Report under the name of Foreign Affairs Commission on the bill project, adopted by the Senate, authorizing the approval of the cooperation agreement between the French Republic Government and the India Republic Government for the development of peaceful uses of nuclear energy

This report first presents India as a new actor in international nuclear cooperation, describing the evolution of India's status with respect to non proliferation rules: India is not a NPT (Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty) member but nuclear cooperation has been recently made possible with the agreement of the NSG (Nuclear Suppliers' Group). The author notes that several cooperation agreements have already been signed with different countries (Russia, United States, Argentina, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Namibia). Then, the author gives assessments of Indian energy production and need, briefly presents the Indian nuclear energy program, and the cooperation perspectives for the French companies. In a second part, the author comments the cooperation agreement content, and more particularly the guarantees awarded to India, the dispositions aimed at the struggle against nuclear proliferation. Considering all these issues, the author supports the ratification of the agreement by the French Parliament