The Member States 25 March 1957, Consolidated version of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy CommunityTITLE II - Provisions for the encouragement of progress in the field of nuclear energyCHAPTER 1 - PROMOTION OF RESEARCHArticle 7

Article 6 To encourage the carrying out of research programmes communicated to it the Commission may: (a) provide financial assistance within the framework of research contracts, without, however, offering subsidies; (b) supply, either free of charge or against payment, for carrying out such programmes, any source materials or special fissile materials which it has available; (c) place