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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)519final.
Brussels.19October1977
DRAFTCOUNCILDECISION
GIVINGGUIDELINES TOTHECOMMISSION FORTHENEGOTIATION
OFASAFEGUARD AGREEMENT BETWEENTHEEAEC.FRANCEANDTHEIAEA
(Communication fromtheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(77)519final.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TOTHE COUNCIL
On16May1975 ,theFrench Delegation informed thePermanent
Representatives Committee that theFrench Government wasprepared to
commence negotiations foraverification agreement tohesigned
between Euratom ,France andtheIAEA ,following thesigning ofthe
Verification Agreement between Euratom ftheUnited Kingdom andthe
IAEA ,once Regulations No7and8oftheCommission oftheEAEC had
been amended insuchawayastopermit theIAEA/Euratom Verification
Agreement of5April 1973toenter into force *TheEuratom /UK/lAEA .
Agreement wassigned on6September 1976andthenewRegulation on
Euratom safeguards entered into force inJanuary 1977 *
TheFrench Permanent Representative 1sOffice confirmed tothe
Commission last July that theFrenoh Government agreed inprinciple
tothenegotiation ,inconjunction with Euratom ,ofanagreement with
theIAEA *Such anagreement would allow theIAEA toverify the
safeguards attached byEuratom inFrance tocertain materials which
theIAEA maydecide tosubject tosuch verification .
TheMember State inquestion specified that such anagreement should
take into account France 'sspeoial situation asamilitary nuclear
power andthat ,inparticular ,thetext should bedrafted insuch a
wayastoavoid anydirect orindirect repercussions onanymaterials
other than those which France would explicitly decide tosubject to
such safeguards •
TheCommission isoftheopinion that thesigning ofsuch averification
agreement isdesirable ,since itwill make itpossible toensure the
necessary homogeneity intheimplementation oftheCommunity *sand
Member States *external commitments inthematter ofsafeguards .It
would beappropriate forIAEA safeguards ,when applied inFrance ,to
beapplied inaccordance with procedures based onthesame principle
(verification ofEuratom safeguards bytheIAEA )which wasthebasis of
theAgreement signed on5April 1973 between Euratom ,seven Member States
andthe3EAE ,andtheAgreement signed on6September 1976 between Euratom ,
theUnited Kingdom andtheIAEA *.

Tostunup,theCommissionrequeststheCounciltotakeadecision
givingguidelinesforthenegotiationofaverification agreement
"betweenEuratom,FranoeandtheInternational AtomioEnergyAgency
Adraftdecisiontothiseffectisattachedtothiscommunication

DRAFTCOUNCILDECISIONGIVINGGUIDELINES TOTHE
COMMISSION FORTHENEGOTIATION OFASAFEGUARD AGREEMENT BETWEENTHEEAEC.
FRANCEANDTHEIAEA
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanAtomicEnergy
Community,andinparticularthesecondparagraphofArticle101thereof}
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereastheFrenchGovernmentconsidersitnecessaryinoertain
circumstances ,andwithitsagreement,thattheInternational Atomic
EnergyAgencyshouldheinapositiontoensurethatcertainsource
materialsandspecialfissilematerialslocatedinnuclearinstallations
orpartsthereofinFranceareusedexclusivelyforpeacefulmeans;
WhereastheFrenchGovernmenthasexpresseditswishforanagreementto
heconcludedforthispurposewiththeEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity,
hereinaftercalledthe"Community"andwiththeInternational Atomio
EnergyAgency,hereinaftercalledthe"Agency";
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
1*TheCommissionisherebyinstructedtonegotiatewiththeAgency,
onthe"basisofArticle2(h)ofArtiole77(b)andArticle101ofthe
EuratomTreaty,anoutlineagreementpermittingapplicationofAgency
safeguardsinFranceonsuchsourcematerialsandspecialfissile
materialsinnuclearinstallations orpartsthereofsituatedinFrance
astheFrenchGovernmentagreestosubjecttosuchsafeguards.
Theobligationsresultingfromsuchnegotiationsshallbeincorporated
inanagreementwhiohshallbegovernedbyArtiole102oftheEuratom
TreatyandtowhichtheCommunityandFranceshallbeparties,each
totheextenttowhichitisconoerned *

Thenegotiationsshallbeconducted "byadelegationcomprising
representatives oftheCommissionandFrance.
2.TheCommissionshall,toanappropriateextent,baseits
negotiations onthesafeguardsprocedureslaiddownintheAgreement
of6September1976betweentheCommunity,theUnitedKingdomand
theAgency,subjecttoanyamendmentswhichmaybenecessaryin
ordertotakeintoaccountthespecialsituationofFranceasa
nuclear-weapon Stateandasanon-signatory totheTreatyonthe
Non-Proliferation ofNuclearWeapons*
3*Theagreementshallbebasedontheprincipleofverification
bytheAgencyoftheresultsofthesystemofCommunitysafeguards,
dueaccountbeingtakenoftheefficiencyofthissystem.
4*Theagreementshallbeformulatedinsuchawaythatits
applicationwillinvolvenodirectorindirecteffect,inparticular
asregardstheexerciseofEuratomsafeguardsinFrance,onmaterials
notsubjecttoAgencysafeguards.
5.Theagreementshallnotinanywayaffeottheprovisionsofthe
EuratomTreaty.
6.Verificationshallbeorganizedinsuchawayasnottointerfere
withthefreemovementwithintheCommunityofnuclearmaterials
subjecttosafeguardsaslaiddownbytheagreement.