2005/510/Euratom: Commission Decision of 14 June 2005 concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the ‘Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management’(notified under document number C(2005) 1729)
Date: 2005-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: accession to an agreement, agreement (EU), environmental protection, nuclear fuel, nuclear safety, public health, radioactive waste, waste management

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 June 2005
concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the ‘Joint Convention on
the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management’
(notified under document number C(2005) 1729)

(2005/510/Euratom)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,,

Article 1

Accession to the Joint Convention is hereby approved on behalf
of the European Atomic Energy Community.

The text of the Joint Convention and the declaration by the
European Atomic Energy Community
to the
according
provisions of Article 39(4)(iii) of
the Joint Convention are
attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The declaration attached to this Decision shall be deposited with
the Director-General of
International Atomic Energy
soon as
Agency, depositary of
possible after the adoption of this Decision by letter signed
by the Head of Delegation of the European Commission to
the International Organisations in Vienna.

the Joint Convention, as

the

Done at Brussels, 14 June 2005.

For the Commission

Andris PIEBALGS
Member of the Commission

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the Council Decision 2005/84/Euratom (1) of
24 January 2005 approving the accession of
the European
Atomic Energy Community to the Joint Convention on the
Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radio-
active Waste Management (Joint Convention thereinafter),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Twenty-two Member States are contracting parties to the
Joint Convention.

The European Atomic Energy Community shall accede to
the Joint Convention,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1) OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 10.

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Declaration by the European Atomic Energy Community according to the provisions of Article 39(4)(iii) of the
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management

the Kingdom of Spain,

The following States are presently members of the European Atomic Energy Community: the Kingdom of Belgium, the
Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic
the
Republic,
Republic of Latvia,
the
Republic of Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese
Republic, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

the Republic of Cyprus,
the Republic of Hungary,

the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg,

the Republic of Lithuania,

the French Republic,

the Italian Republic,

Ireland,

The Community declares that Articles 1 to 16, 18, 19, 21 and 24 to 44 of the Joint Convention apply to it.

The Community possesses competences, shared with the abovementioned Member States, in the fields covered by Articles
4, 6 to 11, 13 to 16, 19 and 24 to 28 of the Joint Convention as provided by the Treaty establishing the European
Atomic Energy Community in Article 2(b) and the relevant Articles of Title II, Chapter 3, entitled ‘Health and Safety’.