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Euratom

The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) is an international organisation established by the Euratom Treaty on 25 March 1957 with the original purpose of creating a specialist market for nuclear power in Europe, by developing nuclear energy and distributing it to its member states while selling the surplus to non-member states. However, over the years its scope has been considerably increased to cover a large variety of areas associated with nuclear power and ionising radiation as diverse as safeguarding of nuclear materials, radiation protection and construction of the International Fusion Reactor ITER.[1]

European Atomic Energy Community
  • Европейска общност за атомна енергия (Bulgarian)
  • Europska zajednica za atomsku energiju (Croatian)
  • Evropské společenství pro atomovou energii (Czech)
  • Europæiske Atomenergifællesskab (Danish)
  • Europese Atoomenergie Gemeenschap (Dutch)
  • Euroopa Aatomienergiaühendus (Estonian)
  • Euroopan atomienergiayhteisö (Finnish)
  • Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (French)
  • Europäische Atomgemeinschaft (German)
  • Ευρωπαϊκή Κοινότητα Ατομικής Ενέργειας (Greek)
  • Európai Atomenergia Közösség (Hungarian)
  • Comhphobal Eorpach um Fhuinneamh Adamhach (Irish)
  • Comunità europea dell'energia atomica (Italian)
  • Eiropas Atomenerģijas kopiena (Latvian)
  • Europos atominės energetikos bendrija (Lithuanian)
  • Komunità Ewropea tal-Enerġija Atomika (Maltese)
  • Europejska Wspólnota Energii Atomowej (Polish)
  • Comunidade Europeia da Energia Atómica (Portuguese)
  • Comunitatea Europeană a Energiei Atomice (Romanian)
  • Európske spoločenstvo pre atómovú energiu (Slovak)
  • Evropska skupnost za jedrsko energijo (Slovene)
  • Comunidad Europea de la Energía Atómica (Spanish)
  • Europeiska atomenergigemenskapen (Swedish)

European Commission

24 languages

International organisation

EU member states
Associated states:
Switzerland
United Kingdom

1958

1 January 1958

1 July 1967

It is legally distinct from the European Union (EU) although it has the same membership, and is governed by many of the EU's institutions; but it is the only remaining community organisation that is independent of the EU and therefore outside the regulatory control of the European Parliament. Since 2014, Switzerland has also participated in Euratom programmes as an associated state.[2]


The United Kingdom ceased to be a full member of the organisation on 31 January 2020.[3][4] However, under the terms of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, the United Kingdom participates in Euratom as an associated state following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020.[5]

Since 2014, Switzerland has participated in Euratom programmes as an associated state.

[2]

Since January 2021, the United Kingdom participates in Euratom programmes as an associated state under the terms of the .[5][14]

UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement

As of 2024, Euratom maintains Co-operation Agreements of various scopes with ten countries: ,[15] Australia,[16] Canada,[17] India,[18] Japan,[19] Kazakhstan,[20] South Africa,[21] Ukraine,[22] United States,[23] and Uzbekistan.[24]

Armenia

Achievements[edit]

In the history of European regulation, Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty represents pioneering legislation concerning binding transfrontier obligations with respect to environmental impact and protection of humans.[36]

– often incorrectly referred to as Euratom due to EURATOM being its origin.

EU Directorate General Joint Research Centre

Energy Community

Energy policy of the European Union

History of the European Union

Institutions of the European Union

International Atomic Energy Agency

Nuclear energy in the European Union

The part of the Seventh Framework Programme for research and technological development, the European Union's chief instrument for funding research.

nuclear

Official website

(consolidated version)

Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM)

of the European Atomic Energy Community are consultable at the Historical Archives of the EU in Florence

Documents

Online collection by the CVCE

History of the Rome Treaties

European Commission Fusion Research

European Commission Fission Research