Joint Convention
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Schedule of Meetings and Deadlines
Deadline for Submission of National Reports: 11 October 2008
Organizational Meeting: 13 to 14 October 2008
Deadline for Submission of Questions and Comments: 11 February 2009
Deadline for Submission of Answers: 11 April 2009
Third Review Meeting: 11 to 22 May 2009
Status and background
The Joint Convention entered into force on 18 June 2001. View the current number of signatories and Contracting Parties: status; background
Documents relevant to the Joint Convention
- Articles of the Joint Convention (INFCIRC/546)
Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
- Rules of Procedure and Financial Rules (INFCIRC/602/Rev.2)
Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish;
- Guidelines regarding the Review Process (INFCIRC/603/Rev.3)
Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
- Guidelines regarding the Form and Structure of National Reports (INFCIRC/604/Rev.1)
Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
- Joint Convention Newsletter No. 1 (available in English only)
- Joint Convention Newsletter No. 2 (available in English only)
Second Review Meeting
As required by Article 30 of the Joint Convention, the Second Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Joint Convention was held at the Headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria from 15 to 24 May 2006.
All of the Forty-one Contracting Parties, including eight new Contracting Parties, i.e., Brazil, Estonia, Euratom, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, Russian Federation and Uruguay, with nearly 500 delegates, were in attendance and participated actively in the review discussion at this meeting.
- Summary Report of the Second Review Meeting
(Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
- Report of the President of the Organizational Meeting for the Second Review Meeting
(available in English only)
- National Reports submitted for the Second Review Meeting
National Reports have been made available from the following Contracting Parties:
Argentina - Australia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Brazil - Canada - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Euratom - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Ireland - Japan - Korea - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Morocco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russian Federation - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - United Kingdom - Uruguay - USA
- Response to Questions
Argentina - Belgium - Czech Republic - Denmark - France - Hungary - Luxembourg - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - United Kingdom
First Review Meeting
As required by Article 30 of the Joint Convention, the first Review Meeting was held at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency from 3 to 14 November 2003. It was attended by 350 delegates from the 32 Contracting Parties and one Contracting State. At the Review Meeting, the Contracting Parties adopted a document in which the issues discussed and the conclusions reached during the meetings were summarised. This Summary Report is being made available to the public as required by Article 34 of the Convention.
- Summary Report of the First Review Meeting
Arabic; Chinese; English; French; Russian; Spanish
- Report of the President of the Organizational Meeting for the First Review Meeting (available in English only)
- National Reports submitted for the First Review Meeting
National Reports have been made available from the following Contracting Parties:
Argentina - Australia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Canada - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Japan - Korea - Latvia - Luxembourg - Morocco - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - United Kingdom: report and annexes - USA
- Response to Questions
Argentina - Belgium - Denmark - Germany - Hungary - Netherlands - Spain - United Kingdom;
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