CELEX: 51990PC0441(02)
Language: en
Date: 1990-09-25
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE STATUTES OF THE JOINT EUROPEAN TORUS ( JET ), JOINT UNDERTAKING

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                The Commission may also accept proposals according to an exceptional procedure and under the
                conditions mentioned below, when they make a particularly promising and significant contribution as
                regards the originality of the theme proposed, the novelty of the scientific and technical approach and
                the methodology of execution, also taking imp account the particular nature of the proposers.
                A favourable technical evaluation of such proposals shall not by itself be a sufficient justification for
                accepting a project; this exceptional procedure may only apply after verification that the nature of the
                project, as defined above, does not justify the use of one of the normal procedures.
                The amount of the financial participation of the Community for all the projects retained by the excep-
                tional procedures will be decided each year, in relation to the projects selected according to particularly
                strict criteria of excellence. In any case, this amount may not exceed 5 %; it may be revised each year in
                the light of experience.
                The Commission shall draw up a vade mecum setting out all the rules applicable to this exceptional
                procedure in order to guarantee full transparency.
             5. The Commission may encourage the participants to form a European economic interest grouping
                (EEIG) or make other arrangements for carrying out projects, such as those on a large scale, permitting
                decentralized management adapted to the specific requirements of the project.
             6. The knowledge acquired during the course of the projects shall be disseminated on the one hand within
                the specific programme and on the other hand by means of a centralized activity, pursuant to the
                Decision referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 4 in Decision 90/221/Euratom, EEC-
             Proposal for a Council Decision approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European
                                                    Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking
                                                           COM(90) 441 final
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 3 October 1990)
                                                              (90/C 261/14)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 Whereas, both to achieve fully the aims of the JET
                                                                         project as defined in Decision 78/471/Euratom and to
                                                                         establish reliable methods of impurity control of a plasma
                                                                         before proceeding to the construction of a Next Step
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                         fusion device, it is necessary to introduce a new phase
Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 50
                                                                         into the JET programme, the objective of which would
thereof,                                                                 be to establish the effective control of impurities in
                                                                         operating conditions close to those of the Next Step;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, for the purposes of implementing the JET
project, the Council, by Decision 78/471/Euratom ('),                    Whereas, by its Decision of 90/221/Euratom, EEC (*),
established the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint                        the Council adopted a third framework programme of
Undertaking, and adopted the Statutes thereof, as last                   Community activities in the field of research and techno-
amended by Decision 88/447/Euratom ( 2 );                                logical development (1990 to 1994), specifying, inter alia,
                                                                         the possible prolongation of the JET Joint Undertaking;
O OJ No L 151, 7. 6. 1978, p. 10.
O OJ No L 222, 12. 8. 1988, p. 4.                                        (J) OJ No L 117, 8. 5. 1990, p. 28.
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whereas this Decision should be taken in the light of the                 Whereas, the 'Swedish Natural Science Research
grounds set out in the preamble to that Decision;                         Council' replaces the 'Swedish Energy Research
                                                                          Commission' as the Swedish Member of the Joint
                                                                          Undertaking from 1 July 1987;
Whereas the Commission has arranged for the evaluation                    Whereas, the 'Kernforschungsanlage Jiilich GmbH'
and appraisal foreseen in Article 3 of Decision                           changed its name to 'Forschungszeritrum Jiilich GmbH'
88/448/Euratom (') and is submitting the present                          on 1 January 1990,
proposal on the basis of this evaluation and appraisal;
                                                                          HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
                                                                                                   Article 1
Whereas, the JET Council has, for that purpose,
                                                                          The amendments to the Statutes of the 'Joint European
approved an extension of the Joint Undertaking to 31
                                                                          Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking', annexed to this
December 1996 and the corresponding amendments to
                                                                          Decision, are hereby approved.
the JET Statutes;
                                                                                                   Article 2
                                                                          This Decision shall enter into force on the day following
                                                                          its publication in the Official Journal of the European
(') OJ No L 222, 12. 8. 1988, p. 5.                                       Communities.
                                                                  ANNEX
             1. Article 1.3 of the Statutes of the Joint European Torus QET), 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 "University libre de Bruxelles" ("Service     de
                    physique statistique, plasmas et optique non-lin6aire de l'ULB"), and of the "Centre d'Etude      de
                    l'Energie Nuclfcaire" (CEN)/"Studiecentrum voor Kernenergie" (SCK),
                — the "Centro de Investigaciones Energeucas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas", Spain (hereinafter
                    referred to as "Ciemat"),
                — the "Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique", France (hereinafter referred to as "CEA"),
                — the "Comitato Nazionale per la Ricerca e per lo Sviluppo dell'Energia Nucleare e delle Energie
                    Alternative", Italy (hereinafter referred to as "ENEA" which, until 5 April 1982, was named
                    "Comitato Nazionale per PEnergia Nucleare" (CNEN), and 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" and which, until 1 January 1990, was known as "Kernforschungsanlage Jiilich GmbH",
                — the "Forskningscenter Risoe", Denmark (hereinafter referred to as "Risoe"),
               — the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (hereinafter referred to as "Luxembourg"),
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              — the "Junta Nacional de Investigate) Cientifica e Tecnologica" Portugal (hereinafter referred to as
                  "jNicn,
              — Ireland,
              — the "Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V. — Institut fiir Plasma-
                  physik", Federal Republic of Germany (hereinafter referred to as "IPF'),
              — the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (hereinafter referred to as "NFR", which succeeded
                  the Swedish Energy Research Commission on 1 July 1987, and which, in turn, succeeded the
                  National Swedish Board for Energy Source Development on 1 July 1982),
              — the Swiss Confederation (hereinafter referred to as "Switzerland"),
              — the "Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie", the Netherlands (hereinafter referred to
                  as "FOM"),
              — the "United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority" (hereinafter referred to as "the Authority" or "the
                  Host Organization").'
           2. In Article 4.1.1, the reference to 'SERC shall be replaced by 'NFR'.
           3. 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 1996.'