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20.11.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
321/59
DECISIONS
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
(2012/709/Euratom)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
(4) Due
to
their
special
interest
in
the
continued
operation
of
the HFR, the Netherlands, France and Belgium should, as
indicated by them, finance this programme through
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
financial contributions made to the general budget of
Energy Community, and in particular Article 7 thereof,
the European Union by way of assigned revenue,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Article 1
After consultation of the Scientific and Technical Committee ( 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
Whereas:
years, starting on 1 January 2012.
Article 2
(1)
Within the framework of the European Research Area,
the high flux reactor at Petten (hereinafter ‘HFR’) has
The costs for the execution of the programme, estimated at EUR
been, and continues to be for some time, an important
31 400 000, shall be financed entirely out of contributions
means available to the Community to contribute to
from the Netherlands, France and Belgium. The breakdown of
materials sciences and testing, to nuclear medicine and
this amount is set out in Annex II. This contribution shall be
to reactor safety research in the field of nuclear energy.
considered as assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(2)
of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ( 3 ).
(2) The
operation
of
the
HFR
has
been
supported
by
a
series
of supplementary research programmes the last of which,
Article 3
Council Decision 2009/410/Euratom of 25 May 2009
1. The
Commission
shall
be
in
charge
of
the
management
of
on the adoption of a supplementary research
the programme. To this end, it shall call upon the services of
programme to be implemented by the Joint Research
the Joint Research Centre.
Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community ( 2 ),
has expired on 31 December 2011. In order to ensure a
continuity between the supplementary research
2. The
Board
of
Governors
of
the
Joint
Research
Centre
shall
programmes and a smooth operation of the 2012-
be kept informed of the implementation of the programme.
2015 HFR supplementary research programme, this
Decision should apply from 1 January 2012.
Article 4
The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and
(3) Given
the
continued
need
for
the
HFR
as
an
irreplaceable to the Council, a mid-term report and a final report on the
infrastructure for Community research in the fields of
implementation of this Decision.
improvement of safety of nuclear reactors, health
including the development of medical isotopes to
answer questions of medical research, nuclear fusion,
Article 5
fundamental research, training and waste management
including the possibility to study the safety behaviour
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication
of nuclear fuels for reactor systems of interest to
in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Europe, its operation should continue under this supple
mentary research programme until the end of 2015.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
( 1 ) Minutes of the STC Meeting held on the 17 February 2012.
( 2 ) OJ L 132, 29.5.2009, p. 13.
( 3 ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union
20.11.2012
Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 November 2012.
For the Council
The President
V. SHIARLY
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
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.

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