Sub-fonds CERN-ARCH-DSU-LEGAL-0001 to 1190 (ongoing) - Legal Service

10 boxes; 571 Items; 1 linear metre

The Legal Service was created as a part of the Directorate Services Unit at the request of CERN's Member States, in order to protect the legal interests of the Organization and to ensure that the activities and decisions of the Organization conform with the applicable rules. As CERN is an intergovernmental organization, the regulations applicable to its operation belong to a particular legal framework, that of international law. The Legal Service thus takes on the duty of " guardian of the international treaties " and acts as a consultant to the Organization, the Directorate and its services in legal matters.

Received from the Legal Service

The items in this collection include rights of the Organization and territorial statutes, agreements and contracts (preparation of the collaboration and cooperation agreements concluded with States, International or National organizations), litigation, insurance, intellectual property (legal advice on technology transfer activities).

Nothing was destroyed.

Further accruals are expected.

Items are received regularly, and assigned a simple running number.

See file level description and the CERN operational circular No 3: rules applicable to archival material and archiving at CERN. In general, records on any subject that are over 30 years old, and all records of a purely scientific nature, may be consulted.

Copyright is retained by CERN, no reproduction without permission.

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Description prepared by Sandrine Reyes. Geneva, the 10th February 2004, Revised 2007.

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