
Article 1 
The supplementary research programme on the operation of the High Flux Reactor at Petten (‘HFR’) (‘the programme’), the objectives of which are set out in Annex I, shall be adopted for a period of four years, starting on 1 January 2020.
Article 2 
The costs for the execution of the programme, estimated at EUR 27 854 000, shall be financed entirely out of contributions from the Netherlands and France, through the NRG and CEA, respectively. The breakdown of this amount is set out in Annex II. This contribution shall be considered as assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(2), point (a)(i), of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
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 Commission shall keep the Board of Governors of the Joint Research Centre informed of the implementation of the programme.
Article 4 
In the event that the NRG officially notifies the definitive shutdown of the HFR to the Dutch national regulatory authority, prior to the declaration of a safe conservation state, the obligations on the part of the Netherlands and France, through the NRG and CEA, respectively, to make further payments shall be suspended as shall any calls for funds by the Commission under this Decision.
Article 5 
The Commission shall submit a final report on the implementation of this Decision to the European Parliament and to the Council after the end of the programme.
Article 6 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2020.
Article 7 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 29 June 2020.
For the Council
The President
A. METELKO-ZGOMBIĆ
ANNEX I

The main objectives of the programme are the following:

((1)) to ensure the safe and reliable operation of the 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 areas: improvement of safety of nuclear reactors, health (including the development of medical isotopes), nuclear fusion, fundamental research and training, and waste management (including the possibility to study the safety issues of nuclear fuels for reactor systems of interest to Europe).

ANNEX II

The contributions to the programme come from the Netherlands and France.
The breakdown of those contributions is the following:
The Netherlands: EUR 26 654 000;
France: EUR 1 200 000;
Total: EUR 27 854 000.
Those contributions shall be made to the general budget of the Union and shall be assigned to this programme. Part of the contributions under the present supplementary programme may also cover expenditure made in respect of the operation of the HFR during the year 2020 in accordance with the work programme to be agreed upon among contributing Member States and the Commission.
Those contributions are firm and not revisable as regards to the variations related to operational, maintenance and decommissioning costs.
