CELEX: 31959R0002
Language: en
Date: 1959-02-18 00:00:00
Title: EAEC Commission: Regulation No 2 determining the procedure for completing the declarations laid down in Article 78 of the Treaty

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298/59                      OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                       12.3.59
                                                 REGULATION No 2
              determining the procedure for completing the declarations laid down in Article 78
                                                     of the Treaty
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC                                                   Article 2
ENERGY COMMUNITY ,
                                                               The declarations referred to in Article 1 shall be
Having regard to the provisions of the Treaty, and             made in respect of existing installations within three
in particular those of Articles 77, 78, 124 and 161            months from the date on which this Regulation
                                                               enters into force .
 thereof;
Whereas it is the responsibility of the Commission to                                   Article 3
determine the procedure for discharging the
obligations imposed on persons and undertakings by             The declarations referred to in Article 1 shall be
the first paragraph of Article 78 ;                            made in respect of new installations, including
                                                               replacements or conversions of existing installations,
Whereas the declarations laid down in the first                in the month preceding and at least fifteen days
paragraph of Article 78 must communicate to the                before the installation is put into service, or in the
Commission the basic technical characteristics of the          month preceding and at least fifteen days before the
installations covered by that Article to the extent            first consignment of materials subject to safeguards is
necessary for the application of the safeguards which          received, if that consignment is received before the
devolve upon the Commission pursuant to Article 77 ;           installation is put into service.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                                           Article 4
                                                               The obligation to make a declaration in accordance
                       Article 1                               with this Regulation devolves on any person or
                                                               persons setting up a new installation or operating an
The declarations laid down in Article 78 of the                existing installation ; this obligation shall devolve
Treaty in respect of the basic technical characteristics       upon the local managements of establishments under
of installations for the production, separation or             the authortiy of persons or undertakings established
other use of source materials or special fissile               outside the Community.
materials or for the processing of irradiated nuclear
fuels (hereinafter called 'installations') shall be                                     Article 5
communicated to the Commission using a form, the
model for which is annexed to this Regulation.                 The Annex to this Regulation shall form an integral
                                                               part thereof.
Where a communication to the Commission has
already given details of the characteristics concerned,                                 Article 6
the declarations referred to in the preceding
paragraph may be made by citing that com­                      This Regulation shall enter into force on the
munication, provided that any supervening changes              twentieth day following its publication in the Official
are stated precisely.                                          Journal of the European Communities.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 18 February 1959 .
                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                         E. HIRSCH
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                                                              ANNEX
                                        to Commission Regulation No 7 of 18 February 1959
                 — Name and address of the person making the declaration and, where appropriate, name of
                     a responsible person to whom supplementary questions may be addressed if necessary.
                 —' Name and site of the installation.'
                 — State whether it is an existing installation , a new installation, a replacement or a conversion .
                     Where a new installation, a replacement or a conversion . is concerned, state the planned
                     commissioning date.
Questions concerning basic technical characteristics of                Questions concerning basic technical characteristics of
installations for the production, separation or other use              nuclear reactors of all types and for all purposes.
of source materials or special fissile materials, or for the
processing of irradiated nuclear fuels, with the exception             B. 1 . Name of type of reactor.
of nuclear reactors.
                                                                       B. 2 . Principal use(s).
A. 1 . Brief description and general plans of the installation,
       in particular :
                                                                       B. 3 . Thermal power rating in kW ; mechanical and
       (a) Description and position in the plan of related                    electrical power rating, if applicable (gross power
             installations for storing materials which are                    in kW, net power of the whole installation in kW).
             subject to safeguards ;
       ( b ) Form in which those materials are stored .                B. 4 . Annual utilisation (hours/year).
A. 2. Description of the technical processes employed for              B. 5 . Fuels (composition, enrichment of fissile material
       the operation of the installation , with reference,                    and weight of the first charge for the power stated
       where appropriate, to publications relating to the                     in B 3 , mean and maximum burn-up in kWd/kg,
       installation in question.                                              cooling time for irradiated fuels).
A. 3 . Description of the methods used in the installations            B. 6. Annual fuel consumption and irradiated-fuel content
       (type, frequency and points at which used) for                         of all fissile and fertile material; recoverable isotopes
       measuring and checking the quantity and quality                        (for the power rating and utilisation shown in B 3
       of materials which are subject to safeguards.                          and B 4 for the initial period and in steady-state'
                                                                              operation ).
A. 4. Composition and nature of production ; annual
       capacity.                                                       B. 7. Maximum and mean neutron flux, according to the
                                                                              type of reactor:
                                                                              ( a ) Thermal neutrons,
                                                                               (b ) Fast neutrons .
                                                                       B. 8 . General plans of reactor (in particular, lattice
                                                                              definition and heat-cycle diagram ).
              N.B.      Under Article 79 of the Treaty, those subject to such requirements shall notify the
                      • authorities of the Member State concerned of any communications they make to the
                        Commission pursuant to Article 78 .