
Article 1 
The supplementary research programme on the operation of the high flux reactor at Petten (HFR), (hereinafter the programme), the objectives of which are set out in Annex I, is adopted for a period of three years, starting on 1 January 2009.
Article 2 
The financial contribution estimated as necessary for the execution of the programme amounts to EUR 34,992 million. The breakdown of this amount is set out in Annex II. This contribution shall be considered as assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(2) of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002.
Article 3 

1. The Commission shall be in charge of the management of the programme. To this end, it shall call upon the services of the Joint Research Centre.
2. The Board of Governors of the Joint Research Centre shall be kept informed of the implementation of the programme.
Article 4 
The Commission shall each year, before 15 September, submit to the European Parliament and to the Council, a report on the implementation of this Decision.
Article 5 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009.
Article 6 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 25 May 2009.
For the Council
The President
J. ŠEBESTA
ANNEX I

The main objectives of the programme are the following:

1.. To ensure the safe and reliable operation of the high flux reactor at Petten (HFR), in order to guarantee the availability of the neutron flux for experimental purposes.
2.. To allow an efficient use of HFR by research institutes in a broad range of disciplines: improvement of safety of existing nuclear reactors, health including the development of medical isotopes to answer questions of medical research, nuclear fusion, fundamental research and training and waste management including the possibility to study the safety behaviour of nuclear fuels for the new generation of reactor systems.

ANNEX II

The contributions to the programme come from Belgium, France and the Netherlands.
The breakdown of those contributions is as follows:

 Belgium: EUR 1,2 million
 France: EUR 0,9 million
 The Netherlands: EUR 32,892 million
 Total: EUR 34,992 million.
Those contributions shall be made to the general budget of the European Union and shall be assigned to this programme. Part of the contributions under the present supplementary programme may also cover expenditure made to the operation of the HFR during the year 2008 in accordance with the work programme to be agreed upon among contributing countries and the Commission.
Those contributions are fixed and not revisable as regards the operational and maintenance cost variations.
