Article 342

1. Cooperation in the civil nuclear sector shall take place through the implementation of specific agreements in this field concluded or to be concluded between the Parties, according to the respective powers and competences of the EU and its Members States, or the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) and its Member States and in accordance with the legal procedures of each Party.

2. The cooperation shall ensure a high level of nuclear safety, the clean and peaceful use of nuclear energy, covering all civil nuclear energy activities and stages of the fuel cycle, including production of and trade in nuclear materials and safety and security aspects of nuclear energy, emergency preparedness, as well as health-related and environmental issues and non-proliferation. In this context, the cooperation will also include the further development of policies and legal and regulatory frameworks based on EU legislation and practises, as well as on International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) standards. The Parties shall promote civil scientific research in the fields of nuclear safety and security, including joint research and development activities, training and mobility of scientists.

3. The cooperation shall address the problems which have arisen as a consequence of the Chernobyl disaster, as well as the decommissioning of the Chernobyl nuclear plant, in particular:

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(a) the Shelter Implementation Plan (SIP) to transform the existing destroyed unit 4 (Shelter object) to an environmentally safe system;

(b) spent nuclear fuel management;

(c) de-contamination of the territories;

(d) radioactive waste management;

(e) monitoring of the environment;

(f) other areas that may be mutually agreed, such as medical, scientific, economic, regulatory, social and administrative aspects of efforts to mitigate the consequences of the disaster.

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CHAPTER 2

MACRO-ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Article 343

The EU and Ukraine shall facilitate the process of economic reform by co-operating to improve understanding of the fundamentals of their respective economies and the formulation and implementation of economic policy in market economies. Ukraine shall strive to establish a functioning market economy and to gradually approximate its policies to the policies of the EU, in accordance with the guiding principles of macroeconomic stability, sound public finances and a sustainable balance of payments.

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