Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM
Signed March 9, 1995·William J. Clinton·60 FR 13365
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Plain-language summary
Extends, under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, the period during which peaceful nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) may continue, after determining that stopping cooperation would harm U.S. nonproliferation goals and national defense and security. The extension runs through December 31, 1995, continuing a series of prior yearly extensions dating back to earlier executive orders. It formally supersedes Executive Order 12903 as of its effective date. The order applies to U.S. nuclear cooperation arrangements with EURATOM member states and follows notification of Congress of the President's determination.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 126a(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2155(a)(2)), and having determined that, upon the expiration of the period specified in the first proviso to section 126a(2) of such Act and extended for 12-month periods by Executive Order Nos. 12193, 12295, 12351, 12409, 12463, 12506, 12554, 12587, 12629, 12670, 12706, 12753, 12791, 12840, and 12903, failure to continue peaceful nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community would be seriously prejudicial to the achievement of United States nonproliferation objectives and would otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security of the United States, and having notified the Congress of this determination, I hereby extend
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Disposition
Supersedes: EO 12903, March 9, 1994
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The order, in full
Executive Order 12955 of March 9, 1995
Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 126a(2) of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2155(a)(2)), and
having determined that, upon the expiration of the
period specified in the first proviso to section
126a(2) of such Act and extended for 12-month periods
by Executive Order Nos. 12193, 12295, 12351, 12409,
12463, 12506, 12554, 12587, 12629, 12670, 12706, 12753,
12791, 12840, and 12903, failure to continue peaceful
nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy
Community would be seriously prejudicial to the
achievement of United States nonproliferation
objectives and would otherwise jeopardize the common
defense and security of the United States, and having
notified the Congress of this determination, I hereby
extend the duration of that period to December 31,
1995. Executive Order No. 12903 shall be superseded on
the effective date of this Executive order.
(Presidential Sig.)>
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 9, 1995.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 9, 1995. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.