REQUEST FOR A DEROGATION UNDER ARTICLE 22
ANNEX IXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX IX REQUEST FOR A DEROGATION UNDER ARTICLE 22 Header Label/Tag Content Comments # Installation Character (256) Name and address of the installation 1 Report type Character (5) DERRQ to be used for this report type 2 MBA Character (4) MBA code of the reporting MBA 3 Element category Character (1) Category of nuclear material 4 Derogation type Character (1) Type of derogation 5 Intended use Character (256) Intended use(s) of the nuclear material(s) 6 Request date Date (DDMMYYYY) Date on which the request is transmitted to the Commission 7 Reporting person Character (64) Name of person responsible for the report 8 Report number Number Unique reference number 9 Entries Label/Tag Content Comments # Line number Number Sequential number, no gaps 10 Enrichment Number (3,3) Percent composition of uranium-235 11 Isotopic composition Number (24,3) (for each isotope) Plutonium isotopic weights 12 Element weight Number (24,3) Element weight 13 Fissile weight Number (24,3) Weight of the fissile isotope 14 Chemical composition Character (64) Chemical composition(s) of the items in the inventory 15 Material form Character (2) Material form 16 Number of items Number Number of items 17 Obligation Character (5) Safeguard obligation 18 Explanatory Notes 1. Installation: Name and address of the installation. 2. Report type: DERRQ to be used for this report type. 3. MBA: Code of the material balance area. This code is notified to the installation concerned by the Commission. 4. Element category: The element category of the nuclear material, using the category codes as laid out in Annex III (25) to this Regulation. 5. Derogation type: The type of derogation (Article 22(2)) shall be indicated. The following codes shall be used: Type of derogation Code Small quantities kept unchanged for a long period of time A Exclusive use in non-nuclear activities B Use in sensing components C Pu with Pu-238 content exceeding 80 % D 6. Intended use: The intended use of the nuclear materials. 7. Request date: The date on which the request is transmitted to the Commission. 8. Reporting person: Name of the person responsible for the report. 9. Report number: Sequential number (no gaps) for the derogation request. 10. Line number: Sequential number starting with 1 in each report, no gaps. 11. Enrichment: Percent composition of uranium-235. The information shall be inserted for each batch containing uranium. 12. Isotopic composition: The isotopic composition of Pu shall be reported in the format as a list of weights separated by semi-colons to denote the weight of Pu-238, Pu-239, Pu-240, Pu-241 and Pu-242. 13. Element weight: The element weight shall be given in grams. 14. Fissile weight: The weight of the fissile isotope(s) (for low enriched uranium and high enriched uranium: weight of isotope U-233 and U-235) shall be given in grams. 15. Chemical composition: The chemical composition(s) of the items in the inventory. 16. Material form: The physical form(s) of the items in the inventory, using the description of materials as laid out in Annex III (14) to this Regulation. 17. Number of items: The number of items in the inventory. 18. Obligation: Indication of the particular safeguard obligation assumed by the Community under an Agreement concluded with a third country or an international organisation, to which the material is subject (Article 19). The Commission shall communicate the appropriate codes to the installations on request. The information shall be inserted for each batch. GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE COMPLETION OF THE REPORTS 1. A separate request shall be submitted for each type of derogation (Article 22(2)) and for each element category. 2. All requested information shall be provided, when applicable. 3. If numerical data contain fractions of units, a point shall precede the decimal digits. 4. The following 55 characters may be used: the 26 capital letters A to Z, figures 0 to 9 and the characters ‘plus’, ‘minus’, ‘slash’, ‘asterisk’, ‘space’, ‘equal’, ‘greater than’, ‘less than’, ‘point’, ‘comma’, ‘open bracket’, ‘close bracket’, ‘colon’, ‘dollar’, ‘percent’, ‘quotation mark’, ‘semi-colon’, ‘question mark’ and ‘ampersand’. 5. Under Article 79 of the Treaty, those subject to safeguards requirements shall notify the authorities of the Member State concerned of any communications they make to the Commission pursuant to Article 78 and the first paragraph of Article 79 of the Treaty. 6. Reports shall be prepared in xml format using the template provided by the Commission through a dedicated platform. 7. The reports, duly completed and signed (digitally if possible), shall be forwarded to the European Commission, Euratom Safeguards.