2001/761/Euratom: Council Decision of 27 September 2001 authorising the conclusion by the Commission of two Cooperation Agreements between the European Autonomic Energy Community and the Government of the Russian Federation in the fields of nuclear safety and controlled nuclear fusion
Date: 2001-09-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, Russia, cooperation agreement, nuclear fusion, nuclear safety

31.10.2001

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 27 September 2001

authorising the conclusion by the Commission of two Cooperation Agreements between the
European Autonomic Energy Community and the Government of the Russian Federation in the
fields of nuclear safety and controlled nuclear fusion

(2001/761/Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 101(2) thereof,

(4)

a partnership between the

Having regard to the Agreement on Partnership and Coopera-
European
tion establishing
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
Russian Federation, of the other part (1), which entered into
force on 1 December 1997, and which aims to establish close
cooperation in the nuclear sector, inter alia, through the imple-
mentation of two agreements on nuclear safety and thermonu-
clear fusion,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

updating necessary. Therefore, the Council Decision of
22 December 1994 should be repealed.

The Council adopted Decision 1999/64/Euratom on 22
December 1998 concerning
fifth framework
programme of the European Atomic Energy Community
(Euratom) for research and training activities (1998 to
2002) (2) which includes the key action controlled ther-
monuclear fusion.

the

(5)

The Council in its Decision 1999/175/Euratom of 25
January 1999 adopted
training
a
programme (Euratom) in the field of nuclear energy for
the period 1998 to 2002 (3),

research and

Whereas:

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the Council
In accordance with the directives that
adopted in its Decision of 17 January 1991,
the
Commission has negotiated two agreements on nuclear
safety and controlled nuclear fusion between the Euro-
pean Atomic Energy Community and the Russian
Federation.

The Commission should be authorised to conclude the
agreements.

The Council, acting on a proposal by the Commission,
approved the agreements on 22 December 1994.
However, subsequent developments made revision and

(1) OJ L 327, 28.11.1997, p. 3.

Article 1

The Commission is hereby authorised to conclude with the
Russian Federation the following two agreements: the Agree-
ment for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy
Community and the Government of the Russian Federation in
the field of nuclear safety and the Agreement for cooperation
between the European Atomic Energy Community and the
Government of the Russian Federation in the field of controlled
nuclear fusion.

The text of
Decision (4).

these two agreements

is attached to this

(2) OJ L 26, 1.2.1999, p. 34.
(3) OJ L 64, 12.3.1999, p. 142.
(4) See page 23 of this Official Journal.

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The Council Decision of 22 December 1994 is repealed and replaced by this Decision.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 27 September 2001.

For the Council

The President

R. LANDUYT