Archives of Legal Service - Legal agreements
Identity Statement | Context | Content and Structure | Conditions of access and use | Description control | Database
Identity Statement [Top]
Reference code(s)
CERN-ARCH-DSU-LEGAL-0001 to 1190 (ongoing)
Title
Archives of Legal Service - Legal agreements
Date(s)
February 1952 - Present
Level of description
Series
Extent of the unit of description
10 boxes; 571 Items; 1 linear metre
Context [Top]
Name of creator
Legal Service
Administrative history
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.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Received from the Legal Service
Content & Structure [Top]
Scope and content
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).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Nothing was destroyed.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Items are received regularly, and assigned a simple running number.
Conditions of access and use [Top]
Conditions governing access
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.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright is retained by CERN, no reproduction without permission.
Language / scripts of material
Various languages, mostly English and French, but also Italian, Spanish, Japan, Russian, etc...
Finding aids
Listed to item level in the CERN Archives Database.
Description control [Top]
Archivist's note
Description prepared by Sandrine Reyes.
Date(s) of description
Geneva, the 10th February 2004, Revised 2007.