CELEX: 31958R0004(01)
Language: en
Date: 1958-09-15 00:00:00
Title: EAEC Council: Regulation No 4 defining the investment projects to be communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 41 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community

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                                                        REGULATION No 4
                 defining the investment projects to be communicated to the Commission in accordance
                   with Article 41 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
ENERGY COMMUNITY,
                                                                                                 Article 1   .
Having regard to the provisions of the Treaty, and                   Persons and undertakings engaged in the industrial
in particular Articles 41 , 42 and 43 thereof;                       activities listed in Annex II to the Treaty shall com­
                                                                     municate to the Commission , within the time limits
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                  laid down in Article 42 of the Treaty, their invest­
                                                                     ment projects aime.d at :
Whereas, in order to attain the objectives laid down                 — creating new production capacity ;
in the Treaty, the Commission must be notified of
investment projects concerning new installations and                 — maintaining quantitative and qualitative produc­
of replacements or conversions involved in the                           tion capacity ;
industrial activities 1 sted in Annex II to the Treaty               — directly increasing production capacity ;
when such projects are sufficiently extensive and are
likely to have a direct influence on production or                   — directly increasing productivity ;
productivity;                                                        — improving the quality of production ;
                                                                                                                 (Millions of EPU units )
                                        I                                              II                             III
                                     Sectors                                   New installations         Replacements and conversions
 1.  Mining of uranium and thorium ore                                                2-5                            2
 2 . Concentration of such ores                                                       2-5                            2
 3.  Chemical processing and refining of uranium and thorium
     concentrates                                                                     2-5                            2
 4.  Preparation of nuclear fuels , in any form                                       1                              0-5
 5 . Fabrication of nuclear fuel elements                                             1                              0-5
 6. Production of uranium hexafluoride                                                1                              0-5
 7. Production of enriched uranium                                                   20                             10
 8.  Processing of irradiated fuels for the purpose of separating
     some or all of the elements contained therein                                    5                              2 -5
 9 . Production of reactor moderators                                                 0-5                           0-25           ;
10.  Production of hafnium-free
     zirconium or compounds thereof                                                   0-5                           0-25
11 . Nucelar reactors of all types and for all purposes                               1                              2
12 . Facilities for the . ndustrial processing of radioactive
     waste , set up in conjunction with one or more of the
     facilities specified ir this list                                          '     0-5                            0-25
13 . Semi-industrial installations intended to prepare the way
     for the construction of plants involved in any of activities
     3 to 10 .                                                                        0-5                           0-25
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when, in the industrial activities listed in column I,        1 . the type of products and the production capacity ;
the cost exceeds the corresponding amount in
column II for new installations and that in column III        2. the total amount of expenditure directly chargeable
for replacements and conversions .                                to the project under consideration ;
Notification of projects for new installations for            3 . the length of time likely to be required for
nuclear reactors of any type and for any purpose                  carrying out the project;
shall, where the cost does not exceed one million             4. the prospects as regards supplies for and operation
EPU units, consist merely of a declaration giving                 of the installation .
their essential characteristics ; the procedure laid
down in Article 43 of the Treaty need not be ap­
plied .                                                                                 Article 4
                        Article 2                             This Regulation shall enter into force on the thir­
                                                              tieth day following its publication in the Official
For the purpose of calculating the costs referred to in       Journal of the European Communities.
Article 1 all expenditure arising directly from the
carrying out of the investment projects shall be taken        This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
into account, irrespective of the time at which such          directly applicable in all Member States .
expenditure is incurred .
                                                              Done at Brussels , 15 September 1958 .
                        Article 3
Communication of projects in pursuance of this                                                         For the Council
Regulation shall include all the details required for                                                   The President
the discussion provided for in Article 43 of the Treaty
and in particular all the information relating to :                                                        BALKE
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                                  RULES OF THE TRANSPORT COMMITTEE
THE COUNCIL ,                                                 HAS DECIDED :
Having regard to Article 83 of the Treaty establish­          that the Rules of the Transport Committee shall be
ing the European Economic Community, which                    as follows :
provides that an advisory committee consisting of                                       Article 1
experts designated by the Governments of Member
States shall be attached to the Commission and con­           The Committee shall consist of experts on transport
sulted by the latter on transport matters whenever            matters designated by the Governments of Member
the Commission considers this desirable, without              States . Each Government shall designate one expert
prejudice to the powers of the transport section of           or two experts selected from among senior officials
the Economic and Social Committee;                            of the central administration. It may, in addition,
                                                              designate not more than three experts of acknowledged
Having regard to Article 153 of that Treaty, which            competence in, respectively, the railway, road trans­
provides that the Council shall, after receiving an           port and inland waterway sectors .
opinion from the Commission, determine the rules
governing the committees provided for in that Treaty;                                   Article 2
                                                              Each Government may designate an alternate for each
Having received an Opinion from the Commission ; ,            member of the Committee appointed by it; this alter­