CELEX: 51983PC0247
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Date: 1983-05-04
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                           COM(83) 247         final
                                                           B r u s s e l s , 4 May 1983
                              Proposal    for a
                             COUNCIL DECISION
            approving     amendments to the S t a t u t e s o f the
            J o i n t European Torus ( J E T ) , J o i n t    Undertaking
                 (submitted   to the C o u n c i l by the Commission)
 COM (83) 247    final
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                                                             I
                                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                          (
1.  Following             i t s accession               to      the    European           Communities,            Greece
    requested           accession          t o t h e JET J o i n t U n d e r t a k i n g        i n J a n u a r y 1982.
    In accordance w i t h A r t i c l e                 18 o f t h e JET S t a t u t e s Greece a d d r e s s e d
    its     request          f o r accession           t o t h e D i r e c t o r o f t h e JET P r o j e c t           who
    transmitted             i t t o t h e JET C o u n c i l .           A t i t s m e e t i n g on 25/26 March
    1982      t h e JET C o u n c i l a u t h o r i z e d        the J o i n t Undertaking to negotiate
    t h e c o n d i t i o n s o f a c c e s s i o n w i t h Greece.              A f t e r having      successfully
    completed these n e g o t i a t i o n s                 the D i r e c t o r of the P r o j e c t           submitted
    the     amendments t o t h e S t a t u t e s                 required       f o r the implementation of
    G r e e c e ' s a c c e s s i o n t o t h e JET C o u n c i l w h i c h approved them unanimously
    at     i t s meeting           on 21/22 O c t o b e r           1982.        On    that     occasion         t h e JET
    C o u n c i l a l s o t o o k i n t o a c c o u n t c e r t a i n changes c o n c e r n i n g           one of t h e
     Italian        Members         and t h e S w e d i s h Member o f t h e J o i n t                    Undertaking,
    w h i c h had t a k e n p l a c e s i n c e t h e l a s t amendments t o t h e S t a t u t e s .
 2.  The amendments r e f e r t o t h e f o l l o w i n g a r t i c l e s o f t h e JET S t a t u t e s :
     a)       Greece w i l l          be     inserted          i n Article        3.1 w h i c h     designates         the
              Members o f t h e J o i n t U n d e r t a k i n g .            I n a d d i t i o n , on 6 A p r i l 1982
               the     name o f C o m i t a t o N a z i o n a l e         per l'Energia Nucleare                    (CNEN)
              was       changed        t o Comitato             Nazionale        per l a Ricerca              e per l o
               Sviluppo          dell'Energia             Nucleare         e    delle      Energie       Alternative
               (ENEA), and i n Sweden, t h e Swedish Energy R e s e a r c h Commission
               replaced           the        National           Swedish        Board       for       Energy         Source
               Development on 1 J u l y 1982.
     b)        Article          4.1     s t i p u l a t e s the composition                o f , and       the voting
               rights         i n t h e JET C o u n c i l .          As f o r a l l Members o f t h e J o i n t
               Undertaking,               Greece        will      have      two      representatives.                 Since
               G r e e c e has no c o n t r a c t o f a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h Euratom i n t h e f i e l d
                o f t h e r m o n u c l e a r f u s i o n t h e s e two r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o g e t h e r  will
                dispose        o f one v o t e .        T h i s w i l l b r i n g t h e t o t a l number o f v o t e s
                i n t h e JET C o u n c i l from 37 t o 38.                   The number o f v o t e s            required
                for     the adoption             of a c t s , s t i p u l a t e d i n A r t i c l e     4.1.2 a t 26,
                r e m a i n s unchanged.
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3. Pursuant        to A r t i c l e   50  of  t h e Euratom  Treaty,       these     amendments
   require the approval of the C o u n c i l .          A proposal         for     a     Council
   d e c i s i o n approving      t h e amendment t o t h e JET S t a t u t e s i s s e t o u t i n
   Chapter I I of t h i s communication .
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                                                                II
                                                          PROPOSAL
                                                              FOR A
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                          approving          amendments t o t h e S t a t u t e s o f t h e
                      " J o i n t European T o r u s ( J E T ) , J o i n t             Undertaking"
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having         regard      to the Treaty                  e s t a b l i s h i n g t h e European    Atomic   Energy
Community, and i n p a r t i c u l a r A r t i c l e 50 t h e r e o f ,
Having regard            to the proposal                f r o m t h e Commission,
Whereas f o r t h e p u r p o s e s o f i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e JET p r o j e c t t h e C o u n c i l , by
D e c i s i o n 7 8 / 4 7 1 / E u r a t o m ^ , e s t a b l i s h e d t h e " J o i n t European Torus        (JET),
Joint        Undertaking"           and a d o p t e d t h e S t a t u t e s          thereof,    later  amended by
                                          v
D e c i s i o n 79/720/Euratom                  ,
Whereas f o l l o w i n g i t s a c c e s s i o n            t o t h e European Communities t h e H e l l e n i c
 Republic        requested        a c c e s s i o n t o t h e JET J o i n t          Undertaking,
Whereas          t h e JET       Council          has a p p r o v e d         the accession       of the H e l l e n i c
 Republic         t o t h e " J o i n t European T o r u s ( J E T ) , J o i n t U n d e r t a k i n g "    and t h e
 amendments t o t h e S t a t u t e s               r e q u i r e d by t h a t a c c e s s i o n and by some    other
 changes w h i c h have o c c u r r e d             s i n c e t h e l a s t amendments t o t h e S t a t u t e s ,
 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
  (1)      OJ No L 151, 7.6.1978, p. 10
  (2)      OJ No L 2 1 3 , 21.8.1979, p. 9
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                                                     Article 1
         The amendments t o t h e S t a t u t e s o f t h e " J o i n t E u r o p e a n T o r u s             (JET),
J o i n t U n d e r t a k i n g " , annexed t o t h i s D e c i s i o n , a r e h e r e b y a p p r o v e d .
                                                     Article 2
          This       Decision        shall   enter       into    force     on   t h e day        following i t s
p u b l i c a t i o n i n the O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e European Communities.
                                                                  Done a t B r u s s e l s ,
                                                                          For the Council
                                                                           The P r e s i d e n t
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                                                            ANNEX
The Statutes         of the " J o i n t European T o r u s ( J E T ) , J o i n t U n d e r t a k i n g "            shall
be amended as           follows:
1.   Article         1.3     i s replaced           by  the     following:
     "1.3      The     J o i n t U n d e r t a k i n g s h a l l have the f o l l o w i n g members:
     the      European Atomic                   Energy      Community       (hereinafter             referred      to   as
     Euratom) ,
     the      Belgian         State        (hereinafter          referred       to     as   Belgium) a c t i n g      for
     its      own       part       (Laboratoire            de    Physique       des     Plasmas          of   the   Ecole
     R o y a l e M i l i t a i r e ) and         on b e h a l f  of the Université L i b r e de                Bruxelles
     ( S e r v i c e de C h i m i e - P h y s i q u e I I of t h e         ULB),
     the Commissariat à l ' E n e r g i e                    Atomique, France, ( h e r e i n a f t e r           referred
     t o as        CEA),
     the Comitato N a z i o n a l e per                  l a Ricerca      e per      l o Sviluppo           dell'Energia
     N u c l e a r e e délie E n e r g i e A l t e r n a t i v e ,          Italy,        (hereinafter          referred
     t o as       ENEA w h i c h , u n t i l 5 A p r i l           1982,    was     named C o m i t a t o N a z i o n a l e
     per     l ' E n e r g i a N u c l e a r e , CNEN),
     the C o n s i g l i o N a z i o n a l e d e l l e R i c e r c h e ,     I t a l y , (hereinafter           referred
     t o as         CNR),
     t h e H e l l e n i c R e p u b l i c ( h e r e i n a f t e r r e f e r r e d t o as G r e e c e ) ,
     the ForsjJgsanlaeg                  Ris«5, Denmark, ( h e r e i n a f t e r r e f e r r e d t o as Ristf) ,
     the        Grand          Duchy          of     Luxembourg          (hereinafter              referred        to    as
     Luxembourg),
      Ireland,
      the     K e r n f o r s c h u n g s a n l a g e Jülich GmbH, F e d e r a l           R e p u b l i c of   Germany,
      ( h e r e i n a f t e r r e f e r r e d t o as         KFA),
 ---pagebreak---     the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. -
    Institut fiir Plasmaphysik, Federal Republic of Germany, (hereinafter
    referred to as IPP),
    the Swedish Energy Research Commission (hereinafter referred to as
   SERC which succeeded the National              Swedish Board for Energy Source
   Development Board, 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. A r t i c l e 4.1.1 i s 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
                   CEA                               2               5
                   ENEA and CNR j o i n t l y        2               5
                   Greece                            2               1
                   Risrf                             2               2
                   Ireland                           2               1
                   Luxembourg                        2               1
                   IPP and KFA j o i n t l y         2               5
                   SERC                              2               2
                   Switzerland                       2               2
                   FOM                               2               2
                   Authority                         2               5 "