AGREEMENT OF 13 DECEMBER 1991 BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS: An agreement by exchange of letters with the Federative Republic of Brazil in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Atomic Energy Agency INFORMATION CIRCULAR INF INFCIRC/435/Mod.3 2 March 2000 GENERAL Distr. Original: ENGLISH AGREEMENT OF 13 DECEMBER 1991 BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA, THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, THE BRAZILIAN-ARGENTINE AGENCY FOR ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS An agreement by exchange of letters with the Federative Republic of Brazil in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean 1. The text of the Exchange of Letters is reproduced in this document for the information of all Members. This Exchange of Letters constitutes an agreement confirming that: - the Safeguards Agreement of 13 December 1991¹, concluded between the Republic of Argentina (Argentina), the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials and the IAEA (the Quadripartite Agreement) on the basis of the Agreement on the Exclusively Peaceful Utilization of Nuclear Energy (the SCCC), also satisfies the obligation of Brazil under Article 13 of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (the Tlatelolco Treaty) and under Article III of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). - the safeguards set forth in the Quadripartite Agreement shall also apply, as regards Brazil, in connection with the Tlatelolco Treaty and the NPT. - the provisions of the Quadripartite Agreement shall apply as long as Brazil is party to either the SCCC Agreement, the Tlatelolco Treaty or the NPT. 2. The agreement reflected in the Exchange of Letters was approved by the Board of Governors on 20 September 1999, and pursuant to its terms, entered into force on that date. ¹ Reproduced in document INFCIRC/435 For reasons of economy, this document has been printed in a limited number.