Exports and shipments
Article 20
1. The persons or undertakings referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 3(1) shall give advance notification to the Commission if any source materials or special fissile materials: (a) are exported to a third country; (b) are shipped from a non-nuclear-weapon Member State to a nuclear-weapon Member State; (c) are shipped from a nuclear-weapon Member State to a non-nuclear-weapon Member State. 2. Advance notification is required only: (a) where the consignment exceeds one effective kilogram; or (b) where an installation transfers a total quantity of materials to the same State that could exceed one effective kilogram in any consecutive period of twelve months, even though no single consignment exceeds one effective kilogram. 3. The notification shall be given after the conclusion of the contractual arrangements leading to the transfer, using the form set out in Annex VI, and shall reach the Commission at least eight working days before the material is to be packed for transfer. 4. If so required for reasons of physical protection, special arrangements concerning the form and transmission of the notification may be agreed upon with the Commission. 5. Exports and shipments of nuclear material contained in waste or ores are not subject to the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4.