WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2476/97 by Hiltrud BREYER to the Commission. Non-Proliferation Treaty
Date: 1997-07-16
Institutions: BREYER, European Parliament
Subjects: EAEC, International Atomic Energy Agency, Protocol (EU), competence of the Member States, nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear weapon

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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of the competent institution, and periods of insurance completed in another Member State. The first telematic
exchanges have taken place among eight Member States under a pilot project for the exchange of data in the
pensions sector. The TESS programme will not be extended to the unemployment sector until the results of the
current projects have been assessed. The rapid and efficient application of national and Community legislation in
the field of social security for migrant workers is one of the objectives of the TESS programme. The outcome
will be that telematic exchanges of data between competent institutions will allow more effective monitoring of
the granting of social benefits.

(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed
persons and to members of their families moving within the Community (OJ L 149, 5.7.1971), Articles 81 and 85 of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (OJ L 4, 27.3.1972), more
specifically Articles 2, 50 cf. 117, as most recently amended by Regulation (EC) No 1290/97 of 27June 1997 (OJ L 176, 4.7.1997).

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-2476/97

by Hiltrud Breyer (V) to the Commission

(16 July 1997)

Subject: Non-Proliferation Treaty

Following a resolution of the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, the Board of Governors of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved on 15 May 1997 › with the full support of the European
Union › a model protocol whose purpose is to reform and strengthen the IAEA safeguards in all non-nuclear
weapon states (NNWS) worldwide.

Has the Commission the intention to propose to the Council negotiating directives for a full implementation
1.
or only for a partial implementation of the model protocol in the NNWS of the Community, and what are the
reasons for the proposed policy?

2.
Since  the  model  protocol  involves  beyond  dispute  the  national  non-proliferation  competences  of  the
Member  States,  will  the  Commission  propose  to  the  Council,  for  the  negotiations  with  the  IAEA  and  the
subsequent implementation of the model protocol in the Community, negotiation and management procedures
that will recognize the national non-proliferation competences of the Member States, or will the Commission on
the contrary propose to negotiate and implement the protocol as if it were an exclusive Euratom-competence
instrument?

Answer given by Mr Papoutsis on behalf of the Commission

(16 September 1997)

1.
The  Commission  submitted  on  16  July  1997  negotiating  directives  to  the  Council  under  which  the
Commission proposes to negotiate with the relevant non-nuclear weapon Member States and the International
atomic energy agency (IAEA) with a view to the conclusion, under Articles 101, paragraph 2 and 102 of the
Euratom Treaty, of an additional protocol to the safeguards agreement between the Community(cid:146)s non-nuclear
weapon Member States, the Community and the IAEA (INFCIRC/193). It is proposed that this protocol will be
negotiated on the basis of the model protocol, which was adopted by the IAEA board of governors on 15 May
1997 as standard for the additional protocols designed for states having a comprehensive safeguards agreement
with the IAEA in order to strengthen the effectiveness and to improve the efficiency of the safeguards system as a
contribution to global nuclear non-proliferation objectives.

2.
The Commission fully recognises the legal fact that several of the measures foreseen in the model protocol
currently fall within the competence of Community Member States. This is clearly reflected in its proposal to
negotiate the additional protocol together with Member States and to conclude the protocol under Article 102 of
the Euratom Treaty.