Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community

• Published date: 25 December 2015

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►B CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (OJ C 203 7.6.2016, p. 1)

Containing:

		Official Journal
		No	page	date
►M1	PROTOCOL AMENDING THE PROTOCOL ON TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ANNEXED TO THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION, TO THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY 2010/C 263/01	C 263	1	29.9.2010
►M2	REGULATION (EU, EURATOM) No 741/2012 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 August 2012	L 228	1	23.8.2012
►M3	REGULATION (EU, Euratom) 2015/2422 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 16 December 2015	L 341	14	24.12.2015
►A1	ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Republic of Croatia and the adjustments to the Treaty on European Union, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community	L 112	21	24.4.2012
►C1	Corrigendum, OJ C 111, 6.5.2008, p. 56 (2007)(2008/C)
►C2	Corrigendum, OJ C 290, 30.11.2009, p. 1 (2007)(2009/C)
►C3	Corrigendum, OJ C 081, 29.3.2010, p. 1 (2007)2010/C)
►C4	Corrigendum, OJ C 181, 6.7.2010, p. 1 (2010)(2010/C)

Amended by:

►M4	REGULATION (EU, Euratom) 2016/1192 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 July 2016	L 200	137	26.7.2016
►M5	REGULATION (EU, Euratom) 2019/629 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 April 2019	L 111	1	25.4.2019

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CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY

2016/C 203/01

TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Preamble
TITLE I	The tasks of the Community
TITLE II	Provisions for the encouragement of progress in the field of nuclear energy
CHAPTER 1	PROMOTION OF RESEARCH
CHAPTER 2	DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
Section 1	Information over which the Community has power of disposal
Section 2	Other information
Section 3	Security provisions
Section 4	Special provisions
CHAPTER 3	HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 4	INVESTMENT
CHAPTER 5	JOINT UNDERTAKINGS
CHAPTER 6	SUPPLIES
Section 1	The Agency
Section 2	Ores, source materials and special fissile materials coming from inside the Community
Section 3	Ores, source materials and special fissile materials coming from outside the Community
Section 4	Prices
Section 5	Provisions relating to supply policy
Section 6	Special provisions
CHAPTER 7	SAFEGUARDS
CHAPTER 8	PROPERTY OWNERSHIP
CHAPTER 9	THE NUCLEAR COMMON MARKET
CHAPTER 10	EXTERNAL RELATIONS
TITLE III	Institutional and financial provisions
CHAPTER 1	APPLICATION OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY ON EUROPEAN UNION AND OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
CHAPTER 2	THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY
Section 1	The European Parliament
Section 2	The Council
Section 3	The Commission
Section 4	The Court of Justice of the European Union
Section 5	The Court of Auditors
CHAPTER 3	PROVISIONS COMMON TO SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 4	THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE
TITLE IV	Specific financial provisions
TITLE V	General provisions
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TITLE VI	Provisions relating to the initial period (repealed)
	Final provisions
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ANNEXES
ANNEX I	FIELDS OF RESEARCH CONCERNING NUCLEAR ENERGY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4 OF THIS
ANNEX II	INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 41 OF THIS TREATY
ANNEX III	ADVANTAGES WHICH MAY BE CONFERRED ON JOINT UNDERTAKINGS UNDER ARTICLE 48 OF THIS TREATY
ANNEX IV	LIST OF GOODS AND PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 9 ON THE NUCLEAR COMMON MARKET
ANNEX V	INITIAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING PROGRAMME REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 215 OF THIS TREATY (repealed)
PROTOCOLS
	Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union
	Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice of the European Union
	Protocol on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies, offices, agencies and departments of the European Union
	Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union
	Protocol on article 40.3.3 of the Constitution of Ireland
	Protocol on transitional provisions

PREAMBLE

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUCHESS OF LUXEMBOURG, HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS ( 1 ),

RECOGNISING that nuclear energy represents an essential resource for the development and invigoration of industry and will permit the advancement of the cause of peace,

CONVINCED that only a joint effort undertaken without delay can offer the prospect of achievements commensurate with the creative capacities of their countries,

RESOLVED to create the conditions necessary for the development of a powerful nuclear industry which will provide extensive energy resources, lead to the modernisation of technical processes and contribute, through its many other applications, to the prosperity of their peoples,

ANXIOUS to create the conditions of safety necessary to eliminate hazards to the life and health of the public,

DESIRING to associate other countries with their work and to cooperate with international organisations concerned with the peaceful development of atomic energy,

HAVE DECIDED to create a EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM) and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

(List of plenipotentiaries not reproduced)

WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows:

TITLE I

THE TASKS OF THE COMMUNITY

Article 1

By this Treaty the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY (EURATOM).

It shall be the task of the Community to contribute to the raising of the standard of living in the Member States and to the development of relations with the other countries by creating the conditions necessary for the speedy establishment and growth of nuclear industries.

Article 2

In order to perform its task, the Community shall, as provided in this Treaty:

(a) promote research and ensure the dissemination of technical information;

(b) establish uniform safety standards to protect the health of workers and of the general public and ensure that they are applied;

(c) facilitate investment and ensure, particularly by encouraging ventures on the part of undertakings, the establishment of the basic installations necessary for the development of nuclear energy in the Community;

(d) ensure that all users in the Community receive a regular and equitable supply of ores and nuclear fuels;

(e) make certain, by appropriate supervision, that nuclear materials are not diverted to purposes other than those for which they are intended;

(f) exercise the right of ownership conferred upon it with respect to special fissile materials;

(g) ensure wide commercial outlets and access to the best technical facilities by the creation of a common market in specialised materials and equipment, by the free movement of capital for investment in the field of nuclear energy and by freedom of employment for specialists within the Community;

(h) establish with other countries and international organisations such relations as will foster progress in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

Article 3

(repealed)

TITLE II

PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY

CHAPTER 1

Promotion of research

Article 4

1. The Commission shall be responsible for promoting and facilitating nuclear research in the Member States and for complementing it by carrying out a Community research and training programme.

2. The activity of the Commission in this respect shall be carried out within the fields listed in Annex I to this Treaty.

This list may be amended by the Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission. The latter shall consult the Scientific and Technical Committee established under Article 134.

Article 5

For purposes of coordinating and complementing research undertaken in Member States, the Commission shall, either by a specific request addressed to a given recipient and conveyed to the government concerned, or by a general published request, call upon Member States, persons or undertakings to communicate to it their programmes relating to the research which it specifies in the request.

After giving those concerned full opportunity to comment, the Commission may deliver a reasoned opinion on each of the programmes communicated to it. The Commission shall deliver such an opinion if the State, person or undertaking which has communicated the programme so requests.

By such opinions the Commission shall discourage unnecessary duplication and shall direct research towards sectors which are insufficiently explored. The Commission may not publish these programmes without the consent of the State, person or undertaking which has communicated them.

The Commission shall publish at regular intervals a list of those sectors of nuclear research which it considers to be insufficiently explored.

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