CELEX: 11985I/PRO/13
Language: en
Date: 1985-06-12 00:00:00
Title: DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, PROTOCOL 13 ON THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

15 . 1 . 85                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     435
                                                        Protocol 12
                                           on the regional development of Spain
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,                                    late economic growth in the less-developed regions and
                                                                 areas of Spain ;
 Desiring to settle certain special problems of concern
to Spain and,                                                    Recognize it to be in their common interest that the
                                                                 objectives of this policy be attained ;
HAVING AGREED THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS :                         Agree, in order to help the Spanish Government to
                                                                 accomplish this task, to recommend that the Com­
Recall that the fundamental objectives of the European           munity institutions use all the means and procedures
Economic Community include the steady improvement                laid down by Community rules, particularly by making
of the living standards and working conditions of the            adequate use of the Community resources intended for
peoples of the Member States and the harmonious                  the realization of the Community's abovementioned
development of their economies by reducing the differ­           objectives ;
ences existing between the various regions and the
backwardness of the less-favoured regions ;                      Recognize in particular that, in the application of Arti­
                                                                 cles 92 and 93 of the EEC Treaty, it will be necessary to
Take note of the fact that the Spanish Government has            take into account the objectives of economic expansion
embarked upon the implementation of a policy of                  and the raising of the standard of living of the popula­
regional development designed in particular to stimu­            tion of the less-developed regions and areas of Spain .
                                                        Protocol 13
                  on the exchange of information with the Kingdom of Spain in the field of nuclear energy
                          Article 1                              — radiation protection,
                                                                 — isotope applications, in particular those of stable
 1.   From the date of accession, such information as                 isotopes,
has been communicated to Member States, persons and
undertakings in accordance with Article 13 of the Eura­          — research reactors and relevant fuels,
tom Treaty, shall be placed at the disposal of the King­         — research into the field of the fuel cycle (more espe­
dom of Spain which shall give it limited distribution                 cially the mining and processing of low-grade
within its territory under the conditions laid down in                uranium ore ; optimization of fuel elements for
that Article.                                                         power reactors).
2. From the date of accession, the Kingdom of Spain
shall place at the disposal of the European Atomic
Energy Community information obtained in the                                               Article 2
nuclear field in Spain which is given limited distribu­
tion, in so far as strictly commercial applications are
not involved. The Commission shall communicate this               1 . In those sectors in which the Kingdom of Spain
information to Community undertakings under the                  places information at the disposal of the Community,
conditions laid down in paragraph 1 .                            the competent authorities shall grant upon request lic­
                                                                 ences on commercial terms to Member States, persons
3. This information shall mainly concern :
                                                                 and undertakings of the Community where they pos­
                                                                 sess exclusive rights to patents filed in Member States
— nuclear physics (low and high-energy),                         of the Community and in so far as they have no obliga­
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 tion or commitment in respect of third parties to grant         age and facilitate the granting of sub-licences on com­
 or offer to grant an exclusive or partially exclusive lic­      mercial terms to Member States, persons and undertak­
 ence to the rights in these patents.                            ings of the Community by the holders of such licences.
2. Where an exclusive or partially exclusive licence             Such exclusive or partially exclusive licences shall be
has been granted, the Kingdom of Spain shall encour­             granted on a normal commercial basis.
                                                        Protocol 14
                                                         on cotton
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,                                    1.  In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is
                                                                     added after the fifth subparagraph :
Considering the existence of cotton production in                    The quantity fixed pursuant to the preceding sub­
Spain,                                                               paragraph shall be increased by 185 000 tonnes.'
HAVE AGREED TO AMEND AS FOLLOWS :
                                                                 2.  The following paragraph is added :
                                                                     ' 13 . Articles 68, 70, 75 , 76, 89, 90 and 91 of the
Protocol 4 on cotton annexed to the Act concerning the               Act of Accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the
conditions of Accession of the Hellenic Republic and                 Portuguese Republic shall apply mutatis mutandis
the Adjustments to the Treaties, so as to include therein            to the adoption by the Kingdom of Spain of this
                                                                     Protocol .
the quantity of cotton produced in Spain and to make
provision for procedures to align Spanish prices on the              Articles 234, 236, 238, 243, 244, 257 and 258 of the
common prices, to eliminate intra-Community customs                  abovementioned Act of Accession shall apply
duties and to adopt the Common Customs Tariff:                       mutatis mutandis to the adoption by the Portuguese
                                                                     Republic of this Protocol.'