2007/614/Euratom: Council Decision of 30 January 2007 concerning the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Japan for the Joint Implementation of the Broader Approach Activities in the Field of Fusion Energy Research
Date: 2007-01-30
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EAEC, Japan, agreement (EU), nuclear fusion, nuclear research, peaceful use of energy, ratification of an agreement

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DECISIONS

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 30 January 2007

concerning the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement between the European Atomic
Energy Community and the Government of Japan for the Joint Implementation of the Broader
Approach Activities in the Field of Fusion Energy Research

(2007/614/Euratom)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

attached joint paper on the role of the host (Euratom)
and non-host (Japan) on the ITER Project.

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 proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

The Commission has,
in accordance with the Council
Directives of 16 November 2000 as amended by
Council Decisions of 27 May 2002, 26 November
2003 and 25 November 2004, conducted negotiations
the Government of
with the Government of China,
Japan,
the
the Government of
Government of the Republic of Korea, the Government
of the Russian Federation and the Government of the
United States of America on an Agreement for the Estab-
lishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy Orga-
nisation for the Joint Implementation of the ITER Project.

the Republic of

India,

(2)

The ITER Negotiation Parties have agreed at the Minis-
terial Meeting in Moscow on 28 June 2005 that ITER
would be built in Cadarache. They also agreed on an

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

In accordance with the joint paper referred to above and
the amended Council Directives,
the Commission has
conducted negotiations with the Government of Japan
on an Agreement for the Joint Implementation of the
Broader Approach Activities.

On 20 June 2006, at a meeting in Tokyo, the represen-
tatives of Euratom and Japan adopted the Final Report of
Negotiations on the Broader Approach Agreement which
confirmed the completion of the negotiation process and
records the subsidiary documents produced by Euratom
and Japan.

On 22 November 2006, the representatives of Euratom
and Japan signed a Joint Declaration for the implemen-
tation of the Broader Approach Activities which sets out
details for the contributions of the Parties to the Broader
Approach Activities.

The conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement
between the European Atomic Energy Community and
the Government of Japan for the Joint Implementation of
the Broader Approach Activities in the Field of Fusion
Energy Research should be approved,

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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

1.
The conclusion by the Commission, for and on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of
the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Japan for the
Joint Implementation of the Broader Approach Activities in the Field of Fusion Energy Research is hereby
approved.

2.

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 30 January 2007.

For the Council
The President

P. STEINBRÜCK