A ) ABOUT 30 % FOR FINANCING PROJECTS AT A PREFERENTIAL RATE , AS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH 5 ;
( B ) ABOUT 4 % FOR ADMINISTRATION COSTS AND FOR EXPENDITURE INTENDED TO ENSURE THE MOBILITY OF STAFF TO ENABLE THEM TO WORK IN ORGANIZATIONS COOPERATING IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME ;
( C ) THE AMOUNT NOT SET ASIDE FOR THE OPERATIONS AND EXPENDITURE REFERRED TO IN ( A ) AND ( B ) AND ANY POSITIVE BALANCE FROM THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASSOCIATED THIRD COUNTRIES UNDER THE PROGRAMME , EXCLUSIVE OF JET , SHALL BE USED FOR FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION BY THE COMMUNITY IN OTHER EXPENDITURE INCURRED BY THE ASSOCIATIONS . THIS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN OTHER ASSOCIATION EXPENDITURE RELATING TO THE JOINT PROGRAMME SHALL BE AT A UNIFORM RATE OF ABOUT 25 % .
5 . AFTER A TECHNICAL EXAMINATION , THE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FUSION PROGRAMME MAY , AS SOON AS IT HAS BEEN SET UP , ACCORD PRIORITY STATUS TO PROJECTS BELONGING TO ONE OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS :
- TOKAMAK SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT FOR JET ,
- OTHER TOROIDAL MACHINES ,
- HEATING AND INJECTION , INCLUDING SUPPORT FOR JET IN THIS FIELD ,
- FUSION TECHNOLOGY ,
- THE WORK REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 ( C ).
THE COMMISSION MAY FINANCE THESE PROJECTS AT A UNIFORM PREFERENTIAL RATE OF ABOUT 45 % . IN RETURN , ALL THE MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATIONS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO TAKE PART IN THE EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT WITH THE EQUIPMENT THUS CONSTRUCTED .
6 . THE UPPER LIMIT FOR EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE JET PROJECT , AS REGARDS ITS BASIC PERFORMANCE , DURING THE PROGRAMME PERIOD ARE FIXED AT 145 MILLION EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT AND 150 TEMPORARY STAFF . THE AMOUNT IN QUESTION IS INTENDED TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE JET PROJECT AT A PARTICIPATION RATE OF 80 % . THE SWEDISH AND SWISS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JET PROJECT SHALL BE DEDUCTED DIRECTLY FROM THE FINANCING OF THAT PART OF THE OVERALL BUDGET LAID DOWN FOR THE PROJECT WHICH IS TO BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITY BUDGET .