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funding contributions, and priorities for operaton of the facility 

 must be established. Policies with respect to national industrial 

 involvement need to be debated and adopted. Legal instruments must 

 define the relationship of the project to national and local 

 governments, provisions for withdrawal, ownership of the facility, 

 provisions for liabilities and insurance against risk, and provision 

 for taxes and duties. 



PRIOR EXPERIENCE 



There are a number of successful international ventures. There is no 

 model that one can follow except to recognize the complexity of such 

 arrangements and to be willing to undertake the establishment of a 

 system that matches the technology and the program's objectives. If 

 there is any rule in this area, it should be that the institutional 

 arrangements must match the problem. 



Joint European Torus 



For fusion the most relevant example of a major international project 

 is JET (JET Joint Undertaking, 1982). The project was set up as a 

 Joint Undertaking by the Member States of the European Community in 

 1978 (Wilson, 1981) under provisions of the 1957 Treaty of Rome, which 

 established the European Community. Establishment of the Joint 

 Undertaking was preceded by the JET Working Group, in 1971 and the JET 

 Design Team, in 1973. 



The following aspects of JET management (Commission of the European 

 Communities, undated) are noteworthy: 



o The JET Council, assisted by the JET Executive Committee and 



the JET Scientific Committee, is responsible for the management 



of the project, 

 o Each member of the Joint Undertaking is represented on the 



Council, usually by a individual from the policy level and 



another from the technical level, 

 o The Commission of the European Communities is responsible for 



financial decisions to the extent of its 80-percent 



contribution to the project. 

 Q National research organizations provide guidance to the JET 



Council on technical issues, 

 o The EC Council of Ministers, with the assistance of the 



Committee of Permanent Representatives, is responsible for 



political decisions. 



