With this in view, the JRC will seek to bring together all possible expertise and to fully associate its partners in the Esarda network.

Formats and further guidance on data requirements and dossier preparation are available on the ECB homepage at http://ecb.jrc.it/biocides.

The JRC will continue to support the transfer of the technological "acquis communautaire" in the safeguards area to the Applicant Countries.

The Commission should undertake the tasks incumbent upon it in the area of nuclear fission, making use of the technical expertise of the JRC.

A copy of the report with the results and interpretation of the analyses along with a copy of the description sheet shall be sent to the JRC.

the organisation of visits to JRC institutes of visiting scientists and seconded national experts, particularly from the candidate countries,

Of which approximately 6 % may be allocated to exploratory research and up to 2 % for exploitation of own JRC results and technology transfer.

The JRC's activities in the nuclear area aim to support related Community policies and specific Treaty obligations entrusted to the Commission.

at least one control sample for each of the samples sent to the JRC for analysis is kept for at least three years from the date the sample is taken,

The JRC is closely involved in the international efforts to detect clandestine activities and to combat the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials.

The JRC will step up its activities and research efforts in this field so that it can respond to requests made by any Member State or applicant state.

Wine and wine product samples analysed by an isotopic method described in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2676/90, to be entered in the JRC isotope databank

The JRC may participate in indirect actions on the same footing and shall have the same rights and obligations as a legal entity established in a Member State.

The essential common denominator of the JRC's activities will be the safety of citizens in its different aspects, e. g. health, environment and combating fraud.

The JRC will undertake appropriate training activities in nuclear safety and safeguards, including measures to control the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials.

A General Advisory Committee of the JRC consisting of representatives appointed by the Governments of Member States is hereby set up to assist the Director General;

The Scientific Committee shall be duly consulted by the Director General on all questions of a scientific or technical nature relating to the activities of the JRC.

On the safety of nuclear fuel, the JRC will concentrate on mechanical and chemical interactions at the fuel/cladding interface and on fuel behaviour at high burn-up.

The JRC should implement the research and training activities carried out by means of direct action, in particular the tasks entrusted to the Commission by the Treaty.

The Commission shall provide the Director General with general guidelines on the composition of JRC programmes in the light of any general policy adopted by the Council.

The knowledge gained through implementation of the projects will be disseminated by the JRC itself (taking into account possible limitations due to confidentiality issues).

The Director General shall take all measures necessary for the efficient functioning of the JRC consistent with the regulations in force and the authority delegated to him.

The JRC will carry out its activities in close cooperation and by networking with scientific circles, national research organisations, universities and businesses in Europe.

The Commission, after consulting the Board of Governors of the JRC, shall implement the direct action on the basis of the scientific objectives and contents described in Annex I.

Training activities will be an important component for the JRC to help equip the European Union with a future generation of scientists with necessary nuclear skills and expertise.

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Staff Regulations, the rules shall in particular provide for the creation of representative staff organizations at JRC level and, as necessary, for each establishment and shall determine the conditions in which these organizations shall participate in formulating and implementing the general staff policy of the JRC.

The JRC will continue to support safety authorities and nuclear plant operators by networking on ageing, damage detection, in-service inspection and structural integrity assessment.

For the purposes of implementing the specific programme, the Board of Governors of the JRC shall be consulted by the Commission in accordance with Commission Decision 96/282/Euratom.

The Director General shall ensure that there is an exchange of information between the services of the Commission and of the JRC for which purpose he shall periodically call together:

The JRC's specialised know-how and techniques for Euratom nuclear safeguards could be put at the disposal of international efforts in non-proliferation of weapons for mass destruction.

In this connection, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) will seek to represent all interests of the Community and its Member States and make the best possible use of the networks it operates.

'direct action' means an RTD activity undertaken by the Joint Research Centre (hereinafter referred to as the JRC) in the execution of the tasks assigned to it under the Sixth Framework Programme;

The JRC takes part in European networks on nuclear reactor safety which aim at improving the various safety practices and approaches and will thus contribute to a similar process in candidate countries.

The JRC will continue to test and evaluate processes to improve the efficient separation (partitioning) of radio-toxic elements from spent fuel and the subsequent reprocessing of the resulting products.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) shall consist of the research establishments set up by the Commission to carry out the Community's research and training programmes, and of the necessary ancillary services.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) carries out its mission to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of European Union policies.

For Member States which do not have a laboratory equipped for wine analysis by isotopic methods, the costs incurred in sending all the samples to be taken under Article 14(1) to the JRC shall be borne by the Community.

(7) An intercomparison study for the determination of processed animal proteins in feedingstuffs was carried out in 2003 by the Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements of the Joint Research Centre (IRMM-JRC).

The Commission may request the JRC to execute, on the basis of the criterion of mutual benefit, projects with legal entities established in third countries when this contributes effectively to the execution of direct actions.

Accident analysis and management, validation of codes, systems' analysis, and risk-informed methods development are traditional JRC competencies, which are important both for European Union harmonisation and in view of enlargement.

Together with industry and R& D institutions, the JRC will contribute to the analysis and evaluation of several safety features of the different types of energy production systems, currently under investigation in several countries.

Besides this experimental and theoretical approach the JRC will pursue and extend its participation in networks with a possible coordinating role as in the international working group on fuel design for the accelerator driven systems.

Development of a common safety culture in Central & Eastern European Countries is a further area for JRC support; this includes operational safety measures and plant upgrading, structural integrity, accident prevention and management.

The JRC will continue to meet the requirements of Community policies as reflected by its users; in order to do this effectively, it will maintain a suitable balance with research activities required for achieving scientific excellence.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) will provide independent customer-driven support for the formulation and implementation of Community policies, including the monitoring of implementation of such policies, within its areas of specific competence.

The Director General shall ensure, as necessary, that successive programmes are properly coordinated and inter-related, during implementation and preparation, with particular reference to the scientific and industrial infrastructure of the JRC.

On this basis the Director General, on his own responsibility and in consultation with the General Advisory Committee, shall prepare draft programmes for the various fields of activity of the JRC and the Committee shall give its opinion thereon.

This programme should be implemented in a flexible, efficient and transparent manner, taking account of relevant needs of the JRC's users and Community policies, as well as respecting the objective of protecting the Community's financial interests.

To address the issues of spent nuclear fuels and radio-active waste treatment and management, the JRC will further develop its understanding of fundamental physical, chemical and materials science data on actinides and actinide-containing products.

In the implementation of its activities, the JRC will, whenever appropriate and feasible, participate in or organise networks of public and private laboratories in the Member States or European research consortia in the support of the European policy making process.