The Committee maintains and updates a list of equipment that may only be exported if safeguards are applied to the recipient facility (called the "Trigger List" because such exports trigger the requirement for safeguards); and (b) allows members to coordinate on nuclear export issues. The relative informality of the Zangger Committee has enabled it to take the lead on certain nonproliferation issues that would be more difficult to resolve in the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Moreover, the People's Republic of China is a member of the Zangger Committee.
At the October 2000 meeting, the Committee discussed the results of the 2000 NPT Review Conference (REVCON). The Committee agreed to form two informal "Friends of the Chair" groups to: 1) consider preparations for the 2005 NPT REVCON; and 2) continue consideration of possible future adoption of a policy of requiring full-scope safeguards as a condition of supply to non-nuclear weapon states. The U.S. reported on the status of consideration of possible additional controls on americium and neptunium. Members agreed that these materials fell outside the scope of NPT Article III.2 for inclusion on the Trigger List. Sweden, Chair of a working group to consider addition of plutonium enrichment equipment to the Trigger List, reported no agreement as yet. The Chairman reported on an initial informal meeting with IAEA staff to discuss procedures for keeping the Agency informed on Trigger List changes and the rationale for such changes, since the Agency uses the Zangger Trigger List as a reference document.
This article incorporates a fact sheet was released by the Bureau of Nonproliferation and distributed by the Office of International Information Programs (both part of the U.S. Department of State). Web site: " class="external">http://usinfo.state.gov. As of August 1, 1998, the members of the Committee were Argentina - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Canada - People's Republic of China - Czech Republic - Denmark - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Italy - Japan - South Korea - Luxembourg - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Russia - Slovakia - South Africa - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Ukraine - United Kingdom - United States