CELEX: 51995PC0234
Language: en
Date: 1995-06-06
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION Approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                               Brussels, 06.06.1995
                                               COM(95) 234 final
                                               95/0136(CNS)
                                Proposal for a
                           COUNCIL DECISION
Approving amendments " to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint
Undertaking
                       (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Subject:          Proposal for a Council Decision to amend the Statutes of the Joint
                  European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking.
JET is a Joint Undertaking within the meaning of Chapter V of the Euratom Treaty,
established by Decision 78/471 /Euratom1 of the Council of the European Communities.
The Statutes of the Joint Undertaking were adopted by the same Decision. The Joint
Undertaking is currently established (Council Decision 91/677/Euratom2) until 31
December 1996.
Amendments to the Statutes
        As recognized by Council Decision 94/799/Euratom3, substantial new scientific
        and technical arguments have been identified, in particular for the benefit of
        ITER4, which speak for the continuation of JET's operation beyond 1996.
        JET is an essential element of the Euratom fusion programme strategy for
        progressing towards its long term objective of the joint construction of safe and
        environmentally sound prototype reactors. JET is among the most important
        fusion experimental facilities in the world. Since its commissioning in June 1983,
        and following successive technical upgradings, JET has reached a level of
        performance placing the European Union at the forefront worldwide in the field
        of magnetic fusion. The objectives assigned initially to the project have been met
        and the final phase in Deuterium-Tritium could now be envisaged for 1996,
        which is the last year of the life of JET according to the present Statutes of the
        Joint Undertaking.
        However, a scientific and technical analysis of the medium term needs of the
        Euratom Fusion Programme, undertaken in 1993/1994 in the framework of the
        Consultative Committee for the Fusion Programme (CCFP, established by
        Council Decision of 16 December 1980), has stressed the value of extending JET
        beyond 1996 to provide further data of direct relevance to ITER, especially for
        the ITER-EDA (such as testing a divertor similar to that being designed for
        ITER), before entering into a final phase of Deuterium-Tritium operation. This
        extension would make it possible to achieve fully the aims of the Project and
         make a major contribution to serving the objectives of the Euratom Fusion
         OJ N o L 151, 7.6.1978, p. 10.
     2
         OJ No L375, 31.12.1991, p.9.
     3
         OJ N o L 331, 21.12.1994, p.22.
     4
         The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) for which the Engineering Design
         Activities (EDA) are being carried out in the framework of the agreement concluded between
         Euratom, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the
         Government of the United States of America (OJ No L 244, 28.8.1992 and OJ L 114, 5.5.1994,
         p.25).
                                                   1
 ---pagebreak---     Programme. It would make the best use of the expertise and equipment made
    available at JET by the European Union.
    At its meeting of 22-23 March 1995, the JET Council decided to propose a
    3-year extension of the JET programme and to attach to this Proposal the
    Statement given in the Appendix, which provides the strategic, programme-
    related and financial arguments supporting the proposed extension.
    At its meeting of 21-22 March 1995, the CCFP supported the proposed extension
    of JET for the benefit of ITER.
    The corresponding amendment to the Statutes refers to Article 19.1.
2.  Following the accession of the Republic of Finland to the European Union as
    from 1 January 1995, the Technology Development Centre of Finland (TEKES)
    has requested accession to the JET Joint Undertaking. In accordance with Article
    18 of the JET Statutes, the request for accession was addressed to the Director
    of the JET Project who transmitted it to the JET Council. At its 22-23 March
    1995 meeting, the Director of the Project submitted to the JET Council the
    amendments to the JET Statutes required for the implementation of the accession
    of this new member to JET. The amendments were approved unanimously.
    The amendments refer to the following articles of the JET Statutes:
(a) the name of the Finnish Member, the Technology Development Centre of
    Finland, is to be inserted in Article 1.3, which designates the Members of the
    Joint Undertaking.
(b) Article 4.1.1 stipulates the composition of and the voting rights in the JET
    Council. Like all States represented in the Joint Undertaking, Finland will have
    two representatives. These two representatives will together have two votes; this
    will bring the total number of votes in the JET Council from 43 to 45. The total
    number of votes required for the adoption of acts, as stipulated in Article 4.1.2,
    will be increased from 29 to 30.
3.  On that occasion, the JET Council also took into account certain changes
    concerning the accession of Sweden to the European Union. Before accession,
    Sweden was a third country fully associated with the Euratom Fusion Programme
    and the Swedish Natural Science Research Council ("NFR") was already a
    member of the JET Joint Undertaking. The amendments refer to Articles 16.1.4.1
    and 16.2.3.
4.  Certain modifications to the wording of the JET Statutes are proposed, to bring
    them into line with the Treaty on European Union. These amendments refer to
    Articles 10.6, 12, 18.2, 20.4, 20.6, 21.1, 24.2, 24.3 and 26 a.
5.  Pursuant to Article 24.2 of the JET Statutes (in accordance with Article 50 of the
    Euratom Treaty), it is up to the Commission to submit these amendments to the
    Statutes of the JET Joint Undertaking to the Council of the European Union for
    approval.
 ---pagebreak--- Scale and timetable for financing
6.     In the case of an extension of JET to the end of 1999, the total contribution of
       the Members to the expenditure of the JET Joint Undertaking is estimated at
       about 311 Mio ECU for the period 1995-1998, which corresponds to the period
       covered by the Euratom Fusion Programme.
       The financial envelope for the proposed extension provides for funding by the
        Members of the JET Joint Undertaking at an average annual level of about 78
        Mio ECU for the period 1995-1998.
Participation by Euratom in the financing of the Joint Undertaking
7.      In application of Article 9 of the JET Statutes, 80% of the expenditure of the
        Joint Undertaking shall be borne by Euratom. As part of the Euratom
        contribution would be offset by the contribution of Switzerland to the Community
        in respect of its participation in the Joint Undertaking, the amount falling under
        the Euratom Fusion Programme would be about 240 Mio ECU within the period
        1995-1998 covered by this Programme.
        The financial envelope mentioned under paragraph 6 above is much less than that
        for the period 1990-1994 (corresponding to an average annual level of funding
        by the Members of about 93.5 Mio ECU). The terms of the Decision on the
        Euratom Fusion Programme 1994-1998 that "an extension of JET would
        necessarily imply a substantially reduced annual budget of the project" are
        therefore fulfilled.     Within this period, the extension of the JET Joint
        Undertaking would not have new financial implications, as the Euratom
        contribution would remain within the range given in Annex II of Council
        Decision 94/799/Euratom (Area 2, JET: 23 to 32 %, i.e. 183 to 254 Mio ECU).
        For the period beyond 1998, the total contribution by Members is estimated to
        about 126 Mio ECU. The corresponding Euratom contribution (about 97 Mio
        ECU), subject to the availability of funding, would come from the next
        Framework Programme.
Note
8.      On 28 March 1995, the Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) discussed the
        proposal to extend the JET programme up to 31 December 1999, on the basis of
        the JET Council Statement. In its opinion transmitted to the Commission on
        5 April 1995, that Committee believes that, all things considered, the extension
        requested by the JET Council is very desirable for European and world fusion
        research and strongly recommended that the Commission and the Council of the
        European Union approve it.
        The Commission has informed CREST and the Bureau of the European Assembly
        for Science and Technology of the JET Council decision to propose an extension
        of the JET programme.
 ---pagebreak--- Proposed Decision
Pursuant to Article 24.2 of the JET Statutes (in accordance with Article 50 of the
Euratom Treaty), amendments to the Statutes require the approval of the Council of the
European Union.
Consequently, the Commission proposes that the Council:
       adopts the attached Decision approving the amendments to the Statutes of the
      Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking.
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                   Appendix
    EXTENSION OF THE JET PROGRAMME TO THE END OF 1999
I.   INTRODUCTION
1. Since its establishment in 1978, JET has been an essential element of the Community
Fusion Programme strategy for progressing towards its long term objective of the joint
construction of safe and environmentally sound prototype reactors.
2. Progress achieved in JET has been instrumental for defining the parameters of the Next
Step, the first experimental reactor, presently in the phase of detailed engineering design
under the quadripartite agreement ITER-EDA.
3. According to its present Statutes, the JET Joint Undertaking should come to an end in
1996. However, as recognised by Council decision 94/799/Euratom on the Euratom Fusion
Programme for the period 1994-1998:
      "substantial new scientific and technical arguments have been identified, in particular
    for the benefit of ITER (such as testing a divertor similar to that being designed for
     ITER), which speak for the continuation ofJET's operation beyond 1996. "
4. The proposal is to extend the JET Joint Undertaking by three years to the end of 1999
to make room for an ITER-EDA Support Phase. This extension would make a major
contribution to serving the objectives of the Community Fusion Programme. It would also
make the best use of the expertise and equipment made available at JET by the European
Union.
II. THE PRESENT JET PROGRAMME TO END 1996:
     OBJECTIVES AND ACHIEVEMENTS
OB.JECTTVES
5. By Council decision 78/471/Euratom establishing the JET Joint Undertaking, the original
aim of the Project was:
      "to construct, operate and exploit, as part of the Community Fusion Programme and for
     the benefit of the participants therein, a large torus facility of Tokamak type and its
     auxiliary facilities... in order to extend the parameter range applicable to controlled
     thermonuclear fusion experiments up to conditions close to those needed in a
     thermonuclear reactor".
6. This objective was detailed in Report EUR-JET-R5, referred to in the Statutes of JET
which were adopted by the same Council decision:
      "The essential objective of JET is to obtain and study a plasma in conditions and
     dimensions approaching those needed in a thermonuclear reactor. These studies will be
     aimed at defining the parameters, the size and the working conditions of a Tokamak
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 ---pagebreak---      reactor. The realisation of this objective involves four main areas of work:
      (i) the scaling of plasma behaviour as parameters approach the reactor range;
      (ii) the plasma-wall interaction in these conditions;
      (Hi) the study of plasma heating: and
      (iv) the study of a-particle production, confinement and consequent plasma heating. "
I. Council decision 91/677/Euratom, extending the JET Joint Undertaking until the end of
1996, introduced:
      (v) "a new phase into the JET program me, the objective of which would be to
           establish the effective control of impurities in operation conditions close to those
           of the Next Step"
ACHIEVEMENTS
8. All five of JET's objectives stated above can be fulfilled within the timeframe to the end
of 1996.
Work areas (i) and (Hi): scaling of plasma behaviour and plasma heating
9. The temperatures (up to 330 million degrees), densities (up to 4xl020m3) and
confinement times (up to 1.8 seconds) required in a reactor have been achieved, separately,
in JET. Furthermore, the overall plasma performance, which can be measured by the product
of the above three parameters, has come within a factor six of that required in a reactor.
 10. By virtue of JET's size, geometry, divertor configuration and proximity in working
conditions to ITER, its results on the scaling of plasma behaviour, together with those from
smaller tokamaks, have been crucial for predictions of the size and heating requirements of
ITER.
Work areas (ii) and (v): plasma-wall interaction and effective control of impurities
II. This area was addressed fully with material limiters (for which JET was originally
designed), then with a magnetic limiter (which allows access to regimes with better
confinement) and now with the divertor (which is recognised as the configuration for a Next
Step tokamak) installed during 1992/93. During 1994 the high power handling capability of
this divertor has been demonstrated and the severe impurity influxes, which previously
terminated high performance plasmas, have been eliminated.
 12. In the first half of 1995, a comparison between carbon fibre composite and beryllium
divertor target tiles will be completed. This will provide necessary data for selecting the
target tile material for the ITER divertor.
13. During the second half of 1995, a more ITER-relevant divertor will then be installed
in JET as part of an internationally coordinated approach to test several divertor concepts for
ITER in existing tokamaks.
Work area (iv): a-particle production, confinement and heating
14. To date, very significant progress has been made in this area. In 1991 the performance
of JET plasmas had improved sufficiently to warrant the first tokamak experiments using a
deuterium-tritium (D-T) fuel mixture. With a mixture of 10% tritium in deuterium (chosen
to limit the activation of the JET device at that stage in the Programme), significant fusion
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 ---pagebreak--- power (peaking at 1.7MW and averaging 1MW over 2 seconds) was produced in a laboratory
plasma for the first time.
15. Since then, the US tokamak TFTR, using 50% tritium in deuterium, has produced some
10MW of fusion power and has shown that, with their operating conditions, D-T plasmas
have more favourable confinement properties than deuterium plasmas.
16. In the second half of 1996, a further period of D-T operation in JET would allow these
TFTR results to be assessed under ITER-relevant divertor and operating conditions.
III. EXTENSION OF JET TO THE END OF 1999:
     OBJECTIVES AND PROGRAMME PLAN
OBJECTIVES
17. The purpose of the extension of JET is to provide further data of direct relevance to
ITER, especially for the ITER-EDA, before entering into a final phase of D-T operation. In
particular, the extension would:
      (i) make essential contributions to the development and demonstration of a viable
           divertor concept for ITER, and
      (ii) carry out experiments using deuterium-tritium plasmas in an ITER-like
           configuration, which will provide a firm basis for the D-T operation of ITER;
while allowing key ITER-relevant technology activities, such as the demonstration of remote
handling and tritium handling, to be carried out.
PROGRAMME PLAN
 18. Extending JET by three years to the end of 1999 would allow a three year ITER-EDA
Support Phase to be inserted into the JET Programme before the final D-T phase begins.
ITER-EDA Support Phase (mid-1995 to mid-1998)
 19. The ITER-EDA Support Phase will begin in mid-1995 with the installation of an
improved divertor with sufficient flexibility to allow extensive exploration of divertor
concepts for ITER. This divertor will have better power handling and pumping characteristics
and these will be exploited in the subsequent experimental campaign. Furthermore, the
divertor has been designed so that its target assembly can be exchanged by remote handling
without manned intervention.
20. During the second half of 1996, D-T operations in JET (typically with 50% tritium)
would assess whether the more favourable confinement found during D-T operations in TFTR
extends also to ITER-relevant configurations and operating conditions. These experiments
would allow more accurate scalings for the performance and heating requirements of ITER
to be determined. In addition, JET's capability for long pulse operation and impurity control
should permit some 10 MW of fusion power for several seconds. The a-particle heating
would then make a significant contribution to the plasma power balance. The activation of
the device would be limited to a level that would allow manned intervention about one year
after the end of D-T operations. This period of D-T operation would also provide a first test
of a large scale technology for processing tritium in conjunction with an operating tokamak.
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 ---pagebreak--- 21. In 1997, the divertor target assembly would be exchanged to test a specific divertor
concept for ITER. This divertor would be based on the most recent experimental results and
model calculations. With the activation levels prevailing at this time, the target exchange
would be carried out by remote handling and this would demonstrate, for the first time, one
of the central technologies required both for ITER and for a fusion reactor.
22. During the remainder of 1997 and the first half of 1998, this ITER-specific divertor
would be tested experimentally with deuterium plasmas at high power. These results, together
with those from smaller tokamaks, will allow the ITER divertor design to be validated. This
should be possible by mid-1998, in line with the ITER-EDA schedule.
23. The planning of this ITER-EDA Support Phase is sufficiently flexible to allow the
precise duration and timing of the divertor and D-T programmes to be adapted to the
developing needs of ITER and in light of contributions from other devices worldwide.
Final phase of D-T operation (mid-1998 to end-1999)
24. During late 1998 and early 1999, the experimental program me would prepa.re tor n.'   u
operation by optimising the plasma performance in deuterium.
25. During the remainder of 1999, a period of D-T operation would capitalise on the
performance improvements achieved in the preceding experimental campaigns with
deuterium, whilst limiting the activation of the device to the levels strictly necessary. This
period of D-T operation would also provide a full evaluation of the technology of processing
tritium in conjunction with an operating tokamak.
26. The above objectives and program me plan are in line with the requirements of the
ITER-EDA and have been agreed with the ITER Director.
The Reliability of the JET Device
27. A European assessment group, set up by the JET Council, has analysed the reliability
of JET in the context of the proposed extension to 1999. It concluded that with high
probability only a small fraction of the life of the JET device has been used.
IV. FINANCIAL ENVELOPE
28. The financial envelope for the proposed extension, set on the basis of current economic
conditions, provides for funding by the Members of the JET Joint Undertaking at an average
annual level of 77.7 MioECU for the period 1995-1998. This compares with an average
annual funding level of 93.5 MioECU for the period 1990-1994 and complies with the
requirement of the 1994-1998 Euratom Fusion Programme that "An extension of JET would
necessarily imply a substantially reduced annual budget of the project. " On the basis of this
envelope the amount of funding to be met from the 1994-1998 Community Fusion
Programme would amount to 240.17 MioECU. This represents 30.2% of the funds available
under the Programme, less than the indicative ceiling of 32% given in Council Decision
94/799/Euratom.
 ---pagebreak---                                      DRAFT PROPOSAL
                                          for a
                                   COUNCIL DECISION
Approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint
Undertaking
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and
in particular Article 50 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament1,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee2,
Whereas, for the purpose of implementing the JET Project, the Council, by Decision
78/471/Euratom3, established the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking, and
adopted the Statutes thereof, as last amended by Decision 91/677/Euratom4;
Whereas, by Decision 94/268/Euratom5, the Council adopted a framework programme
of Community activities in the field of research and training for the European Atomic
Energy Community (1994 to 1998); whereas by Decision 94/799/Euratom6, the Council
adopted a specific programme of research and training in the field of controlled
thermonuclear fusion, specifying inter alia that substantial new scientific and technical
arguments have been identified, in particular for the benefit of ITER (such as testing a
divertor similar to that being designed for ITER), which speak for the continuation of
JET's operation beyond 1996;
Whereas, to make a major contribution to serving the objectives of the Euratom fusion
programme, it is necessary to extend the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking
for a period until 31 December 1999, in order to provide further data of direct relevance
to ITER, especially for the ITER-EDA, before entering into a final phase of Deuterium-
Tritium operation;
     1
         OJNo...
     2
        OJ No ...
     3
        OJNo. L 151, 7.6.1978, p.10.
     4
        OJ N o L 375, 31.12.1991, p.9.
     5
        OJ N o L 115, 6.5.1994, p. 31.
     6
        OJ N o L 331, 21.12.1994, p.22.
                                            4
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas, the JET Council, for that purpose, approved on 23 March 1995 an extension
of the Joint Undertaking to 31 December 1999 and the corresponding amendments to the
JET Statutes;
Whereas the proposed extension of JET, and the financing of the Community
contribution to the JET expenditures for the period 1995-1998, are fully compatible with
the terms of Council Decision 94/799/Euratom;
Whereas, following the accession to the European Union of the Republic of Finland, the
Technology Development Centre of Finland (TEKES) has requested accession to the JET
Joint Undertaking; whereas the JET Council has approved its accession to the 'Joint
Undertaking' and the amendments to the Statutes required by that accession;
Whereas, by virtue of Article 101 of the Treaty, the Community has concluded a
cooperation agreement in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion and plasma physics
with the Kingdoim of Sweden; whereas the JET Council has approved modifications to
the Statutes required by the recent accession of that State to the European Union;
Whereas the JET Council has approved other modifications to the wording of the Statutes
required by the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union.
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                        Article J
The amendments to the Statutes of the 'Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking',
annexed to this Decision, are hereby approved.
                                        Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Communities.
Doneat                       ,
                                                                   For the Council
                                                                    The President
                                           \»
 ---pagebreak---                                       ANNEX
1. Article 1.3 of the Statutes of the 'Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking'
   shall be replaced by the following:
   '1.3    The Joint Undertaking shall have the following Members:
   The European Atomic Energy Community (hereinafter referred to as "Euratom"),
   The Belgian State (hereinafter referred to as "Belgium"), acting for its own part
   ("Laboratoire de physique des plasmas of the Ecole Royale Militaire -
   Laboratorium voor plasmaphysica van de Koninklijke Militaire School") and on
   behalf of the "Université libre de Bruxelles" ("Service de physique statistique,
   plasmas et optique non linéaire de l'ULB") and of the "Centre d'Etude de
   l'Energie Nucléaire" (CEN)/nStudiecentrum voor Kernenergie" (SCK),
   the "Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas",
   Spain (hereinafter referred to as "CIEMAT"),
   the "Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique", France (hereinafter referred to as
   "CEA"),
   the "Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente" (hereinafter referred
   to as "ENEA" which since 1 January 1986, has represented all Italian activities
   falling within the Euratom Fusion Programme including that of the "Consiglio
   Nazionale delle Ricerche", CNR),
   the Hellenic Republic (hereinafter referred to as "Greece"),
   the "Forschungszentrum Jiilich GmbH", Federal Republic of Germany,
   (hereinafter referred to as "KFA"),
   the "Forskningscenter Riso", Denmark, (hereinafter referred to as "Riso"),
   the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as "Luxembourg"),
   the "Junta Nacional de Investigaçâo Cientifica e Tecnolôgica", Portugal
   (hereinafter referred to as "JNICT"),
   Ireland,
   the "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V.- Institut fiir
   Plasmaphysik", Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter referred to as "IPP"),
    the "Swedish Natural Science Research Council" (hereinafter referred to as
    "NFR"),
    the Swiss Confederation (hereinafter referred to as "Switzerland"),
    the "Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie", the Netherlands
    (hereinafter referred to as "FOM"),
                                         A1
 ---pagebreak--- the "United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority" (hereinafter referred to as "the
Authority" or "the Host Organization").
The "Technology Development Centre of Finland" (hereinafter referred to as
"TERES"),
Article 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 shall be replaced by the following:
'4.1.1 The Members of the Joint Undertaking shall be represented in the JET
         Council as follows, the vote of each pair of representatives being
         weighted as indicated:
Representing                   Number of                           Weighting
                               representatives                     of vote
Euratom                                 2                                  5
Belgium                                 2                                  2
CIEMAT                                  2                                  3
CEA                                     2                                  5
ENEA                                    2                                  5
Greece                                  2                                  1
Rise                                    2                                  2
Luxembourg                              2                                  1
Ireland                                 2                                  1
JNICT                                   2                                  2
IPP and KFA jointly                     2                                  5
NFR                                     2                                  2
Switzerland                             2                                  2
 FOM                                    2                                  2
 Authority                              2                                  5
TEKES                                   2                                  2
4.1.2 For their adoption, acts of the JET Council shall require at least 30 votes
         in favour .'
 In the last sentence of Article 9.1, the words "European units of account" shall
 be replaced by the word "ECU".
 The first sentence of Article 16.1.4.1 shall be replaced by the following:
 'The Commission will, in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of the
 Euratom Treaty and subject to the conditions contained therein, communicate the
 reports referred to in Article 16.1.3 to the Member States, to persons and
 undertakings (as defined in Article 196 of that Treaty) as well as to the
 Government of Switzerland and to persons and undertakings established on its
 territory.'
 ---pagebreak--- 5. The first sentence of Article 16.2.3 shall be replaced by the following:
   'Under the patent applications and patents referred to in Article 16.2.1, the
   Commission may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 12 of the Euratom
   Treaty and subject to the conditions contained therein, grant on request non-
   exclusive licences to the Member States of Euratom, to persons and undertakings
   (as defined in Article 196 of that Treaty), as well as to the Government of
   Switzerland and to persons and undertakings established on its territory.'
   Article 19.1 of the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking
   shall be replaced by the following:
   ' 19.1         The Joint Undertaking shall be established for a period until 31
                  December 1999.'
   As a result of the entry into force of the Treaty on European Union:
   1.      In Articles 10.6, 12, 18.2, 20.4, 20.6, 21.1, 24.2, 24.3 and 26a, the
           words "Council of the European Communities" shall be replaced by the
           words "Council of the European Union".
   2.      In Articles 10.6 and 12 of the French text, the word "Assemblée" shall
          be replaced by the words "Parlement européen".
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