TITLE II

PROVISIONS FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF PROGRESS IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR ENERGY
CHAPTER 6

Supplies
Section 2

Ores, source materials and special fissile materials coming from inside the Community
Article 57
1
The right of option of the Agency shall cover:
a
the acquisition of rights to use and consume materials owned by the Community under the provisions of Chapter 8;
b
the acquisition of the right of ownership in all other cases.
2
The Agency shall exercise its right of option by concluding contracts with producers of ores, source materials and special fissile materials.
Subject to Articles 58, 62 and 63, every producer shall offer to the Agency the ores, source materials or special fissile materials which he produces within the territories of Member States before they are used, transferred or stored.