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The Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Swiss Confederation, Sweden and the United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Community E U Charbon and Steel operations,
Hereinafter referred to as "Signatories",
Have agreed to participate in the concerted action defined below, hereinafter referred to as "action", and have agreed on the following provisions:
The Signatories consult each other in their efforts to promote research and development in the field of metallurgy on the theme "Gas Turbine Materials". The general description of the work envisaged for this action is contained in the Annex.
The purpose of the action is to stimulate the execution of research operations and concerted developments on the subject, by means of contracts between, on the one hand, the competent public bodies and, on the other, the industrial undertakings and the Research institutions (public or private research centres, university institutes and common centres), or by means of works entrusted to public research institutions that agree to work together on a basis Multinational.
The duration of the work laid down for the action shall extend over a period not exceeding three years, unless the Signatories unanimously decide otherwise.
This Agreement shall be open for signature by the other European Governments which participated in the Ministerial Conference held in Brussels on 22 and 23 November 1971, and of the European Communities, subject to the unanimous agreement of the Signatories. This unanimous agreement shall not, however, be required until the date of entry into force of this Agreement, provided that the annual amount allocated by the new Signatories to the work foreseen for the action is at least equal to the lowest amount Assigned to this action by the other Signatories.
A Management Committee shall be established, hereinafter referred to as "the Committee", composed of a representative of each of the Signatories. Each representative may, if necessary, be accompanied by experts or advisers.
The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure. The Committee shall establish a quorum for the validity of the Committee's deliberations.
The Committee shall make reasoned recommendations on the research proposals submitted to it. These recommendations are formulated by simple majority; minority views and their motivation can be expressed in these recommendations.
Within the Committee, each representative shall have one vote. The procedural decisions shall be adopted by a simple majority. All other decisions are taken unanimously; however, the abstention of one or more representatives does not constitute an obstacle to unanimity.
The Committee:
The subjects dealt with by the Committee should be treated as confidential.
At the request of the Signatories, the secretariat of the Committee shall be provided by the Commission of the European Communities.
The research resources devoted to the work planned for action are as follows between the Signatories:
Signatories |
Projected maximum annual amount in U.C. |
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Governments |
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Of the Federal Republic of Germany |
500,000 |
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Of the French Republic |
400,000 |
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Of the Italian Republic |
375,000 |
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Of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
100,000 |
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Of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
100,000 |
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Of the Republic of Austria |
100,000 |
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Of the Swiss Confederation |
315 000 |
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Of Sweden |
100,000 |
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
380,000 |
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European Coal and Steel Community |
120,000 |
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These amounts include both contributions on public funds and those of industrial companies and their research centres.
Any common costs, with the exception of secretariat costs, shall be divided equally between the Signatories.
For each contract, the amount of the financial participation of each of the Signatories which is borne by the public funds does not exceed, in principle, 60 % in the case of contracts with industrial undertakings or their centres Research, and 75 % in the case of contracts with other research institutions. These provisions do not apply to research organizations funded entirely or essentially by public authorities.
The Signatories shall have the possibility, if they so desire, to provide in their contracts a full or partial reimbursement of the contributions of the State in the event of the success of the research.
Contracts may be applied to industrial companies and research establishments, preferably associated with them, who are able to carry out all or part of the research planned or to have certain parts thereof carried out On their behalf and under their responsibility.
The Signatories address their research proposals directly or through their relevant public bodies to the secretariat of the Committee.
Industrial companies and research institutions that consent to associate themselves with a view to carrying out a research action on a multinational basis negotiate freely among themselves the modalities of their cooperation.
The Signatories provide administrative and financial management of the contracts they have entered into.
The Signatories insert into the contracts a clause requiring industrial companies or research institutions to submit periodic progress reports and a final report.
Progress reports shall have limited confidential dissemination to the Signatories and to the Committee as long as they contain detailed technical information. The final report, intended only to report on the results achieved, is widely disseminated, covering at least the industrial enterprises and the relevant research institutions in the countries concerned. Participants in the action.
1. The Signatories shall insinuate in the research contracts, without prejudice to the provisions of national law, clauses allowing the following provisions to be applied as long as the industrial property rights of the Studies, research or development, hereinafter referred to as "research", which do not include expertise:
In order to obtain the grant of such licenses, the Signatory Address is addressed to the Signatory who has entered into the contract the execution of which gave rise to these proprietary rights.
Such licenses shall be granted on a fair and reasonable basis and shall be subject to the right to grant a sublicenses under the same conditions. They may extend under the same conditions to industrial property rights and applications for prior property rights belonging to the licensor, to the extent necessary for their exploitation.
2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply Mutatis mutandis Knowledge not covered by industrial property rights (know-how, etc.).
The Signatories shall consult each other, if requested by one of them, on any problems raised by the application of this Agreement.
1. Each Signatories shall notify the Secretary General of the Council of the European Communities, as soon as possible, of the completion of the formalities required by virtue of its internal provisions for the implementation of this Agreement.
2. For Signatories which have transmitted the notification provided for in subs. 1, this Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the receipt of the notification allowing the coverage of at least two thirds of the total of the amounts provided for in Art. 7.
For Signatories transmitting such notification after the entry into force of this Agreement, the latter shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the notification.
Signatories which have not yet transmitted such notification upon entry into force of this Agreement may participate without the right to vote in the work of the Committee for a period of six months after the entry into force of this Agreement.
The Secretary General of the Council of the European Communities shall notify each of the Signatories of the filing of the notifications provided for in subs. 1 and the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
This Agreement, drawn up in a single copy in the German, English, French, Italian and Dutch languages, all texts also
Faith, shall be deposited in the archives of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Communities, which shall deliver a certified copy thereof to each of the Signatories.
Done at Brussels, the twenty-three November thousand nine hundred and sixty and eleven.
(Suivent signatures)
The research, which will be carried out in the framework of the action, relates to materials for use in aviation engines as well as to land or marine turbines.
They should not be the direct development of new technological processes or entirely new materials. Rather, they will be studies of the properties or behaviour of the most advanced materials. The studies will need to have practical results, such as a better understanding of the possibilities of using materials, recommendations for improvements in materials and processes, and the definition of test methods.
The choice of subjects responds to the concern to start cooperation first on subjects of immediate practical importance and in ways that can lead to concrete results within a reasonable timeframe.
The program defined below is for nickel or cobalt-based alloys containing chromium and titanium alloys.
Detailed studies are required to better understand the mechanisms of hot corrosion phenomena and to correctly select the most suitable test methods. They will make it possible to rationalise the possibilities of improving protective coatings and, if possible, to increase the corrosion resistance of the alloys themselves.
The work to be undertaken will not specifically address Pair filtration techniques or inhibitory additives. The manufacturers will, however, take these techniques into account in order to properly guide the research that they propose.
The metallurgical stability of the most advanced alloys will be studied at high temperatures; the influence of the applied stress will also be examined. These studies will be designed to provide more accurate baseline data to improve the best available alloys.
The work will focus on two issues:
The studies will focus on the best available alloys and will be designed to improve knowledge of the phenomena. They should lead to the definition of suitable test methods. It will be interesting to see if there are relationships between the high temperature fatigue phenomena and the basic characteristics of the materials.
Study of the main problems related to the susceptibility of titanium alloys to corrosion cracking under tension.
Study of the influence of local heterogeneities of composition or microstructure on reliability. Examination of the possibilities for detecting heterogeneities through non-destructive methods of control.
The study of the origin of microcuttings and microcracks in the precision casting components would be of great interest in the future improvement of the processes.
Study of the influence of the structures obtained by forging on the mechanical characteristics of alloys of nickel, cobalt and titanium.
The physical quality of the welded joints (microcracks), their mechanical properties and their metallurgical structure will be studied. Particular attention will be given to the welleability of precision casting alloys.
Study of the metallurgical causes of deterioration of fatigue characteristics, in particular as regards the correction of titanium and electrochemical machining.
The mechanical properties of the parts produced by the oriented solidification, the influence of the metallurgical structure and the possibilities of adapting the composition of the alloys in order to optimize the characteristics of the products will be studied.
Study of the properties of materials at room temperature and high. Temperature. Searching for improved compositions.
Study of the properties of nickel-or cobalt-based alloys obtained by powder metallurgy techniques. Study of the influence of the physical properties and chemical composition of powders.
States Parties |
Ratification |
Entry into force |
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15 May |
1972 |
1 Er July |
1972 |
Austria |
7 August |
1972 |
7 August |
1972 |
Belgium |
March 4 |
1976 |
March 4 |
1976 |
France |
29 February |
1972 |
1 Er July |
1972 |
Great Britain |
12 May |
1972 |
1 Er July |
1972 |
Italy |
4 September |
1974 |
4 September |
1974 |
Luxembourg |
February 9 |
1973 |
February 9 |
1973 |
Netherlands |
April 9 |
1973 |
April 9 |
1973 |
Sweden |
21 February |
1972 |
1 Er July |
1972 |
Switzerland |
12 May |
1972 |
1 Er July |
1972 |