96/671/Euratom: Commission Decision of 13 November 1996 relating to a procedure in application of Article 83 of the Euratom Treaty (XVII-05 - Jenson Tungsten Ltd, Hemel Hempstead) (Only the English text is authentic)

• Articles: 4

Article 1

1. Jenson Tungsten Ltd has infringed Articles 77, 79, 81 and 82 of the Euratom Treaty and Article 2 of Regulation No 8 because, for an unacceptably long time, a nuclear materials accounting system did not exist, and in particular, operating records and source documents for depleted and natural uranium including labelling of nuclear material held on stock were not made available, thereby preventing the full verification of the accounting system.

2. Jenson Tungsten Ltd has infringed Article 5 of Regulation No 8 for its failure to declare in time a dispatch of a substantial part of its nuclear inventory.

Article 2

1. The Commission issues a warning to Jenson Tungsten Ltd.

2. The warning is imposed with the understanding that the shortcomings with respect to source documentation, labelling and nuclear materials accounting system be rectified.

3. Based on the report referred to in Article 3 and its own verifications the Commission will assess Jenson Tungsten Ltd's compliance with the requirement set out in paragraph 2.

Article 3

Jenson Tungsten Ltd shall provide the Commission with a report describing the measures taken to rectify the failures listed in Article 1 within three months of the date of this Decision.

Article 4

1. This Decision is addressed to the firm Jenson Tungsten Ltd, 11 Maxted Road, Hemel Hempstead, UK-Herts HP2 7DX.

2. This Decision shall be communicated to the United Kingdom.

Done at Brussels, 13 November 1996.

For the Commission

Christos PAPOUTSIS

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 363, 31. 12. 1976, p. 1.

(2) OJ No L 191, 31. 7. 1993, p. 75.

(3) OJ No 34, 29. 5. 1959, p. 651/59.