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Date: 1987-04-07
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(87 ) 145 final
                                                      Brussels , 7 April 1987
                                    Proposai 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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                                      I
                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. Following the accession to the European Communities of the Kingdom
   of Spain and the Portuguese Republic as from 1 January 1986 , the
   Centro de Investigaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecno-
   lo'gicas , for the Kingdom of Spain , and the Junta Nacional de
   Investigaqao Cientifica e Tecnologica , for the Portuguese Republic ,
   requested accession to the JET Joint Undertaking . In accordance
   with Article 18 of the JET Statutes , the requests for accession
   were addressed to the Director of the JET Project who transmitted
   them to the JET Council . At its meeting on 20 June 1986 , the JET
   Council authorized the JET Director to negotiate the conditions of
   accession . Subsequently , the Director of the Project submitted to
   the JET Council , at its meeting on 23 / 24 October 1986 , the amend¬
   ments to the Statutes required for the implementation of the
   accession   of  the    two  new  Members  to  JET . The amendments were
   approved unanimously . On that occasion , the JET Council also took
   into account certain changes , concerning the Italian Members and
   the Belgian Member of the Joint Undertaking , which had taken place
   since the last amendments to the Statutes .
2. The amendments refer to the following articles of the JET Statutes :
   (a ) The name of the Spanish Member , the Centro de Investigaciones
         Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas and of the Portu¬
         guese Member , the Junta Nacional de Investigaqao Cientifica e
        Tecnologica , are to be inserted in Article 3.1 , which desi ¬
         gnates the Members of the Joint Undertaking . In addition , the
         name of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR ), Italy , is to
         be removed , because the Comitato Nazionale per la Ricerca e
         per lo Sviluppo dell'Energia Nucleare e delle Energie Alter¬
         native ( ENEA ) , Italy , now represents the whole Italian acti ¬
        vity in the framework of the Euratom Fusion Programme , in¬
         cluding that of CNR . Finally , it should be mentioned that the
        Belgian membership includes now the Centre d' Etude de
         l'Energie Nucleaire .
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(b) Article    4.1.1   stipulates    the   composition   of ,   and   the  voting
    rights in the JET Council . As for all states represented in the
    Joint Undertaking , Spain and Portugal will each have two
    representatives . Following the Council Decision of 21 October
    1986 on the voting arrangements for the Consultative                Committee
    for the Fusion Programme ( CCFP ) , the two Spanish representa¬
    tives will together dispose of three votes and the two Portu¬
    guese representatives of two votes . This will bring the total
    number of    votes   in the   JET   Council  from  38   to   43 . The  number
    of votes required for the adoptions of acts ,                  stipulated  in
    Article 4.1.2 , will be increased from 26 to 29 .
3.  The JET Council also recorded at their meeting on 23 / 24 October
    1986 that the weighting of the voting structure would be recon¬
    sidered at the same time as the voting for the Consultative
    Committee for the Fusion Programme ( CCFP ) is similarily recon-
    s idered .
4.  Pursuant to Article 50 of the Euratom Treary ,             these amendments
    require the approval of the Council . A proposal for a Council
    decision approving the amendments to the JET Statutes is set out in
    Chapter II of this communication .
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                                        II
                                     PROPOSAL
                                       for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
approving amendments to the Statutes of the Joint European Torus (JET ) ,
Joint Undertaking .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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 ,
Whereas , for the purposes of implementing the JET project , the Council ,
by Decision 78/47 1 /Euratom ^ ^ , established the Joint European Torus
( JET ),  Joint   Undertaking ,   and adopted   the Statutes thereof , later
amended by Decisions 79/720/Euraton/"^ and 83/310/Euraton/^ ;
Whereas , following the accession to the European Communities of the
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic , the Centro de Investi-
gaciones Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas , Spain , and the
Junta Nacional de Investigaqao Cientifica e Tecnologica , Portugal ,
requested accession to the JET Joint Undertaking ;
Whereas the JET Council has approved their accession to the JET Joint
Undertaking , and the amendments to the JET Statutes required by that
accession and by some other changes that have occurred since the last
amendment to the Statutes ,
(1)    OJ Nr . L 151 , 7.6.1978 , p. 10 .
(2 )   OJ Nr . L 213 , 21.8.1979 , p. 9
(3 )   OJ Nr . L 164 , 23.6.1983 , p. 35 .
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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                Article 1
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 its publi ¬
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Done at
                                                    For the Council
                                                    The President
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                                  ANNEX
The Statutes of the 'Joint European Torus (JET ), Joint Undertaking'
shall be amended as follows :
1.   Article 1.3 shall be replaced by the following :
     " 1.3 The Joint Undertaking shall have the folllowing 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 ) and on behalf of the Universite
           libre de Bruxelles ( Service de chimie-physique II of the ULB )
           and of the Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire ( CEN / SCK) ,
           - the Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y
           Tecnológicas , 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 l'energia nucleare , CNEN , and
           which , from 1 January 1986 , has represented the whole Italian
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activity in the framework of the Euratom Fusion Programme
including that of the Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche ,
CNR ) ,
- the Hellenic Republic ( hereinafter referred to as 'Greece' ),
- the Forsflgsanlaeg Ris ^, Denmark (hereinafter referred to as
'Ris«5' ) ,
- The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg ( hereinafter referred to as
'Luxembourg ' ) ,
- Ireland ,
- the Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica e Tecnológica ,
Portugal ( hereinafter referred to as 'JNICT' ),
- the Kernforschungsanlage Jiilich GmbH , Federal Republic of
Germany ( hereinafter referred to as 'KFA' ),
- the Max-Planck-Gesellschaf t zur Forderung der Wissen-
schaften e.V - Institut fur 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 on 1 July 1982 ),
-   the     Swiss   Conferation ( 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 as 'the Host Organi¬
zation' ) . "
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2. Article 4.1 shall be replaced by the following :
   "4.1 Composition , right of vote
    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
          - Ris(£                       2                   2
          - Luxembourg                  2                   1
          - Ireland                     2                   1
          - JNICT                       2                   2
          - IPP & RFA jointly           2                   5
          - SERC                        2                   2
          - Switzerland                 2                   2
          - FOM                         2                   2
          - Authority                   2                   5
   4.1.2 For their adoption , acts of the JET Council shall require at
          least 29 votes in favour ."