The negotiations that led to the decision ended in a compromise between the EU and Japan, in that Japan was promised 20% of the research staff on the French location of ITER, as well as the head of the administrative body of ITER.
Derybos, kuriose buvo priimtas šis sprendimas, baigėsi kompromisu tarp ES ir Japonijos, kuriuo Japonijai buvo pažadėta 20 % tiriamojo personalo ir vadovavimas ITER administraciniam organui.