protect copyrightable material generated byitunder the Agreement .
Copyrights obtained shall betheproperty oftheParticipant ,provided
however ,that theother Participants may reproduce and distribute such
•material ,butshall notpublish itwith aview toprofit­
(m)Co-operation from Authors andInventors .Each Participant will,without
prejudice .'toany rights ofinventors orauthors under itsnational laws ,
take allnecessary steps toprovide theco-operation from itsauthors and
inventors required tocarry outtheprovisions ofthisparagraph .Each
Participant will assume theresponsibility topayawards orcompensation
required tobepaid toitsemployees according tothelaws ofitscountry .
(n)"National "ofaParticipant .TheParticipants may establish guidelines to
determine what constitutes a"national "ofaParticipant provided ,however ,,
inrecognition ofthefact that allthefusion power research and devel­
opment programmes oftheindividual Member states oftheEuropean
Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM )arccarried outjointly inthe
framework ofEURATOM ,and that EURATOM acts onbehalf ofitself
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development ,thegovernments andcountries referred toinsub-paragraphs
(h)and (i)above shall ,with respect toEUR ATOM ,beunderstood tothe
governments andcountries oftheMember states ofEURATOM .Disputes
thatcannot besettled bytheParticipants shall besettled under Article 9(d)
oftheAgreement .
6.Specific Responsibilities oftheOperating Agent
TheOperating Agent shall develop anddeliver totheother Participants periodic
reports ,atintervals mutually agreed upon ,ontheongoing evaluations ofsystems perfor­
mance resulting from execution oftheTask described inthis Annex .Further ,the
Operating Agent shall beresponsible fortaking allsteps required toimplement theTask
inaccordance with thisAnnex andwith thedecisions oftheExecutive Committee .Such
responsibility shall include ,butnotbelimited to: .
(1)Operating alltestequipment and such instrumentation which may be
installed inaccordance with theTask ;
(2)Recording theresults oftheoperation oftheexperiments .
7.Operating Agent
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The Operating Agent fortheTask shall betheUnited States Energy Research
'and Development Administration [ortheUnited States Department ofEnergy ]*which
intends toactthrough theFusion Energy Division oftheOak Ridge National Laboratory .
8.Responsibility ,Insurance and Indemnity •
(a)Liability ofOperating Agent and Participants .Article 8(a)ofthe
Agreement shall notapply totheTask .The Operating Agent shall use
allreasonable skill andcare incarrying outitsduties under thisAgreement
inaccordance with allapplicable laws andregulations .'Except asother­
wise provided inthisparagraph ,thecost ofalldamage toaParticipant 's
property and allitslegal liabilities ,claims ,actions ,and allitscosts and
expenses connected with participation intheTask shall beborne bythe
Participant . »
(b)Insurance .Article 8(b)oftheAgreement shall notapply totheTask .
Each Participant shall obtain andcarry thenecessary liability ,fire,accident ,
andother insurance relating toitsproperty anditspersonnel toparticipate
.intheProject .The cost ofobtaining andmaintaining insurance shall be
borne byeach Participant .
(c)Indemnification ofParticipants .Article 8(c)(1)oftheAgreement shall
not apply totheTask .

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9.Suspension ofObligations
The obligations ofeach oftheParticipants shall besuspended foranyperiod
during which such Participant isprevented orsubstantially hindered from complying there­
with inwhole orpart byanycause beyond itscontrol including ,butnotlimited toacts
ofGod ,unavoidable accidents ,Iaws rrules ,regulations ororders ,oranynational ,state ,
governmental orlocal authority ,acts ofwarorconditions arising outoforattributable to
war,strikes ,lockouts orother disputes with workpeople ,shortages ofmaterials ,equipment
orlabour orshortages ofordelays intransportation ;theParticipant soprevented or
hindered shall give notice totheother Participants promptly after thestart and finish of
such prevention orhindrance .
10.Time Period
This Annex shall remain inforce until 30th September ,1982 ,oruntil the
completion oftheTest Programme .This Annex may continue inforce thereafter during
thelifeoftheAgreement bydecision oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity .
11.Participants inthis Task
The Contracting Parties which areParticipants inthisTask arethefollowing :
TheEuropean Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM )
[Japan ]
[Switzerland ]
[The United States Energy Research andDevelopment Administration
or
The United States Department ofEnergy ]

ANNEX C
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION ISSUING ADIRECTIVE TOTHE
COMMISSION ONPARTICIPATION BYTHE EAEC INTWO RED
AGREEMENTS INTHE FIELD OFTHERMONCULEAR FUSION
PREPARED UNDER THE AUSPICES OFTHE INTERNATIONAL
ENERGY AGENCY (OECD )
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Atomic
Energy Community (EAEC ),and inparticular the second paragraph of
Article 101thereof ,
Having regard tothedraft prepared bytheCommission ,
Whereas theInternational Energy Agency (IEA),established on
15November 1974 bydecision oftheOECD Council andforming anauto­
nomous body within that Organization ,"bydecision ofitsGoverning
•Board ,approved on -'25July 1975 "Cfuiding Principles "inthefield of
energy research anddevelopment ;
Whereas onthesame date theGoverning Board oftheIEAapproved
inparticular :
aprogramme forco-operation inthefield ofcontrolled thermo­
nuclear fusion ;
Whereas ,pursuant to -Article 4(c)oftheaformentioned "Guiding
Principles ",theEuropean Communities maytake part inanyco-operative
R&D programme orproject initiated under theauspices oftheIEA ;

Whereas ,letters were exchanged "between the EEC and
the EAEC onthe one hand and the IEA onthe other ,onthe 24June 1976
and 6July 1976respectively ,stating
-first ,that the EEC andthe EAEC intend tocooperate with the
IEA inresearch and development when such cooperation islikely to
contribute towards the attainment ofthe research and development
objectives ofthe Community inthefield ofenergy
This cooperation can "beachieved through Community participation
inthe programmes and projects ofthe IEA.Inparticular ,the Commission
ofthe European Communities shall negotiate ,onacase "bycase "basis ,
"Implementing Agreements "inaccordance with the provisions ofthe Treaties
establishing the European Communities ;
–and secondly , that the IEA notes this intention and confirms that
such participation isopen tothe European Communities ;
Whereas ,under the auspices ofthe IEA ,draft Implementing Agree­
ments for aProgramme ofResearch and Development onPlasma Wall Inter­
action inTertor and adraft Implementing Agreement for aprogramme of
research and development onsuperconducting magnets for fusion power have
"been prepared ;
Whereas ,"byCouncil ecision on25March 1976 aResearch andTraining
Programme (1976-1 980)forthe EAEC inthefield offusion and Plasma
Physic was adopted ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
ARTICLE I
The Commission shall negotiate the participation ofthe EAEC m
the Implementing Agreement for aProgramme ofResearch and Development
onT'lasma Wall Interaction inTextor and inthe task set out inthe Annex
"tothe A*'reemeni .

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ARTICLE II
The Commission shall negotiate the participation ofthe EAEC inthe
Implementing Agreement for aProgramme ofResearch and Development on
Superconducting Magnets for Fusion Power and inthe task set out inthe
Annex tothe Agreement .

ANNEX 0
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION APPROVING
1)theImplementing Agreement for aprogramme ofresearch and
development onPlasma Wall Interaction inTextor
2)theImplementing Agreement for aprogramme ofresearch and
development onsuperconducting magnets forfusion power
TheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities /
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Atomic
Energy Community /and inparticular thesecond paragraph ofArticle 101thereof ;
Having regard tothedraft prepared "bytheCommission ,
Having regard totheexchange ofletters between theCommission ofthe
European Communities andtheInternational Energy Agency (IEA )stating
theintention ofthe Euro Communities toparticipate incertain
research anddevelopment agreements prepared under theauspices ofthe
IEA;
Whereas theCommission hasnegotiated itsparticipation inaccordance
with theCouncil 'sdirectives andintends toconclude theImplementing
Agreement for aprogramme ofresearch anddevelopment onPlasma Wall
Interaction inTextor andtheImplementing Agreement for aprogramme of
research anddevelopment onsuperconducting magnets forfusion power ,which
have been prepared under theauspices oftheInternational Energy Agency ;
Whereas theconclusion ofthese twoagreements should "beapproved ,
HAS DECIDES ASFOLLOWS :

Article 1
The conclusion ofthe Implementing Agreement for aprogramme of
research anddevelopment onPlasma Wall Interaction inTextor ishereby
approved .
Article 2
The conclusion ofthe Implementing Agreement of .aprogramme research
anddevelopment onsuperconducting magnets forfusion power ishere"by
approved .

FICHE FINANCIERE
Implementing Agreement foraprogramme ofResearch and Development
onPlasma Wall Interaction inText or.
Implementing Agreement foraprogramme ofResearch and Development
onSuperconducting magnets for fusion power .
Theparticipation ofthe Community inthese Agreements does not
involve financial commitments "beyond those already approved within
existing Association Contracts .See "Fusion and Plasma Physics "
Chapter 3*20 .
Bysigning these Agreements Euratom will undertake certain tasks as
specified .