CELEX: 51974PC0102
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-30
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL RESOLUTION SETTING UP A COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON MATERIALS-TESTING REACTORS AND THEIR ANCILLARY INSTALLATIONS ) submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM(74)102 final
                                              Brussels , 30 January 1974
                           DRAFT COUNCIL RESOLUTION
                      SETTING UP A COORDINATING COMMITTEE
                         ON MATERIALS-TESTING REACTORS
                      AND THEIR ANCILLARY INSTALLATIONS
                ) submitted to the Council "by the Commission)
   CQM74 ) 102 final
 ---pagebreak---                               C CI'ESUiJICAT I ON F30M THE
                         COMMISSION TO TH3 COUNCIL
          Formation of a coordinating committee on materials-testing reactors
    During its meeting held on 18 june 1973 the Council drew up a research
and training programme , one aim of which is to set up a coordinating committee
in the field of materials-testing reactors and their ancillary installations .
The secretariat is to be provided by the Commission .
    The following memorandum was included in the report ( R/1371/73-ATO 105 )
on this meeting of the Council : " The Council notes the intention of the
Commission to submit a proposal to set up a coordinating committee for the
area covered by this decision on a programme and already supports the for­
mation of such a committee ".
    The Commission hereby addresses to the Council the appended " Draft
Council Resolution " on the formation of a coordinating committee on
"Materials-testing reactors and their ancillary installations ".
 ---pagebreak---                             BHAFT COUNCIL IÌ3SPLUTI0N
                      SÉTTIITG UP A CCCRDINATING COilMITTEE
                        ON MATERIALS-TSSTING HEACTOkS
                      AND THEIR ANCILLARY         INSTALLATIONS
I ne Council of the European Communities :
     Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy
Community and having noted the proposal from the Commission ;
     Uhereas , on 18 June 1973 , the Council adopted a joint programme on
materials-testing reactors , the objective of which is to set-up a Coordina­
ting Committee in the field of materials-testing reactors and their ancillary
installations ;
     ITiereas the setting up of the Coordinating Committee requires that the
tasks , and in particular the composition thereof , be defined ;
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     Has adopted this resolution :
                                  ' Art i ci! e 1
A coordinating Committee in the field of materials-testing reactors and
their ancillary installations shall be set up ;
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The work of the Committee shall be concerned with the following installations
    a) materials-testing reactors with a power exceeding 5
    b ) laboratories and workshops for the development and production of
        irradiation devices (loops , capsules , etc .);
    c ) hot laboratories for medium and high - activities .
                                   Article 3
The Committee shall be responsible for studying and submitting to the
Commission all pertinent suggestions in order to secure , by means of the
most appropriate procedures , the widest possible coordination and cooperation
between the various existing programmes in the Community.
In particular , the Committee shall have the following tasks :
    a) to examine the current situation in the light of an inventory
        of installations and programmes ;
    b ) to study future needs in this field , the extent thereof and the time­
        table therefor , having regard to the experimental facilities available
        in all such installations in the Community ;
    c ) to prepare                                      - on an economic and
        rational basis and having regard to the available capacities * suitable
        opinions concerning the choice of installations which best accord with
        the conditions desired by the experimenters .
In dealing with specific questions , the Committee can call upon the assistance
of experts and can set up sub-committees .
Without prejudice to Article 194 of the EA&C Treaty, members of the Committee
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shall be required to keep secret the information exchanged in the Committee .
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The •'Government of the Member States and the Commission shall each appoint
to the Committee one/two full member(s ) and one/two alternate(s ) who will
be selected from among the persons responsible for national programmes .
The term of office of a member of the Committee shall be the same as the
duration of the programme adopted by the Council on 18 June 1973#
The secretarial services shall be provided by the Commission .
The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure .
                                  Article 5
The Committee shall , in principle , meet three times each year .