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COMMUNICAZIONE DELLACOMMISSIONE ALCONSIGLIO
1.Il24giugnoeil6Luglio1976èstatoconclusounaccordo,sottoforma
discambiodilettere,tralaComunitàeuropeadell'energiaatomica
(Euratom)elaComunitàeconomicaeuropeadaunaparteel'Agenziainter­
nazionaledell'energia(AIE)dall'attraparte,relativoallacopperazione
nelsettoredellaricercaedoliosviluppoincampoenergetico .
Nelloscambiodilettere,leComunitàeuropeeprecisanolalorointenzione
dinegoziaredivoltainvolta-laloropartecipazione atali"accordidi
esecuzione"preparatinelquadrodellaAIEquandotalecollaborazione con-,
tribuiscaalconseguimento degliobiettividiricercaedisviluppodella'
Comunità.Dapartesua,laAIEhapresoattodiquestaintenzione edha
confermato cheleComunitàeuropeepossonopartecipare adettiaccordi.
2.Conformemente alsummenzionato scambiodiletteresonostaticonclusiotto
accordidiesecuzione chehannofornitounquadroperlafissazionedelle
regolerelativeall'esecuzione divarie"azioni"diricercaedisviluppo
descritteagliallegatidiognunodegliaccordisummenzionati .Conlafirma-
ditaliaccordi,ognipartecipante confermalapropriaintenzione diprender
parteaunoopiùazioni,especificaanchelecondizioni perUn'ulteriore
sviluppodiazionicomplementari ,conformemente allaprocedurafissata
nell'articolo 2(b)dell'accordodiesecuzione .
3.Unodiquestiaccordidiesecuzionesiriferisce adunprogrammadiricerca
edisviluppoperlaproduzionedell'idrogenadall'acqua.Essocontiene
tre"azioni"allegateedèstatofirma.toil7ottobre1977dallaComunità.
4.Piùrecentemente ,perincaricodellaComunità,laCommissione hadecisodi
partecipare adueazionicomplementari dell'accordodiesecuzionesullo
idrogeno (AllegatiIVeV)edopoaverneinformatoilConsiglio (1)ha
confermato lasuapartecipazione il6marzo1979.
5.NeldocumentoalLegatoilConsigliotroveràun^azionecomplementare'
(AllegatoIV),ilcuiobiettivo èilseguente :
-eseguirelaricercafondamentale edapplicataperlaproduzione
diidrogeno ,tramiteelettrolisi fotocatalitica delllacqua .
6élaCommissioneritiene ,cheunapartecipazione comunitariaall'AllegatoVI
siagiustificata daimotivicheseguono. •'.
NelquadrodelprogrammadiR&Ssull'impiegoelaproduzionedell'idro­
geno,gliaspettiriguardantil'elettrolisi rappresentano unimportante
elementonellaricercacomunitaria pernuovetecnologie energetiche .
(1)C0M(78)683def..

L'AllegatoVIsiriferisceancheallaricercaperl'elettrolisifotócata-,
liticadell'acquacherappresenta nonsoltantouncomplemento diquanto
effettuatonelprogrammapropriodellaComunitàma,entrosviluppoela
successivavalutazionedeglielementitecnologici dibasequaliglielettro­
dieglielettroliti,metteadisposizióne unagammacompletadimateriali
diricercasupplementari checontribuisce alconseguimento degliobiettivi
diricercacomunitari.OltrelaComunità,partecipanoall'AllegatoVIil
Belgio,cheèilpaesecapofila,ilCanadà,iPaesiBassi,laSveziaegli
StatiUnitid'America. I.
Sulpianodegliaspetticheriguardanol'informazione elaproprietàin­
tellettuale,laCommissioneprendenotacheledisposjzioni convenuteper
l'AllegatoVIsonoidentichea.quelledegliAllegatiIVeVeleritiene
pertantoaccettabili. - ~ ;
Esseinfattistipulanocheperinformazioni derivatedallacooperazione di,
cuiinallegatoicittadinidituttigliStatimembri,/infunzionedella
partecipazione dellaCommissione hannoildirittodiotteneretal-ilicenze ,
perinvenzioni eInformazione sulproprietario ;tuttaviaperquelcheri­
guardaliinformazioni preesistenti .epergarantireunequilibriotrai
dirittiedidoveri,icittadinidegliStatimembrinonpartecipanti della
Comunitàpotrannoottenereesclusivamente informazioni preesistenti econ­
dizionecheessisianodispostiascambiareleloroinformazioni preesis­
tenti,condizionecheèstataaccettatapertuttiipartecipantiall'alle­
gato,ivicompresiqueglistatimembridellaComunitàchepartecipano a
titoloindividuale . ! * .
Infinesièriconosciuto chelapartecipazione dellaComnrissioneneller
azioniriportatenell'allegato,vaabeneficiodituttalaComunità,indi-'
pendentement ^daivantaggiparticolariacquisitidaivariStatimembri
dellaComunitàchepartecipano atitoloindividuale ataleattivitàdello
allegato.- 'v
Perquantoriguardagliaspettifinanziari,ilcontributodiognunodei
partecipanti .all'AllegatoVIèsottoformadiazione,icuicostisonoa
caricodeipartecipanti stessi.IlcontributodellaComunità,nonnucleare,
saràrappresentato dalavorigiàinclusinelprogrammaper-l'energiasolare
delCentrocomunediricerca,edillivellodeglisforziforniticomecon­
tributoall'AllegatoVIvienecalcolato ,a2uomini/anniperanno.Nella
primafaseverrannoeseguitistudifondamentali edapplicati,suunperiodò
ditreanni./Unasecondafasedivalutazione ediesecuzionedimodellidi
laboratorioverràdecisajalComitato'esecutivocreatoanormadell'Accordo
allafinedel-suddettoperiodo.
IlComitatoconsultivoinmateriadigestionedeiprogrammiperl'idrogeno
(CCMGP)harichiestounpareresullapartecipazione dellaComunità;parere
favorevole èstatòdatoacondizioneché,vistocheil.contributodelcentro
comunediricercasarebbestatodatotramiteli suoprogrammadienergia
solare,siconsultasse ancheilCCMGPperl'energiasolare.
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Allariunionedel13dicembre "1979ilCCMGPsull'energiasolarehaelaborato
parerefavorevolesullapartecipazione comunitaria .

3.
10.LaCommissione haattualmente concluso 1negoziatisull'AllegatoVI,ma
primadiapprovaredefinitivamente lasuapartecipazione ,sipropone,
comegiàfatto~-inprecedenza diinformareilConsiglio.
11.LaCommissione informapertantoilConsigliodellapropriaintenzione
dipartecipare alleazionisupplementari ,AllegatoVI,relativaall'Accordo
diesecuzione perunprogrammadiR&Sperlaproduzione diidrogeno
dall'acqua. ,

AHfJI-X VI
PHOTOC ATALYTIC WA'TKR ELECTROLYSIS
1.OBJECTIVES
The objective ofthis Tank ir.l.operform b.ir.ic find .-jppliod
ri'::e<irch for t-.noproduction ofhydrogen through photoci 1tnly tic
w.iLor olcctrolyr.is ,and todevelop basic technological elements
such nr.electrodes and electrolytes for such production ofhydrogen
and toevaluate theperformance ofthose elements inlaboratory
scaled models .
2.MEAN'S
(A)This Tack will becarried out intv/oPhases :
Phar-e 1 -
Subtask A:Basic studies on"photo-electrochemistry ":
-scrni-conductor bulk properties
-semi-conductor -electrolyte interphase
-electrolytes
e.g. :doping ,sensitization ,coatings ,hybrid cells ,
hetero -junctions
Subtark 3:Aooliod studies
-stability :resistance against photodecomposi tion ,
-spectral response and efficiency
-material selection :composition and form ,
theoretical models
Ph.v-e7.'
Subtask C:Assessment
-construction oflaboratory scale working models
/ ' . .
-technical evaluation
(.j)For Phase 1,the level ofeffort inman year :for each
i'orticipant isshown inthe Table below .
Dosed upon theresults ofPhase 1,theExecutive Committee ,
acting byunanimity will decide whether ornot toproceed to
Phase 2.Ifadecision ismade toproceed toPh2se 2,the pro-
à
jected level ofeffort foreach Participant ,asshown intheTable
below ,will bere-assessed bytheExecutive Committee .

JAliLE
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATION INTHE PHOTOCATALYTIC
WATER ELECTROLYSIS PROGRAMME
fPhase 1
Sub tor
tA BPhar.o 2
;ks --
C
(projected
level of_Total
Net Man Years / i
Year
Belgiumeffort )
« .2 '
Canada «A
CF.C :
i
.NetherlandsI 2 O ,
:–J
Sweden I
l1-2
Sv/itzerland 2
U.S. A.
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(c)Within thefirst year oftheimplpmentation Ofthis Annex ,
each Participant will provide totheOperating Agent publications
initspossession which arerelevant totheobjectives of -this
Task . Each Participant v/illalso provide totheOperating
Agent copies ofsuch internal reports andworking papers resulting
from thework outlined inparagraph 2(a ) asmay beof
interest totheother Participants . ; ."
Each Participant will (prepare anannual progress report on
itswork underway and ,by31st December each year ,submit itsreport
totheOperating Agent .

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•(<:) Tho'Operating Ag-;nt will eor.pl leami nuhcil t:totho Hxocu Live
|:Loo awork procjranrno .fortnc first year .The ;Executive Corn­
ealIlee ,acting byunanimity ,shall approve awork programme for the
first year ,nolater than throe months after signature ofthis Annex .
•%
Thework programme will outline therespective contributions of .each
Participant foraccomplishing theobjectives ofthe Task .
(o) ThoOperating Agent will organize aworkshop aLthobeginning >
ofthe first year todofine,<thc work programme .Atthefrr !ofthe
first andsecond years ,aworkshop will beheld todiscuss progress
roncrts and toformulate thenext year 'sdetailed work programme .
Organization oftheworkshop shall betheresponsibility oftheOpe­
rating Agent . .
r\ --^ (f)Each Participant will designate aperson toboavailable to
the :Operating Agent astho technical contact point for each oftho
Subtasks -undertaken bythe Participants pursuant toparagraph 2(a).
! "(g)Exchange ofresearchers between theParticipants isanticipatoc . »
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i The initiation ofsuch exchanges will belef ^tothe interested '
experts oftheParticipants under detailed arrangements toboagrees _ .
» t :
J ■ . . . ' • iupon between theParticipants concerned ..TheParticipants will j
advise theOperating Agent .ofall such exchanges ,asthey occur ,
arid theOperating Agent will compile anddistribute toParticipanhs
regular reports on-such exchanges .^ '
^3.TIME *SCHEDULE •O ?
This isenvisaged asafive-year programme divided into two
Phases ,beginning on1stSeptember ,1979 .Theduration ofPhase 1
will bethree years .IftheExecutive Committee decides toproceed
toPhase 2,inaccordance "with paragraph 2(b),theduration of
that Phase will betwo years . '
• . ' - -'
4.FtEfiUI.TS '
Theresults ofthese co-operative activities will be:
(a)Copies ofallpublications ,internal reports andworking
papers which have been submitted totheOperating Agent in »
accordance with paragraph 2(c )will becompiled and dis­
tributed bytheOperating Agent toall Participants ona
regular basis .. .

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(bjAttheendofeachyearandpriortotheannualworkshop,
theOperatine;Agentwill,reproduce,"collate,anddistribute
toallParticipants ,copiesoftheannualprogressreports
preparedbyeachParticipant ;suchreportswill.,thenbeused
asabasisfardiscussion *attheworkshops.
.<c>AfinalreportwillbepreparedbytheOperatingAgent.
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5^RESPOt;SIBILITIP.SOFTHEOI^HRATIMG AGENT '
, »■
Inadditionvotheresponsibilities describedinparagraphs
2andAabove,theOperatingAgentwillberesponsible forthe
overallmanagementofthisTackandforimplementing actions
rcouiredbytheExecutiveCor.mittee.
6.BUDGET .• -'
(a)ErichParticipant willbearitsowncostsincarryingoutthe
| .Task,includingcoi/tsofreportingandtravulexpendsof
i representatives .
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(b)Thecostofmeetingorganization shallbebornebythehost
J country.,
7.OPERATIMG AGENT
TheKatholiekeUniversiteit LeuvenOelgiüml '
8.IUI-'CRMATTCW AMD1NTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(a)ExecutiveCommtues's.Powers.Thepublication.distrsbirtioohandling
piciccuionandounershipofmfcrayioaandintellectualpropertyarising
Jmmacav"-^conductedunderthisAnnexshaUbedeterminedbythe
.'...wcutivcCummit5ci byunanimity,inconformitywiththisArreement.Q
»

(b)TheRi-httoPublish.Subjectonlytopatentandcopyrightrestrictions,
theAni:e\VIParticipantsshallhavetherighttopublishallinfor­
mationprovidedtoorarisingfromAnnexVIexceptproprietary
.information . - .
'(c)ProprietaryInformation .TheAnnexVIParticipantsandtheOperat­
ingAgentshalltakeallnecessarymeasuresinaccordancewiththispara­
graph,thelawsoftheirrespectivecountriesandinternational lawto
protectproprietaryinformation ,providedtoorarisingfromthepro­
gramme.Forthepurposeofthisparagraphproprietaryinformationshall
meaninformation ofaconfidentialnaturesuchastradesecretsand
know-how,(forexample,computerprogrammes ,designproceduresand
techniques,chemicalcompositionofmaterials,ormanufacturing methods,
pioces^esortreatment)whichisappropriately marked,providedsuch
information : s.
/ >. .–
•(1).Isnotgenerallyknownorpubliclyavailablefromotuersources;
KJ . ■-v
(2)Hasnotpreviouslybeenmadeavailablebytheownertoothers
withoutobligationsconcerningitsconfidentiality ;and
(3)JsnotalreadyinfhepossessionoftherecipientAnnexVIParti­
cipantwithoutobligationconcerningitsconfidentiality .
UshallbetheresponsibilityofeachAnnexVIParticipantsupplyingproprietary
formationandoftheOperatingAgentinrespectofthearisingproprietaryinformation
identifytheinformationas.suchandtoensurethatitis'properlymarked.
{d)Identification ofInformationbyGovernments .TheOperatingAgent
shallencouragethegovernmentsofallAgencyParticipatingCountries
tomakeavailableoridentifytotheOperatingAgentallpublishedor
otherwisefreelyavailableinformation "knowntothemthatisrelevantto
.•the*Task. '•.
^ « . ,.
0 1 '–(c)IdentificationofInformationbyParticipants .-TheAnnexVIPartici-.
pantsshallidentifytotheOperatingAgentallpre-existinginformation ,
andii!formationdevelopedindependently oftheirundertakings inAnnexVI
knowntotheAnnexVIParticipantswhichisrelevanttotheTaskand
•-,which:
(1)CanbemadeavailabletotheTaskwithoutcontractualorlegal
limitations .
4 . . "
(2)WillorcanonlybemadeavailabletotheTaskwithcontractual
orlegallimitations .
(f)RevoltsonWurkPerformed'undertheTask.TheOperatingAgent
shallprovidereportsonallworkperformedunderthisTaskandthe
resulisthereof,otherthanproprietary "information,totheExecutive
Committee. •

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(g)ArisingInventions.Inventions ,madeorconceivedinthecourseofor
underthisTask(arisinginventions)shallbeownedinallcountriesby
theinventingAnnex.VIParticipantInformationremindin*.!inventions
onAviiichpatentprotectionistobeobtainedbyanAnnexVIparlici-*'/
pantshallnotbepublishedorpubliclydisclosed"by.theotherAnnexVI.,,/
^PaiticipantuntilapatentapplicationhasbeenFiled,provided,however,
thatthisrestrictiononpublicationordistributionshallnotbeextended
beyondsixmonthsfromthedaleofreceiptofsuchinformation .Itshall
betheresponsibilityoftheinventingAnnexVIParticipantorofthe*
OpeiatimiAgenttoappropriatelymarkreportswhichdiscloseinventions
whichhavenotbeenappropriatelyprotectedbythefilingofapatentapplication. ■ .*
«
(h)i.uw.r ■oi.rrotnU'tmyInfomuitionamiPatentsNeededforTask.
l-uhAnnexVIParticipantagreestolicensealTpre-cxisiingproprietary -.
iihomi,iiionandpie-cxisiingpatentssolelyownedorcontrolledbyit
wnicftaienecessaryforuseintheTask,andallarisingproprietary
infonaationandinventionscoveredbypatentstoanvotherAnn-.v
PaiticipantforuseinitsundertakingsinAnnexVIonlyatnocostto
theotherParticipant.Ifsuchproprietaryinformationorpatentsarc
.paitiallvownedorcontrolledbyanAnnexVIParticipant ,thenefforts
shallbemadebytheAnnexIVParticipanttoreduceoreliminateas
faraspossiblethebenefitsthaimightaccruetoit. -
fijJ.iteaseofPriprieta'yInformationfindPatentstorOtherReasons.
1.achAnnexVIParticipantarretstolicenseallprcc\iM»n;*proprietary
informationandpatentssolelyownedorcontiolledbyitwhicharenecev-
saryforpractisingtieresultsoftheundertakings inAnnexVIand
whichhavebeenutilizedintireTask,andallarisingproprietaryinfer-
malionandinventionscoveredbypatentstotheotherAnnexVIpartici-";
pants,theirgovernmentsandthenationalsoftheirrespectivecountries
designatedbythemonreasonabletermsandconditionsforuseinall
countriesforhydrogenproduction .' .•
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TheAnnexVIParticipantsagreetolicensenilarisingproprietaryinfor-'
niationandinventionscoveredbypatentstoallAgencyParticipating
Countriesonreasonabletermsandconditionsforuseintheirowncountry
inordertomeettheircnergyneeds....... ''\ • ""'•~
(j)Copyrights .EachAnnexVIParticipantmayandtheOperatingAgent
shalltakeappropriatemeasuresnecessary'toprotectcopyrightable
materialgeneratedunderthe-Task.Copyrightsobtainedshallbethe
property01theAnnexVIParticipantortheOperatingAgent,provided,•
•however,'thatotherAnnexVIPariicipantsmayreproduceanddistribute
suchmaterialbutshallnotpublishitwithaviewtoprofit..
(k)InventorsandAuthors.EachAnnexVIParticipantwil1,withoutpre*-
jmlicetoanyrightsofinventors *orauthorsunderitsnationallaws,take
allnecevorystepstoprovidetheco-operationfromitsauthorsand
inventorsrequiredtocarryoutthepro\isionsofthisArticle.Each
AnnexviParticipantwillassumetheresponsibilitytopayawardsor
compensionrequiredtobepaidtoitsemployeesaccordingtothelaws
ofitscountry. '

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(!)Dticiiiiiiwiiun of"i\'aiio/n;l".TheExecutiveCommitteemayestablish
juiiilclinestodeterminewhatconstitutes a"national"ofaParticipant ,
inview-oft!ieparticipation oftheCommission ofthelluroptanCom­
munities,anyMemberStaleofthel'uroneonCommunities whichisnot
aParticipantunderthisAnnexVIshallbeunderstood tobeincluded
as'governments andcountriesinsub-paragraph (i)ofthisparagraphfor
'purposesofentitlementtoalicenseforarisingproprietaryinformation
andinventions .SuchMember\Stateandits-designated .nationalswho
wishtoavailthemselvesofalicenseforpre-existingproprietaryinfor­
mationandpatentsundersub-ptfragraph (!)abovemayelecttodo,but
-mustmakeavailableatthetimeofelectiontheirproprietaryinformation
andpatentsdevelopedunder"theirprogrammeswhichareusefulinpract­
icingtheTaskresultsunderthe^termsandconditionsstatedinsub­
paragraph(i)abovetoAnnexVI"Participants ,theirgovernments andthe
nationalsoftheirrespectivecountriesdesignatedbythem..
PA'.TJ.C11"1A:•/.*SINTHISANNEX .- ..'.■ "/
'j'lieCV-ntiaeiingPanics -which'-are'Participants inthis.Annexarethefollowing:
/J'-clgiiuV ..
/Canada/
/ci:ç7
/Motherlands /- •
/Sweden/ ' •.'
/Switzerland / '
/ÏÏSA7 ■. - V: