76 INDICATE THAT AFTER SEVEN YEARS THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION MAY INTRODUCE SUCH AMENDMENTS AS EXPERIENCE MAY HAVE SHOWN TO BE NECESSARY, OR CONFIRM THE ORIGINAL PROVISIONS, THEY DO NOT IMPLY THAT ANY LINK WHATEVER CAN BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN A FAILURE TO EXERCISE THESE POWERS AND THE LAPSE OF THE OLD PROVISIONS, EITHER IMMEDIATELY OR AT ANY SUBSEQUENT DATE .
26 ARTICLE 76 DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY EXPRESS STIPULATION THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE RELIEVED OF THE TASKS CONFERRED ON IT BY ARTICLE 2 NOR THAT THESE TASKS SHOULD BE RESTORED TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE MEMBER STATES .
27 NOR CAN THE OBJECTION BE UPHELD THAT THE MAINTENANCE IN FORCE OF THE PROVISIONS IN QUESTION WOULD AMOUNT TO A CONFIRMATION OF THE SAID PROVISIONS IN A FORM AND FOLLOWING METHODS DIFFERENT FROM THOSE EXPRESSLY LAID DOWN BY THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 76, SO AS TO RENDER THE LATTER SUPERFLUOUS .
28 UNTIL THE DECISION IS TAKEN EITHER TO MAKE THE EXISTING RULES PERMANENT, OR TO REPLACE THEM BY NEW RULES, THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER VI ARE ONLY MAINTAINED ON A TEMPORARY BASIS, SO THAT ANY MOMENT THERE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THEM A SET OF NEW PROVISIONS CONSTITUTING A DIFFERENT SUPPLY SYSTEM .
29 THE SUBMISSION BASED ON ARTICLE 76 OF THE TREATY MUST THEREFORE BE REJECTED .
( B ) ON THE FACTUAL BASIS OF THE ALLEGED CONTRAVENTIONS
30 THE COMMISSION COMPLAINS, FIRST OF ALL, THAT SINCE 1965 THE DEFENDANT HAS FAILED TO SUBMIT TO THE COMMISSION THE ANNUAL REPORTS PRESCRIBED BY ARTICLE 70 OF THE TREATY .
31 THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT STATES THAT THE INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE FURNISHED UNDER THIS ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED ANNUALLY IN THE REPORTS OF THE FRENCH ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION, WHICH ARE SENT TO THE COMMISSION .
32 THE APPLICANT HAS THEN CONTENDED THAT THESE REPORTS DO NOT " COVER THE WHOLE OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED ", WITHOUG HOWEVER SPECIFYING IN WHAT RESPECT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE REPORTS OF THE FRENCH COMMISSION IS INSUFFICIENT .
33 IT APPEARS FROM THE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE COURT THAT THEY CONTAIN, AT LEAST AS REGARDS PROSPECTING, PRODUCTION AND THE PROBABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RESERVES, INFORMATION WHICH MAY HELP THE COMMISSION IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS DUTIES .
34 MOREOVER, THE LATTER HAS NOT CLAIMED THAT IT HAS EVER SOUGHT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .
35 IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE FACTS ADDUCED BY THE COMMISSION ARE NOT ENOUGH TO PERMIT THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE HAS BEEN A FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ARTICLE 70 .
36 A FURTHER COMPLAINT AGAINST THE DEFENDANT GOVERNMENT IS THAT IT HAS EFFECTED VARIOUS SALES OR PURCHASES OF SPECIAL FISSILE MATERIALS IN INFRINGEMENT OF THE RIGHT OF OPTION AND OF THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF THE COMMISSION TO CONCLUDE SUCH SUPPLY AGREEMENTS, AND THAT IT HAS FAILED TO NOTIFY TO THE AGENCY A PROCESSING CONTRACT FOR URANIUM COMING FROM SOUTH AFRICA .
37 SINCE THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAS NOT DISPUTED THAT THE TRANSACTIONS ALLEGED HAVE BEEN EFFECTED WITHOUT THE INTERVENTION OF THE AGENCY, IT