ANNEX VI
ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF EXPORTS/SHIPMENTS OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Header
Label/Tag | Content | Comments | # |
Legal entity or name of installation | Character (256) | Legal entity or installation name | 1 |
Report type | Character (4) | ANXS to be used for this report type | 2 |
Advance notification reference code | Character (12) | Reference code for advance notification | 3 |
Shipper MBA | Character (4) | MBA code of shipping installation | 4 |
Receiver MBA | Character (4) | MBA code of receiving installation | 5 |
Shipping installation | Character (256) | Contact details of shipping installation | 6 |
Receiving installation | Character (256) | Contact details of receiving installation | 7 |
Report date | Date (DDMMYYYY) | Date on which the report was completed | 8 |
Reporting person | Character (64) | Name of person responsible for the report | 9 |
Entries
Label/Tag | Content | Comments | # |
Line number | Number | Sequential number, no gaps | 10 |
Batch | Character (20) | Unique identifier for a batch of nuclear material | 11 |
Element category | Character (1) | Category of nuclear material | 12 |
Obligation | Character (5) | Safeguard obligation | 13 |
Chemical composition | Character (64) | Chemical composition | 14 |
Isotope | Character (1) | Uranium isotope | 15 |
Enrichment | Number (3,3) | Percent composition of uranium-235 | 16 |
Material state | Character (1) | Material state | 17 |
Material form | Character (2) | Material form | 18 |
Number of items | Number | Number of items | 19 |
Description of containers and seals | Character (256) | Description of containers and sealing options | 20 |
Element weight | Number (24,3) | Element weight | 21 |
Fissile weight | Number (24,3) | Fissile isotope weight | 22 |
Material container | Character (1) | Material container code | 23 |
Means of transport | Character (1) (for each means of transport) | Means of transport of nuclear material | 24 |
Location where material will be stored or prepared | Character (256) | Location where the nuclear material is prepared for shipping | 25 |
Last date when material can be identified | Date (DDMMYYYY) | Last date when nuclear material can be identified | 26 |
Date of dispatch | Date (DDMMYYYY) | Expected date of dispatch | 27 |
Date of arrival | Date (DDMMYYYY) | Expected date of arrival at destination | 28 |
Intended use | Character (256) | Intended use of the nuclear material | 29 |
Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) contractual reference | Character (64) | ESA contractual reference number | 30 |
Explanatory notes
1. | Legal entity or name of installation: The name of the legal entity or the installation notifying the Commission. |
2. | Report type: ANXS to be used for this report type. |
3. | Advance notification reference code: The reference code for advance notifications to be used in the inventory change report. |
4. | Shipper MBA: The code of the shipper material balance area as notified by the Commission to the installation concerned. |
5. | Receiver MBA: The code of the receiver material balance area in the case of intra-EU transfer and, if known, in the case of export to a third country. |
6. | Shipping installation: The name, address and country of the installation shipping the nuclear material. |
7. | Receiving installation: The name, address and country of the installation receiving the nuclear material. |
8. | Report date: The date on which the report was completed. |
9. | Reporting person: Name of the person responsible for the report. |
10. | Line number: Sequential number starting with 1 in each report, no gaps. |
11. | Batch: The identification number of the batch. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
12. | Element category: The category of nuclear material. Use the category codes as laid out in Annex III (25) to this Regulation. |
13. | Obligation: Indication of the particular safeguard obligation assumed by the Community under an Agreement concluded with a third country or an international organisation, to which the material is subject (Article 19). The Commission shall communicate the appropriate codes to the installations on request. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
14. | Chemical composition: The chemical composition of the batch. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
15. | Isotope: This code indicates the kind of fissile isotopes involved and shall be used when the weight of fissile isotopes is reported. Use the isotope codes as laid out in Annex III (27) to this Regulation. The information shall be inserted for each batch containing uranium. |
16. | Enrichment: Percent composition of U-235. The information shall be inserted for each batch containing uranium. |
17. | Material state: The material state of the batch, using material state codes as laid out in Annex III (16) to this Regulation. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
18. | Material form: The material form of the batch, using the description of materials as laid out in Annex III (14) to this Regulation. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
19. | Number of items: The number of items included in the batch, in accordance with Annex III (24) to this Regulation. |
20. | Description of containers and seals: A description of the containers, including features that would permit sealing. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
21. | Element weight: The element weight shall be given in grams. The information shall be inserted for each batch. |
22. | Fissile weight: The weight of the fissile isotope(s) (for low enriched uranium and high enriched uranium: weight of isotope U-233 and U-235) shall be given in grams. The information shall be inserted for each batch containing uranium. |
23. | Material container: The type of container holding the nuclear material, using the category codes as laid out in Annex III (15) to this Regulation. |
24. | Means of transport: Indicate, where appropriate, the means of transport. More than one code may be used if several means of transport are used. In such cases, the codes shall be separated by semi-colons. The following codes shall be used:
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25. | Location where material will be stored or prepared: The location within the material balance area where the nuclear material is prepared for shipping and can be identified, and where its quantity and composition can be verified. |
26. | Last date when material can be identified: The last date when nuclear material can be identified and when its quantity and composition can be verified. |
27. | Date of dispatch: Expected date of dispatch. One date per batch shall be indicated. |
28. | Date of arrival: Expected date of arrival at destination. One date per batch shall be indicated. |
29. | Intended use: The use to which the nuclear material is assigned. |
30. | Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) contractual reference: Indicate, where appropriate: ESA contractual reference or, if not available, the date on which the contract was concluded or considered as concluded by the Supply Agency, and any useful references. for jobbing contracts (Article 75 of the Treaty) and for contracts for the supply of small quantities of material (Article 74 of the Treaty, and Commission Regulation No 17/66/Euratom as amended by Regulation (Euratom) No 3137/74), the date of notification to ESA and any useful references. |
GENERAL REMARKS CONCERNING THE COMPLETION OF THE REPORTS
1. | All requested information shall be provided, when applicable. |
2. | In the case of an intra-EU transfer, the shipper shall provide the receiver with all the necessary information. |
3. | If numerical data contain fractions of units, a point shall precede the decimal digits. |
4. | The following 55 characters may be used: the 26 capital letters A to Z, figures 0 to 9 and the characters ‘plus’, ‘minus’, ‘slash’, ‘asterisk’, ‘space’, ‘equal’, ‘greater than’, ‘less than’, ‘point’, ‘comma’, ‘open bracket’, ‘close bracket’, ‘colon’, ‘dollar’, ‘percent’, ‘quotation mark’, ‘semi-colon’, ‘question mark’ and ‘ampersand’. |
5. | Under Article 79 of the Treaty, those subject to safeguards requirements shall notify the authorities of the Member State concerned of any communications they make to the Commission pursuant to Article 78 and the first paragraph of Article 79 of the Treaty. |
6. | Reports shall be prepared in xml format using the template provided by the Commission through a dedicated platform. |
7. | The reports, duly completed and signed (digitally if possible), shall be forwarded to the European Commission, Euratom Safeguards. |