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AGENCE INTERNATIONALE DEL'ENERGIE
ACCORD DEMISE EN OEUVRE D'UN PROGRAMME
DE RECHERCHE ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DANS LE DOMAINE
DES ECONOMIES D'ENERGIE REALISABLES PAR LE
STOCKAGE DEL'ENERGIE
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vuaccord &ïiT.cs lïiCc-ifi?!Tur.£,u.t é©"..rope^nne ds atcanque (Eu:?a~j o.co,/©c
laCotmiaiatit ëéconomique eruiopéen:!® ,d'un®part ?©"CI*Avance ir.tem^tionals
de1»énergie (AIE),d*autre psa-t,relatif àlacoopération dans ledomaine
cl?larecherche etdudéveloppement enmatière dsénergie *
Auxterœys decet échange d®lettres ,les Coracim*.utés européennes
indiquent l<?ur intention denégocier ,caspar cas »laur participation aux
•'accords demise enoeuvre "("Impl eraent ingJ^rsementr ")conclus ouà
conduire bousl'égide del'Agença atquiseraient denature àcontri1.ro.er
à.laréalisation desobjectifs d©recherche etdedéveloppassent des
Cosftaun&utés européenn'Ss® Peur part.l'AÎSapris note decette intention
©t&confirmé <ru®unetell® participation était ouverte àlaCommunauté
européennee
Eiapplication decet accord ,ont été conclus s
-un"accord demisa enoeuvre "clel'échange d'informations techniques dans
ledomaine d®larecherche stdu .développement purlasécurité des
réacteurs ;
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développement pour laconstruction &®una source intense deneutron® }
-un"accord demise enoeuvre "d'uaprogr&mas© visant adévelopper etâ
tester les çfatèœes d»chaaiffags etdsrefroidissement solaires ?
-un"accord dendaa enoeavr® "dsunprograszœ.® derecherche etde
développement pour laproduction .dï.bydrogèn »$.partir delseau ?
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d$velcpp®:s«at butlesinteractions plssm -parois dans Textorj
-un"accord demisa enoawro "d'unprcgsmîraç d®recherche etds
développement eur l®s "bobinage sv.praconduct earspoux lafusion »
2® LeConseil trodera <eaannsrs I<2toxt® d8u'anorr^i accord derai.sa
enoeuvre quel9J?Xi2asousb&s à-X*.Goic.®?)&sr.u.té pour eignaturo »Ils'agit
dâl'accord suivaat s
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dsna ledomain® das économies d'ênergi® réali sables par stockage del'énergie (annexe A)c
Cetaccord d®mise enoeuvre constitue unaccord général fixant Isa
réglera d'exécution ds© tHohea ds B.et»décrites ?r*annexe dudit accord *
Î1e£précisé à1*artici® 2a)qu«a,n ®ear-®nt d®laaJ•lature deunaccord
deTisa enoeuvre ^chaque partie contractante doit :\finser sonintention
departiciper auxt/âohes proposées dans cetaccord# laCoBuosisBion propose
quelaCommax&é p&artloip® àlatâoh® 1duAit ©«oord ,cfd co:.io«ra »des
qrstèœsa dairtookaga d«X-foergi® àgrand® êohsll® .
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3. LaCommission considère que laparticipation delaCommunauté
économique européenne àcetaccord demise enoeuvre sejustifie parles
raisons suivantes :
Dans lecadre duprogramme communautaire de RSDsurl'économie
del'énergie uneimportante étude deconception portant sur unsystème de
stockage delachaleur àgrande échelle (aquifère )estencours .Dans le
projet AIErelatif auxéconomies d'énergie réalisables grâce àdessystèmes
destockage de,chaleur àgrande échelle ,ilestproposé d'entreprendre des
études deconception dedifférents systèmes etdeprocéder àunsévaluation
cofnparati ve.
Detelles études sont parti culièremsnt intéressantes pour laCorrmis -
sion,étant donné qu'elles complètent sonprogramme deRSD,assez limité
puisqu' ilneporte que sur unseul aquifère etactuellement réalisé enexé­
cution d'un "contrat confié par laCommission .Une grande partie des con­
naissances nécessaires peur •leprojet AIEproviendra deSuède etdeSuisse ,
pays tous deux très avancés dans cedomaine »Parailleurs ,encequi conceî
nelestockage delachaleur résiduelle dans l'industrie del'aluminium ,la
contribution américaine sera parti culierement intéressante ,vulestravaux
similaires' effectués enexécution -duprogramme communautaire de RSDrela­tif àl'énergie .Lesrésultats des recherches decespays seront communiqués
aux autres pays participant auprojet etlaCommunauté ,entant queparti­
cipant ,pourra acquérir uneexpérience complémentaire considérable enmatière
derecherche ,expérience qui contribuera àlaréalisation desespropres
objectifs dans ledomaine delarecherche surl'économie del'énergie .
4. Encequi concerne ladiffusion des connaissances etlàpropriété
intellectuelle ,aucun problème nesepose puisqu 5aucun échange delicences
n'est envisagé dans l5annexe Ide l® .Accord .
Cependant ,étant donné que lacontribution delaCommission auprojet
consistera dans letravail effectué sous contrat entrant dans leprogramme
delaCcffimi ssiort .Ilsera nécessaire d'obtenir l'accord ducontractant pour
toutes obligations découlant delatâche accomplie .Lecontractant adonné
son accord deprincipe pour laparticipation delaCommission etpou »*la
communication àd'autres parti cipants des connaissances résultant decetra­
vail .Parailleurs ,laCommission entend etposa comme condition àsaparti­
cipation que les eonnai ssances acquises soient -nises àladisposition detous
les Etats membres delaCommunauté européenne .
5. Les implications financières delaparti cipation sont fixées dans
l'accord demise enoeuvre .
Lacontribution dechaque participant consiste enune tâche dont le
coût lui incombe .LaCommission propose àtitre decontribution defournir
lespoints pertinents d'uneétude encours d'exécution envertu dececontrat
dans lecadre duprogramme de R&Ddans ledomaine del'économie del'énergie .
Lecoût total decette étude est de1*199.967 DM <467.000 UC£),dont 50 %
seront financés par laCommission .Comme Uadéjà été signalé ,l'approba­
tion des contractants aété obtenue .
6. LaCommission estime quepour Ustockage del'énergie ,lepouvoir
denégocier etdeconclure unaccord demiss enoeuvre luirevient envertu
del'article 211dutraité CEE.Cependant /comme ilsétédéjà mentionné
dans lesconclusions del'accord demise enoeuvre relatif àunprogramme ,

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refroidissement polaires (l),la .Coffimisfi.cn aannoncé qupàl'avenir ,
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informerait leConseil dasonIntention designer l'accord sttiendrait
compte detous les commentaires que 1.8Conseil pourrait avoir àformuler »
7» £hconclusion ,laCornai ssioninforme leConseil desonintention &s
signer lpaccord demisa enoeuvra d*tsa programme dereoharohe etd©
développement dans ledomain® des économies énergie réalisables par
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INTERNÂT ÏONAL ENERGY AGENCY
IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
FOR APROGRAMME OF RESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ON ENERGY
CONSERV ATION THROUGH ENERGY STORAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREAMBLE 5
 
ARTICLE 1
OBJECTIVES , 6
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ARTICLE 2
IDENTIFICATION AND INITIATION OFTASKS . 6
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ARTICLE 3
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 7
ARTICLE 4
THE OPERATING AGENTS ..9
Article 5
ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF
Article 6
FINANCE

Article 7
r,- 13INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROIMRTY
I Article 8
LEN.M. RI-.SPONSIKM IVY AN"}
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L-GISI ATIVE PROVISIONS
Article 10
A?>MISSICN ANDWITHDRAWAL OFCONTRACTJNG PARTIES 15
ARTICLE !I
FINAL PROVISIONS ^
ANNEX I
LARGE SCAI.E THF.RMAI .STORAGE SYSTEMS 19
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INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
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IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT
FOR APROGRAMME OFRESEARCH
AND DEVELOPMENT ONENERGY
CONSERV ATION THROUGH ENERGY STORAGE
»j;-'Contracting Parties
CONSIDERING that theContracting Parties ,being either governments orinter­
national organizations orparties designated bytheir respective governments pursuant to
Article IIIoftheGuiding Principles forCo-operation intheField ofEnergy Research and
.hevelopmcnt adopted bytheGoverning Board oftheInternational Energy Agency (the
"Agency ")on28th July ,1975 ,wish totake part intheestablishment andoperation ofa
Programme ofResearch andDevelopment onEnergy Conservation through Energy Storage
(the"Programme ")asprovided inthisAgreement ;
CONSIDERING thattheContracting Parties which aregovernments andthegovern­
ments oftheother Contracting Parties (referred tocollectively asthe"Governments ")
participate intheAgency andhave agreed inArticle 41oftheAgreement onanInternationa !
Lncrgy Program (the"I.E.P.Agreement ")toundertake national programmes intheareas
"jt •inArticle 42oftheI.E.P.Agreement ,including research anddevelopment on
energy conservation inwhich field theProgramme willbecarried out:
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1O-70 considering thatintheGoverning Board oftheAgency on22nd September ,
19/8theGovernments approved theProgramme asaspeciaf activity under Article 65ofthel.E.P. Agreement ;
CONSIDERING thattheAgency hasrecognized theestablishment oftheProgramme
asanimportant component ofinternational co-operation inthefieldofenergy conservation ;

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Article 1
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OBJECTIVES
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(") Scope ofActivity .The Programme tobecarried outbytheContracting
Parties within theframework ofthisAgreement shall consist ofco-operative research ,devel­
opment ,demonstrations and exchanges ofinformation regarding energy conservation
through energy storage .
(b) Method ofImplementation .The Contracting Parties shall implement the
Programme byundertaking one ormore tasks (the"Task "or"Tasks ")each ofwhich will
heopen toparticipation bytwoormore Contracting Parties asprovided inArticle 2hereof .
7heContracting 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 of
anappropriate sharing ofburdens and benefits ,toencourage co-operation among Parti­
cipants engaged inthevarious Tasks with theobjective ofadvancing theresearch and
development activities ofallContracting Parties inthefield ofenergy conservation through
energy storage .
Article 2
IDENTIFICATION AND INITIATION OF TASKS
(a) Identification .The Tasks undertaken byParticipants areidentified inthe
Annexes tothis Agreement .Atthetime ofsigning this Agreement ,each Contracting
Party shall confirm itsintention toparticipate inoneormore Tasks bygiving theExecutive
Director oftheAgency aNotice ofParticipation intherelevant Annex orAnnexes and
the'Operating Agent foreach Task shall give theExecutive Director oftheAgency a
Notice ofAcceptance oftheTask Annex .Thereafter ,each Task shall becarried outin
accordance with theprocedures setforth inArticles 2to 11hereof ,unless otherwise
specifically provided intheapplicable Annex .
(by Initiation ofAdditional Tasks .Additional Tasks may beinitiated byany
Contracting Party according tothefollowing procedure :.
(1)AContracting Party wishing toinitiate anew Task shall present toone
• ormore Contracting Parties forapproval adraft Annex ,similar inform
totheAnnexes attached hereto ,containing adescription ofthescope of
, work andconditions oftheTask proposed tobeperformed ;

(2)Whenever twoormore Contracting Parties agree toundertake anew
Task ,they shall submit thedraft Annex forapproval bytheExecutive
Committee pursuant toArticle 3(e)(2)hereof ;theapproved draft Annex
'V shall become part of.this Agreement ;Notice oiParticipation inthe
r . Task byContracting Parties and acceptance byiheOperating Agent
shall becommunicated totheExecutive Director inthemanner provided
inparagraph (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 notaffect the
rights orobligations ofother Contracting Parties . . , , ;■
Article 3 " V
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(a) Supervisory Control .Control oftheProgramme shall bevested inthe
Executive Committee constituted under this Article .
(b) Membership .The Executive Committee shall consist ofone member
designated byeach Contracting Party ;each Contracting Party shall also designate an
alternate member toserve ontheExecutive Committee intheevent that itsdesignated
member isunable todoso. x
(c) Responsibilities .The Executive Committee shall :
;(1)Adopt foreach year ,acting byunanimity ,theProgramme ofWork ,and
'Budget ifforeseen ,foreach Task ,together with anindicative Programme
ofWork andBudget forthefollowing twoyears ;theExecutive Com­
mittee may ,asrequired ,make adjustments within theframework ofthe
Programme ofWork andBudget ;
(2)Make such rules andregulations asmay berequired forthesound
management oftheTasks ,including financial rules a~provided in
Article 6hereof ; / >
(3)Carry outtheother functions conferred v-y;.<ItbythisAgreement and
theAnnexes hereto ;and
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(4)Consider anymatters submitted toitbyanyoftheOperating Agents
orbyanyContracting Party .
(d) Procedure .TheExecutive Committee .shall carry outitsresponsibilities in
accordance With thefollowing procedures ; '

(1)TheExecutive "Committee shall each year elect aChan manandone
ormore Vice-Chairmen ;
(2)'.The Executive Committee may establish such subsidiary bociies and
rules ofprocedure asarerequired foritsproper functioning .Arepre­
sentative oftheAgency andarepresentative ofeach Operating Agent
(initscapacity assuch)mayattend meetings oftheExecutive v.-oin-
mittee anditssubsidiary bodies inanadvisory capacity ;
(3)TheExecutive Committee shall meet inregular session twice -eachyear ;
aspecial meeting shall beconvened upon theresquest ofanyCcr.tr act­
ingParty which candemonstrate theneed therefor ;
(4)Meetings oftheExecutive Committee shall beheldatsuch time and
insuch office oroffices asmay bedesignated bytheCommittee ;
(5)Atleast twenty-eight days before each meeting oftheExecutive Corv
mittcc ,notice ofthetime,place andpurpose ofthemeeting shall oe
given toeach Contracting Party andtoother persons orentities entitled
toattend themeeting ;notice need notbegiven toanyperson orentity
otherwise entitled thereto ifnotice iswaived before orafter themeeting ,
(6)Thequorum forthetransaction ofbusiness inmeetings oftheExecutive
Committee shall beone-half ofthemembers plus one (lessanyresulting
fraction )provided that anyaction relating toaparticular Task snail
require aquorum asaforesaid ofmembers oralternate members design­
ated bytheParticipants inthatTask . .
(e) V oting .
(1)When theExecutive Committee adopts adecision orrecommendation for
orconcerning aparticular Task ,theExecutive Committee shall act:
- (i)When unanimity isrequired under thisAgreement :byagreement
ofthose members oralternate members which were designated by
theParticipants inthatTask andwhich arepresent andvoting ;
(it)When noexpress voting provision ismade inthisAgreement :by
.t ) majority voteofthose members oralternate members which were
'designated bytheParticipants inthatTask andwhich arepresent
and voting . .
(2)Inallother cases inwhich this Agreement expressly requires the
Executive Committee toactbyunanimity ,thisshall require theagree­
ment ofeach member oralternate member present and voting ,arid in
respect ofallother decisions andrecommendations forwhich noexpress
voting provision ismade inthisAgreement ,theExecutive Committee
shall actbyamajority vote ofthemembers oralternate members
present and voting .Ifagovernment hasdesignated more than one
.Contracting Party tothis Agreement ,those Contracting Partitsmay
cast only onevote under thisparagraph .

(3)The decisions andrecommendations referred toinsub-paragraphs (1)
and (2)above may ,with theagreement ofeach member oralternate
member entitled toactthereon ,bemade bymail ,telex orcable without
thenecessity forcalling ameeting .Such action shall betaken by
unanimity ormajority ofsuch members asinameeting .The Chairman
oftheExecutive Committee shall ensure that allmembers areinformed
ofeach decision orrecommendation made pursuant to ,this sub­
paragraph .
(f) Reports .The Executive Committee shall ,atleast annually ,provide the
Agency with periodic reports ontheprogress oftheProgramme . ^
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'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 ,the
legal 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) Reimbursement ,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 .
V .
(d) Replacement .Should theExecutive Committee wish toreplace anOperating
'Agent with another government c»entity ,theExecutive Committe may ,acting byunanimity
andwith theconsent ofsuch government orentity ,replace theinitial Operating Agent .
References inthisAgreement tothe"Operating Agent "sh_a nclude anygovernment or
entity appointed to.replace theoriginal Operating Agent uncLr thisparagraph .
(e) Resignation .AnOperating Agent shall have theright toresign atanytime ,,
bygiving sixmonths written notice tothateffect totheExecutive Committee ,provided that :
(1)AParticipant ,orentity designated byaParticipant ,isatsuch time

x willing toassume theduties andobligations oftheOperating Agent and
sonotifies theExecutive Committee andtheother Participants tothat
effect ,inwriting ,notlessthan three months inadvance oftheeffective
date ofsuch resignation ;and '
(2)Such Participant orentity isapproved bytheExecutive Committee ,
acting byunanimity .
I
(f)' Accounting .AnOperating Agent which isreplaced orwhich resjgns as
Operating Agent sh^ii provide theExecutive Committee withanaccounting ofanymonies
andother assets which itmay have collected oracquired fortheTask inthecourse of
carrying outitsresponsibilities asOperating Agent .
(g) Transfer ofRights , -intheevent thatanother Operating Agent isappointed
under paragraph (d)or(e)above ,theOperating Agent shall transfer tosuch replacement
Operating Agent anyproperty rights which itmayholdonbehalf ofthe1ask.
(h) Information and Reports .Each Operating Agent shall furnish ,tothe
Executive Committee 'such information concerning theTask astheCommittee mnfrequest
andshall each yearsubmit ,notlater than twomonths after theendofthefinancial year,
areport onthestatus oftheTask .
V Article 5
ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF
(a) Administration ofTasks .Each Operating Agent shall beresponsible totheExecutive Committee forimplementing itsdesignated Task inaccordance with this
Agreement ,theapplicable Task Annex ,andthedecisions oftheExecutive Committee .
(I,) Staff .Itshall petheresponsibility oftheOperating Agent toretain such
staffasmayberequired tocarry outitsdesignated iaskinaccordance witnrulesdetermined
bytheExecutive Committee .TheOperating Agent may also,asrequired ,utilize the
services ofpersonnel employed byother Participants (ororganizations orother entities
designated byContracting Parties )andmade available totheOperating Agent bysecond­ment orotherwise .Such personnel shall beremunerated bytheir respective employers
andshall except asprovided inthisArticle ,besubject totheir employers' conditions of
service .'The Contracting Parties shall beentitled toclaim theappropriate costofsuch
remuneration ortoreceive anappropriate credit forsuch cost aspart oftheBudget
oftheTask ,inaccordance with Article 6(f)(6)hereof .
Article 6
■' ■■1 'finance 1
(Yjj individual Obligations .Each Contracting Party shallbearthecosts itincurs
incarrying outthisAgreement ,including thecosts offormulating ortransmitting reports

and ofreimbursing itsemployees fortravel and other per diem expenses incurred m
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 ofa
particular .Task shall agree intheappropriate Task Annex todoso.The apportionment of
contributions tosuch costs (whether intheform ofcash ,services rendered ,intellectual
property orthesupply ofmaterials )andtheuseofsuch contributions «^hallbegoverned by.
theregulations and decisions made pursuant tothisArticle bytheExecutive Committee .
(c) Financial Rules ,Expenditure .The Executive Committee ,acting byunanim­
ity,may make such regulations asarerequired forthesound financial management of
each Task including ,where necessary : >
(!) Establishment ofbudgetary andprocurement procedures tobeused by
'•' theOperating Agent inmaking payments from anycommon funds which
may bemaintained byParticipants fortheaccount oftheTask orin
making 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
andadministrative expenses previously approved bytheExecutive Com­
mittee inthebudget process .
Intheexpenditure ofcommon funds ,theOperating Agent shall take into account the
necessity ofensuring afairdistribution ofsuch expenditure intheParticipants' countries ,
where thisisfully compatible with themost efficient technical andfinancial management
ofthe Task .
(d) Crediting ofIncome toBudget .,Any income which accrues from aTask -
shall becredited totheBudget ofthatTask . "'_ •>
Ae) Accounting .Thesystem ofaccounts employed bytheOperating Agent shall
beinaccordance with accounting principles generally accepted inthecountry ofthe
Operating Agent andconsistently applied .
(f) Programme ofWork andBudget ,Keeping ofAccounts .Should Participants
agree tomaintain common funds forthepayment ofobligations under aProgramme of
Work andBudget oftheTask ,thefollowing provisions shall beapplicable unless ,the-
Executive Committee ,actmg byunanimity ,decides otherwise :
(1)Thefinancial yearoftheTask shallcorrespcn :othefinancial yearof
theOperating Agent ; -
(2)TheOperating Agent shall each yearprepare andsubmit tosheExecutive
Committee forapproval adraft Programme ofWork andBudget ,
together with anindicative programme ofwork andbudget forthe
following twoyears ,notlater than three months before thebeginning
ofeach financial year ; ' - 4
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(3)TheOperating Agent shall maintain complete ,separate financial records
which shall clearly account forallfunds 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 ihe
accounts together with theauditors' report totheExecutive Committee
forapproval ;
(5)Allbooks ofaccount and records 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 oftheParticipant 's
contribution );such credits forservices ofstaff shall becalculated onan
agreed scale approved bythe Executive Committee and include all
payroll-related costs .
(g) Contribution toCommon Funds .Should Participants agree toestablish
common funds under theannual Programme ofWork and Budget foraTask ,anynnani-iti :
contributions due from Participants inaTask shall bepaid totheOperating Agent inthe
currency ofthecountry oftheOperating Agent atsuch times andupon such other conditions
astheEx-ecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,shall determine ,provided however that :
(1)Contributions received bytheOperating Agent shall beused solely in
accordance with theProgramme ofWork and Budget fortheTaslc ;
(2)The Operating Agent shall beunder noobligation tocarry out any
work ontheTask until contributions amounting toat'east fiftypercent
(incash terms )ofthetotal due atany one time 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 be
met from budgeted funds ofthat Task .
(i) Taxes .The Operating Agent shall pay alltaxes and similar impositions
imposed bynational orlocal governments andincurred byitinconnection with aTask ,
asexpenditure incurred intheoperation ofthatTask under theBudget ;theOperating
Auent shall ,however ,endeavour toobtain allpossible exemptions from such taxes .

(j) Audit .Each Participant shall have theright ,atitssolecost ,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 ;
.V(2)Accounts andrecords relating toactivities oftheOperating Agent other
than those conducted fortheTask shall beexcluded from such auxlit ,
butiftheParticipant concerned requires verification ofcharges tothe
' Budget representing services rendered totheTask bytheOperating
Agent ,itmay atitsown cost request andobtain anaudit certificate
vinthisrespect from theauditors oftl)eOperating Agent ;
(3)Not more 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 ,the
applicable Annex will contain information and intellectual property provisions .The
General Guidelines Concerning Information and Intellectual Property ,approved bythe
Governing Board oftheAgency on21st November ,1975 ,shall betaken into account
indeveloping such provisions . , > ,
Article 8
, LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INSURANCE
(a) Liability ofOperating Agent .The Operating Agent shall useallreasonable
skill andcare incarrying out itsduties under thisAgreement inaccordance with all
applicable laws and regulations .Except asotherwise provided inthisArticle ,thecost
oi';i11damage toproperty ,and allexpenses associated with claims ,actions andother costs
arising from work undertaken with common funds foraTask shall becharged tothe'
Budget ofthat Task ;such costs andexpenses arising from other work undertaken fora
Task shall becharged totheBudget ofthatTask iftheTask Annex soprovides ,ofthe
executive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,sodecides . 1 ,<•
(b) Insurance .TheOperating Agent shall propose totheExecutive Committee
allnecessary liability ,fireand other insurance ,and shall carry such insurance as'the

Executive Committee may direct .The cost ofobtaining andmaintaining insurance shall
becharged totheBudget oftheTask .
(c) Indemnification ofContracting Parties .The Operating Agent shall beliable ,•
initscapacity assuch ,toindemnify Participants against thecostofanydamage toproperty
and alllegal liabilities ,actions ,claims ,costs and expenses connected therewith tothe
extent that they :. <
(1).Result from thefailure oftheOperating Agent tomaintain such insurance
asitmay berequired tomaintain under paragraph (b)above ;or
(2)Result from thegross negligence orwilful misconduct ofanyofficers or
employees oftheOperating Agent incarrying outtheir duties under
this Agreement .
Article 9
LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
(a) Accomplishment ofFormalities .Each Participant shall request the
appropriate authorities ofitscountry (oritsMember States inthecase ofaninternational
organization )tousetheir best endeavours ,within theframework ofapplicable legislation ,
tofacilitate theaccomplishment offormalities involved inthemovement ofpersons ,the
importation ofmaterials andequipment andthetransfer ofcurrency which shall berequired
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 ,andtotheconstitution ,laws andregulations applicable
totherespective Contracting Parties ,including ,butnot 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
ofEnergy Research and Development ,and any modification thereof ,aswell asother
decisions oftheGoverning Board oftheAgency inthat field .The termination ofthe
Guiding Principles shall notaffect thisAgreement ,which shali 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 ,atthe requiest .ofany oftheContracting Parties
concerned ,exercise those responsibilities .The tribunal shall decide any such dispute by
reference totheterms ofthisAgreement and anyapplicable laws and regulations ,and its
decision onaquestion offact shall befinal and binding ontheContracting Parties
concerned .Operating Agents which arenotContracting Parties shall beregarded as
Contracting Parties forthepurpose ofthisparagraph . .
'Article 10
ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OFCONTRACTING PARTIES n
(a) Admission ofNew Contracting Parties :Agency Countries .Upon theinvi­
tation oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,admission tothisAgreement shall
beopen tothegovernment ofanyAgency Participating Country (oranational agency ,
public organization ,private corporation ,company orother entity designated by*such
government ),which signs oraccedes tothisAgreement ,accepts therights andobligations
ofaContracting Party ,and isaccepted forparticipation inatleast oneTask bythe
.Participants inthatTask ,acting byunanimity .Such admission ofaContracting Party
shall become effective upon thesignature ofthisAgreement bythenewContracting Party
oritsaccession thereto and itsgiving Notice ofParticipation inoneormore Annexes and
theadoption 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 aCon­
tracting Party tothisAgreement (ortodesignate anational agency ,public organization ,
private corporation ,company orother entity todoso),under theconditions stated in
paragraph (a)above .
(c) Admission ofNew Participants inTasks .Any Contracting Party may ,with
theagreement oftheParticipants inaTask ,acting byunanimity ,become aParticipant in
thatTask .Such participation shall become effective upon theContracting Party 'sgiving
theExecutive Director oftheAgency kNotice ofParticipation intheappropriate Task
Annex andtheadoption ofconsequential amendments thereto . ,
(d) Contributions .The Executive Committee may require ,asacondition to
admission toparticipation ,thatthenewContracting Party orie".„ cipant shall con­
tribute (intheform ofcash ,services ormaterials )anappropriate oroporit.on oftheprior
budget expenditure ofanyTask inwhich itparticipates .
(c>) Replacement ofContradiing Parties .With theagreement oftheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity ,andupon therequest ofagjv-rnme^t ,aContracting
Party designated bythatgovernment may bereplaced byanother party .Intheevent of
such replacement ,thereplacement party shall assume therights andobligations ofa
Contracting Party asprovided inparagraph (a)above andmaccordance withtheprocedure
provided therein .

(f) Withdrawal .Any Contracting Party may withdraw from thisAgreement or
from anyTask either with theagreement oftheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,
orbygiving twelve months written Notice ofWithdrawal totheExecutive Director of
theAgency ,such Notice tobegiven notlessthan one year after thedate hereof .The
withdrawal ofaContracting Party under this paragraph shall notaffect therights and
obligations oftheother Contracting Parties ;except that ,where theother Contracting
Parties have contributed~to common funds foraTask ,their proportionate shares inthe
Task Budget shall beadjusted totake account ofsuch withdrawal .
ι - .
(g) Changes ofStatus ofContracting Party :AContracting Party other than a
government oraninternational organization shall forthwith notify theExecutive Committee
ofanysignificant change initsstatus orownership ,orofitsbecoming bankrupt orentering
into liquidation .The Executive 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 (f)above onadate tobefixed bythe
Executive Committee ;and .
(2)The Executive Committee shall invite thegovernment which designated
that Contracting Party todesignate ,within aperiod ofthree months
ofthewithdrawal ofthatContracting 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 and gives
theExecutive Director oftheAgency aNotice ofParticipation inone
ormore Annexes .
(h) Failure toFulfil Contractual Obligations .Any Contracting Party which
fails tofulfil itsobligation under thisAgreement within sixty days after itsreceipt of
notice specifying thenature ofsuch failure andinvoking thisparagraph ,may bedeemed
bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,tohave withdrawn from thisAgreement .
Article 11
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FINAL PROVISIONS
(a) Term ofAgreement .This Agreement shall remain inforce for aninitial
period ofthree years from thedate hereof ,and shall continue inforce thereafter unless
anduntil theExecutive Committee ,acting b^nanimity ,decides onitstermination .
(h) Legal Relationship ofContracting Parties andParticipants .Nothing inthis
Agreement shall beregarded as.constituting apartnership between anyoftheContracting
Parties orParticipants .

(r\ Termination .Upon termination ofthisAgreement ,oranyAnnex tothis
Agreement ,theExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,shall arrange fortheliquidation
o;the'assets oftheTask orTasks .Intheevent ofsuch liquidation ,theExecutive
Committee shall ,sofaraspracticable ,distribute theassets oftheTask ,or >11proceeds
tiierefrom ,inproportion tothecontributions which theParticipants have made from the
beginning oftheoperation oftheTask ,andforthat purpose shall take into account the
contributions andanyoutstanding 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 .
(J) Amendment .This Agreement may beamended atanytime bytheExecutive
Committee ,acting byunanimity ,and anyAnnex tothis Agreement may beamended at .,
anytime bytheExecutive Committee ,acting byunanimity oftheParticipants intheTask
towhich the Annex refers .Such amendments shall come into force inamanner deter­
mined bytheExecutive Committee ,acting under thevoting rule applicable tothedecision
toadopt theamendment .
(c) Deposit .The original ofthisAgreement shall bedeposited with theExecutive
Director oftheAgency and acertified copy thereof shall befurnished toeach Cohtracting
Party .Acopy ofthisAgreement shall befurnished toeach Agency Participating Country
and toeach Member country ofthe Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development . . . .
Done inParis ,this 22nd day ofSeptember ,1978 .

For the COMMISSION OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
1-orthe MINISTRY OFTRADE AND INDUSTRY
forand onbehalf oftheGovernment ofDenmark :
lor (heKERNFORSCHUNGSANLAGE JULICH GmbH
(designated bytheGovernment ofGermany ):
ror (heSTICHTING ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND
(designated bytheGovernment oftheNetherlands ):
For the NATIONAL SWEDISH BOARD FOR
ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT
(designated bytheGovernment ofSweden ):
For the OFFICE FEDERAL DEL'ECONOMIE ENERGET^JUE
for and onbehalf ofthe Government ofSwitzerland :
i-or the DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
lor and 011behalf ofthe Government of
the United States ofAmerica :
L'UNIVERSITE DENEUCHATEL ,acting through itsCENTRE
D'HYDROGEOLOGIE ,hereby accepts therights andpowers and
agrees tocarry out theobligations and functions ofthe
Operating Agent forAnnex 1asprovided intheabove
Agreement and Annex Ithereof .
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For the UNIVERSITÉ DENEUCHÀTEL :

TA5 /CI
LARGE SCALE THERMAL STORAGE SYSTEMS
Objectives _ -
(a)Thefirstobjective ofthisTask istoundertake preliminary design studies of
avariety oflarge-scale ,low-temperature thermal storage systems .
(h)Thesecond objective istocarry outcomparative evaluations ofthedesign
studies ,andtoselect atleast onetobethebasis ofaproposed ,jointly -
funded hardware demonstration project .
Means '-. : '
(a)The work under thisAnnex willbecarried out_on atask-sharing basss ,
willi each Participant responsible forcarrying outoneormore preliminary
design studies £fsspecified below inparagraph 3,andproviding copies
' ofthese totheExecutive Committee foruseinthetechnical evaluations .
(b)TheParticipants inthisAnnex may establish ,intheExecutive Committee ,
aTechnical Working Group forthepurpose ofcarrying outtechnical
evaluations ofthedesign studies .
Responsibilities oftheParticipants
(a)Commission oftheEuropean Communities .There willbecarried cut
adesign study ofanaquifer thermal storage facility forusewith adistrict
v heating system .The study willinclude ,basic biological ,soilchemistry ,
arid physical investigations .The storage cycle will besimulated ona
laboratory scale ..,'r '- \ •
Study Cost :DM 600,000 .
x Estimated Date ofCompletion :June 1979 . .
(b)Denmark .Adesign study ofanaquifer storage facility with acapacity
of100,000 m3willbecarried out.The study comprises thedevelopment
ofmathematical models (DKr 1,950,000 ),site-specific geological and
vhydrological studies (DKr 500,000 ),and thedesign ofaspecific plant
(DKr 500,000 ). --V ^ v
Study Cost :DKr 2,950,000 .; \:
Estimated Date ofCompletion :Mid-1980 .
(c)Germany .Ageneral economic andtechnical study willbeundertaken pf
energy storage systems forboth heat &ndelectricity ,andtheir combination
with different heating systems such asheat pumps ,heat-power plants ,etc.

The aimofthisstudy willbetooptimize overall energy conversion efficiency
ofheating systems that include storage .Cost-benefit analyses will also
bemade .
Study Cost :DM 1,100,000 .
Estimated Date ofCompletion :Late 1978 .
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Sweden
(1)Lake Storage
Aconceptual design study will bemade ofwarm water storage in
part ofanatural lake orbay that isthermally insulated from the
surrounding water and atmosphere .The volume would beonthe
order of 1million m\with maximum water temperatures of80-95 °C.
Study Cost :SwKr 900,000 .
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Estimated Date ofCompletion :October 1978 .
(2)Aquifer Storage
Apreliminary study will becarried outoflarge scale heat storage
inaquifers including geological ,hydrogeological and thcrmohydrau -
lical ,studies .Estimates will bemade ofheat losses ;studies will
bemade oftechnical installations ,environmental and legal aspects ,
and costs .
Study Cost :SwKr 335,000 . '
Estimated Date ofCompletion :Summer 1978 .
Switzerland .Aconceptual design study will bemade -ofa600,000' m3•
underground seasonal heat storage accumulator inanaquifer .The
accumulator would consist ofacentral well equipped with 2levels of
6radiating drains ,onenear thetopoftheaquifer ,theother atthebottom .
The drains would permit injection andrecovery ofwarm water ,industrial
waste would beused asinput ,and theheat extracted would beused in
district heating orinindustry .
Study Cost :SFr 280,000 .
Estimated Date ofCompletion :End 1979 . .
United Slates
O)JKF Airport Project
This project will investigate thetechnical andeconomic feasibility
ofasystem fortheseasonal storage ofwinter-chilled water inan
aquifer forthesummer cooling ofJFK Airport (Long Island ,New

York )terminal buildings .The preliminary design andcost estimates
•• forthecold-capture ,injection recovery wells ,andstorage subsystems ,»
will bedeveloped .Aplan forfield testing toexplore theaquifer
behaviour and toevaluate theeffects onthe.groundwater reservoir
.* will beprepared .Apreliminary system cost-effectiveness study will
provide input tothedecision astowhether toproceed with subsequent
phases oftheproject . .^ -
Study Cost :$102,180 . V .
Estimated Date ofCompletion :Summer 1978 .•
"(2)Aquifer Storage "
This study will consider thefeasibility ofstoring waste heat from a
primary aluminium plant inBellingham ,Washington inaquifers for
-subsequent useinthedistrict heating ofresidential and commercial
buildings . , ' *
Study Cost :$89,500 . -
Estimated Date ofCompletion :Summer 1978 .
(3)Computer Model Verification
Inorder toassist theverification ofcomputer models used topredict
aquifer performance theU.S. Participant will ,upon request ,supply
,other Participants with input tapes containing data prepared forthe
•Auburn University Aquifer Project . -
Cost :$150,000 . -
(g)Executive Committee .The Executive Committee ,acting byunanimity ,
will assign responsibility tooneormore Participants forthecarrying out
under itsguidance ofcomparative evaluations ofalldesign studies produced
under this Task .
Level ofEffort :Six man-months . -
4.Time Schedule - - .
■* ■ (a)Phase I:Conceptual Design Studies
May 1978 toEnd 1979 . -
(b)Phase II:Comparative Evaluation and Selection ofHardware Project
•'Proposal(s ) ' _ _
(i).October-December 1978 . '.
(ii)December 1979-March 1980 .

1'his Annex' snail' remain inforce foranisitial period ,oftwo -years 'from -the -
date hereoly andmay beextended by .the .Executive Committee ,.acting byunanimity .
■5.Operating Agent '
\ Universite de,.Neuchatei ,acting through its.Centre fTHydrogeoiogie (Sv/teoriand ).
6.■Responsibilities oftheOperating Agent .V . ' :--f"
•.-... » .The Operating Agent shall prepare andcirculate to.Participants ,interim ,annuai
and final reports onthework oftheTask asdecided bytheExecutive Committee .
1.Information and Intellectual Property -
■(a)Executive Committee 'sPowers .The publication ,distribution ,handling ,
protection ,andownership ofinformation andintellectual property -arising
from thisAnnex /totheXEA Implementing .Agreement foraProgramme '.
.ofRand DonEnergy Conservation through Energy Storage (hereinafter .
called Annex I)shall bedetermined bytheExecutive Committee ,acting
. byunanimity ,inconformity with this Agreement .
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(b)Right toPublish ,Subject only tocopyright restrictions ,theAnnex 1
- - Participants shall have theright topublish -allinformation provided toor
. arising from Annex /except proprietary information .
(c)Proprietary Information .The Annex /Participants shall take all •necss -
.■~ sary measures inaccordance with thisparagraph,' thelaws oftheir respective
• ' countries andinternational lawtoprotect proprietary information .For the
-~ purposes ofthisAnnex ,proprietary information shall mean information of
aconfidential nature such astrade secrets and know-how (forexample ,
computer programmes ,design procedures and techniques ,chemical com­
* ■ •position ofmaterials ,ormanufacturing methods ,processes ,ortreatments )
which isappropriately marked ,provided such information :
(1)Isnotgenerally known orpublicly available from other sources ;'
(2)Hasnotpreviously been made available by -theowner toothers without
obligation concerning itsconfidentiality ;and •
- (3)Isnotalready inthepossession oftherecipient Annex /Participant
xwithout obligation concerning itsconfidentiality .
■ ' . Itshall be •theresponsibility ofeach Participant supplying proprietary
' information toidentify the .information assuch and toensure that itis
appropriately marked .. .. .
. . (J)Production ofRelevant Information byGovernments .The' Operating'
Agent Should encourage thegovernments ofallAgency Participating

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Countries tomake available ortoidentify totheOperating Agent all
published orotherwise freely available information known tothem that is
relevant totheTask .
(e)Production ofAvailable Information byParticipants .Each Participant
agrees toprovide totheOperating Agent allpreviously existing information ,
andinformation developed independently oftheTask ,which isneeded byjtheOperating Agent tocarry outitsfunctions inthisTask and which is
v freely atthedisposal oftheParticipant andthetransmission ofwhich is
" ■notsubject toanycontractual and/orlegal limitations : '
*(1)Ifnosubstantial cost isincurred bytheParticipant inmaking such ,
information available ,atnocharge totheTask therefor ;
(2)Ifsubstantial costs must beincurred bytheParticipant tomake such
information available ,atsuch charges totheTask asshall beagreed
between theOperating Agent and theParticipant with theapproval
ofthe Executive Committee . *
(f)Acquisition ofInformation fortheTask .Each Participant shall inform
■';■"theOperating Agent oftheexistence ofinformation that canbeofvalue
totheTask ,butwhich isnotfreely available ,and theParticipant shall
endeavour tomake theinformation available totheTask under reasonable
conditions ,inwhich event the Executive Committee may ,acting by
, unanimity ,decide toacquire such information .\
'."(g).Reports onWork Performed under theTask .The Operating Agent shall
' provide reports ofallwork performed under theTask and heresults
• 'thereof ,including studies ,assessments ,analyses ,evaluations and other
documentation totheExecutive Committee .
(h)Copyright .The Operating Agent oreach Participant foritsown results
.; may take appropriate measures necessary toprotect copyrightable material .
generated under thisTask .Copyrights obtained shall betheproperty of
4 thatParticipant ortheOperating Agent ,forthebenefit oftheParticipants ,
provided ,however ,thatAnnex IParticipants may reproduce anddistribute .
v. ; such material ,butshall notpublish itwith aview toprofit ,except as
otherwise directed bytheExecutive Committee !
(i)Authors .Each Annex IParticipant will,without prejudice toanyrights
.ofauthors under ,itsnational laws ,take necessary steps toprovide ,the
co-operation from itsauthors required tocarry outtheprovisions ofthis
paragraph .Each Annex /Participant willassume theresponsibility topay
.awards orcompensation required tobepai 5dtoitsemployees according
tothelaws ofitscountry . ,! ,
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8.Participants inthis Task ;
TheContracting Parties which areParticipants inthisTask arethefollowing :
The Commission oftheEuropean Communities *k;v ,