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            제15149호                            2002. 7.15. (월요일)
                                     each Party shall, inter alia, provide the
         Government of the Republic of Korea for
         Cooperation in the Development and Application
                                     other Party with such reports and access to
         of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purposes
                                     such other data as the other Party may
         (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”),
                                     consider appropriate in order to satisfy the
         done at Seoul on January 26, 1976.
                                     other Party that items referred to in this
         I have further the honour to refer to recent
                                     Agreement are being used and disposed of in
         discussions that have taken place between
                                     accordance with the provisions of this
         representatives of our two governments
                                     Agreement.
         regarding amendments to paragraph 4 of Article
                                    2. The Parties may conclude supplementary
         V and Article VII of the Agreement.
                                     arrangements between the appropriate
         As a result of these discussions, and with the
                                     governmental authorities to facilitate the
                                     effective implementation of this
         intention of strengthening the nuclear
                                     Agreement.”
         cooperation between our two countries, I have
                                   If the Government of the Republic of Korea
         the honour to propose that the Agreement be
                                   agrees with the proposal set forth herein, I have
         amended in the following manner:
                                   the honour to propose that this Note, which is
         Paragraph 4 of Article V is to be modified and
                                   equally authentic in English, French and Korean
         shall now read:
                                   together with Your Excellency’s reply to that
         “If for any reason or at any time the
                                   effect, shall constitute an Amendment to the
         International Atomic Energy Agency is not
                                   Agreement between our two Governments which
         administering the safeguards required by
                                   shall enter into force on the date of Your
         paragraph 1 of this Article within the territory of
                                   Excellency’s reply and shall remain in force as
         a Party, that Party shall forthwith enter into an
                                   long as the Agreement remains in force and may
         agreement with the other Party for the
                                   be amended or terminated by written agreement
         establishment of a safeguards system that
                                   between our two Governments.
         conforms to the principles and procedures of the 
                                   Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my
         safeguards system set out in International
                                   highest consideration.
         Atomic Energy Agency document 
                                                    Denis Comeau
         INFECTER/66/Rev.2, as well as in any
                                                     Ambassador
         subsequent amendments thereto that are
                                                  Extraordinary and
         accepted by the Parties, and that provides for
                                                   Plenipotentiary
         the application of safeguards to items which the
                                                   of Canada to the
         Parties consider to be subject to the
                                                  Republic of Korea
         Agreement.”
                                   His Excellency
         And Article VII is also to be modified and shall
                                   Choi Sung-hong
         now read:
                                   Minister of Foreign
          “1. The Parties shall consult annually or at
                                   Affairs and Trade
           any other time at the request of either Party
                                   of the Republic of Korea
           to ensure the effective fulfillment of the
                                          (Korean Reply Note)
           obligations of this Agreement. To this end,
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