[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 170 (Friday, August 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45948-45949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22189]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Arms Control and Nonproliferation Policy; Proposed 
Subsequent Arrangement

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Subsequent arrangement.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended (42 U.S.C. 2160), notice is hereby given of a proposed 
``subsequent arrangement'' under the Agreement for Cooperation for 
Civil Uses of Atomic Power between the United States and the Republic 
of Argentina, and the Agreement for Cooperation for Civil Uses of 
Atomic Power between the United States and Brazil.
    The subsequent arrangement to be carried out under the above-
mentioned agreements involves the conclusion of protocols concerning 
the suspension of the application of safeguards by the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under the Safeguards Transfer Agreement 
between the Republic of Argentina, the United States of America and the 
IAEA, signed June 13, 1969; and the Safeguards Transfer Agreement 
between the Federative Republic of Brazil, the United States of America 
and the IAEA, signed March 10, 1967, and amended July 27, 1972. These 
agreements will be replaced by a Quadripartite Agreement between 
Argentina, Brazil, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and 
Control of Nuclear Materials, the IAEA, and by the Safeguards Agreement 
referred to as the Voluntary Offer Agreement between the United States

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and the IAEA that entered into force on December 9, 1980.
    The application of safeguards in Argentina and Brazil pursuant to 
the Safeguards Transfer Agreements will be suspended while the 
Quadripartite Agreement is in force and safeguards specified therein 
are being applied by the IAEA. The application of safeguards in the 
United States pursuant to the Safeguards Transfer Agreement is 
suspended while the Voluntary Offer Agreement between the IAEA and the 
United States, and the protocol thereto, is in force and safeguards 
specified therein are being applied by the IAEA. These protocols shall 
enter into force on the date on which the IAEA receives from Argentina, 
Brazil and the United States written notification of the fulfillment of 
their respective internal procedures.
    In accordance with Section 131 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as 
amended, it has been determined that this subsequent arrangement will 
not be inimical to the common defense and security.
    This subsequent arrangement will take effect no sooner than fifteen 
days after the date of publication of this notice.

    Dated: August 26, 1996.

    For the Department of Energy.
Edward T. Fei,
Deputy Director International Policy and Analysis Division, Office of 
Arms Control and Nonproliferation.
[FR Doc. 96-22189 Filed 8-29-96; 8:45 am]
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