2012/709/Euratom: Council Decision of 13 November 2012 on the adoption of the 2012-2015 High Flux Reactor supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community

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Article 1

The supplementary research programme on the operation of the HFR, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the programme’), the objectives of which are set out in Annex I, is adopted for a period of four years, starting on 1 January 2012.

Article 2

The costs for the execution of the programme, estimated at EUR 31 400 000, shall be financed entirely out of contributions from the Netherlands, France and Belgium. The breakdown of this amount is set out in Annex II. This contribution shall be considered as assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002  ( 3 ) .

Article 3

1.   The Commission shall be in charge of the management of the programme. To this end, it shall call upon the services of the Joint Research Centre.

2.   The Board of Governors of the Joint Research Centre shall be kept informed of the implementation of the programme.

Article 4

The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council, a mid-term report and a final report on the implementation of this Decision.

Article 5

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

It shall apply from 1 January 2012.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX I

ANNEX I

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES

The main objectives of the programme are the following:

1.

To ensure the safe and reliable operation of the HFR, in order to guarantee the availability of the neutron flux for experimental purposes.

2.

To allow an efficient use of the HFR by research institutes in a broad range of disciplines: improvement of safety of nuclear reactors, health including the development of medical isotopes, nuclear fusion, fundamental research and training and waste management including the possibility to study the safety issues of nuclear fuels for reactor systems of interest to Europe.

ANNEX II

ANNEX II

BREAKDOWN OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS

The contributions to the programme come from the Netherlands, France and Belgium.

The breakdown of those contributions is as follows:

The Netherlands: EUR 29 000 000,

France: EUR 1 200 000,

Belgium: EUR 1 200 000,

Total: EUR 31 400 000.

Those contributions shall be made to the general budget of the European Union and shall be assigned to this programme.

Those contributions are firm and not revisable as regards to the variations related to operational, maintenance and decommissioning costs.