Zangger Committee

Zangger Committee
The Zangger Committee, also known as the Nuclear Exporters Committee, sprang from Article III.2 of the Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) which entered into force on March 5, 1970. Under the terms of
Article III.2 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards must be applied to nuclear exports.
Each State Party to the Treaty undertakes not to provide: (a) source or special fissionable material, or (b)
equipment or material especially designed or prepared for the processing, use or production of special
fissionable material, to any non-nuclear-weapon State for peaceful purposes, unless the source or special
fissionable material shall be subject to the safeguards required by this Article.

History
Between 1971 and 1974, a group of 15 nuclear supplier states held a series of informal meetings in Vienna chaired
by Professor Claude Zangger of Switzerland. The group's objective was to reach a common understanding on: (a) the
definition of "equipment or material especially designed or prepared for the processing, use or production of special
fissionable material;" and (b) the conditions and procedures that would govern exports of such equipment or material
in order to meet the obligations of Article III.2 on the basis of fair commercial competition. The group, which
became known as the Zangger Committee, decided that it would be informal and that its decisions would not be
legally binding upon its members.
The Committee maintains and updates a list of equipment that may only be exported if safeguards are applied to the
recipient facility (called the "Trigger List" because such exports trigger the requirement for safeguards); and (b)
allows members to coordinate on nuclear export issues. The relative informality of the Zangger Committee has
enabled it to take the lead on certain nonproliferation issues that would be more difficult to resolve in the Nuclear
Suppliers Group. Moreover, the People's Republic of China is a member of the Zangger Committee.
At the October 2000 meeting, the Committee discussed the results of the 2000 NPT Review Conference (REVCON).
The Committee agreed to form two informal "Friends of the Chair" groups to: 1) consider preparations for the 2005
NPT REVCON; and 2) continue consideration of possible future adoption of a policy of requiring full-scope
safeguards as a condition of supply to non-nuclear weapon states. The U.S. reported on the status of consideration of
possible additional controls on americium and neptunium. Members agreed that these materials fell outside the scope
of NPT Article III.2 for inclusion on the Trigger List. Sweden, Chair of a working group to consider addition of
plutonium enrichment equipment to the Trigger List, reported no agreement as yet. The Chairman reported on an
initial informal meeting with IAEA staff to discuss procedures for keeping the Agency informed on Trigger List
changes and the rationale for such changes, since the Agency uses the Zangger Trigger List as a reference document.
The first Chairman of the Committee, Dr. Claude Zangger of Switzerland, was succeeded by Mr. Ilkka Mkipentti of
Finland, Dr. Fritz W. Schmidt of Austria, and Dr. Pavel Kluck of the Czech Republic.
The UK Mission to the United Nations in Vienna acts as Secretariat. The current Chairman, since November 2010, is
Mr. Shawn Caza of the Canadian Mission in Vienna.

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Members
There are 38 Members States of the
Zangger Committee:
Argentina - Australia - Austria Belarus - Belgium - Bulgaria - Canada
- China - Croatia - Czech Republic Denmark - Finland - France - Germany
- Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy Japan - Kazakhstan - South Korea Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway Member states of the Zangger Committee
Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia Slovakia - Slovenia - South Africa Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom - United States
The European Commission is permanent observer.

External links
Official Zangger Committee Website [1]
Zangger Committee Understandings [2]

References
[1] http:/ / www. zanggercommittee. org/
[2] http:/ / www. iaea. org/ Publications/ Documents/ Infcircs/ 2000/ infcirc209r2. pdf

This article incorporates a fact sheet was released by the Bureau of Nonproliferation and distributed by the Office
of International Information Programs (both part of the U.S. Department of State). Web site: http://www.state.
gov/.

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