1. Operators shall give advance notification to the Commission if any source materials or special fissile materials:
are exported to a third country;
are shipped from a non-nuclear-weapon Member State to a nuclear-weapon Member State; or
are shipped from a nuclear-weapon Member State to a non nuclear-weapon Member State.
2. Advance notification shall be required only:
where the consignment exceeds one effective kilogram;or
where an installation transfers a total quantity of materials to the same State that exceeds or may exceed one effective kilogram in any consecutive period of 12 months, even though no single consignment exceeds one effective kilogram.
3. The advance notification shall be given after the conclusion of the contractual arrangements leading to the transfer, using the form set out in Annex VI, and it shall reach the Commission at least 8 working days before the material is to be packed for transfer.
4. Where a prior consent by a third country is required for the transfer, the transfer shall not take place before confirmation by the Commission that such prior consent has been granted.
5. On a reasoned request by the operator, special arrangements concerning the form and transmission of the advance notification may be agreed.
6. Exports and shipments of nuclear material contained in waste or ores are not subject to the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4.