Protocol to the 1994 Co-operation Agreement between The Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and CERN concerning a Special Contribution by Pakistan towards the Construction of the LHC

CERN signed a Co-operation Agreement with the Government of Pakistan in 1994, which was followed in 1997 by a Protocol signed with the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) concerning CMS magnet supports. CERN and PAEC then signed in 1998 a Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration in the construction of the CMS detector. The participation by Pakistani scientists and engineers in the CERN programme is channelled through the National Centre of Physics (NCP) established at the Quaid-i-Azzam University in Islamabad, under the terms of a 1999 Protocol to the 1994 Co-operation Agreement. The engineering and detector construction work performed under these Agreements has been of high quality, and the Pakistani participation is valued highly by the CMS collaboration. In continuation of this co-operation, Pakistan, represented by PAEC as funding agency, has now proposed to make in-kind contributions to the LHC Project, such as mechanical components and assembly work, with a value of up to ten million US dollars. Under the proposed scheme, CERN shall pay upon receipt of the goods 50% of the value of these contributions into a designated Fund, which may be used by PAEC for specified scientific purposes agreed by CERN and monitored by a joint Pakistan-CERN committee. The net value of the Pakistani contributions shall therefore be up to five million US dollars. These contributions would be made through direct and exclusive collaboration with physicists and engineers of NCP, and would serve to deepen the already valuable collaboration between CERN and the Pakistani scientific community. The Finance Committee and the Committee of Council are invited to approve the conclusion of a Protocol concerning in-kind contributions by Pakistan to the LHC Project, on the basis of the draft Protocol included in this document.