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Treaty of Almelo
Author | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federal Republic of Germany, Kingdom of the Netherlands |
1-01-8-30-28.pdf | |
Date | March 1970 |
Classification | 1.01.8.30/28 (URENCO/UCN ALMELO - GENERAL) |
Remarks | English version. For Dutch text see: 1.01.8.30/31 |
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From the publication:
Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Collaboration in the Development and Exploitation of the Gas Centrifuge Process for producing Enriched Uranium Almelo, 4 March 1970 [The United Kingdom instrument of ratification was deposited on 26 March 1971 and the Agreement entered into force on 19 July 1971] Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty October 1971 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. the Federal Republic of Germany and the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Regarding as a matter of great importance the supply of enriched uranium for purposes other than the manufacture of nuclear weapons; Considering the rapid growth to be expected in the installation of nuclear power plants in Europe and elsewhere in the near future; Considering the importance of developing in Europe a substantial capacity for the enrichment of uranium in order to meet the demand for enriched uranium to fuel such plants; Considering the progress made. in their respective countries. in the development of the gas centrifuge method; Considering that development of this method on a co-operative basis will strengthen European technological co-operation and that its joint industrial exploitation will contribute to European economic integration; Declaring their readiness to consider entering into collaboration with European or other countries interested in the production of enriched uranium by the gas centrifuge method; Declaring furthermore their readiness to integrate their collaboration into the framework of an enlarged European community; Recalling the Interim Agreement on Security Procedures and Classification signed in Almelo on 4th March. 1970.(1) and declaring their intention to apply appropriate measures of security in fulfilment of a common classification policy in relation to the gas centrifuge process; Reaffirming that any co-operative arrangements will have to be consistent with the policies of the Contracting Parties in relation to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. to which they attach great importance. and with their international obligations in this field. and that appropriate international safeguards will be applied thereto;