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COMMISSIONE DELLECOMUNITÀEUROPEE
ACCORDO TRA ILDEPARTIMENTO DELLA ENERGIA DEGLI STATI UNITI
ELACOMMISSIONE ,PERCONTO DELLA COMUNITÀ' EUROPEA PER
L'ENERGIA ATOMICA ,PERLACOOPERAZIONE NELSETTORE DELLA RI
CERCA EDELLO SVILUPPO SUL CONTROLLO DISICUREZZA DELLE
MATERIE NUCLEARI
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Bruxelles ,1ottobre 1981
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Comunicazione alConsiglio relativa adunaccordo tra ilDipartimento della
energia degli Stati Uniti elaCommissione ,per conto della Comunità europea
per l'energia atomica ,per lacooperazione nel settore della ricerca edello
sviluppo sulcontrollo disicurezza delle materie nucleari .
1.Ladiffusione delle materie nucleari edel loro impiego èdiventata un
problema diportata mondiale per ipolitici eper l'opinione pubblica e
mette inluce l'importanza diinstaurare edapplicare uncontrollo disicurez­
zache sia riconosciuto alivello internazionale .Ilsistema dicontrollo di
sicurezza applicato dalla Comunità daoltre vent' anni siavvale ,dal punto di
vista tecnico ,delle ricerche svolte presso ilCentro comune diricerca ,allo
scopo non solo dimigliorare lemisure disicurezza applicate ,maanche di
adattarne continuamente gli aspetti tecnici alle esigenze che simanifestassero
inquesto settore .Intale contesto ,laCommissione haconcluso ,il7maggio
1981 ,con l'Agenzia internazionale per l'energia atomica ,unaccordo dicoopera­
zione nel settore della ricerca edello sviluppo sul controllo disicurezza (1).
2.Nel 1978 ,1979 ,1980 ,nelle riunioni delCCMGP "Garanzia egestione delle mate­
rie fissili ",ilCentro comune diricerca haperiodicamente informato ilComi­
tato sullo sviluppo dei contatti tecnici avuti con vari laboratori del Diparti­
mento dell' energia degli Stati Uniti (USDOE),che svolgono attività diricerca
esviluppo nel settore inquestione .
3.Tale forma dicooperazione èstata discussa inspecial modo nella riunione del
CCMGP del 14et15novembre 1978 ,inrelazione alle attività dìricerca e
sviluppo ealla cooperazione con ilaboratori diSANDIA ,nel settore delle
tecniche diidentificazione dei sigilli perultrasuoni .Secondo l'opinione
generale delComitato ,tale cooperazione èauspicabile ,mabisognerebbe
dedicare un'attenzione molto particolare aiprincipi della reciprocità e
dell' equilibrio nella cooperazione .Perquanto riguarda poi itemi daincludere
nella cooperazione ,ilComitato haritenuto inoltre che vanno messi inevidenza
itemi riconosciuti sulpiano internazionale .
4.Una esposizione piùparticolareggiata deicontatti conquesti laboratori è
stata fatta nel corso della riunione del CCMGP dell '11 e12ottobre 1979 :
intale occasione ilComitato haespresso unaccordo generale sulla maniera
disviluppare tali contatti .
5.Nella riunione del -27e28gennaio 1981 ,ilCCMGP haespresso parere favorevole
sulla possibilità didare veste ufficiale atali contatti ,inunaccordo con
ilUSDOE (2).Inparticolare ,ilCCMGP hasottolineato l'esistenza diuna
solida base tecnica per laconclusione diunaccordo dicooperazione eha
indicato chetale accordo permetterà didisciplinare gliscambi diinformazione
elaprotezione deibrevetti con ilaboratori statunitensi edilUSDOE ,e
cheinoltre lacooperazione prevista rientrerà nelquadro delbilancio esistente
enon comporterà una riduzione della cooperazione delCCR con laComunità né
influenzarà negativamente gliinteressi degli Stati membri nei settori di
lavoro interessati .
(1)Doc .delConsiglio 4968 /81 (ATO 17)del 3.2.1981 .
(2)Doc .del Consiglio 7967 /81 (ATO 54}del 3.7.1981 .

2.
6.Per sviluppare ulteriormente icontatti della Commissione etenendo
conto delle opinioni espresse dal CCMGP ,inparticolare della raccoman -,
dazione precedente sulla necessità diunequilibrio nello scambio delle
conoscenze tra laCommissione eilUSDOE ,ilgruppo problemi atomici del
Consiglio èstato informato il12maggio 1981 dell' avanzamento delle discus­
sioni relative atale accordo con ilUSDOE (1).
7.LaCommission informa pertanto ilConsiglio diavere intenzione dicon­
cludere unaccordo con ilUSDOE ,conformemente alla procedura prevista
all'articolo 101 ,paragrafo 3del trattato EURATOM .Lapresente comunicazione
contiene inallegato ilprogetto diaccordo eirelativi allegati .
(1)Doc .delConsiglio 7019 /81 (ATO 45)del 15.5.1981 .

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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
The .United States Department ofEnergy (DOE )andtheEuropean
Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM )represented bytheCommission
oftheEuropean Communities (CEC),hereinafter called theParties : .
sharing ade;sire tocooperate with each other onresearch ,development
testing andevaluation inorder toimprove safeguards onnuclear
material ,including nuclear material accounting andcontrol measures ;
hereby agree asfollows :
Article I
The areas ofcooperation mnuclear material safeguards research
anddevelopment may include : –
1...Development ,exchange and''testing ofdestructive andnon­
destructive assay methods andinstrumentation ;exchanges of
information onperformance .
2.Preparation andcertif ication ofreference materials for ./•
destructive andnon-destructive assay offissile materials -
andrefinement ofreference techniques forchemical analyses ..
3.Development ,exchange andtesting ofcontainment andsurveillance
methods andequipment ;exchanges ofinformation onperformance .
4.Test ofmathematical methods fornuclear' materials accounting
data evaluation .
5.Exchanges ofinformation ,equipment andstaff V
Other areas ofcooperation may beadded bymutual agreement .

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Article II
1.Joint research anddevelopment projects ,andspecific 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 maybeexchanged 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 thestatus ofcooperation under this
„Agreement .atspecific times andplaces tobemutually agreed
.upon ,with themeetings held alternately intheEuropean
Communities and inthe United States .These evaluations shall
include :comprehensive review ofeach Party 'snuclear material
safeguards research anddevelopment program ,status ,andplans ;
•.assessment ofthebalance ofexchanges under this Agreement ;
andconsideration ofmeasures toensure abalanced exchange in ,
thedesign ofcooperation under this Agreement .
2.Day-to-daymanagement ofthecooperation under this Agreement
shall becarried outbyManagers designated bytheCoordinators .
TheManagers shall agree onspecific cooperative activities -in
their respective areas inaccordance with Articles IandIIof
this Agreement andwithin policy guidelines setbytheCoordinators

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TheManagers shall beresponsible for theworking contacts
between theParties intheir respective .areas ofcooperation .
Article IV
1 General -
A. Each Party may make available tothe other 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
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Agreement may begiven wide .distribution ,subject tothe
need toprotect proprietary information exchanged hereunder
asprovided inthis Article and theneed 'toprotect patent'
rights asprovided inArticle VI. '
2.Use ofProprietary Information
A. Definitions
(i)Theterm "information "means scientific ortechnical
.data ,results ormethods ofresearch anddevelopment ,
andany 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
may only include such information which :
-a)hasbeen held inconfidence bytheowner ;-
b)isofatype which iscustomarily held in
;confidence byitsowner ; ...
c)hasnotbeen transmitted bythetransmitting
Party toother entities (including thereceiving
Party )except onthebasis that itbeheld in
confidence ;and '
d)isnototherwise available tothereceiving Party
ifrom 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 voider 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 and agencies of
the Governments ofthe United States and ofthe
Member States oftheEuropean Atomic Energy Agency
community ,without theprior approval of -
.This notice shall bemarked onany
reproduction hereof ,inwhole orinpart .These
limitations shall automatically terminate when this
information isdisclosed bytheowner 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 tothesubject matter ofthe
proprietary information ;
b)prine orsubcontractors ofthereceiving Party
located within thegeographic limits ofthe
receiving Party foruseonly within theframework
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 and "such loans
.. shall betreated asdissemination ofproprietary
information provided that prior written notification
ofthis fact ismade tothereceiving Party .
(iii )V/iththeprior written consent oftheParty providing
proprietary information under this Agreement ,the '
receiving Party maydisseminate such proprietary
^information more widely than otherwise permitted in •
-'■. the .foregoing section ii.TheParties shall cooperate
.' . with each other indeveloping procedures forrequesting
andobtaining prior written consent for -such wider
. 'dissemination ,andeach Party shall grant such approval
•.totheextent permitted byitsownpolicies ,regulations
and laws asthecase may be. " ,
C. Each Party shall exercise its best efforts to -ensure that
proprietary information received byitunder this Agreement
iscontrolled as'provided herein .Ifone oftheParties .-
becomes aware that itwill be,ormay reasonably 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
under this Agreement andinformation arising from theattachment
'ofstaff ,use offacilities and joint projects shall betreated
bytheParties according totheprinciples specified in'this
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 inwriting . ' *
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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 thesuitability oftheinformation transmitted
foranyparticular use orapplication bytheReceiving Party or
byany third Party .Information developed jointly bythe Parties
shall beaccurate tothebest knowledge andbelief ofboth Parties .
Neither Party warrants theaccuracy ofthejointly developed
information orits suitability for anyparticular 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
rights ,title avidinterest inandtoanysuch invention
ordisco /eryinallcountries ,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 oritscontractors as
adirect result ofemploying information which hasbeen
communicated toitunder tliis Agreement byanother Party
oritscontractors 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
andanypatent orother protection relating thereto ,in
allcountries . '
C.With regard toexchange ofsamples ,materials ,instruments
andcomponents forjoint testing ,theRecipient Party and
theAssigning Party will' have the same rights assetforth
inparagraph 1A.
D. V7ith regard tospecific forms ofcooperation other than the
forms provided for insubparagraphs A,Band Cabove ,the
Parties-will provide forappropriate distribution ofrights
toinventions ordiscoveries resulting from such cooperation
" inanother Agreement orinanannex tothis Agreement in ' ■
accordance with paragraph l.of Article IIofthis Agreement .
2.Each Party will ,without prejudice toanyrights ofinventors
under itsnational laws ,take allnecessary steps toprovide
thecooperation fron its .inventors required tocarry out the
provisions ofthis Article .Neither oftheParties will­
•-assume theresponsibility topayawards orcompensation
-required tobepaid to,nationals oftheother Party according
tolaws ofthecountry ofthat other Party .

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-, Article VII
1..Whenever anexchange ofstaff iscontemplated under this .
Agreement ,each Party 5hall ensure that qualified staff
"are selected for attachment totheother Party .
2. ,Each Party shall beresponsible for the salari-es ,insurance ,
and allowance tobepaid its staff while attached tothe
other Party unless otherwise agreed .
3.Each Party shall payfor 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 and .safety regulations inforce at .thehost establishment .
Article VIII
1.Information which isclassified byeither Party fornational
security reasons ,including Restricted Data orFormerly
Restricted Data ,shall not be ,exchanged hereunder .
2.Information cr.sensitive 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
andshall bereturned tothesending Party upon completion
ofthejoint activity ,unless otherwise agreed .
3.Theabove-mentioned equipment shall bebrought into operation
^atareceiving establishment after mutual agreement between
theCoordinators ,Managers ,ortheir senior representatives
attheinterested establishments oftheParties . _;
4.Thereceiving establishment shall provide thenecessary
premises for theequipment ,-shall provide forutilities
■such aselectric power ,water and gas ,and ,normally 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 and .insurance enroute shall rest with the
shipper until thereceiver orhisagent takes custody ofthe
shipment . ' . ; . "
6.'Theequipment provided bytheSending Party forcarrying out
-activities under this Agreement shall beconsidered tobe
scientific and ashaving anon-commercial character ,for
thepurposes ofdesignation andimport /export declarations .
7.TheReceiving Party shall ensure duty-free entry into its
territory ofanyequipment provided pursuant tothis Agreement .

Article X
Cooperation under this Agreement shall beinaccordance with -
the laws andregulations oftherespective Farties .All
questions relating totheAgreement arising during itsterm
shall besettled bytheParties bymutual agreement .
Article XI
Except when otherwise specifically agreed ,allcosts resulting
from cooperation under this Agreement shall beborne bythe
Party that incurs them .Itisunderstood that theability of
theParties tocarry out their obligations shall besubject to
theappropriation offunds bytheappropriate ,governmental
authority ,where necessary ,and totheconstitution ,laws ,and
regulations applicable tothe Parties ..
- Article XII ;" ■
1.All questions ordisputes related toorarising under this
Agreement ofactivities carried outhereunder should be
.settled by Kmutual agreement ofthe Parties .
2.Compensation fordanages arising from activities under thi
Agreement shall beinaccordance with tneapplicable
laws ofthe Parties .
Article XIÏI
This Agreement shall remain ineffect forfive (5)years
after its effective date unless terminated atthediscre­
tion ofe,ither Party ,upon three (3)months advance notifi­
cation inwriting ,andmaybeextended oramended bymutual
consent .

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Done induplicate at this ■day of ,1981
DEPARTMENT OFENERGY OF
THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICA .EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY 'COMMUNITY ,
REPRESENTED BYTHE COMMISSION OF -
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

AnnexI
JointResearchandDevelopment Tasks
AreaIDevelopment ,exchangeandtestingonnon-destructive
assayinstrumentation andexchanaesofinformation
onperformance .
1.FieldexperiencewiththeHigh-LevelNeutron
Coincidence Counterinthefield. *.'
2.Nondestructive assayofirradiatedfuelmaterials.
3.Measurement ofPuisotopicratiosbygamma-ray
spectrometry .
4.Comparisonofactiveassaysystemsforhighly
enricheduraniumassay(Sb-Be,ActiveV7ellCounter,
RandomDriver).
5.Exchangeofinformation andcoordination inthe
construction ofNDAdataevaluationmicroprocessors
andsoftv/are.
6.Evaluation cftheuseandfieldtestofabulkand
smallsar.placalorimeter forthemeasurement ofPu
materialforsafeguardspurposes.
AreaIIPreparation railcertification ofreferencematerialsfor
'destructive ar.lnon-destructive assayoffissilematerials
andrefinement ofreferencetechniquesforc.hemicalanalyses.
1.Refinementof,nuclearreferencetechniquesforthe
assayofundilutedinputsofreprocessing plants.
.2.Establishment ofreferencematerialsfornon­
destructive assay.
3.Jointcertification ofreferenceandtestmaterials
fortheUSA-SALEprogram.

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AreaIIIDevelopment ,exchangeandtestofcontainment and
surveillance equipmentandexchangeofinformation
onperformances .
1.Exchangeofinformation ontheprincipleofthe
■'ultrasonicsignature.
2.\Vulnerability testsonseals(generalpurpose,
- CANDUtypeandothers). .
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3.Development ofcapseals^for LURfuelsandin
fieldtests.
4.Development ofgeneralpurposeseals..
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5.Harmonization ofread-outequipmentforultra-
vsonicidentification ..
6.In-fieldreidentificationofrivetseals.
7.TestofTVcamerasandin-fieldtest.
•AreaIVTestofmathematical methodsfornuclearmaterials
accountingdataevaluation .
1.Jointstudyofdecisionanalysistechniques .
';•"42.Exchange ,ofexperienceoncontrolling measurement
uncertainties inselectedmeasurement systems.•
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3.Development ofmodelingandsimulationtechniques
for-.improvedmaterialsaccounting .