L 90/58 Official Journal of the European Union 30.3.2007 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 27 March 2007 establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it (2007/198/Euratom) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular the third and fourth subparagraph of Article 47 and Article 48 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) The Community, through strong, continuous and coor- dinated Community support from the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) research and training programmes, together with the development of knowledge and human resources in the national fusion laboratories, working together notably in the framework ) of the European Fusion Development Agreement (EFDA), has created a single and fully integrated fusion research programme that has taken a leading international role in the development of fusion as a potentially limitless, safe, sustainable, environmentally responsible and economi- cally competitive source of energy. (2)  The establishment of the Joint European Torus (JET) fusion research project in 1978 (!), which has met or exceeded all of its design objectives including demon- strating the release of significant amounts of fusion energy in a controlled manner and going on to hold world records for both fusion power and energy, has demonstrated the added value of pooling resources and expertise at Community level in the form of a Joint Undertaking. The Community has played a key role in the devel- opment of a next step international fusion project, the ITER, starting in 1988 with Conceptual Design Activities (%), continuing in 1992 with Engineering Design Activities () which were extended by three years in 1998 (% and followed by a second agreement in 1994 (°) which, in 2001, produced a detailed, complete and fully integrated engineering design for a research facility aimed at demonstrating the feasibility of fusion as an energy source from which the Community could derive significant benefit, in particular in the context of ensuring the security and diversity of its long-term energy supply. The seven parties to the ITER negotiations (Euratom, People’s Republic of China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States), representing over one half of the world’s population, have concluded the Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER Inter- national Fusion Energy Organisation for the Joint Imple- mentation of the ITER Project (°) (the ITER Agreement) which establishes the ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation (the ITER Organisation) with headquarters in St Paul-lés-Durance (Bouches-du-Rhone) (France). The ITER Organisation has full responsibility for constructing, operating, exploiting and de-activating the ITER facilities. () Commission Decision 88/229/Euratom (O] L 102, 21.4.1988, p. 31). - (}) Commission Decision 92[439/Euratom (O] L 244, 26.8.1992, (1) Council Decision 78/471/Euratom of 30 May 1978 on the estab- p. 13). lishment of the Joint European Torus (JET), Joint Undertaking (O] (*) Council Decision 98704 Euratom (O] L 335, 10.12.1998, p. 61). L 151, 7.6.1978, p. 10). Decision as last amended by Decision (°) Commission Decision 94/267/Euratom (O] L 114, 5.5.1994, p. 25). 98/585/Euratom (O] L 282, 20.10.1998, p. 65). () OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p. 62.