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COMMISSION DESCOMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES
ACCORD ENTRE LEDEPARTEMENT DEL'ENERGIE DES ETATS-UNIS ETLA
COMMISSION AUNOM DELACOMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE DEL'ENERGIE
ATOMIQUE ,ENMATIERE DERECHERCHE ETDEVELOPPEMENT DANS LE
DOMAINE DELAGARANTIE DES MATIERES FISSILES
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Communication auConseil concernant unAccord entre leDépartement
del'énergie des Etats-Unis etlaCommission aunom dela
Communauté Européenne del'Energie Atomique ,enmatière de
recherche etdéveloppement dans ledomaine delagarantie .
des matières fissiles .
1.Laquantité croissante dematières nucléaires encirculation etleur
utilisation deplus enplus fréquente sont devenues unsujet depréoc­
cupation dans lemonde ,àlafois pour lesresponsables politiques et
pour lepublic engénéral ;elles marquent toute l'importance qui
s'attache àlamise enplace d'unsystème degarantie etdecontrôle
desécurité efficace qui soit reconnu auniveau international .La
Communauté applique sonpropre système decontrôle desécurité depuis
plus de20ans ,aidée sur leplan technique par les recherches
entreprises auCentre Commun deRecherche non seulement envue d'une
-amélioration des contrôles desécurité envigueur mais aussi d'une
adaptation continue des techniques concernées à1*évolution des
exigences dans cedomaine .Dans cecadre laCommission asigné le
7mai 1981 unaccord avec l'Agence Internationale del'Energie
Atomique (AIEA )enmatière derecherche etdedéveloppement dans le
domaine des garanties etducontrôle desécurité (1).
2.En1978 ,1979 et1980 ,aucours deréunions duCCMGP "Garantie etgestion
des matières fissiles ",leCentre Commun deRecherche atenu leComité
informé dudéveloppement deses contacts techniques avec plusieurs
laboratoires duDépartement del'énergie desEtats-Unis (USDOE )menant
des activités derecherche etdéveloppement dans ledomaine enquestion .
3.Cette forme decoopération aété enparticulier discutée aucours dela
réunion duCCMGP des 14et15novembre .1978 ,enrelation avec les
activités derecherche etdéveloppement etlacoopération avec les
laboratoires deSANDIA dans ledomaine des techniques d'identification
des sceaux par ultrasons ,L'opinion .générale duComité aété qu'une telle
coopération estdésirable ,mais qu'uneattention très particulière devait
être consacrée aux principes delaréciprocité etdel'équilibre .En
outre ,quant aux sujets àinclure dans cette coopération ,leComité a
estimé que l'accent devait être placé surdes thèmes internationalement
reconnus .
4.Uneprésentation plus détaillée des contacts avec ces laboratoires aété
faite aucours delaréunion duCCMGP des 11et12octobre 1979 .Acette
occasion leComité aexprimé unaccord général quant àlafaçon dont ces
contacts ont été développés .
5.Suite àsaréunion des 27et28janvier 1981 leCCMGP aémis unavis
favorable pour donner uncadre formel àces contacts dans unaccord avec
leUSDOE (2).LeCCMGP anoté enparticulier qu'unebase technique
valable existait pour laconclusion d'unaccord decollaboration ,que
l'accord réglerait lesmodalités del'échange des informations etla
protection des brevets avec les laboratoires américains etleUSDOE ,
etque lacoopération envisagée serait dans lecadre dubudget existant
etneprovoquerait aucune réduction dans lacoopération duCCR ausein de
laCommunauté niaffecterait les intérêts des Etats membres dans le
domaine des travaux concernés .
(1)Document duConseil 4968 /81 (ATO 17)du3février 1981
(2)Document duConseil 7-967 /81 (ATO 54)du3juillet 1981

6.Etant donné ledéveloppement ultérieur des contacts delaCommission ,
.etcompte tenu des opinions exprimées par leCCMGP etnotamment ses
recommandations formulées précédemment quant àl'équilibre del'échange
deconnaissances entre laCommission etl'USDOE ,leGroupe desQuestions
Atomiques duConseil aété informé le12mai 1981 duprogrès des
discussions delaCommission pour untel accord avec l'USDOE .(1).
7.LaCommission informe maintenant leConseil deson intention de
conclure unaccord avec leUSDOE ,conformément àlaprocédure
prévue par l'article 101 .(3.)duTraité instituant l'EURATOM .
Leprojet d'Accord etsesannexes sont joints àlaprésente
communication .
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(1)Document duConseil 7019/81 ,(ATO45)^u15ma^-1981

.i<(f]10f>c
Agreement Between the • - .
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFENERGY
and the
EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY .
Represented bythe
COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;
inthe field of
NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFEGUARDS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
TheUnited States Department ofEnergy (DOE )and theEuropean
Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM )represented bytheCommission
oftheEuropean Communities (CEC),hereinafter called theParties :
sharing adesire tocooperate with each other onresearch ,development
testing andevaluation inorder toimprove safeguards onnuclear
material ,-including nuclear material accounting andcontrol measures ;
hereby agree asfollows fV
Article I . v
The areas -ofcooperation mnuclear material safeguards research
anddevelopment may include :
- - \ .
1.Development ,exchange and testing ofdestructive .and non-'
destructive assay methods and instrumentation ;exchanges of
information onperformance , ■
2.Preparation andcertification ofreference materials for
destructive andnon-destructive assay offissile materials
andrefinement ofreference techniques for chemical analyses .
3.Development ,,exchange andtesting ofcontainment andsurveillance
methods andequipmenr ;exchanges ofinformation onperformance .
4.Test ofmathematical methods for .nuclear materials accounting .
data evaluation . ~
5.Exchanges ofinformation ,equipment andstaff .
Other areas ofcooperation may beadded bymutual agreement .

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Article II
1.Joint research anddevelopment projects ,and specific tasks
tobeundertaken intheareas ofcooperation stated in
Article Ishall beset forth inwritten annexes tothis
Agreement asmutually -agreed onacase-by-case basis .
2.Each Party may loan equipment totheother Party ,for such
purposes under this Agreement asmaybemutually agreeable
tothe Parties .
3.Information may beexchanged between theParties intheform
oftechnical reports ,correspondence ,byjoint meetings of
experts ,visits ,orinanyother form asmaybemutually
agreeable totheParties .
4.Staff may beexchanged ,subject totheprovisions ofArticle
VIofthis Agreement ,asmay bemutually agreeable tothe
Parties .
Article III
1.Tosupervise theexecution ofthis Agreement ,theParties shall
each name one individual toact asCoordinator .The Coordinators
shall meet toevaluate the status ofcooperation under this
Agreement atspecific times andplaces tobemutually agreed
upon ,with themeetings held alternately intheEuropean
Communities and intheUnited States .These evaluations shall ,
include :comprehensive review ofeach Party 'snuclear material
safeguards research anddevelopment program ,status ,andplans ;
assessment ofthebalance ofexchanges under this Agreement ;
andconsideration c£measures toensure abalanced exchange in
thedesign ofcooperation under this Agreement .
2.Day-to-dayjnanagemen -;ofthecooperation under this Agreement
shall becarried outbyManagers designated bytheCoordinators .
TheManagers shall agree onspecific cooperative activities in
their respective areas inaccordance with Articles Iand IIof
this Agreement andwithin policy guidelines setbytheCoordinators .

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TheManagers shall beresponsible for theworking contacts
between theParties intheir respective areas ofcooperation .
Article IV -
General
A. Each Party may make available totheother information -•*
inspecified areas ofthefield ofnuclear material
safeguards which they have theright todisclose ,either
intheir possession oravailable tothem .
B.Both Parties agree that information exchanged under this
4Agreement maybegiven wide distribution ,-subject tothe
need toprotect proprietary information exchanged hereunder .
.asprovided inthis Article and theneed toprotect patent
,rights asprovided inArticle VI. .'
Use ofProprietary Information
A. Definitions -
(i)Theterm "information "means scientific ortechnical
data ,results ormethods ofresearch anddevelopment ,
and any other information intended tobeprovided or
exchanged under this Agreement . . .
(ii)The term "proprietary information "means information
which contains trade secrets orcommercial orfinancial
information which ispriviledged orconfidential ,and -
mayonly ,include such information which :
a)hasbeen .held inconfidence bytheowner ; .
b)is.cf atype which iscustomarily held in
confidence byitsowner ;
c)hasnotbeen transmitted bythetransmitting
Part}'' toother entities (including thereceiving
.vParry )except onthebasis that itbeheld -in
confidence ;and /
d)isnototherwise available tothereceiving Party
from another 'source without restriction onits
further dissemination . • • •.

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B.Procedures
(i)AParty receiving information pursuant tothis •
Agreement shall respect theprivileged nature
thereof .Anydocument which contains proprietary
information shall beclearly marked with the
following (orsubstantially similar )restrictive
legend :
"This document contains proprietary information
furnished inconfidence under anAgreement
dated between theUnited States
Department ofEnergy and the European Atomic
Energy Community ,and shall not bedisseminated •
outside these organizations ,their contractors ,
and theconcerned departments andagencies of
the Governments ofthe United States and ofthe
Member States oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Agency
community ,without the prior approval of
.This notice shall bemarked onany
reproduction hereof ,inwhole orinpart .These
limitations shall atitoma tically terminate when this
information isdisclosed bythe owner without
restriction ."
(ii)Proprietary information received inconfidence under
this Agreement may bedisseminated bythereceiving
Party to :
a)persons within oremployed bythereceiving Party
andconcerned departments andagencies ofthe
receiving Party that areengaged insafeguards
work relating tothe .subject matter ofthe
proprietary information ;
b)prime orsubcontractors ofthereceiving Party
located v'ithin thegeographic limits ofthe
receiving Party foruseonly within the -framework
oftheir contracts with thereceiving Party inwork
relating tothesubject matter oftheproprietary
information ;provided that anyproprietary
information sodisseminated shall bedisseminated
pursuant toanagreement ofconfidentiality and
shall bemarked with arestrictive legend substantially

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, identical tothat appearing insubparagraph 2B(i )
above .Equipment ormaterials loaned under this
Agreement may embody some proprietary information
discernible byaknowledgeable person andsuch loans
shall betreated asdissemination ofproprietary
information provided that prior written notification
ofthis fact ismade tothereceiving Party .
(iii)With theprior written consent oftheParty providing
proprietary information under this Agreement ,the
receiving Party maydisseminate such proprietary
information more widely than otherwise permitted in
theforegoing section ii.TheParties shall cooperate
with each other indeveloping procedures forrequesting
andobtaining prior written consent forsuch w^der
dissemination ,andeach Party shall grant such approval .
totheextent permitted byitsownpolicies ,regulations
and laws asthecase may be.
C. Each Party -shall exercise its -best efforts toensure that
proprietary information received byitunder this Agreement
iscontrolled asprovided herein.' -Ifone oftheParties
becomes aware that itwill be,-ormayreasonably beexpected .
tobecome ,unable tomeet thenon-dissemination provisions
ofthis paragraph ,itshall immediately inform theother '
Party .The Parties shall thereafter consult todefine an
appropriate course ofaction . .
D.Information arising from seminars andother meetings arranged
Sunder this Agreement andinformation arising from theattachment -
ofstaff ,use offacilities and joint projects shall betreated
bytheParties according totheprinciples specified inthis
article ;provided however that noinformation orally communicated
shall besubject tothelimited disclosure requirements ofthis
Agreement unless theindividual communicating theinformation
places .therecipient onnotice astotheproprietary character
ofthe information communicated and forthwith confirms the
notice Anwriting .

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E.Nothing contained inthis Agreement shall preclude the
use ordissemination ofinformation received byaParty
through arrangements other than those provided forunder
this Agreement .
Article V
Information transmitted byone Party totheother Party under
this Agreement shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge and
belief oftheTransmitting Party ,but theTransmitting Party
does notwarrant the suitability oftheinformation transmitted
forany particular use orapplication bytheReceiving Party or
byany third Party .Information developed jointly bytheParties
shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge andbelief ofboth Parties .
Neither Party warrants theaccuracy ofthejointly developed
information orits suitability .for any particular use or
application byeither Party .orbyany third Party .
Article VI
1.With respect toanyinvention ordiscovery made orconceived
inthecourse oforunder this Agreement :
A.Ifmade orconceived bypersonnel ofoneParty (the
Assigning Party oritscontractors )while assigned to
another Party .(Recipient Party oritscontractors )in
connection with exchanges ofscientists ,engineers and
other specialists ,theRecipient Party will acquire all
i rights ,title andinterest inandtoanysuch invention
ordiscovery inallcountries ,subject toanon-exclusive ,
irrevocable ,royalty-free license inallsuch countries
totheAssigning -Party ,with theright oftheAssigning
Party togrant sublicenses under such invention or
discovery andanypatent application ,patent orother
protection relating thereto .

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B. Ifmade orconceived byaParty orits contractors as
adirect result ofemploying information which hasbeen
communicated toitunder this Agreement byanother Party
or'itscontractors orcommunicated during seminars or
other joint meetings ,theParty making theinvention will
acquire allrights ,title andinterest inand tosuch
inventions ordiscovery inallcountries ,subject toa
grant totheother Party ,ofaroyalty-free ,non-exclusive ,
irrevocable license ,with theright oftheother Party to
grant sublicenses inand toany such invention ordiscovery
and any patent orother protection relating thereto ,in
all countries .
C.With regard toexchange ofsamples ,materials ,instruments -
andcomponents for joint testing ,the .Recipient Party and
theAssigning Party will have thesame rights assetforth .
in .paragraph 1A. , .\
D.Vith regard tospecific forms ofcooperation other than the
'forms provided for insubparagraphs A,Band Cabove ,the
Parties will provide for appropriate distribution ofrights
toinventions ordiscoveries resulting from such cooperation
inanother *Agreement orinanannex tothis Agreement in
accordance with paraaraph 1ofArticle IIofthis Agreement .
Each Party will ,without prejudice toanyrights ofinventors
under itsnational laws ,take allnecessary steps toprovide
thecooperation fron itsinventors required tocarry outthe .
provisions ofthis Article .Neither oftheParties will
assume theresponsibility topayawards orcompensation
required tobepaid tonationals oftheother Party according
tolaw 'softhecountry ofthat other Party .

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Article VII
1.Whenever anexchange ofstaff iscontemplated under this ;
Agreement ,each Party shall ensure that qualified staff
are selected for attachment totheother Party .
2.Each Party shall beresponsible for thesalaries ,insurance ,
■and allowance tobepaid its staff while attached tothe
other Party unless otherwise agreed .
3.Each Party shall pay for thetravel andliving expenses of
its staff while attached totheother Party unless otherwise
agreed .
4.Thehost establishment shall use itsbest efforts toarrange
forcomparable accommodation for theother Party 'sstaff and
•their families onamutually agreeable reciprocal basis .
5.Each Party shall provide allnecessary assistance tothe
attached staff (andtheir families )oftheother Party as
regards administrative formalities (travel arrangements ,etc.).
6.The staff ofeach Party shall conform tothe general rules of
work andsafety regulations inforce atthehost establishment .
Article VIII
1.Information which isclassified byeither Party fornational
security reasons ,including Restricted Data orFormerly
Restricted Data ,shall not beexchanged hereunder .
2.Information cnsensitive nuclear technology shall not be
exchanged hereunder .

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• „ Article IX
1.Bymutual agreement ,the Parties may transfer equipment
tobeutilized under theAgreement .Insuch cases ,the
sending Party shall supply ,assoon aspossible ,adetailed
list oftheequipment tobeprovided together with the
.relevant specifications and appropriate technical and
informational documentation relating touse ,maintenance
andrepair oftheequipment .' • -
2.Equipment andnecessary spare parts supplied bythesending
Party foruse injoint activities shall remain itsproperty
and shall bereturned tothesending Party upon completion
of ,the joint activity ,unless otherwise agreed .-
3.Theabove-mentioned equipment Shall bebrought into operation
atareceiving establishment after mutual agreement between
theCoordinators ,Managers ,ortheir senior representatives
atthe interested establishments ofthe Parties .
4.Thereceiving establishment shall provide thenecessary
■premises for theequipment ,shall provide forutilities
such aselectric power ,water and gas ,andnormally shall
provide materials tobetested ,inaccordance with technical
requirements which shall bemutually agreed upon .
5.Theresponsibility andexpenses foreach transport ofequipment
and materials between the United States ofAmerica and the
European 'Atomic Energy Community byplane orship toa ■
mutually agreed destination ,including responsibility for
itssafekeeping andinsurance enroute shall rest with the
shipper until thereceiver orhis agent takes custody ofthe
shipment . 1 -
6.Theequipment provided bytheSending Party forcarrying out
activities under this Agreement shall beconsidered tobe
scientific andashaving' anon-commercial character ,for
'thepurposes ofdesignation andimport /export declarations .'
7.TheReceiving Party shall ensure duty-free entry into its
territory ofanyequipment provided pursuant to -this Agreement .

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Article X
Cooperation under this Agreement shall beinaccordance with
the laws andregulations ortherespective Farties .All
questions relating totheAgreement arising during itsterm
shall besettled bytheParties bymutual agreement .\
,Article XI
Except when otherwise specifically agreed ,all costs resulting
from cooperation under this Agreement shall beborne bythe
Party that incurs them .Itisunderstood that the ability of
theParties tocarry out their obligations shall besubject to
theappropriation offunds bytheappropriate governmental
authority ,-where necessary ,and tothe .constitution ,laws ,and
regulations applicable totheParties .
Article XII
1.Allquestions ordisputes related toorarising under this •
Agreement ofactivities ,carried outhereunder should be
settled bymutual agreement ofthe Parties .
2.Compensation fordamages arising from activities under this
Agreement snail beinaccordance with trieapplicable
laws ofthe Parties .
Article XIII
This Agreement shall remain ineffect forfive (5)years
after itseffective date unless terminated atthediscre­
tion ofeither Party ,-upon three (30months advance notifi­
cation inwriting ,andmaybeextended oramended bymutual
consent .

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Donemduplicateat ;this -dayof,1981
DEPARTMENT OFENERGYOF
THEUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICAEUROPEANATOMICENERGYCOMMUNITY ,
REPRESENTED BYTHECOMMISSION OF
THEEUROPEAN -COMMUNITIES

AnnexI
JointResearchandDevelopment Tasks
AreaIDevelopment ,exchangeandtestingonnon-destructive
assayinstrumentation andexchanciesofinformation '
•onperformance .
1.FieldexperiencewiththeHigh-LevelNeutron .s
Coincidence Counterinthefield.
v.2.■Non-destructive assayofirradiatedfuelmaterials.
3.Measurement ofPuisotopicratiosbygamma-ray
spectrometry .
4.Comparisonofactiveassaysystemsforhighly
"enricheduraniumassay(Sb-Be,ActiveWellCounter,
RandomDriver).
5.Exchangeofinformation andcoordination inthe
construction ofNDAdataevaluationmicroprocessors
andsoftware.
6.Evaluation ,oftheuseandfieldtestofabulkand
smallsafnplecalorimeter forthemeasurement ofPu
materialforsafeguardspurposes.
AreaIIPreparation anicertification ofreferencematerialsfor
.destructive anir.on-destructive assayoffissilematerials
andrefinement ofreferencetechniquesforchemicalanalyses.
1.Refinementofnuclearreferencetechniquesforthe-
assayofundiluted ,inputsofreprocessing plants.
2.Establishment ofreference .materialsfornon­
destructive assay. ;
3.jointcertification ofreferenceandtestmaterials
fortheUSA-SALEprogram.

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Area III Development ,exchange and test ofcontainment and
surveillance equipment andexchange ofinformation
onperformances .
1.Exchange ofinformation onvtheprinciple ofthe
ultrasonic signature .
2.Vulnerability tests onseals (general purpose ,
CANDU type andothers ).•
3.Development 'ofcap seals for LUR fuels and in
field tests .
4.Development ofgeneral purpose ,seals .
5..Harmonization ofread-out equipment forultra­
sonic identification .^ •' ,
6.In-field reidentif ication ofrivet seals .
7.Test ofTVcameras and in-field test .
Area IV Test ofmathematical methods for nuclear materials
accounting d?.ta evaluation . .
•1.Joint study of.decision analysis techniques .-
2.Exchange ofexperience oncontrolling measurement
uncertainties inselected measurement systems .
.. 3. •*Development ofmodeling andsimulation techniques
forimproved materials accounting .