EUROPEAN ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPING
E E I G METACONTROLRISK
MCR S T A T U T E
(unofficial draft for proposals and members changes)
EEIG under European Council Regulation (EEC) 2137/85
METACONTROLRISK (MCR) Parties
Still to be decided the founding members of the promotional MCR EEIG
starting
with:
Cooperación Internacional en Tecnologías Avanzadas
(C.I.T.A.) SL (Unipersonal)
C/ Fernando Poo, 16, E-28045 Madrid, Spain
Apartado Postal (P.O. Box) 17083, 28080 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: +34914743809, Cellular GSM: +34619776475
E-mail: miguel@cita.es
Internet http://www.cita.es
Contact: Miguel
Angel Gallardo Ortiz , Mining
Engineer and Criminologist
LEGAL ADVISORS: José Antonio Ramos Mesonero,
Lawyer in Salamanca, (Spain)
and Rafael Azcárate, Lawyer in, Barcelona Catalunya
(Spain)
LEGAL TRANSLATOR: Margarida Passos in Lisboa (Lisbon,
Portugal)
Tel.: +351914983040 (only for invited and members, at any time)
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Rumanian (at the moment)
(We are waiting for some formal confirmations more with a detalied CV)
There will be at least 4 foundation members from 3 European
countries before
1st July 2004 (or later if we decide to make presentations
abroad)
but this EEIG is very open to non-European members. Incorporation to
the
founder consortium and first informal promotional communications must
be
approved by Miguel Angel Gallardo Ortiz at least by an explicit E-mail
from
the address <miguel@cita.es
>.
Right now we are looking for maybe members in any European Country
for this kind of contacts:
1.- Victims and legally concerned people and communities (cancer and
other illness)
2.- Municipal Governments and local authorities in dangeous Uranium
places
3.- Experts on radiation, radioprotection, contamination, pollution and
health risks
4.- Public and private organisations working for environmental and
health care
5.- Companies and professionals involved in projects to control risks
6.- Uranium and Thorium deposits, mining and hazards (Radon gas
exposure)
7.- Lawyers and expert witnesses for legal demands concerning risks and
damages
8.- Anyone that can improve this document or whoever that can provide
opportunities and contacts
Special Interest on TARIC code 2844 10 10 for Natural Uranim
: Uranium Přírodní uran Prírodný
urán Urânio natural Uranio Naturlig uran natürliches
Uran Ουράνιο φυσικό Natural uranium Uranium naturel Uranio naturale
natuurlijk uranium luonnonuraani Naturligt uran Looduslik uraan
dabiskais urāns Gamtinis uranas: Természetes urán:
Naturalny uran naravni uran:
MetaControlRisk BACKGROUND
Some European previous projects references are already published at http://www.cita.es/radiation
As far as we know, indicative topics for future calls of the European
Comission are:
Quantification of risks
associated with low and protracted exposure
Medical exposures and natural
sources of radiation
Protection of the environment
and radioecology
Risk and emergency management
Protection of the workplace
In our honest opinion, Uranium is dangerous even in the ground near
natural deposits with no mines or any human activity. Cancer is not the
only risk of Uranium and Radon gas must be detected in any place. New
radioprotection techniques must be developed, and we shall do our best
for it.
We are already working for Uranium victims as explained in Spanish
at
http://www.cita.es/uranio
Moreover, several municipal governments are concerned with radiation
and radon gas risks for cancer epidemiology and Spanish authorities are
publishing some statistical data. Please read http://www.cita.es/radiactiva
Published information about CANCER research and
Uranium
in Spain:
Lopez-Abente G, Aragones N, Pollan M, Ruiz M, Gandarillas A -
"Leukemia, lymphomas, and myeloma mortality in the vicinity of nuclear
power plants and nuclear fuel facilities in Spain" Cancer Epidemiol
Biomarkers Prev
8(10):925-34 (1999)
(Excess risk of leukemia mortality was observed in the
vicinity of the uranium-processing facilities in Andujar and Ciudad
Rodrigo)
Cancer Epidemiology Unit of the National Center for
Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.
Mortality due to hematological tumors in towns near
Spain's seven nuclear power plants and five nuclear fuel facilities
during
the period 1975-1993 was ascertained. The study was based on 610
leukemia-,
198 lymphoma-, and 122 myeloma-induced deaths in 489 towns situated
within
a 30-km radius of such installations. As control areas, we used 477
towns
lying within a 50- to 100-km radius of each installation, matched by
population
size and a series of sociodemographic characteristics (income level,
proportion of active population engaged in farming, proportion of
unemployed, percentage of illiteracy, and province). Relative risk (RR)
for each area and the
trends in risk with increasing proximity to an installation were
analyzed
using log-linear models. None of the nuclear power plants registered an
excess risk of leukemia-induced mortality in any of the surrounding
areas.
Excess risk of leukemia mortality was, however, observed in the
vicinity
of the uranium-processing facilities in Andujar [RR, 1.30; 95%
confidence
interval, 1.03-1.64] and Ciudad Rodrigo (RR, 1.68; 95% confidence
interval,
0.92-3.08). Excess risk of multiplemyeloma mortality was found in the
area
surrounding the Zorita nuclear power plant. Statistical testing
revealed
that, with the single exception of multiple myeloma, none of the tumors
studied
showed evidence of a rise in risk with proximity to an installation. No
study
area yielded evidence of a raised risk of leukemia mortality among
persons
under the age of 25 years. More specific studies are called for in
areas
near installations that have been fully operational for longer periods.
In
this connection, stress should be laid on the importance of using
dosimetric
information in all future studies.
Regional spanish government acknowledges link between
radioactivity and deaths and illnesses at U-factory. The regional
environmental councillor of Andalucia, Manual Pezzi, has ordered health
investigations into the
cases of 35 former employees at the now closed uranium factory at
Andujar.
The investigations are necessary for them to receive pensions for
'professional illness'. Pezzi ordered similar measures to be taken for
the relatives
of 35 other men who died allegedly as a result of working at the
factory.
The Andujar factory was closed in 1981, and former employees have been
fighting ever since for health compensation. When the factory was in
operation,
not only were its workers un-aware of the dangers of working there, but
they -- and in some cases, their widows -- signed documents in which
they
acknowledged that any death or illness (usually silicosis or lung
cancer)
that they suffered was not caused by conditions at the factory. Pezzi
also
announced that periodic random checks would be carried out on water and
foodstuffs in the surrounding area as a precautionary measure. Power in
Europe, 4 Nov. 1994, p.15.
Our Geographical partnership priorities in Europe are
right now at:
Spain:
Yacimientos de Uranio
en http://www.cita.es/yacimientos/uranio
Mineralizaciones en rocas plutónicas Singenéticas
1. Sierra Albarrana (Córdoba): Beta, Diéresis,
Umbría, Peña del Aguila.
2. Fuente Obejuna (Córdoba): Serrezuela.
3. Villanueva del Fresno (Badajoz): Cabra Alta.
4. Besullo (Asturias).
5. Cangas del Narcea. (Asturias).
Epigenéticas
6. Andújar (Jaén): La Virgen, Navalasno, Raso de los
Machos.
7. Venta de Cardeña (Córdoba): Trapero, Ovejo, Cano, San
Valentín.
8. Albalá (Cáceres): Los Ratones, La Carretona, El
Orejudo, Perdices, Peñascal, Dehesilla, El Gallo.
9. Alburquerque (Badajoz): Vaderrascón, Pedro Negro, El Toril
del Centeno, Engorda, El Sabio.
10. Casar y Navas del Madroño (Cáceres): La Zafrilla, El
Saguazal y Brechas NNE.
11. Trujillo (Cáceres): Belén.
12. Villar del Pedroso: (Cáceres).
13. Escalona (Toledo): El Berrocal y Paredes.
14. Mijares (Avila).
15. Parrillas (Toledo).
16. Madrigal (Avila).
17. Navarredonda de la Sierra (Avila).
18. Vadillo (Avila).
19. El Guijo (Avila).
20. Alberguería (Salamanca): Casillas y Fuenteaguinaldo.
21. San Felices y Bañobárez (Salamanca).
22. Lumbrales (Salamanca): Valdemascaño y Sobradillo.
23. Villar de Peralonso (Salamanca).
24. San Rafael (Segovia).
25. Navarredonda (Madrid).
26. Montederramo (Orense): Santiago y Sas do Monte.
27. Friol y Villamayor (Lugo).
28. Darnius (Gerona).
Mineralizaciones en rocas metamórficas
Singenéticas
29. Porriño (Pontevedra).
30. Burguillos (Badajoz): Monchi, Consuelo, Aurora.
31. Santa Olalla (Badajoz): Cala, Petronila, Tauler.
32. Santa Elena (Jaén).
Epigenéticas
33. Monesterio (Badajoz): Cabra Alta.
34. Aljucén (Badajoz).
35. El Castillejo (Cáceres).
36. Peraleda y Ojaranzo (Cáceres).
37. Ceclaví (Cáceres): La Espigadera, Duero, Viesgo,
Sevillana.
38. La Gargüera (Cáceres).
39. Alameda (Salamanca): El Gardón, Cinco Nidos, Los Picos.
40. Gallegos de Argañán y Carpio de Azaba (Salamanca):
Mataconejos, Espejo, Marialba, El Tomillar, Aldehuela, El Pizarral.
41. Saelices (Salamanca): Mina Fe.
42. Villar de la Yegüa (Salamanca): Mina Esperanza, El Torbiscal.
43. Villavieja de Yeltes (Salamanca): Mina Caridad, La Mesa, El Rodillo.
44. Villares de Yeltes (Salamanca): Pedro Alvaro, Casablanca, Las Heras.
45. Don Benito (Badajoz): El Lobo, El Pedregal, María Lozano.
46. Encinasola (Badajoz).
47. Villanueva del Fresno (Badajoz): Cabra Baja.
48. Gavá y Santa Creu d'Olorde (Barcelona).
49. Malgrat (Barcelona).
Mineralizaciones en rocas sedimentarias Singenéticas
50. Cantillana (Sevilla): El Viar.
51. Dos Aguas (Valencia).
52. Valdemeca (Cuenca).
53. Mazarete (Guadalajara).
54. Abéjar y Cabrejas del Pinar (Soria).
55. Salas de los Infantes (Burgos).
56. Briviesca (Burgos).
57. Leiza (Navarra).
58. Epila (Zaragoza).
59. Mequinenza (Zaragoza): Monascos, Ribarroja, Mayals, Serós.
60. Fraga y Nonaspe (Huesca).
61. Calaf (Barcelona).
62. Santa Coloma de Queralt (Barcelona).
63. La Plana de Momós (Lérida): Eureka.
64. Montanuy (Huesca).
65. Seo de Urgel (Lérida).
66. Berga (Lérida).
67. Peñalén (Guadalajara).
68. Utrillas (Teruel).
69. Estercuel y Gargallo (Teruel).
70. Ariño (Teruel).
71. Andorra (Teruel): Alloza, Alcorisa.
72. Paracuellos (Madrid).
73. Córcoles (Guadalajara).
74. Loranca del Campo (Cuenca).
75. Borox (Toledo).
Epigenéticas.
76. Cazarla (Jaén): Collado Verde.
Portugal
: The state enterprise
ENU (Empresa Nacional
de Urânio ) operates a uranium mill at Urgeiriça in the
Beiras district, which is supplied with uranium from various mines
in the surroundings. More Uranium in Portugal at Guarda, Sabugal, Gouveia,
Pinhel, Trancoso, Fornos de Algodres, Seia, Almeida, Aguiar da Beira,
Urgeiriça, em Canas de Senhorim (Viseu), concelhos de
Nelas, Trancoso, Vouzela, Viseu, Celorico da Beira, Seia e
Sátão . For information about organisations, experts
and news in Portugal, please visit http://www.cita.es/mcr/Portugal.htm
Czech Republic
: Czech side of the Ore Mountains at Jáchymov and surroundings;
deposits were discovered and mined in various areas of Bohemia and
Moravia, the state enterprise CSUP s.p. (Ceskoslovensky Uranovy Prumysl
s.p.)., which changed its name to DIAMO s.p. in 1992. The largest
uranium province is
Príbram followed by West Bohemian site of Zadní Chodov
and
at the South Bohemian site Okrouhlá Radoun and the North
Bohemian Hamr na Jezere mine with the Stráz pod Ralskem mill
At the South Bohemian site of Mydlovary near Budweis. As far as
we know, Uranium mining is still in operation at a reduced production
rate at the West Moravian Rozná mine with the associated
Dolní Rozínka mill. Right now we are trying to contact
local authorities and experts at Hamr, Rožná,
Stráž, Brzkov, Břevniště, Jasenice-Pucov and
Osečná-Kotel .
Poland: Sudety Mountains near the Czech border
(in the Jelenia Góra and Walbrzych districts) and an uranium
mill that was in operation at Kowáry. The European Commission
has published an invitation to tender for a contract to cover the
planning, supervision and execution of design and construction work as
part of the overall project for remediation of the low-level
radioactive waste, uranium mine tailing pond in Kowary, Poland. The
specific tasks include design and construction of pond cover and
drainage systems, and site reclamation work. The contract will run for
18 months, as published by the "Official Journal of the European
Communities".
Germany: Mining of uranium in the historic mining
provinces in the Ore Mountains. "Wismut" is the short name of the
mining company in East Germany and SAG stands for Sowjetische
Aktiengesellschaft and later the complete name was "SDAG Wismut", where
SDAG stands for Sowjetisch-Deutsche Aktiengesellschaft, now "Wismut
GmbH", where GmbH stands for Ltd. But during all these years, the
company was usually referred to as simply "Wismut". Wismut's uranium
mining focused on the locations Johanngeorgenstadt/Aue/Schlema in the
Saxonian part of the Ore Mountains, later also on Ronneburg in Eastern
Thuringia, and Freital/Dresden-Gittersee and Königstein near
Dresden. In addition to these major sites, there exist many other
places where uranium was explored or temporarily mined. The largest
open pit called "Lichtenberg" is located near Ronneburg. Its initial
depth was 240 meters; after being partly refilled, the depth was still
160 meters at an open volume of 80
million m3 in 1990. After depletion of the ore deposits located near
the
surface, mining continued at this place to depths of 500 meters. In the
Ore Mountains, depths of 2000 meters were even reached; due to the high
temperatures at these depths, the mines had to be air conditioned at
high
cost. There are two large uranium mills including chemical treatment in
Crossen
near Zwickau and Seelingstädt near Gera/Ronneburg. In addition,
two
smaller mills were in operation in Freital and Dresden-Gittersee until
1962.
A special case is the Königstein mine. In the western part of
Germany,
several uranium deposits were discovered and explored in the highlands,
but
no commercial uranium mining developed there. Test mines existed in
Ellweiler (Rhineland-Palatinate), Baden-Baden/Gernsbach in the northern
part of the Black Forest, Menzenschwand in the southern part of the
Black Forest, Mähring and Poppenreuth in Northern Bavaria, and
Großschloppen in the Fichtel Gebirge. The only uranium mill was
in operation from 1961 to 1989 at Ellweiler. It has produced a total of
around 700 tonnes of uranium, mainly from Menzenschwand ores. In
Mähring, heap leaching was continued for some period of time after
the shut down of the test mine.
Hungary: As far as we know, there exists only one
uranium ore deposit in Hungary. It is located in the south of the
country at the foot of the Mecsek Mountains at the Western border of
the city of Pécs. From 1956 to 31 March 1992, mining was
performed by the state owned Mecseki Ércbányászati
Vállalat (MEV), and since then by Mecsekurán LLC.
Slovakia: Some uranium mining was undertaken in the
areas of Novoveská Huta - Murán - Hnilcík and
Kalnica - Selec in the West Carpathians.
Rumania: Soviet-Rumanian enterprise SOVROM-CUARTT at
Baita-Bihor in the West Carpathian Mountains. Uranium mining resumed in
1978 with the start of the uranium mill at Feldioara near Brasov. All
ore produced in the uranium mining provinces of the West-Carpathians,
East-Carpathians, and the Banat Mountains was brought to this mill. At
present, the mines of
Avram Iancu (West Carpathians), Dobrei South (Banat Mountains),
Botusana and
Crucea (East Carpathians) are still operating. The uranium produced is
intended
to supply the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.
Bulgaria: Uranium mining began in Bulgaria in 1946 at
Bukhovo near Sofia by the Bulgarian firm Redki Metali (Rare Metals) for
the uranium mills at Bukhovo and Eleshnitza and for Kozloduj nuclear
power plant
Ukraine: At present, uranium is being mined in the
Ingul'skii and Vatutinskii mines near Kirovograd. The ore is processed
in the Zholtiye Vody and Dneprodzerzhinsk mills.
Russia: At present, uranium is only being mined in
Russia at the Streltsovsk deposit in the eastern Transbaikal district
in Eastern Siberia. In the European part of Russia, a small uranium
deposit in the Onezsk district in Karelia is known. The deposits in the
Stavropol district and in the Northern Caucasus Mountains seem to be
exhausted, but must be seriously controlled.
(Deposit references from WISE Uranium Project)
(Some Countries are providing Uranium deposits for future links
)
C.I.T.A. is inviting to some victims, special organisations,
lawyers, technical
journalists and very qualified experts on Public Heald and
Environmental care
to become members for free (Art. 6 amounts of money must be negotiated
but
we can invite members with no fee at all). Other memberships must be
negotiated
considering each "Expression of Interest", "Non-disclosure-agreements"
and
"Special Memorandum-Of-Understanding" to be officially included here).
Any
member non-European must have an European legal representative accepted
by C.I.T.A.
There are some results already in Europe on Epidemiological studies
about "Exposure of workers and the general public to natural
sources of radiation ":
Lung cancer risk associated with radon exposures is being
analysed in epidemiological studies of uranium miners and populations
exposed to elevated levels of radon in their homes. Inhalation of radon
and its radioactive progeny leads to exposures of lung tissues by a
radiation.
a) Uranium miners Lung cancer has long been recognised
as an occupational risk for both uranium and other miners exposed to
elevated levels of radon underground. Various estimates have been made
of the risks from epidemiological studies of different occupational
groups, generally among those who were more exposed. To provide
improved estimates at lower levels of cumulative exposure, support is
being given to a pooled study of French, Czech and German uranium
miners. Average exposures in a low dose sub-cohort were about 30 WLM
delivered on average over a period of 10 years; a statistically
significant excess relative risk of the lung cancer mortality of about
0.4 (ie, an increase by about 40% above the natural incidence) was
found.
The German cohort is currently being extended to 60,000 uranium miners
and controls which will double the number of miners on whom data were
formerly
available for the radon risk estimation. After pooling with the other
data,
this data base will enable better quantification of the risk of lung
cancer
due to radon and its dependence on dose, dose rate, age at exposure and
age attained. Only limited information, however, is available on
smoking,
which is the main risk factor for lung cancer. Case-control studies,
nested
within the pooled miner cohort, will provide improved differentiation
of
the risk of lung cancer from smoking and exposures to radon and its
progeny
and to uranium dust.
b) Exposure to radon in the home Exposure to radon in
the home is, in general, much lower than that experienced by uranium
miners. Case-control studies of lung cancer incidence have been
performed in various radon prone areas of the European Union with
Community support. The power of these individual studies is, in
general, not sufficient to establish a statistically significant risk
for radon concentrations of the order of or less than 100 Bq m-3 - a
level that is exceeded in several percent of homes in the European
Union. To increase the statistical power, data are being
pooled from nine European countries and North America. Results from
this
pooled study were expected in 2003 and should provide improved
estimates of
risk at lower radon concentrations and, more particularly, risks that
are
more directly relevant for the conditions of exposure in the home
(which differ
somewhat from those in mines). Account is being taken of factors such
as
smoking habits, sex, age, and sources of variation in radon levels (eg,
seasonal
variation etc.) in analysing the data.
Achievements: The French and
the Czech data sets
were continuously improved and updated. The French data set now
comprises 1785 miners followed up to 1985, a larger data set with about
6000 miners is in preparation. This data set has low dose rates in
average. The Czech cohort S has 4320 miners with 708 cases, followed up
to 1990. The
newer cohorts L and N have 72 cases in the data set. The data sets are
also
included in an analysis of pooled data of 11 studies.
Both the French and the Czech data set show an
increased rate of lung cancer in the Uranium miners. In the Czech cohort S, the
relative risk is about 5; it is increased particularly in the period
4-14 years after exposure (ICRF). Also strongly increased in this
cohort, but presumably not linked to Radon exposure are homicide and
mental disorder.
More European references at http://www.cita.es/radiation
MetaControlRisk statute draft
Please send an EXPRESSION
OF INTEREST (EOI) on this:
The members hereby agree to form a EEIG under Council Regulation
(EEC) 2137/85 according to the present agreement, the Grouping’s own
terms and the law of the State of the Grouping’s address (Madrid,
Spain).
Art. 1 – Denomination and Power
- The Name of the Grouping shall be "METACONTROLRISK EUROPEAN
ECONOMIC INTEREST GROUPING" (METACONTROLRISK or MCR)".
- All correspondence, acts and documents of the MCR Grouping
must abide to provisions according to Art. 25 of the Regulation.
- The MCR Grouping is empowered, as of the date of
incorporation, to negotiate contracts, perform legal acts, be entitled
to deeds and
obligations of whatever nature, within the project and to stand in
court
according to art. 1.2 of the Regulation.
Art. 2 – MCR Object (still to be detailed by internal member
discussion)
Specifically, asking for the financial and technical support of the
Partners and the European Commission, the Grouping is formed with the
purpose to set up a Thematic Network Project in order to support
research
and engineering activities against risks. Uranium minerals in any
European
countries must be considered as a danger wherever can be naturally
found,
and any mining or industrial activity, deposits or radiations must be
controlled, and we expect to contribute to the best control of the
official
controls (metacontrol) concerning Uranium, Radon and their daughters as
well as any other dangerous minerals, chemicals or bioactive material
of interest for any MCR member. Instruments, calibration, metrology,
analysis
and official data files must be avalaible for any affected members
developing
better biostatistics, for environmental and health care improvement.
MCR
EEIG must consider European Union indicative topics for future calls
Quantification of risks
associated with low and protracted exposure
Medical exposures and natural
sources of radiation
Protection of the environment
and radioecology
Risk and emergency management
Protection of the workplace
Forensic Retrospective Dosimetry Technologies will be on our R&D
objectives. Cancer, and other Uranium hazards as well as Inhalation of
any Chemical toxicity, Oral Ingestion or Eco-Toxicity are well known
risks undercontrolled in many places, and we would like to improve any
control of the official controls. Any litigation or legal expert
witnessing about dosimetry and retrospective dosimetry is of high
interest for this EEIG.
In our honest opinion, Uranium is dangerous even in the ground near
natural deposits with no mines or any human activity. Cancer is not the
only risk of Uranium and Radon gas must be detected in any place. New
radioprotection techniques must be developed, and we shall do our best
for it.
The MCR Grouping shall operate in any European Union Country as well
as, if needed, outside the European Union. www.cita.es considers Latin
America countries as a priority.
Our technical R&D background is about:
· Radioactive elements of natural and
technogenic origin, problems of eternal and global radionuclides;
· Use of the radioactive elements as
indicators of natural or technogenic processes and for mineral deposits
forecast;
· Mineral resources for development of the
nuclear power engineering; problems and perspectives;
· Techniques and methods for determination of
the radioactive elements and radio-ecological parameters (evaluation of
the accumulation levels, dosimetric loads including biodosimetry and
retrospective dosimetry);
· Radio-ecological problems at the mining and
processing enterprises of the nuclear-fuel cycle;
· Problems of the radio-ecological
monitoring;
· Radioactive wastes and problems of the
safe storage, processing and utilization of these wastes;
· Uranium deposits as a natural analogue
of the ONF
· Risk assessment;
· Social and ecological, economic and legal
aspects of the nuclear power engineering development;
· Society and radiation, acknowledgement
and anxiety.
Special Interest on TARIC code 2844 10 10 for Natural Uranim
: Uranium Přírodní uran Prírodný
urán Urânio natural Uranio Naturlig uran natürliches
Uran Ουράνιο φυσικό Natural uranium Uranium naturel Uranio naturale
natuurlijk uranium luonnonuraani Naturligt uran Looduslik uraan
dabiskais urāns Gamtinis uranas: Természetes urán:
Naturalny uran naravni uran:
We shall participate in international meetings and any scientific
congress of interest for our partners.
Future calls in these areas are not foreseen but the situation will be
kept under review.
Art. 3 – MCR Official address
- The official address of the Grouping is
Cooperación Internacional en Tecnologías Avanzadas
(C.I.T.A.) SL (Unipersonal)
C/ Fernando Poo, 16, E-28045 Madrid, Spain
Apartado Postal (P.O. Box) 17083, 28080 Madrid, Spain
Tel.: +34914743809, Fax: +34902998379, Cellular GSM: +34619776475
E-mail: miguel@cita.es
Internet http://www.cita.es
Contact : Miguel
Angel Gallardo Ortiz, at
http://www.cita.es/conmigo
LEGAL ADVISORS: José Antonio Ramos Mesonero ,
Lawyer in Salamanca, (Spain)
and Rafael Azcárate, Lawyer in Barcelona Catalunya
(Spain)
LEGAL TRANSLATOR: Margarida Passos in Lisboa
(Lisbon, Portugal)
Tel.: +351914983040 (only for invited and members, at any time)
English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Rumanian (at the moment)
- The MCR Grouping may have other offices at addresses in
different EU Member States
- The official address may be transferred to another location by
unanimous decision of the Members according to art. 14 of the Regulation
Art. 4 – MCR EEIG Duration
The Grouping shall be active for three years since incorporation.
Termination may be delayed by unanimous decision of the Members. This
article limits can be negotiated considering legal, economic and
official advice.
Art. 5 – Extension of the MCR EEIG
Should the duration of the MCR EEIG, as per the above Art. 4, be
extended, each member may recede from the MCR Grouping by means of a
registered notice to be addressed to the MCR Board of Directors, to be
sent at least three months before the expiring date mentioned in the
Contract.
Art. 6 – MCR Capital/Contribution (this figures must be negotiated
with www.cita.es seriously)
- The achievement of the MCR Grouping social objectives shall be
guaranteed by the European Commission financial contribution and
membership fees only when necessary.
- Notwithstanding the above, in order to supply the Grouping
with adequate funds to perform the activity foreseen to reach the
objectives, the Members will provide the Grouping with a start-up fee
of X.XXX Euros for funding, to be divided amongst them in equal shares,
so that no Member may have a majority share of the capital fund,
according to art. 17.1
of the Regulation. New Members joining the EEIG at a further time,
after
the incorporation, will provide an amount of X.XXX Euros.
- At the end of each Accounting Period following the first,
the Members, according to results and to forecast prepared by the
Administration for the following period, shall decide whether to
approve further contributions, to what extent and within which
time-frame, in particular to the purpose of balancing exceeding
expenditures versus contributions. Criteria shall follow the start-up
funding sharing system.
- The Grouping financing may also come from:
- yearly contribution to be approved each time by the Members
General Assembly
- public or private funding
Art. 7 – MCR Mode of operation
Each of the Members, especially the Management of the MCR
Grouping, shall
make available to the other Members its own experience and competencies
in
order to complete the projects in the best of ways, engaging themselves
from
this moment on, to keep all information on the projects, on the
research to
be performed and on the results that will be obtained, confidential and
secret.
Art. 8 – Third Party Liability
- Members shall have unlimited joint and several responsibility
for the debts and other liabilities of whatever nature of the MCR
Grouping.
- Up to winding up of the Grouping, Members are liable to
satisfy the MCR Groupings creditors only after these have asked the MCR
Grouping for payment and have not been fulfilled within a reasonable
time-lapse,
according to art. 24 of Regulation.
- As far as inside pacts amongst Members, the Groupings
obligations shall be equally divided amongst the Members.
Art. 9 – Admission of New MCR Members
- New MCR Members – who anyway will satisfy requisites according
to Art. 4 of the Regulation, may be admitted by the majority of 2/3 of
the Groupings Members who will define conditions.
- Any new MCR Member is exempt from liability towards the MCR
Groupings debts arisen prior to his admission, with the exception of
a different decision taken by the majority of 2/3 of other MCR Members.
- Any new MCR Member shall agree to the terms of this agreement
and its internal regulations by undersigning a copy of this contract
supplied by the Grouping Management.
- Any new MCR Member shall also comply with art. 19 of this
contract.
Art. 10 - Termination and Expulsion of Members
- Any Member shall be entitled to leave the MCR Grouping further
to the agreement of at least two thirds of the Members, who shall
define the terms, as well as in case of just and true cause, and
according to
Art. 28 of the Regulation 2137/85.
- Termination is decided at the MCR General Assembly, further to
a motivated termination proposal to be listed in the Assembly’s Agenda,
anticipated to all MCR Grouping Members according to the terms of this
agreement.
- Any Member may be expelled from the MCR Grouping, further
to decision of at least 2/3 of the Members, if it seriously fails in
its obligations or if it causes or threatens to cause serious
disruption to the MCR Grouping.
10.4 Any Member may be expelled by right from the MCR Grouping if:
he does not fulfil the conditions made by art. 4.1 of the EEC
Regulation, or (being an individual) he dies, becomes bankrupt or makes
any compositions or arrangement with his creditors or (being a company)
it goes into liquidation (other than a voluntary liquidation for the
purposes of a reconstruction or amalgamation).
Art. 11 – MCR EEIG Regulation
- Within six months from the MCR Grouping incorporation, the
Board of Directors may propose internal pacts to the Members General
Assembly for unanimous approval.
- The Grouping internal pacts may not establish rules in
disagreement with principles and rules of this agreement. These being
private MCR
EEIG pacts, they need not be brought to outsider's knowledge, being for
MCR EEIG Members only.
Art. 12 – Bodies of the MCR EEIG
- Bodies of the MCR Grouping are the General Assembly and the
Board of Directors
- If not otherwise stated, any decision is taken by the absolute
majority of the attending MCR Grouping Members
Art. 13 – MCR EEIG General Assembly
- The MCR General Assembly is formed by all Members. It
represents the whole Members and its resolutions voted - according to
the existing law and this agreement – are binding for all Members.
- The MCR General Assembly is chaired by the Chairman of the
Board or, in case of absence, by a person designated by the Chairman.
- Members having contributed foundation fee and recorded on
the Members List at least five days earlier than the General Assembly
date, are entitled to attend MCR General Assembly.
- The MCR General Assembly may be called at the MCR Grouping
official address or elsewhere, within the European Union, on request
and on behalf of the Chairman.
- Members may take decisions both at a MCR General Assembly
and by written consultation.
- The MCR General Assembly may be called by registered letter,
e-mail or by fax 15 days before the General Assembly date. The notice
shall report the specific nature of the business to be transacted,
place, date and hour of the Assembly.
- The MCR General Assembly shall decide only on the identified
agenda reported, unless all Members are attending (in person or by
proxy) and accept to deliberate on other items.
- Any single MCR Member is entitled to request of the Chairman
to call a MCR General Assembly, stating the day's business to be
transacted.
- Should the MCR Board of Directors decide to call for a written
consultation of the Members, the Chairman shall notify each Member, by
registered letter or by fax or electronic mail with acknowledgement of
receipt, on the different provisions upon which they are requested to
deliberate. The Members shall convey their answers within 15 days
after receipt of the requisition by registered letter or by fax or
electronic mail with acknowledgement of receipt by the different terms
indicated in the requisition.
- It is anyhow mandatory to hold one MCR Annual General
Assembly, to be called by registered letter or by fax, within 3 months
from the
closing date of the Accounting Period, to approve the assets and
liabilities
of the Grouping, the contribution and expenditures accounts and balance
sheet, the forecast budget and to decide further possible contributions
according to Art. 6 of this Agreement.
- The MCR General Assembly shall be called to deliberate on
any new Member's admission, expulsion or on the termination of the MCR
Grouping.
- All the MCR General Assembly resolutions, with the exception
of those where unanimity is required as per art. 17 of the Regulation
or as per this agreement, shall be taken by the absolute majority of
attending Members. In case of written consultation, the resolution is
taken by the absolute majority of Members who have deliberated and
conveyed their answer within the terms stated in Paragraph 9.
- Each MCR Member shall have one vote.
- Each MCR Member may be represented by written proxy by another
MCR Member. In any case, any Member cannot represent more than one
other Member.
- For a MCR General Assembly to validly deliberate, at lease 50%
of the Members must attend, either in person or by Proxy. In case of
written consultation, at least 50% of the MCR Members must send in
their
answer.
- MCR Members are entitled to be informed by the CS Board of
Directors, at any time, on the MCR Grouping activity, as well as to
verify the MCR EEIG Management activity by auditing records and
accounting books of the MCR Grouping.
Art. 14 – MCR Board of Directors and www.cita.es role
- A MCR Board of Directors, made of a representative from each
Country, will be in charge of the MCR Grouping administration.
Countries with more than four MCR members nominate two representatives
and Countries with more than eight MCR members three representatives.
The MCR representatives of each Country will be nominated by the MCR
Members of this Country with votes of absolute majority. If no
candidate reaches the absolute majority, the eldest MCR member will be
nominated representative. The votes, co-ordinated by the MCR Chairman
of the Board, could arrive although by letter, fax
or electronic mail.
- The MCR Board of Directors is in charge until dismissed or
revoked by the MCR General Assembly.
- In case the majority of the MCR Directors in charge should
resign or in case – for any reason – the MCR Directors would represent
less than 50% of the Members, the whole of the MCR Board of Directors
shall
be considered dismissed and the MCR General Assembly called for new
elections
- The MCR Chairman will call a MCR Board Meeting whenever it may
be deemed necessary or whenever at least two MCR Directors will request
it.
- The MCR Board of Directors Meeting is called by registered
letter or by fax or electronic mail 15 days before the Board Meeting
date.
- The MCR Board of Directors resolutions are to be considered
valid when noted by the absolute majority of the attending MCR
Directors.
- The MCR Board of Directors is charged of the MCR EEIG
Management and will be empowered to perform all administrative
functions listed in the MCR EEIG objectives.
- The MCR Board of Directors will especially be in charge of:
- with the exception of provisions reported at paragraph 15.4 of
this agreement, fulfil the formalities concerning registration and
publicity foreseen for MCR EEIG and in general fulfil all requirements,
communications, registrations or publications foreseen by the
Regulation.
- provide for cost accounting foreseen for the MCR Grouping
and for other provisions required by law, as well as tax requirements.
- monitor the project scheduling, according to directions
indicated by the MCR Assembly, and verify that project costs are within
limits
- if deemed necessary, assign specific task to any party's
representative, who shall then become responsible for performing the
work assigned.
- keep an updated list of the MCR Members partners of the MCR
Grouping, indicating address, domicile and location.
- The MCR Board of Directors will engage itself to immediately
inform all MCR EEIG Members of any temporary loss in balance.
- The MCR Board of Directors shall notify all MCR Members the
death, resignation or expulsion of any MCR Member.
- Subject to the provisions of European laws, of the Regulation
and this agreement, the business of the MCR Grouping shall be managed
by the Chairman of the MCR Board who may exercise the powers of the MCR
Grouping within the financial limits set down by special resolution,
following
the criteria listed below:
- Single signature for amounts up to: X.000 Euros
- Double signature " " " XX.000 Euro
- Triple signature " " " from XX.001 Euro up
Art. 15 – Chairman of the MCR Board and www.cita.es role
- The Chairman of the MCR Board will be appointed by the MCR
Board of Directors by absolute majority of the MCR Board. Nevertheless,
each member, at the time of subscription of this MCR Statute, will
express,
although by fax, his own vote for the nomination of the first MCR
Chairman.
The member who reaches the absolute majority of the votes will be
turning
out as elected.
- The MCR Board of Directors – if not already done so by MCR
General Assembly – may appoint within itself a Deputy Chairman, by
absolute majority.
- The Chairman of the MCR Board – and the Deputy MCR Chairman –
shall legally represent the MCR EEIG with power to sign. MCR Members
may unanimously deliberate to appoint the MCR Grouping representation
to other MCR Members as well.
- The MCR Chairman shall act as administrator. He (She) will be
in charge of executing any of the MCR Boards deliberations whenever the
MCR Board itself has otherwise deliberated. In particular the MCR
Chairman shall:
- fulfil all obligations needed for the MCR Groupings
incorporation
- define the workprogramme and its activities
- supervise the advancement of the work phases according to
the time schedule provided by the Assembly
- liaison with the European Commission for approval and
financing of the project
- manage the EU advances and assign to the partners the stated
quota according to the Assembly deliberations.
- be in a position to organise, upon the Members Council
proposal, committees or workgroups charged to execute or prepare his
decisions.
- decide to call Extraordinary MCR General Assemblies.
- further to MCR Board of Directors deliberation, organise
written MCR Members consultations.
- monitor the MCR Groupings abiding its fiscal, accounting and
publicity obligations
- at the end of each accounting periods, proceed to the
preparation of the social balance sheet and the contribution and
expenditures account to be submitted to the MCR General Assembly
approval, together with his own management report
- The MCR Chairman is entitled to reimbursement of expenses
incurred while performing his activities for the MCR Grouping, as well
as a fee defined by the MCR General Assembly.
- Every MCR Manager shall be indemnified out of the assets of
the MCR Grouping against any liability incurred by him in defending any
proceedings whether criminal or civil in which judgement is given in
his favour or in which relief is granted to him by the court from
liability for negligence, default, breach of duty, or breach of trust
in relation to the affairs of the MCR Grouping
- The MCR Grouping will provide adequate and sufficient
insurance to cover any risk of the MCR Grouping or liability as
mentioned in point 15.6 related to the activities of the MCR Manager.
Art. 16 – EEIG Accounting Periods
- The accounting period starts on January 1 and closes on
December 31 of each year. The first accounting period shall start on
the day of the MCR Grouping incorporation and will close on December
31, same year.
- The provisional budget for the MCR Grouping's activities shall
be compiled within four months from the starting of the Accounting
Period
- Should the Accounting Period yield profits, these – unless
destined to support the MCR Grouping's activities or to cover its costs
– shall be accounted as capital increase.
- The balance of exceeding expenditures versus contributions
shall be covered by MCR Members according to art. 6 of this agreement.
Art. 17 – Auditing
- Auditing of financial assets, yearly cost statements and
current operations to be reported on accounting books is performed
according
to the law by one or more Auditors non-Members of the MCR Grouping.
- The MCR General Assembly shall name the Auditor/s
Art. 18 – Winding up and liquidation
- The MCR Grouping may be wound up by unanimous resolution of
the MCR General Assembly according to art. 12 of this agreement.
- The MCR Grouping must be wound up when:
- the time-lapse defined in art. 4 of this agreement expires
or whenever any of the wounding up clauses foreseen in the contract
arises.
- the fulfilment of the Groupings objectives or the
impossibility to achieve them.
- the requisition of art. 4.2 of the Regulation are not met.
- by deciding the MCR Grouping wounding up or be ascertaining
the wounding up of the MCR Grouping Members appoint one or more
liquidators who shall fulfil the obligations charged upon them by MCR
EEIG regulation
Art. 19 – Exploitation
- The MCR Board of Directors shall appoint a Patent office to
ascertain the patentability of the results of the project carried out
by
the MCR Grouping, saving the rights, if any, of the inventors).
- The MCR General Assembly, on the basis of the patentability
study and related costs, shall decide by absolute majority of those
present whether to register the equipment or the technology.
- The patenting costs shall be equally shared among the MCR
Members agreeing to patenting.
- The MCR Members engage themselves as of now to draw up a
separate Agreement with the purpose to define commercial exploitation
and/or patenting of the results. It remains anyhow understood that the
MCR Grouping as
such shall not proceed neither to patent nor to register, limiting its
activities to feasibility studies.
Art. 20 – Severability
- Any controversy arising among the MCR Members pertaining
validity, interpretation and execution of this agreement and any
related act, in particular concerning just cause or reasons for
exclusion as of art. 10 of this agreement or to the evaluation of the
resigning MCR Members quota, not mandatorily submitted to the competent
legal authorities according
to the Regulation or other applicable normative, shall be brought to an
Arbitrator. Any Member might appoint an Arbitrator.
- Any nomination shall be notified to other MCR Members within
20 days from the date of the arbitration requested by one or more MCR
Members.
- Should the arbitrators be of an even number, the arbitrators
so appointed shall unanimously appoint another arbitrator.
- Should there be no unanimity, the nomination shall be
deferred, by the most diligent MCR Member, to the President of the Bar
Association of the MCR Grouping's domicile, who shall also name the
arbitrator for
those MCR Members who did not abide to the terms.
- The arbitrators appointment will be defined by majority and
will be binding for all MCR Members, agreeing as of now to the
negotiated ex equo et bono solution of the upcoming controversies.
Members shall deliberate accordingly within the MCR Grouping
Art. 21 – MCR Governing Law
Any matters not contemplated under this agreement shall be
governed in
all respect by EEC Regulation and the law of the MCR EEIG legal
domicile (Madrid, Spain).
Art. 22 – Disputes
Any other disputes or differences arising from or in connection
with this agreement shall be settled under the Court of the MCR
Grouping's legal domicile (Madrid, Spain).
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