Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION Approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking
Date: 1995-06-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAEC Joint Undertaking, Finland, Joint European Torus, Sweden, enlargement of the Union, legal status

COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

Brussels,  06.06.1995 
COM(95)  234  final 

95/0136(CNS) 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL  DECISION 

Approving  amendments " to  the  Statutes  of  the  Joint  European  Torus  (JET),  Joint 
Undertaking 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

Subject: 

Proposal  for  a  Council  Decision  to  amend  the  Statutes  of  the  Joint 
European  Torus  (JET),  Joint  Undertaking. 

JET  is  a Joint  Undertaking  within  the meaning  of  Chapter  V of  the  Euratom  Treaty, 
established  by Decision 78/471 /Euratom1 of the Council of the European Communities. 
The  Statutes  of  the Joint  Undertaking  were  adopted  by  the  same Decision.  The  Joint 
Undertaking  is  currently  established  (Council  Decision  91/677/Euratom2)  until  31 
December  1996. 

Amendments to the  Statutes 

As recognized  by Council  Decision  94/799/Euratom3,  substantial  new  scientific 
and  technical  arguments  have  been  identified,  in  particular  for  the  benefit  of 
ITER4,  which  speak  for  the continuation  of JET's  operation  beyond  1996. 

JET  is  an  essential  element  of  the  Euratom  fusion  programme  strategy  for 
progressing  towards its long term objective of the joint construction  of safe and 
environmentally  sound  prototype  reactors.  JET  is  among  the  most  important 
fusion  experimental facilities in the world. Since its commissioning in June 1983, 
and  following  successive  technical  upgradings,  JET  has  reached  a  level  of 
performance  placing the European  Union at the forefront  worldwide in the field 
of magnetic fusion.  The objectives assigned initially to the project have been met 
and  the  final  phase  in  Deuterium-Tritium  could  now  be  envisaged  for  1996, 
which  is the last  year of the life of JET according  to the present  Statutes of the 
Joint  Undertaking. 

However,  a  scientific  and  technical  analysis  of  the  medium  term  needs  of  the 
Euratom  Fusion  Programme,  undertaken  in  1993/1994 in the framework  of the 
Consultative  Committee  for  the  Fusion  Programme  (CCFP,  established  by 
Council Decision of  16 December  1980), has stressed  the value of extending JET 
beyond  1996 to provide  further  data of direct  relevance to ITER,  especially  for 
the  ITER-EDA  (such  as  testing  a  divertor  similar  to  that  being  designed  for 
ITER),  before  entering  into a final  phase of Deuterium-Tritium  operation.  This 
extension  would  make it possible  to achieve  fully  the  aims  of  the  Project  and 
make a major  contribution  to serving  the objectives  of the Euratom  Fusion 

2 

3 

4 

OJ  N oL  151, 7.6.1978,  p. 10. 

OJ  No  L375,  31.12.1991, p.9. 

OJ  N oL  331,  21.12.1994,  p.22. 

The International  Thermonuclear  Experimental Reactor (ITER) for which the Engineering  Design 
Activities  (EDA)  are  being  carried  out  in  the  framework  of  the  agreement  concluded  between 
Euratom,  the  Government  of  Japan,  the  Government  of  the  Russian  Federation,  and  the 
Government  of the United  States of America  (OJ No L 244,  28.8.1992 and  OJ L  114,  5.5.1994, 
p.25). 

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Programme.  It  would  make  the  best  use  of  the  expertise  and  equipment  made 
available  at  JET  by  the  European  Union. 

At  its  meeting  of  22-23  March  1995,  the  JET  Council  decided  to  propose  a 
3-year  extension  of  the  JET  programme  and  to  attach  to  this  Proposal  the 
Statement  given  in  the  Appendix,  which  provides  the  strategic,  programme-
related  and  financial  arguments  supporting  the proposed  extension. 

At its meeting of 21-22 March  1995, the CCFP supported  the proposed  extension 
of  JET  for  the benefit  of  ITER. 

The  corresponding  amendment  to  the  Statutes  refers  to Article  19.1. 

Following  the  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Finland  to  the  European  Union  as 
from  1 January  1995, the Technology  Development  Centre  of  Finland  (TEKES) 
has requested  accession  to the JET Joint Undertaking.  In accordance  with  Article 
18 of  the JET  Statutes,  the  request  for  accession  was  addressed  to  the  Director 
of  the  JET  Project  who  transmitted  it  to  the  JET  Council.  At  its  22-23  March 
1995  meeting,  the  Director  of  the  Project  submitted  to  the  JET  Council  the 
amendments  to the JET  Statutes  required  for  the implementation  of the accession 
of  this  new  member  to JET.  The  amendments  were  approved  unanimously. 

The  amendments  refer  to  the  following  articles  of  the JET  Statutes: 

the  name  of  the  Finnish  Member,  the  Technology  Development  Centre  of 
Finland,  is  to  be  inserted  in  Article  1.3,  which  designates  the  Members  of  the 
Joint  Undertaking. 
Article  4.1.1  stipulates  the  composition  of  and  the  voting  rights  in  the  JET 
Council.  Like  all  States  represented  in  the Joint  Undertaking,  Finland  will  have 
two representatives.  These two representatives  will together  have two votes; this 
will bring  the total  number  of votes  in the JET  Council  from  43 to 45. The total 
number  of  votes  required  for  the adoption  of acts,  as  stipulated  in  Article  4.1.2, 
will  be  increased  from  29  to 30. 

On  that  occasion,  the  JET  Council  also  took  into  account  certain  changes 
concerning  the  accession  of  Sweden  to  the  European  Union.  Before  accession, 
Sweden was a third  country  fully  associated  with the Euratom  Fusion  Programme 
and  the  Swedish  Natural  Science  Research  Council  ("NFR")  was  already  a 
member of the JET Joint Undertaking. The amendments refer  to Articles  16.1.4.1 
and  16.2.3. 

Certain  modifications  to the wording  of  the JET  Statutes  are  proposed,  to  bring 
them  into  line  with  the  Treaty  on  European  Union.  These  amendments  refer  to 
Articles  10.6,  12,  18.2,  20.4,  20.6,  21.1, 24.2,  24.3  and  26  a. 

Pursuant  to Article 24.2 of the JET  Statutes  (in accordance  with  Article 50 of the 
Euratom  Treaty),  it  is up to  the Commission  to submit  these amendments  to the 
Statutes  of  the JET  Joint  Undertaking  to the Council  of  the European  Union  for 
approval. 

2. 

(a) 

(b) 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Scale and  timetable for  financing 

6. 

In  the case  of  an  extension  of  JET  to  the end  of  1999,  the  total  contribution  of 
the  Members  to  the  expenditure  of  the  JET  Joint  Undertaking  is  estimated  at 
about  311 Mio  ECU  for  the period  1995-1998,  which  corresponds  to the period 
covered  by  the Euratom  Fusion  Programme. 

The  financial  envelope  for  the  proposed  extension  provides  for  funding  by  the 
Members  of  the JET  Joint  Undertaking  at  an  average  annual  level  of  about  78 
Mio  ECU  for  the period  1995-1998. 

Participation  by  Euratom  in the financing  of the Joint  Undertaking 

7. 

In  application  of  Article  9  of  the  JET  Statutes,  80%  of  the  expenditure  of  the 
Joint  Undertaking  shall  be  borne  by  Euratom.  As  part  of  the  Euratom 
contribution  would be offset  by the contribution  of Switzerland  to the Community 
in  respect  of  its participation  in the Joint  Undertaking,  the amount  falling  under 
the Euratom  Fusion  Programme  would be about 240 Mio ECU  within  the period 
1995-1998  covered  by  this  Programme. 

The financial  envelope mentioned  under paragraph  6 above is much less than that 
for  the  period  1990-1994  (corresponding  to  an  average  annual  level  of  funding 
by  the  Members  of  about  93.5  Mio  ECU).  The  terms  of  the  Decision  on  the 
Euratom  Fusion  Programme  1994-1998  that  "an  extension  of  JET  would 
necessarily  imply  a  substantially  reduced  annual  budget  of  the  project"  are 
the  extension  of  the  JET  Joint 
therefore  fulfilled.  Within  this  period, 
Undertaking  would  not  have  new  financial 
implications,  as  the  Euratom 
contribution  would  remain  within  the  range  given  in  Annex  II  of  Council 
Decision  94/799/Euratom  (Area 2, JET:  23 to 32  %,  i.e.  183 to 254  Mio ECU). 

For  the  period  beyond  1998,  the  total  contribution  by  Members  is  estimated  to 
about  126  Mio  ECU.  The  corresponding  Euratom  contribution  (about  97  Mio 
ECU),  subject  to  the  availability  of  funding,  would  come  from 
the  next 
Framework  Programme. 

Note 

8. 

On 28 March  1995, the Scientific  and Technical  Committee  (STC)  discussed  the 
proposal  to extend  the JET  programme  up to 31 December  1999, on the basis of 
the  JET  Council  Statement.  In  its  opinion  transmitted  to  the  Commission  on 
5  April  1995,  that  Committee  believes  that,  all  things  considered,  the  extension 
requested  by  the JET  Council  is  very  desirable  for  European  and  world  fusion 
research  and  strongly  recommended  that the Commission  and  the Council  of  the 
European  Union  approve  it. 

The Commission  has informed  CREST and the Bureau of the European  Assembly 
for  Science and Technology  of the JET  Council decision  to propose an extension 
of  the JET  programme. 

Proposed  Decision 

Pursuant  to  Article  24.2  of  the  JET  Statutes  (in  accordance  with  Article  50  of  the 
Euratom Treaty),  amendments to the Statutes require the approval of the Council  of the 
European  Union. 

Consequently,  the Commission  proposes  that the Council: 

adopts  the  attached  Decision  approving  the  amendments  to  the  Statutes  of  the 
Joint European Torus  (JET),  Joint Undertaking. 

Appendix 

EXTENSION  OF THE JET PROGRAMME  TO THE END  OF  1999 

I. 

INTRODUCTION 

1.  Since its establishment  in  1978, JET  has been an essential  element of  the Community 
Fusion  Programme  strategy  for  progressing  towards  its  long  term  objective  of  the joint 
construction  of safe and environmentally  sound prototype reactors. 

2.  Progress achieved in JET has been instrumental for defining the parameters of the Next 
Step,  the  first  experimental  reactor,  presently  in  the phase  of  detailed  engineering  design 
under the quadripartite  agreement  ITER-EDA. 

3.  According  to its present  Statutes,  the JET Joint  Undertaking  should  come to an end in 
1996.  However, as recognised  by Council decision 94/799/Euratom  on the Euratom  Fusion 
Programme  for  the period  1994-1998: 

"substantial new scientific and technical arguments have been identified,  in particular 
for  the benefit of ITER (such  as testing a divertor similar to  that being designed for 
ITER), which speak for  the continuation ofJET's  operation beyond  1996.  " 

4.  The proposal  is to extend the JET Joint Undertaking  by three years to the end of  1999 
to  make  room  for  an  ITER-EDA  Support  Phase.  This  extension  would  make  a  major 
contribution  to serving  the objectives  of  the Community  Fusion  Programme.  It would also 
make the best  use of  the expertise  and  equipment  made available at JET  by  the European 
Union. 

II.  THE PRESENT JET PROGRAMME TO END 1996: 

OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS 

O B . J E C T T V ES 
5.  By Council decision 78/471/Euratom establishing the JET Joint Undertaking, the original 
aim of the Project  was: 

"to construct,  operate and exploit,  as part of the Community Fusion Programme and for 
the benefit of  the  participants  therein, a  large torus facility  of  Tokamak  type and its 
auxiliary facilities... in  order to  extend the parameter range applicable  to  controlled 
thermonuclear  fusion  experiments up  to  conditions  close  to  those  needed  in  a 
thermonuclear reactor". 

6.  This  objective was detailed  in Report EUR-JET-R5,  referred  to in the Statutes of JET 
which  were adopted  by the same Council decision: 

"The essential objective of JET  is  to  obtain and study a plasma  in  conditions  and 
dimensions approaching those needed in a thermonuclear reactor.  These studies  will be 
aimed at defining  the parameters,  the size and the working  conditions  of  a  Tokamak 

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the scaling of plasma behaviour as parameters approach the reactor range; 

reactor. The realisation of this objective  involves four  main areas of work: 
(i) 
(ii)  the plasma-wall interaction  in these conditions; 
(Hi)  the study of plasma heating:  and 
(iv)  the study of a-particle production,  confinement and consequent plasma heating. " 

I.  Council decision 91/677/Euratom, extending the JET Joint Undertaking until the end of 
1996, introduced: 

(v)  "a new phase  into  the JET program me,  the  objective of  which would be  to 

establish  the effective  control of impurities  in operation  conditions  close to  those 
of the Next Step" 

ACHIEVEMENTS 
8.  All five of JET's objectives stated above can be fulfilled  within the timeframe  to the end 
of  1996. 

Work areas  (i) and  (Hi): scaling  of plasma behaviour and plasma heating 
9.  The  temperatures  (up  to  330  million  degrees),  densities  (up  to  4xl020m3)  and 
confinement  times (up to  1.8  seconds) required in a reactor have been achieved,  separately, 
in JET. Furthermore,  the overall plasma performance,  which can be measured by the product 
of  the above three parameters,  has come within a factor  six of that required  in a reactor. 

10.  By  virtue  of  JET's  size,  geometry,  divertor  configuration  and  proximity  in  working 
conditions to ITER,  its results on the scaling of plasma behaviour,  together with those from 
smaller tokamaks,  have been crucial  for predictions of the size and heating requirements of 
ITER. 

Work  areas  (ii)  and  (v): plasma-wall  interaction and effective  control of impurities 
II.  This  area  was  addressed  fully  with  material  limiters  (for  which  JET  was  originally 
designed),  then  with  a  magnetic  limiter  (which  allows  access  to  regimes  with  better 
confinement)  and now with the divertor  (which is recognised  as the configuration  for a Next 
Step tokamak) installed during  1992/93. During  1994 the high power handling capability of 
this  divertor  has  been  demonstrated  and  the  severe  impurity  influxes,  which  previously 
terminated  high performance  plasmas,  have been  eliminated. 

12.  In the first  half of  1995, a comparison  between  carbon  fibre  composite  and beryllium 
divertor  target  tiles  will  be completed.  This  will  provide  necessary  data  for  selecting  the 
target  tile material  for  the ITER  divertor. 

13.  During  the second  half  of  1995, a more ITER-relevant  divertor  will then  be installed 
in JET as part of an internationally coordinated approach to test several divertor concepts for 
ITER  in existing  tokamaks. 

Work area  (iv): a-particle production,  confinement and heating 
14.  To date, very significant  progress  has been made in this area. In  1991 the performance 
of JET plasmas had improved  sufficiently  to warrant  the first  tokamak experiments  using a 
deuterium-tritium  (D-T)  fuel  mixture.  With a mixture of  10% tritium  in deuterium  (chosen 
to limit the activation of  the JET  device at that  stage in the Programme),  significant  fusion 

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power  (peaking at  1.7MW  and averaging 1MW over 2 seconds)  was produced  in a laboratory 
plasma  for  the  first  time. 

15.  Since then, the US tokamak TFTR,  using 50% tritium in deuterium,  has produced  some 
10MW  of  fusion  power  and  has  shown  that,  with  their  operating  conditions,  D-T  plasmas 
have  more  favourable  confinement  properties  than  deuterium  plasmas. 

16.  In the second  half of  1996, a further  period  of D-T  operation  in JET  would allow  these 
TFTR  results  to  be assessed  under  ITER-relevant  divertor  and  operating  conditions. 

III.  EXTENSION  OF JET  TO  THE  END  OF  1999: 
OBJECTIVES  AND  PROGRAMME  PLAN 

OBJECTIVES 
17.  The  purpose  of  the  extension  of  JET  is  to  provide  further  data  of  direct  relevance  to 
ITER,  especially  for  the ITER-EDA,  before  entering  into a final  phase of  D-T  operation.  In 
particular,  the extension  would: 

(i)  make  essential  contributions  to  the  development  and  demonstration  of  a  viable 

divertor  concept  for  ITER,  and 

(ii)  carry  out  experiments  using  deuterium-tritium  plasmas 

in  an 

ITER-like 

configuration,  which  will  provide  a  firm  basis  for  the  D-T  operation  of  ITER; 

while allowing key ITER-relevant  technology activities,  such as the demonstration  of  remote 
handling  and  tritium  handling,  to be  carried  out. 

PROGRAMME  PLAN 
18.  Extending  JET  by  three  years  to the end  of  1999 would  allow  a three  year  ITER-EDA 
Support  Phase  to be  inserted  into  the JET  Programme  before  the  final  D-T  phase  begins. 

ITER-EDA  Support  Phase  (mid-1995  to  mid-1998) 
19.  The  ITER-EDA  Support  Phase  will  begin  in  mid-1995  with  the  installation  of  an 
improved  divertor  with  sufficient  flexibility  to  allow  extensive  exploration  of  divertor 
concepts for ITER. This divertor will have better power handling and pumping characteristics 
and  these  will  be  exploited  in  the  subsequent  experimental  campaign.  Furthermore,  the 
divertor  has been  designed  so that  its target  assembly  can be exchanged  by  remote  handling 
without  manned  intervention. 

20.  During  the  second  half  of  1996,  D-T  operations  in  JET  (typically  with  50%  tritium) 
would assess whether the more favourable confinement  found during D-T operations in TFTR 
extends  also  to  ITER-relevant  configurations  and  operating  conditions.  These  experiments 
would  allow  more accurate  scalings  for  the performance  and  heating  requirements  of  ITER 
to be determined.  In addition,  JET's  capability  for  long pulse operation  and impurity  control 
should  permit  some  10  MW  of  fusion  power  for  several  seconds.  The  a-particle  heating 
would  then  make  a  significant  contribution  to  the plasma  power  balance.  The  activation  of 
the device would  be limited  to a level  that would  allow  manned  intervention  about  one year 
after  the end of D-T  operations.  This period  of D-T operation  would also provide a first  test 
of a large scale technology  for  processing  tritium  in conjunction  with  an operating  tokamak. 

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21.  In  1997,  the divertor  target  assembly  would  be exchanged  to  test  a  specific  divertor 
concept for ITER. This divertor would be based on the most recent experimental results and 
model  calculations.  With  the activation  levels prevailing  at  this  time,  the target  exchange 
would be carried out by remote handling and this would demonstrate,  for  the first  time, one 
of the central  technologies required  both for  ITER  and for  a fusion  reactor. 

22.  During  the remainder  of  1997 and  the first  half  of  1998, this ITER-specific  divertor 
would be tested experimentally with deuterium plasmas at high power. These results, together 
with those from  smaller tokamaks, will allow the ITER divertor design to be validated. This 
should  be possible by mid-1998,  in line with the ITER-EDA  schedule. 

23.  The  planning  of  this  ITER-EDA  Support  Phase  is  sufficiently  flexible  to  allow  the 
precise  duration  and  timing  of  the  divertor  and  D-T  programmes  to  be  adapted  to  the 
developing  needs of ITER  and in light of contributions  from  other  devices worldwide. 

Final phase of D-T operation  (mid-1998 to end-1999) 
24.  During late 1998 and early  1999, the experimental program  me would prepa 
operation  by optimising  the plasma performance  in deuterium. 

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25.  During  the  remainder  of  1999,  a  period  of  D-T  operation  would  capitalise  on  the 
performance  improvements  achieved  in  the  preceding  experimental  campaigns  with 
deuterium,  whilst  limiting  the activation  of the device to the levels  strictly  necessary.  This 
period of D-T operation would also provide a full evaluation of the technology of processing 
tritium  in conjunction  with an operating  tokamak. 

26.  The  above objectives  and  program  me plan  are  in  line  with  the  requirements  of  the 
ITER-EDA  and have been agreed  with the ITER  Director. 

The Reliability  of the JET  Device 
27.  A European  assessment  group,  set up by the JET  Council,  has analysed  the reliability 
of  JET  in  the  context  of  the  proposed  extension  to  1999.  It  concluded  that  with  high 
probability  only a small  fraction  of the life of the JET  device has been  used. 

IV. FINANCIAL ENVELOPE 

28.  The financial envelope for the proposed extension,  set on the basis of current economic 
conditions, provides for funding by the Members of the JET Joint Undertaking at an average 
annual  level  of  77.7  MioECU  for  the period  1995-1998.  This  compares  with  an  average 
annual  funding  level  of  93.5  MioECU  for  the  period  1990-1994  and  complies  with  the 
requirement of the  1994-1998 Euratom  Fusion  Programme that  "An extension of JET would 
necessarily imply a substantially reduced annual budget of the project. " On the basis of this 
envelope  the  amount  of  funding  to  be  met  from  the  1994-1998  Community  Fusion 
Programme would amount to 240.17 MioECU. This represents 30.2% of the funds available 
under  the Programme,  less  than  the  indicative  ceiling  of  32%  given  in  Council  Decision 
94/799/Euratom. 

DRAFT  PROPOSAL 
for  a 
COUNCIL  DECISION 

Approving  amendments  to  the  Statutes  of  the  Joint  European  Torus  (JET),  Joint 
Undertaking 

THE  COUNCIL  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  UNION, 

Having regard  to the Treaty  establishing  the European  Atomic Energy  Community,  and 
in  particular  Article  50  thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the proposal  from  the  Commission, 

Having  regard  to  the  opinion  of  the  European  Parliament1, 

Having  regard  to  the opinion  of  the  Economic  and  Social  Committee2, 

Whereas,  for  the  purpose  of  implementing  the  JET  Project,  the  Council,  by  Decision 
78/471/Euratom3,  established  the Joint  European  Torus  (JET),  Joint  Undertaking,  and 
adopted  the  Statutes  thereof,  as  last  amended  by  Decision  91/677/Euratom4; 

Whereas,  by  Decision  94/268/Euratom5,  the Council  adopted  a  framework  programme 
of  Community  activities  in  the  field  of  research  and  training  for  the European  Atomic 
Energy  Community  (1994 to  1998); whereas by Decision  94/799/Euratom6,  the Council 
adopted  a  specific  programme  of  research  and  training  in  the  field  of  controlled 
thermonuclear  fusion,  specifying  inter  alia  that  substantial  new  scientific  and  technical 
arguments  have been  identified,  in particular  for  the benefit  of  ITER  (such  as  testing  a 
divertor  similar  to  that  being  designed  for  ITER),  which  speak  for  the continuation  of 
JET's  operation  beyond  1996; 

Whereas,  to  make a  major  contribution  to serving  the objectives  of  the  Euratom  fusion 
programme,  it is necessary  to extend the Joint European  Torus  (JET),  Joint  Undertaking 
for a period  until 31 December  1999, in order  to provide  further  data of direct  relevance 
to ITER,  especially  for  the ITER-EDA,  before  entering  into a final  phase of  Deuterium-
Tritium  operation; 

1  O J N o . .. 

2  OJ  No  ... 

3  OJNo.  L  151, 7.6.1978,  p.10. 

4  OJ N oL  375,  31.12.1991, p.9. 

5  OJ  N oL  115, 6.5.1994,  p. 31. 

6  OJ  N oL  331, 21.12.1994,  p.22. 

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Whereas,  the JET Council,  for  that purpose,  approved  on  23  March  1995 an  extension 
of the Joint Undertaking to 31 December  1999 and the corresponding  amendments to the 
JET  Statutes; 

Whereas  the  proposed  extension  of  JET,  and  the  financing  of  the  Community 
contribution to the JET expenditures for the period  1995-1998, are fully compatible with 
the terms of  Council  Decision  94/799/Euratom; 

Whereas,  following  the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Finland,  the 
Technology Development Centre of Finland (TEKES) has requested accession  to the JET 
Joint  Undertaking;  whereas  the JET  Council  has  approved  its  accession  to  the  'Joint 
Undertaking'  and the amendments  to the Statutes  required  by  that accession; 

Whereas,  by  virtue  of  Article  101  of  the  Treaty,  the  Community  has  concluded  a 
cooperation agreement in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion and plasma physics 
with the Kingdoim of Sweden;  whereas the JET Council has approved  modifications  to 
the Statutes  required  by  the recent  accession  of  that State to the European  Union; 

Whereas the JET Council has approved other modifications to the wording of the Statutes 
required  by  the entry  into force  of  the Treaty  on  European  Union. 

HAS  DECIDED  AS FOLLOWS: 

Article J 

The amendments to the Statutes of the 'Joint European Torus  (JET), Joint Undertaking', 
annexed  to this  Decision,  are  hereby  approved. 

Article  2 

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  the day  following  that of  its  publication  in  the 
Official Journal of the European  Communities. 

Doneat 

, 

For the Council 

The  President 

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ANNEX 

1. 

Article 1.3 of the Statutes of the 'Joint European Torus  (JET), Joint  Undertaking' 
shall  be  replaced  by  the  following: 

'1.3  The  Joint  Undertaking  shall  have  the  following  Members: 

The European  Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter  referred  to as "Euratom"), 

The  Belgian  State  (hereinafter  referred  to as  "Belgium"),  acting  for  its  own  part 
("Laboratoire  de  physique  des  plasmas  of  the  Ecole  Royale  Militaire  -
Laboratorium  voor  plasmaphysica  van de Koninklijke  Militaire  School")  and  on 
behalf  of  the  "Université  libre  de  Bruxelles"  ("Service  de  physique  statistique, 
plasmas  et  optique  non  linéaire  de  l'ULB")  and  of  the  "Centre  d'Etude  de 
l'Energie  Nucléaire"  (CEN)/nStudiecentrum  voor  Kernenergie"  (SCK), 

the  "Centro  de  Investigaciones  Energéticas  Medioambientales  y Tecnologicas", 
Spain  (hereinafter  referred  to as  "CIEMAT"), 

the  "Commissariat  à  l'Energie  Atomique",  France  (hereinafter  referred  to  as 
"CEA"), 

the "Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie,  l'Energia  e l'Ambiente"  (hereinafter  referred 
to as  "ENEA"  which  since  1 January  1986,  has  represented  all  Italian  activities 
falling  within  the  Euratom  Fusion  Programme  including  that  of  the  "Consiglio 
Nazionale  delle  Ricerche",  CNR), 

the  Hellenic  Republic  (hereinafter  referred  to as  "Greece"), 

the  "Forschungszentrum  Jiilich  GmbH",  Federal  Republic  of  Germany, 
(hereinafter  referred  to as  "KFA"), 

the  "Forskningscenter  Riso",  Denmark,  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  "Riso"), 

the  Grand  Duchy  of  Luxembourg  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  "Luxembourg"), 

the  "Junta  Nacional  de  Investigaçâo  Cientifica  e  Tecnolôgica",  Portugal 
(hereinafter  referred  to as  "JNICT"), 

Ireland, 

the "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft  zur Forderung der Wissenschaften  e. V.- Institut fiir 
Plasmaphysik",  Federal Republic of Germany  (hereinafter  referred  to as  "IPP"), 

the  "Swedish  Natural  Science  Research  Council"  (hereinafter  referred  to  as 
"NFR"), 

the  Swiss  Confederation  (hereinafter  referred  to as  "Switzerland"), 

the  "Stichting  voor  Fundamenteel  Onderzoek  der  Materie",  the  Netherlands 
(hereinafter  referred  to as  "FOM"), 

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the  "United  Kingdom  Atomic  Energy  Authority"  (hereinafter  referred  to as  "the 
Authority"  or  "the Host Organization"). 

The  "Technology  Development  Centre  of  Finland"  (hereinafter  referred  to  as 
"TERES"), 

Article  4.1.1  and 4.1.2  shall  be replaced  by  the  following: 

'4.1.1  The  Members  of  the Joint  Undertaking  shall  be  represented  in  the  JET 
Council  as  follows,  the  vote  of  each  pair  of  representatives  being 
weighted  as  indicated: 

Representing 

Number of 
representatives 

Weighting 
of  vote 

Euratom 
Belgium 
CIEMAT 
CEA 
ENEA 
Greece 
Rise 
Luxembourg 
Ireland 
JNICT 
IPP and KFA jointly 
NFR 
Switzerland 
FOM 
Authority 
TEKES 

2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 

5 
2 
3 
5 
5 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
5 
2 
2 
2 
5 
2 

4.1.2  For their adoption, acts of the JET  Council shall  require at least 30 votes 

in  favour  .' 

In  the  last  sentence  of  Article  9.1, the  words  "European  units  of  account"  shall 
be  replaced  by  the  word  "ECU". 

The  first  sentence  of  Article  16.1.4.1  shall  be replaced  by  the  following: 

'The  Commission  will,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Article  13 of  the 
Euratom  Treaty  and subject  to the conditions contained  therein,  communicate the 
reports  referred  to  in  Article  16.1.3  to  the  Member  States,  to  persons  and 
undertakings  (as  defined  in  Article  196  of  that  Treaty)  as  well  as  to  the 
Government  of  Switzerland  and  to  persons  and  undertakings  established  on  its 
territory.' 

5. 

The first  sentence of  Article  16.2.3 shall be replaced  by the  following: 

'Under  the  patent  applications  and  patents  referred  to  in  Article  16.2.1,  the 
Commission may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Euratom 
Treaty  and  subject  to  the  conditions  contained  therein,  grant  on  request  non 
exclusive licences to the Member States of Euratom, to persons and undertakings 
(as  defined  in  Article  196  of  that  Treaty),  as  well  as  to  the  Government  of 
Switzerland  and to persons  and undertakings  established  on its  territory.' 

Article 19.1 of the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking 
shall be replaced  by the  following: 

' 19.1 

The Joint Undertaking  shall  be established  for  a period  until  31 
December  1999.' 

As a result  of  the entry  into force of the Treaty  on European  Union: 

1. 

2. 

In  Articles  10.6,  12,  18.2,  20.4,  20.6,  21.1, 24.2,  24.3  and  26a,  the 
words  "Council  of the European  Communities"  shall be replaced  by the 
words  "Council of the European Union". 

In Articles  10.6 and  12 of the French text,  the word  "Assemblée"  shall 
be replaced by the words  "Parlement européen". 

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