[en] We show that in supersymmetric axion models the axion supermultiplet obtains a sizable F-term due to a non-supersymmetric dynamics and it generally gives the gaugino masses comparable to the anomaly mediation contribution. Thus the gaugino mass relation predicted by the anomaly mediation effect can be significantly modified in the presence of axion to solve the strong CP problem

[en] In connection with the procedure in contentious matters over the SNR 300, the chairman of the 7th senate of the Higher Administrative Court at Muenster has sent participants in the procedure a document, in which it is pointed out that in order to come to a decision in the law case in question within the framework of dutiful exercise of the judicial right of control, the constitutional character of section 7 of the Atomic Energy Act would have to be examined and also, whether the principles of basic law would be still warranted if the executive, and not parliament, makes decisions with considerable consequences (ultimate storage, plutonium industry, etc.) - Note: The matter was passed on to the Federal Constitutional Court on the 18th August 1977 in order that the constitutional character of section 7 of the Atomic Energy Act may be examined. (orig./HP)

[en] The administrative court at Wuerzburg, in its decision of March 25th, 1977 - No. W 122 II 74 - has rejected the suit of the community of Bergrheinfeld against the licence for the construction of the Kernkraftwerk Grafenrheinfeld, and awarded costs of the proceedings, extra-judicial costs of two parties asked to attend included, against the plaintiff. The value in litigation was put at 75,000 DM. The rejection of the suit is based on missing the deadline for raising objections according to subsection (1) of section 3 of the AtAnlV (Nuclear Installations Ordinance). The main grounds upon which the judgment is based (admissibility of the action, but no foundation for it) are given in full. (orig./HP)

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[en] In the case of the examination of the constituionality of section 7 Atomic Energy Act, in as far as this article enables the licensing of nuclear power plants of the type called Fast Breeder, the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court has answered the OVG Muenster's motion to stay proceedings dated Aug 18th, 1977, with the following 'interim decision' - 2 B v L 8/77 - dated Jan 31st, 1978: 'The action is admissible'. The verdict was unanimous. The main grounds upon which the interim judgment is based are given in full. (orig./HP)

[en] The party submitting the application is a group of lawyers representing third persons who have raised objections in the course of a nuclear licensing procedure for the Muelheim-Kaerlich nuclear power station. Applicants were denied access to a public hearing unless they agreed to a personal search and search of their brief cases. Upon application to set aside, the higher administrative court already during the running public hearing imposed the obligation on the ministry to allow the lawyers unimpeded access to the public hearing. The headnotes of the court decision read as follows: (1) Administrative courts have original jurisdiction in disputes about the scope of rights of a lawyer representing a party in a nuclear licensing procedure. (2) Lawyers are entitled to assert their right to unimpeded exercise of profession (Art. 12, I 2 GG) already during an administrative procedure by means of legal remedies, including provisional order. (3) It is an infringement of the right to unimpeded exercise of profession if a lawyer is allowed access to a hearing under atomic energy law only after personal search and search of the brief case. (Koblenz Higher Administrative Court, decision of 30 August 1989 - 7 B II 3/89). (orig./HP)

[en] The British minister of the environment ordered at the beginning of 1977 a public hearing to be held in connection with the extension of the British Nuclear Fuel's (BNFL) reprocessing plant at Windscale by a new plant for oxidic fuel elements. The hearing lasted from the middle of June until October 1977. It aroused worldwide interest on account of the procedure (witnesses for the applicant and for the opponents were cross-examined by independent solicitors in front of an independent judge, and had to give evidence under oath) and on account of the fact that the investigation was not restricted to questions concerning risk and environment, the plant itself, the site and the reprocessing procedure, but also dealt with the fundamental question whether there would be any need for reprocessing at all. The results are published in a three-volume report. This is a German translation of chapter 17, the summary of the main conclusions and recommendations. (orig./HP)

[en] Development of the U.S.-Canadian natural gas market as it is today and the issues that may arise in cross-border transactions involving natural gas contracts between the two countries are reviewed. In this context, the paper reviews recent history of U.S.-Canadian trade relations culminating in the development of NAFTA, the U.S. regulatory and legislative framework surrounding cross-border natural gas transactions, and general U.S. foreign trade policy that may come into play at the U.S.- Canada border. The paper also examines certain issues arising in the U.S. commercial context that may be of interest to Canadian corporations, specifically the U.S. Uniform Commercial Code, state jurisdiction on the U.S. side of the border, state and federal tax concerns, and the mechanics and potential benefits for a Canadian parent company in forming a U.S.-based subsidiary to handle U.S.-Canada natural gas transactions. 71 refs

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