IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENT FOR A PROGRAMME OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ON THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN FROM WATER

　The Contracting Parties

　CONSIDERING that the Contracting Parties, being either governments or international organisations or parties designated by their respective governments pursuant to Article III of the Guiding Principles for Co-operation in the Field of Energy Research and Development adopted by the Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (the "Agency") on 28th July, 1975, wish to take part in the establishment and operation of a Programme of Research and Development on the Production of Hydrogen from Water (the "Programme") as provided in this Agreement;

　CONSIDERING that the Contracting Parties which are governments and the governments of the other Contracting Parties (referred to collectively as the "Governments") participate in the Agency and have agreed in Article 41 of the Agreement on an International Energy Program (the "I.E.P. Agreement") to undertake national programmes in the areas set out in Article 42 of the I.E.P. Agreement, including research and development on the production of hydrogen from water in which field the Programme will be carried out;

　CONSIDERING that in the Governing Board of the Agency on 19th-20th March, 1975 the Governments approved the Programme as a special activity under Article 65 of the I. E. P. Agreement;

　CONSIDERING that the Agency has recognised the establishment of the Programme as an important component of international co-operation in the field of hydrogen production research and development;
HAVE AGREED as follows:

Article 1 OBJECTIVES

(a) Scope of Activity. The Programme to be carried out by the Contracting Parties within the framework of this Agreement shall consist of co-operative research, development, demonstrations and exchanges of information regarding the production of hydrogen from water.

(b) Method of Implementation. The Contracting Parities shall implement the Programme by undertaking one or more tasks (the "Task" or "Tasks") each of which will be open to participation by two or more Contracting Parties as provided in Article 2 hereof. The Contracting Parties which participate in a particular Task are, for the purposes of that Task, referred to in this Agreement as "Participants".

(c) Task Co-ordination and Co-operation. The Contracting Parties shall co-operate in co-ordination the work of the various Tasks and shall endeavour, on the basis of an appropriate sharing of burdens and benefits, to encourage co-operation among Participants engaged in the various Tasks with the objective of advancing the research and development activities all Contracting Parties in the field of hydrogen production from water.

Article 2 IDENTIFICATION AND INITIATION OF TASKS

(a) Identification. The Tasks undertaken by Participants are identified in the Annexes to this Agreement. At the time of signing this Agreement, each Contracting Party shall confirm its intention to participate in one or more Tasks by giving the Executive Director of the Agency a Notice of Participation in the relevant Annex or Annexes and the Operation Agent for each Task shall give the Executive Director of the Agency a Notice of Acceptance of the Task Annex. Thereafter, each Task shall be carried out in accordance with the procedures set forth in Articles 2 to 11 hereof, unless otherwise specifically provided in the applicable Annex.

(b) Initiation of Additional Tasks. Additional Tasks may by initiated by any Contracting Party according to the following procedure:

(1) A Contracting Party wishing to initiate a new Task shall present to one or more Contracting Parties for approval a draft Annex, similar in form to the Annexes attached hereto, containing a description of the scope of work and conditions of the Task proposed to be performed;

(2) Whenever two or more Contracting Parties agree to undertake a new Task, they shall submit the draft Annex for approyal by the Executive Committee pursuant to Article 3 (e) (2) hereof; the approved draft Annex shall become part of this Agreement; Notice of Participation in the Task by Contracting Parties and acceptance by the Operating Agent shall be communicated to the Executive Director in the manner provided in paragraph (a) above;

(3) In carrying out the various Tasks, Participants shall co-ordinate their activities in order to avoid duplication of activities.

(c) Application of Task Annexes. Each Annex shall be binding only upon the Participants therein and upon the Operating Agent for that task, and shall not affect the rights or obligations of other Contraction Parties.

Article 3 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

(a) Supervisory Control. Control of the Programme shall be vested in the Executive Committee constituted under this Article.

(b) Membership. The Executive Committee shall consist of one member designated by each Contracting Party; each Contracting Party shall also designate an alternate member to serve on the Executive Committee in the event that its designated member is unable to do so.

(c) Responsibilities. The Executive Committee shall:

(1) Adopt for each year, acting by unanimity, the Programme of Work, and Budget if foreseen, for each Task, together with an indicative programme of work and budget for the following two years; the Executive Committee may, as required, make adjustments within the framework of the Programme of Work and Budget;

(2) Make such rules and regulations as may be required for the sound management of the Tasks, including financial rules as provided in Article 6 hereof;

(3) Carry out the other functions conferred upon it by this Agreement and the Annexes hereto; and

(4) Consider and matters submitted to it by any of the Operating Agents or by any Contracting Party.

(d) Procedure. The Executive Committee shall carry out its responsibilities in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) The Executive Committee shall each year elect a Chairman and one or more Vice-Chairmen;

(2) The Executive Committee may establish such subsidiary bodies and rules of procedure as are required for its proper functioning. A representative of the Agency and a representative of each Operating Agent (in its capacity as such) may attend meetings of the Executive Committee and its subsidiary bodies in an advisory capacity;

(3) The Executive Committee shall meet in regular session twice each year; a special meeting shall be convened upon the request of any Contracting Party which can demonstrate the need therefor;

(4) Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held at such time and in such office or offices as may be designated by the Committee;

(5) At least twenty-eight days before each meeting of the Executive Committee, notice of the time, place and purpose of the meeting shall be given to each Contracting Party and to other persons or entities entitled to attend the meeting; notice need not be given to any person or entity otherwise entitled thereto if notice is waived before or after the meeting;

(6) The quorum for the transaction of business in meetings of the Executive Committee shall be one-half of the members plus one (less any resulting fraction) provided that any action relating to a particular Task shall require a quorum as aforesaid of members or alternate members designated by the Participants in that Task.

(e) Voting.

(1) When the Executive Committee adopts a decision or recommendation for or concerning a particular Task, the Executive Committee shall act:

(i) When unanimity is required under this Agreement: by agreement of those members or alternate members which were designated by the Participants in that Task and which are present and voting;

(ii) When no express voting provision is made in this Agreement: by majority vote of those members or alternate members which were designated by the Participants in that Task and which are present and voting;

(2) In all other cases in which this Agreement expressly requires the Executive Committee to act by unanimity, this shall require the agreement of each member or alternate member present and voting, and in respect of all other decisions and recommendations for which no express voting provision is made in this Agreement. the Executive Committee shall act by a majority vote of the members or alternate members present and voting.

(3) If a government has designated more than one Contracting Party to this Agreement or more than one Participant for an  Annex, those Contracting Parties or Participants may cast only one vote under this paragraph (e).

(4) the decisions and recommendations referred to in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above may, with the agreement of each member or alternate member entitled to act thereon, be made by mail, telex or cable without the necessity for calling a meeting. Such action shall be taken by unanimity or majority of such members as in a meeting. The Chairman of the Executive Committee shall ensure that all members are informed of each decision or recommendation made pursuant to this sub-paragraph.

(f) Reports. The Executive Committee shall, at least annually, provide the Agency with periodic reports on the progress of the Programme.

Article 4 THE OPERATING AGENTS

(A) Designation. Participants shall designate in the relevant Annex an Operating Agent for each Task. References in this Agreement to the Operating Agent shall apply to each Operating Agent in respect of the Task for which it is responsible.

(b) Scope of Authority to Act on Behalf of Participants. Subject to the provisions of the applicable Annex:

(1) All legal acts required to carry out each Task shall be performed on behalf of the Participants by the Operating Agent for the Task;

(2) The Operating Agent shall hold, for the benefit of the Participants, the legal title to all property rights which may accrue to or be acquired for the Task.
The Operating Agent shall operate the Task under its supervision and responsibility, subject to this Agreement, in accordance with the law of the country of the Operating Agent.

(e) Reimbursements of Costs. The Executive Committee may provide that expenses and costs incurred by an Operating Agent in acting as such pursuant to this Agreement shall be reimbursed to the Operating Agent from funds made available by the Participants pursuant to Article 6 hereof.

(d) Replacement. Should the Executive Committee wish to replace an Operating Agent with another government or entity, the Executive Committee may, acting by unanimity and with the consent of such government or entity, replace the initial Operating Agent. References in this Agreement to the "Operating Agent" shall include any government or entity appointed to replace the original Operating Agent under this paragraph.

(e) Resignation. An Operating Agent shall have the right to resign at any time, by giving six months written notice to that effect to the Executive Committee, provided that:

(1) A Participant, or entity designated by a Participant, is at such time willing to assume the duties and obligations of the Operating Agent and so notifies the Executive Committee and the other Participants to that effect, in writing, not less than three months in advance of the effective date of such resignation; and

(2) Such Participant or entity is approved by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity.

(f) Accounting. An Operating Agent which is replaced or which resigns as Operating Agent shall provide the Executive Committee with an accounting of any monies and other assets which it may have collected or acquired for the Task in the course of carrying out its responsibilities as Operating Agent.

(g) Transfer of Rights. In the event that another Operating Agent is appointed under paragraph (d) or (e) above, the Operating Agent shall transfer to such replacement Operating Agent any property rights which it may hold on behalf of the Task.

(h) Information and Reports. Each Operating Agent shall furnish to the Executive Committee such information concerning the Task as the Committee may request and shall each year submit, not later than two months after the end of the financial year, a report on the status of the Task.

Article 5 ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF

(a) Administration of Tasks. Each Operating Agent shall be responsible to the Executive Committee for implementing its designated Task in accordance with this Agreement, the applicable Task Annex, and the decisions of the Executive Committee.

(b) Staff. It shall be the responsibility of the Operating Agent to retain such staff as may be required to carry out its designated Task in accordance with rules determined by the Executive Committee. The Operating Agent may also, as required, utilise the services of personnel employed by other Participants (or organisations or other entities designated by Contracting Parties) and made available to the Operating Agent by secondment or otherwise. Such personnel shall be remunerated by their respective employers and shall, except as provided in this Article, be subject to their employers' conditions of service. The Contracting Parties shall be entitled to claim the appropriate cost of such remuneration or to receive an appropriate credit for such cost as part of the Budget of the Task, in accordance with Article 6 (f) (6) hereof.

Article 6 FINANCE

(a) Individual Obligations. Each Contracting Party shall bear costs it incurs in carrying out this Agreement, including the costs of formulating of transmitting reports and of reimbursing its employees for travel and other per diem expenses incurred in connection with work carried out on the respective Tasks, unless provision is made for such costs to be reimbursed from common funds as provided in paragraph (g) below.

(b) Common Financial Obligations. Participants wishing to share the costs of a particular Task shall agree in the appropriate Task Annex to do so. The apportionment of contributions to such costs (whether in the form of cash, services rendered, intellectual property or the supply of materials) and the use of such contributions shall be governed by the regulations and decisions made pursuant to this Article by the Executive Committee.

(c) Financial Rules, Expenditure. The Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, may make such regulations as are required for the sound financial management of each Task including, where necessary:

(1) Establishment of budgetary and procurement procedures to be used by the Operating Agent in making payments from any common funds which may be maintained by Participants for the account of the Task or in making contracts on behalf of the Participants;

(2) Establishment of minimum levels of expenditure for which Executive Committee approval shall be required, including expenditure involving payment of monies to the Operating Agent for other than routine salary and administrative expenses previously approved by the Executive Committee in the budget process.

　In the expenditure of common funds, the Operating Agent shall take into account the necessity of ensuring a fair distribution of such expenditure in the Participants' countries, where this is fully compatible with the most efficient technical and financial management of the Task.

(d) Crediting of Income to Budget. Any income which accrues from a Task shall be credited to the Budget of that Task.

(e) Accounting. The system of accounts employed by the Operating Agent shall be in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the country of the Operating Agent and consistently applied.

(f) Programme of Work and Budget, Keeping of Accounts. Should Participants agree to maintain common funds for the payment of obligations under a Programme of Work and Budget of the Task, the following provisions shall be applicable unless the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, decides otherwise:

(1) The financial year of the Task shall correspond to the financial year of the Operating Agent;

(2) The Operating Agent shall each year prepare and submit to the Executive Committee for approval a draft Programme of Work and Budget, together with an indicative programme of work and budget for the following two years, not later than three months before the beginning of each financial year;

(3) The Operating Agent shall maintain complete, separate financial records which shall clearly account for all funds and property coming into the custody or possession of the Operating Agent in connection with the Task;

(4) Not later than three months after the close of each financial year the Operating Agent shall submit to auditors selected by the Executive Committee for audit the annual accounts maintained for the Task; upon completion of the annual audit, the Operating Agent shall present the accounts together with the auditors' report to the Executive Committee for approval;

(5) All books of account and records maintained by the Operating Agent shall be preserved for at least three years from the date of termination of the Task;

(6) Where provided in the relevant Annex, a Participant supplying services, materials or intellectual property to the Task shall be entitled to a credit, determined by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, against its contribution (or to compensation, if the value of such services, materials or intellectual property exceeds the amount of the Participant's contribution); such credits for services of staff shall be calculated on an agreed scale approved by the Executive Committee and include all payroll-related costs.

(g) Contribution to Common Funds. Should Participants agree to establish common funds under the annual Programme of Work and Budget for a Task, any financial contributions due from Participants in a Task shall be paid to the Operating Agent in the currency of the country of the Operating Agent at such times and upon such other conditions as the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, shall determine, provided however that:

(1) Contributions received by the Operating Agent shall be used solely in accordance with the Programme of Work and Budget for the Task;

(2) The Operating Agent shall be under no obligation to carry out any work on the Task until contributions amounting to at least fifty per cent (in cash terms) of the total due at any one time have been received.

(h) Ancillary Services. Ancillary services may, as agreed between the Executive Committee and the Operating Agent, be provided by that Operating Agent for the operation of a Task and the costs of such services, including overheads connected therewith, may by met from budgeted funds of that Task.

(i) Taxes. The Operating Agent shall pay all taxes and similar impositions (other than taxes on income) imposed by national or local governments and incurred by it in connection with a Task, as expenditure incurred in the operation of that Task under the Budget; the Operating Agent shall, however, endeavour to obtain all possible exemptions from such taxes.

(j) Audit. Each Participant shall have the right, at its sole cost, to audit the accounts of any work in a Task for which common funds are maintained on the following terms:

(1) The Operating Agent shall provide the other Participants with an opportunity to participate in such audits on a cost-shared basis;

(2) Accounts and records relating to activities of the Operating Agent other than those conducted for the Task shall be excluded from such audit, but if the Participant concerned requires verification of charges to the Budget representing services rendered to the Task by the Operating Agent, it may at its own cost request and obtain an audit certificate in this respect form the auditors of the Operating Agent;

(3) Not more than one such audit shall be required in any financial year;

(4) Any such audit shall be carried out by not more than three representative of the Participants.

Article 7 INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

　It is expected that for each Task agreed to pursuant to this Agreement, the applicable Annex will contain information and intellectual property provisions. The General Guidelines Concerning Information and Intellectual Property, approved by the Governing Board of the Agency on 21st November, 1975, shall be taken into account in developing such provisions.

Article 8 LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INSURANCE

(a) Liability of Operating Agent. The Operating Agent shall use all reasonable skill and care in carrying out its duties under this Agreement in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the cost of all damage to property, and all expenses associated with claims, actions and other costs arising from work undertaken with common funds for a Task shall be charged to the Budget of that Task; such costs and expenses arising from other work undertaken for a Task shall be charged to the Budget of that Task if the Task Annex so provides or the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, so decides.

(b) Insurance. The Operating Agent shall propose to the Executive Committee all necessary liability, fire and other insurance, and shall carry such insurance as the Executive Committee may direct, The cost of obtaining and maintaining insurance shall be charged to the Budget of the Task.

(c) Indemnification of Contracting Parties. The Operating Agent shall be liable, in its capacity as such, to indemnify Participants against the cost of any damage to property and all legal liabilities, actions, claims, costs and expenses connected therewith to the extent that they:

(1) Result from the failure of the Operating Agent to maintain such insurance as it may be required to maintain under paragraph (b) above; or

(2) Result from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of any officers or employees of the Operating Agent in carrying out their duties under this Agreement.

Article 9 LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

(a) Accomplishment of Formalities. Each Participant shall request the appropriate authorities of its country (or its Member States in the case of an international organisation) to use their best endeavours, within the framework of applicable legislation, to facilitate the accomplishment of formalities involved in the movement of persons, the importation of materials and equipment and the transfer of currency which shall be required to conduct the Task in which it is engaged.

(b) Applicable Laws. In carrying out this Agreement and its Annexes, the Contracting Parties shall be subject to the appropriation of funds by the appropriate governmental authority, where necessary, and to the constitution, laws and regulations applicable to the respective Contracting Parties, including, but not limited to, laws establishing prohibitions upon the payment of commissions, percentages, brokerage or contingent fees to persons retained to solicit governmental contracts and upon any share of such contracts accruing to governmental officials.

(c) Decisions of Agency Governing Board. Participants in the various Tasks shall take account, as appropriate, of the Guiding Principles for Co-operation in the Field of Energy Research and Development, and modification thereof, as well as other decisions of the Governing Board of the Agency in that field. The termination of the Guiding Principles shall not affect this Agreement, which shall remain in force in accordance with the terms hereof.

(d) Settlement of Disputes. Any dispute among the Contracting Parties concerning the interpretation or the application of this Agreement which is not settled by negotiation or other agreed mode of settlement, shall be referred to a tribunal of three arbitrators to be chosen by the Contracting Parties concerned who shall also choose the Chairman of the tribunal. Should the Contracting Parties concerned fail to agree upon the composition of the tribunal or the selection of its Chairman, the President of the International Court of Justice shall, at the request of any of the Contracting Parties concerned, exercise those responsibilities. The tribunal shall decide any such dispute by reference to the terms of this Agreement and any applicable laws and regulations, and its decision on a question of fact shall be final and binding on the Contracting Parties. Operating Agents which are not Contracting Parties shall be regarded as Contracting Parties for the purpose of this paragraph.

Article 10 ADMISSION AND WITHDRAWAL OF CONTRACTING PARTIES

(a) Admission of New Contracting Parties: Agency Countries. Upon the invitation of the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, admission to this Agreement shall be open to the government of any Agency Participating Country (or a national agency, public organisation, private corporation, company or other entity designated by such government), which signs or accedes to this Agreement, accepts the rights and obligations of a Contracting Party, and is accepted for participation in at least one Task by the Participants in that Task, acting by unanimity. Such admission of a Contracting Party shall become effective upon the signature of this Agreement by the new Contracting Party or its accession thereto and its giving Notice of Participation in one or more Annexes and the adoption of any consequential amendments thereto.

(b) Admission of New Contracting Parties: Other OECD Countries. The government of any Member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development acting by unanimity, be invited by the Governing Board of the Agency to become a Contracting Party to this Agreement (or to designate a national agency, public organisation, private corporation, company or other entity to do so), under the conditions sated in paragraph (a) above.

(c) Admission of New Participants in Tasks. Any Contracting Party may, with the agreement of the Participants in a Task, acting by unanimity, become a Participant in that Task. Such participation shall become effective upon the Contracting Party's giving the Executive Director of the Agency a Notice of Participation in the appropriate Task Annex and the adoption of consequential amendments thereto.

(d) Contributions. The Executive Committee may require, as a condition to admission to participation, that the new Contracting Party or new Participant shall contribute (in the form of cash, services or materials) an appropriate proportion of the prior budget expenditure of any Task in which it participates.

(e) Replacement of Contracting Parties. With the agreement of the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, and upon the request of a government, a Contracting Party designated by that government may be replaced by another party. In the event of such replacement, the replacement party shall assume the rights and obligations of a Contracting Party as provided in paragraph (a) above and in accordance with the procedure provided therein.

(f) Withdrawal. Any Contracting Party may withdraw from this Agreement or from any Task either with the agreement of the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, or by giving twelve months written Notice of Withdrawal to the Executive Director of the Agency, such Notice to be given not less than one year after the date hereof. The withdrawal of a Contracting Party under this paragraph shall not affect the rights and obligations of the other Contracting Parties; except that, where the other Contracting Parties have contributed to common funds for a Task, their proportionate shares in the Task Budget shall be adjusted to take account of such withdrawal.

(g) Change of Status of Contracting Party. A Contracting Party other than a government or an international organisation shall forthwith notify the Executive Committee of any significant change in its status or ownership, or of its becoming bankrupt or entering into liquidation. The Executive Committee shall determine whether any such change in status of a Contracting Party significantly affects the interests of the other Contracting Parties; if the Executive Committee so determines, then, unless the Executive Committee, acting upon the unanimous decision of the other Contracting Parties, otherwise agrees:

(1) That Contracting Party shall be deemed to have withdrawn from the Agreement under paragraph (f) above on a date to be fixed by the Executive Committee; and

(2) The Executive Committee shall invite the government which designated that Contracting Party to designate, within a period of three months of the withdrawal of, that Contracting Party, a different entity to become a Contracting Party; if approved by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, such entity shall become a Contracting Party with effect from the date on which it signs or accedes to this Agreement and gives the Executive Director of the Agency a Notice of Participation in one or more Annexes.

(h) Failure to Fulfil Contractual Obligations. Any Contracting Party which fails to fulfil its obligations under this Agreement within sixty days after its receipt of notice specifying the nature of such failure and invoking this paragraph, may be deemed by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, to have withdrawn from this Agreement.

Article 11 FINAL PROVISIONS

(a) Term of Agreement shall remain in force for an initial period of three years from the date hereof, and shall continue in force thereafter unless and until the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, decides on its termination.

(b) Legal Relationship of Contracting Parties and Participant. Nothing in this Agreement shall be regarded as constituting a partnership between any of the Contracting Parties or Participants.

(c) Termination. Upon termination of this Agreement, or any Annex to this Agreement, the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, shall arrange for the liquidation of the assets of the Task or Tasks. In the event of such liquidation, the Executive Committee shall, so far as practicable, distribute the assets of the Task, or the proceeds therefrom, in proportion to the contributions with the Participants have made from the beginning of the operation of the Task, and for that purpose shall take into account the contributions and any outstanding obligations of former Contracting Parties. Disputes with a former Contracting Party about the proportion allocated to it under this paragraph shall be settled under Article 9 (d) hereof, for which purpose a former Contracting Party shall be regarded as a Contracting Party.

(d) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended at any time by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, and any Annex to this Agreement may be amended at to which the Annex refers. Such amendments shall come into force in a manner determined by the Executive Committee, acting under the voting rule applicable to the decision to adopt the amendment.

(e) Deposit. The original of this Agreement shall be deposited with the Executive Director of the Agency and a certified copy thereof shall be furnished to each Contracting Party. A copy of this Agreement shall be furnished to each Agency Participating Country and to each Member country of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

　Done in Paris, this 6th day of October, 1977.

Annex I CHEMICAL ENGINEERING EVALUATIONS OF THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES

1. OBJECTIVES

　The objective of this Task is to evaluate specific thermochemical processes for the production of hydrogen by the following means:

(a) Design evaluations of specific process steps (chemical reactions or operations);

(b) Estimation of plant capital costs for specific process steps;

(c) Identification of problem areas in specific reactions or operations;

(d) Identification of problem areas or criteria that apply to thermochemical processes in general.

　 An eventual objective is the design and economic evaluation of a complete thermochemical plant.

2. MEANS

(a) Each Participant as indicated below will undertake an experimental or analytical programme on at least one of the following sever steps that apply specifically to the sulphur-iodine and iron-chlorine cycles, but also apply in general to other cycles that incorporate the decomposition of sulphuric acid, a metal sulphate or hydroiodic acid:

(1) Thermal decomposition of H2SO4 (CEC, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Switzerland, US);

(2) Thermal decomposition of a metal sulphate (CEC, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, US);

(3) Hydrolysis of Fecl2 (Germany, Italy, Switzerland);

(4) Liquid separation of H2SO4/HI from solution (Belgium, CEC, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, US);

(5) Reverse deacon reaction (Germany, Italy, Switzerland, US);

(6) Decomposition of HI (Belgium, CEC, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, US);

(7) Decomposition of Fecl3 (Germany, Italy, Switzerland, US). Although the Participants undertake a commitment to work only on at least one of the above steps, they are interested in pursuing the work in all of them.

(b) Each Participant will organise the experimental or analytical programme(s) described in paragraph 2(a) to include at least one of the following sections:

(1) The preparation of process flowsheets that describe mass and energy flows in process applications of the reaction or reactions under study. Such flowsheets provide the basis for efficiency estimates, equipment design and cost comparisons. Thermochemical data as well as reaction rates and yields of the chemical reactions described in the flowsheets should be clearly stated. The source of the data and whether it is experimental or estimated should be recorded. An important aspect of these activities is the identification of areas where more or better experimental data are needed.

(2) The analysis of the different process steps from the flowsheets and, where available, from process data to estimate efficiencies, capital costs and process costs. Such analysis might be based on analogy with the extrapolations from more conventional chemical plants or might be based on process simulation utilizing comprehensive computer codes.

(3) The analysis of heat penalties and costs associated with separations of products from the reaction steps. This activity is part of flow-sheet analysis but may also be addressed as a general problem to develop and evaluate a variety of separation methods for more general application.

(4) The experimental determination of heat transfer in endothermic reactions at high temperature and/or the analysis of relationships between heat transfer, reaction rates and heat exchanger sizes and costs for such reactions.

(5) The analysis of problems of the high temperature step derived from coupling of this step to the characteristics of the heat source or sources.

(6) The identification and experimental evaluation of materials potentially useful for containers and heat exchangers for the different reaction steps.

(c) Within the first year of the implementation of this Annex, each Participant will provide to the Operating Agent publications in its possession which have relevance to the objectives of this Task. In addition, each Participant will provide to the Operating Agent copies of such internal reports and working papers resulting from the work outlined in paragraph 2 (a) as may be of interest to the other Participants. Further, each Participant on an annual basis will prepare a progress report on its work underway and submit it to the Operating Agent.

(d) The Operating Agent will compile and submit to the Executive Committee a work programme for the first year. The Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, shall approve a work programme for the first year, no later than three months after signature of this Annex. The work programme (including patent considerations) will outline the respective contributions of each Participant for accomplishing the objectives of the Task.

(e) At the end of the first and second years, a 3-4 day workshop will be held to discuss progress reports and to formulate the next year's detailed work programme. Organisation of the workshop shall be the responsibility of the Operating Agent.

(f) Each Participant will designate for the Operating Agent technical contacts for each of the reaction or operation steps undertaken pursuant to paragraph 2(a).

(g) Exchange of researchers between the Participants is anticipated. The initiation of such exchanges will be left to the interested experts of the Participants under detailed arrangements to be agreed upon. The Participants will advise the Operating Agent of all such exchanges, as they occur, and the Operating Agent will compile and distribute to Participants regular reports on such exchanges.

3. TIME SCHEDULE

　 Three years (1st November, 1977-31st October, 1980). Workshops planned: Summer 1978, Summer 1979.

4. RESULTS The results of these co-operative activities will be:

(a) Copies of all publications, internal reports and working papers which have been submitted to the Operating Agent in accordance with paragraph 2 (c) will be compiled and distributed by the Operating Agent to all Participants, on a regular basis;

(b) At the end of each year and prior to the year-end workshop, the Operating Agent will reproduce, collate, and distribute copies of the progress reports prepared by each Participant to all Participants, which will then be used as a basis for discussion at the year-end workshops;

(c) A final report will be prepared by the Operating Agent containing design evaluations of the process steps studies, plant capital cost estimates, and conclusions regarding process selection.

5. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OPERATING AGENT

   In addition to the responsibilities described in paragraphs 2 and 4 above, the Operating Agent will be responsible for the overall management of this Annex and for implementing actions required by the Executive Committee.

6. BUDGEG

(a) Each Participant will bear its own costs in carrying out the Task, including costs of reporting and travel expenses of representatives,

(b) The cost of meeting organisation shall be home by the host country.

7. OPERATING AGENT

   Commission of the European Communities (acting through JRC ISPRA).

8. INFORMATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

(a) Executive Committee's Powers. The publication, distribution, handling, protection and ownership of information and intellectual property arising from this Annex I to the IEA Implementing Agreement for a Programme of Research and Development on the Production of Hydrogen from Water (hereinafter called Annex I) shall be determined by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, in conformity with this Agreement.

(b) Right to Publish. Subject only to restrictions applying to patents and copyrights, the Annex I Participants shall have the right to publish all information provided to or arising from Annex I except proprietary information.

(c) Proprietary Information. The Annex I Participants shall take all necessary measures in accordance with this paragraph, the laws of their respective countries and international law, to protect proprietary information. For the purposes of this paragraph, proprietary information shall mean information of a confidential nature such as trade secrets and know-how (for example, computer programmes, design procedures and techniques, chemical composition of materials, or manufacturing methods, processes or treatments) which is appropriately marked, provided such information:

(1) Is not generally known or publicly available from other sources;

(2) Has not previously been made available by the owner to others without obligation concerning its confidentiality; and

(3) Is not already in the possession of the recipient Annex I Participant without obligation concerning its confidentiality.

　It shall be the responsibility of the Operating Agent to identify arising information which qualifies as proprietary information under this paragraph and ensure that it is appropriately marked.

(d) Production of Information by Contraction Parties. The Operating Agent should invite the Contracting Parties to make available or to identify, in the context of the Task, pre-existing information, and information developed independently of the Task, known to them which is relevant to the Task and which can be made available without contractual or legal limitations.

(e) Licensing for R & D Use in the Task. Pre-existing and arising intellectual property solely owned or controlled by Annex I Participants which are needed for use in the Task shall be licensed, for research and development purposes only, to any other Annex I Participant for use in the undertakings of Annex I and undertakings related to this Programme; such licences shall be granted in consideration of the mutual obligations of the Contracting Parties under this Agreement, and without further payment. If such intellectual property is partially owned or controlled by an Annex I Participant, then efforts shall be made by that Participant to reduce or eliminate as possible the benefit that might accrue to it.

(f) Commercial Licensing Not Provided. No provision is made in this Annex for the commercial licensing of intellectual property as it is recognized that commercial uses under this Annex are beyond the normal term of protection under intellectual property laws.

(g) Arising Inventions. Inventions made or conceived in the course of, or under this Task (arising inventions) shall be owned in all countries by the inventing Participant. Information regarding inventions on which patent protection is to be obtained by a Participant shall not be published or publicly disclosed by the Contracting Parties until a patent application has been filed, provided, however, that this restriction on publication or disclosure shall not extend beyond six months from the date of receipt of such information. It shall be the responsibility of the Operating Agent to appropriately mark reports which disclose inventions that have not been appropriately protected by the filling of a patent application.

(h) Copyright. Each Annex I Participant may take appropriate measures necessary to protect copyrightable material generated under the Task. Copyrights obtained shall be the property of that Annex I Participant, provided, however, that other Annex I Participants may reproduce and distribute such material, but shall not publish it with a view to profit.

(i) Authors and Inventors. Each Annex I Participant will, without prejudice to any rights of inventors or authors under its national laws, take all necessary steps to provide the co-operation from its authors and inventors required to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. Each Annex I Participant will assume the responsibility to pay awards or compensation required to be paid to its employees according to the laws of its country.

9. PARTICIPANTS IN THIS TASK

　The Contracting Parties which are Participants in this Task are the following:

　The Centre d'Etude de l'Energie Nucleaire (Belgium),

　The Commission of the European Communities,

　The Kernforschungsanlage Julich GmbH (Germany),

　The Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare (Italy),

　The Government of Japan,

　The Naamlooze Vennootschap DSM (Netherlands),

　The office de la Science et de la Recherche, Departement Federal de l'Interieur (Switzerland),

　The Department of Energy (United States of America).

Annex II HIGH TEMPERATURE REACTOR (HTR) THERMOCHEMICAL PLANT (TCP) INTERFACE

1. OBJECTIVE

　The overall objective of Tasks undertaken in thermochemical processes is to provide a basis for the selection of specific processes, including hybrid cycles, by means of experimental research, engineering studies, and techno-economic assessments.
The objective of this Task is to relate a sulphuric acid based process for hydrogen production to the engineering and economic parameters of a high temperature nuclear heat source. The evaluation of other cycles is also foreseen.

2. MEANS

　Participants will assemble the necessary data and will then prepare a "standardised HTR-TCP-interface specification matrix", The exchange of specialists is foreseen in carrying out this Task.
The Operating Agent will organize a workshop which will be held prior to the end of the first year for the purpose of discussing progress reports, comparing methodologies, and detailed planning of the next year's work programme.

3. TIME SCHEDULE

　Three years (1st November, 1977 to 31st October, 1980).

4. RESULTS

　The results of these co-operative activities will be:

(a) Within the first year, a list of all publications at the disposal of Participants which have relevance to the objectives of this Task and have been provided by the Participants to the Operating Agent will be produced by the Operating Agent and circulated to the Participants;

(b) Copies of all internal reports and working papers resulting from the work under this Task which have been provided by the Participants to the Operating Agent will be produced by the Operating Agent and circulated to the Participants on a regular basis;

(c) During the latter part of each year, progress reports will be prepared by each Participant on its work underway, transmitted to the Operating Agent and circulated by the Operating Agent to the Participants;

(d) A final report will be produced by the Operating Agent containing design evaluations, plant capital cost estimates, and conclusions regarding the feasibility of the HTR-TCP-interface. It will be circulated by the Operating Agent to the Participants.

5. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OPERATING AGENT

　In addition to the responsibilities described in paragraph 2, the Operating Agent will be responsible for the overall management of this Annex, in particular for actions arising under paragraph 4, and for implementing actions required by the Executive Committee.

6. BUDGET

(a) Each Participant will bear its own costs in carrying out the Task, including costs of calculating, reporting and travel expenses of representatives.

(b)The cost of meeting organisation shall be borne by the host country.

7. OPERATING AGENT

　Kernforschungsanlage Julich GmbH.

8. INFORNATION AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

(a) Executive Committee's Powers. The publication, distribution, handling, protection and ownership of information and intellectual property arising from this Annex II to the IEA Implementing Agreement for a Programme of Research and Development on the Production of Hydrogen from Water (hereinafter called Annex II) shall be determined by the Executive Committee, acting by unanimity, in conformity with this Agreement.

(b) Right to Publish. Subject only to restrictions applying to copyrights, the Annex II Participants shall have the right to publish all information provide to or arising from Annex II except proprietary information.

(c) Proprietary information. The Annex II Participants shall take all necessary measures in accordance with this paragraph, the laws of their respective countries and international law to protect proprietary information. For the purposes of this Annex, proprietary information shall mean information of a confidential nature such as trade secrets and know-how (for example, computer programmes, design procedures and techniques, chemical composition of materials, or manufacturing methods, processes, or treatments) which is appropriately marked, provided such information:

(1) Is not generally known or publicly available from other sources;

(2) Has not previously been made available by the owner to other without obligation concerning its confidentiality; and

(3) Is not already in the possession of the recipient Anuex II Participant without obligation concerning its confidentiality.

　It shall be the responsibility of each Participant supplying proprietary information to identify the information as such and to ensure that it is appropriately marked.

(d) Production of Relevant Information by Governments. The Operating Agent should invite the governments of all Agency Participating Countries to make available or to identify to the Operating Agent all published or otherwise freely available information known to them that is relevant to the Task.

(e) Production of Available Information by Participants. Each Participant agrees to provide to the Operating Agent all previously existing information, and information developed independently of the Task, which is needed by the Operating Agent to carry out its functions in this Task and which is freely at the disposal of the Participant and the transmission of which is not subject to any contractual and/or legal limitations:

(1) If no substantial cost is incurred by the Participant in making such information available, at no charge to the Task therefor;

(2) If substantial costs must be incurred by the Participant to make such information available, at such charges to the Task as shall be agreed between the Operating Agent and the Participant with the approval of the Executive Committee.

(f) Use of Confidential Information. If a Participant has access to confidential information which would be useful to the Operating Agent in conducting studies, assessments, analyses, or evaluations, such information may be communicated to the Operating Agent but shall not become part of reports or other documentation, nor be communicated to the other Participants except as may be agreed between the Operating Agent and the Participant which supplies such information.

(g) Acquisition of Information for the Task. Each Participant shall inform the Operating Agent of the existence of information that can be of value to the Task, but which is not freely available, and the Participant shall endeavour to make the information available to the Task under reasonable conditions, in which event the Executive Committee may, acting by unanimity, decide to acquire such information.

(h) Reports on Work Performed under the Task. The Operating Agent shall provide reports of all work performed under the Task and the results thereof, including studies, assessments, analyses, evaluations and other documentation, but excluding proprietary information, to the Executive Committee.

(i) Copyright. The Operating Agent may take appropriate measures necessary to protect copyrightable material generated under this Task. Copyrights obtained shall be the property of the Operating Agent, provided, however, that Annex II Participants may reproduce and distribute such material, but shall not publish it with a view to profit, except as otherwise directed by the Executive Committee.

(j) Authors. Each Annex II Participant will, without prejudice to any rights of authors under its national laws, take necessary steps to provide the co-operation from its authors required to carry out the provisions of this paragraph. Each Annex II Participant will assume the responsibility to pay awards or compensation required to be paid to its employees according to the laws of its country.

9. PARTICIPANTS THIS TASK

　The Contracting Parties which Participants in this Task are the following:

　The Commission of the European Communities,

　The Kernforschungsanlage Julich GmbH (Germany),

　The Comitato Nazionale per l'Energia Nucleare (Italy),

　The Department of Energy (United States of America).