CELEX: 31966D0031(01)
Language: en
Date: 1966-07-28 00:00:00
Title: 66/31/Euratom: Council Decision of 28 July 1966 approving an amendment to the Statutes of the 'Societé d énergie nucléaire franco-belge des Ardennes (Sena) Joint Undertaking

Official Journal of the European Communities                                     175
2686/66                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                          9.8.66
                                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 28 July 1966
             approving an amendment to the Statutes of the 'Société d'énergie nucléaire franco-belge
                                         des Ardennes' (Sena) Joint Undertaking
                                                    (66/31/Euratom)
THE    COUNCIL      OF    THE    EUROPEAN       ATOMIC          retroactive effect, since otherwise shares issued would
ENERGY COMMUNITY,                                               be invalid and the balance sheets of the Joint Under­
                                                                taking at 31 December 1962, 1963 , 1964 and 1965
                                                                would be incorrect and have to be amended.
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Atomic Energy Community, and in particular
Articles 50 and 47 thereof;                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
                                                                                         Article 1
Whereas by its Decision of 9 September 1961 1 the
Council established the Societe d'energie nucleaire             The amendment to Article 7 of the Statutes of the
franco-beige des Ardennes Sena) Joint Undertaking;              Societe d'energie nucleaire franco-beige des Ardennes
                                                                (Sena) annexed to this Decision is hereby approved.
Whereas at its extraordinary general meeting on 15
September 1961 the Joint Undertaking resolved to in­                                     Article 2
crease the capital;
Whereas this increase of the capital is commensurate            This Decision shall be published in the Official
with the planned development and sound financial                Journal of the European Communities. It shall enter
management of the Joint Undertaking;                            into force with retroactive effect from 13 July 1962
                                                                on the date of its publication.
Whereas, by letter of 31 January 1966 the Joint
Undertaking requested the Commission to submit the              Done at Brussels, 28 July 1966.
appropriate procedure to the Council in order to
have the amendment to the Statutes approved ;
                                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                                        The President
Whereas, to avoid considerable lack of certainty in
the law, the Decision should enter into force with                                                   S. A. POSTHUMUS
1 OJ No 65, 9.10.1961, p. 1173/61 .
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                                                   ANNEX
    Amendment to the Statutes of the Société d'énergie nucléaire franco-belge des Ardennes (Sena)
    Joint Undertaking.
    Article 7 of the Statutes of the Societe d'énergie nucléaire franco-belge des Ardennes (Sena) Joint
    Undertaking shall be amended to read as follows :
       'Article 7 — Capital
       The capital is 80 000 000 French francs, divided into 800 000 shares of 100 French francs
       each, of which 400 000 shall be Class A shares and 400 000 Class B shares .
       The capital may be increased or reduced subject to the following conditions :
       Ownership of Class A shares shall be restricted in accordance with provisions of Ordonnance
       No 58-1137 of 28 November 1958, to "Electricité de France, service national Ownership of
       Class B shares shall be restricted to nationals, whether natural or legal persons, of foreign
       countries signatories of the Euratom Treaty.'