Memo: European Commission proposes Supplementary Research Programme for ITER

The European Commission has proposed to set up a "Supplementary Research Programme" under the Euratom Treaty for the EU contribution to the ITER project from 2014 to 2018. This responds to the Commission's Communication “A Budget for Europe 2020” that proposed to fund this contribution outside the Multi-annual Financial Framework ("MFF") after 2013. The Supplementary Research Programme will ensure that Europe is able to honour its international obligations to the ITER project.