Brussels, 05/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - The German, British and French (EU3) representatives handed their package of proposals to the Iranian authorities on Friday morning. The proposals will, it is hoped, discourage Teheran from resuming its sensitive nuclear programme and especially uranium conversion and enrichment which, although required for the production of fuel used in nuclear power plants, is also a preliminary step to making the atomic bomb. In exchange, Iran is being offered economic, commercial and technological cooperation, as well as cooperation in the nuclear field. The EU would thus support the development of a safe, economically viable and non-proliferating civil nuclear programme in Iran, including access to nuclear fuel, the French foreign minister, Philippe Douste-Blazy, said in an interview with Le Monde. In response to Iranian concerns, the EU3 specified that its proposal does not affect the undeniable rights of all parties to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, according to comments by a diplomatic source cited in The New York Times. The proposal, on the other hand, would not give Iran full control of the nuclear combustion production. Instead, Iranian reactors would be supplied with nuclear fuel to be carried to another country after use. The package would also provide for a supply of light water reactors, as well as a series of other elements relating to regional security, trade with the EU, and civil aviation. On Friday, Mr Douste-Blazy described, on EUROPE 1, the EU's proposals as “ambitious and generous” and urged Iran to “heed the voice of reason”. Pending Teheran's response, the European Commission still hopes the Paris Agreement of 2004 will be fully complied with. In the event of resumed activity at the Ispahan site, events could accelerate with the convening of an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) next week, followed by possible referral to the UN Security Council.