30/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 27 July, the Council approved directives for the re-negotiation of a cooperation agreement between the Euratom (the European Atomic Energy Community) and Canada on peaceful uses of atomic energy. The current agreement, signed in 1959, and its subsequent amendments cover trade in nuclear materials, equipment, the use of intellectual property rights, the exchange of information, as well as the transfer and use of tritium and related equipment for the Euratom...