Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 12955: Nuclear Cooperation With EURATOM

President: Bill Clinton

Extended legacy nuclear cooperation with EURATOM through the end of 1995 while a replacement agreement was completed.

Status: Completed/expired. Is Executive Order 12955 still in effect? No. Executive Order 12955 is completed or expired. See Federal Register record.

What does Executive Order 12955 do?

EO 12955 made the annual statutory determination needed to continue nuclear cooperation with the European Atomic Energy Community despite the older agreements not containing all Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act criteria. It extended the transition to December 31, 1995 and superseded EO 12903. The action was temporary: the renewed United States-EURATOM agreement entered into force in 1996 under the Atomic Energy Act framework.

Administration position: The order prevented a short-term interruption in peaceful nuclear cooperation. It did not waive nonproliferation requirements indefinitely.
SignedMarch 9, 1995
Extension endDecember 31, 1995
Parent statuteAtomic Energy Act section 126a(2)

Before and after

Before the order

A succession of annual orders kept the older cooperation agreements operating during renegotiation.

After the order

Cooperation continued through 1995 pending the new agreement.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Nuclear export authoritiesContinue eligible EURATOM cooperationThrough December 31, 1995
PresidentNotify Congress of the statutory determinationAt issuance

What happened next

EO 12955 extended cooperation.

The extension and old agreements reached their endpoint.

The replacement cooperation agreement entered into force.