                                                       9 February 1995

                              Memorandum

     To:          SPS and PS coordinators

     From:        Lorenzo Foà

     Subject:     Guidelines for the use of SPS and PS test beams

Requests related to activities of the CERN research programmes
- Requests for test beam time not exceeding 7 days per year
  for the SPS and two weeks per year for the PS will be handled
  by the relevant Coordinator. He will decide on allocations at
  his discretion.
- Requests for test beam time exceeding the above limit should be
  addressed to either the LHCC or SPSLC via the relevant Coordinator.
  This may imply the submission of a formal proposal.
Requests related to activities of the research programme of another
laboratory in a CERN Member state.

The same procedure as under 1 above will apply. In addition, the Director
of the relevant laboratory should have requested from the Director of
Research of CERN agreement in using CERN test beams for his purpose.
Requests related to activities of the research programme of a laboratory
in a CERN Non-Member State.

Such requests must be addressed to the Director of Research via the
relevant Coordinator and independantly from the amount of time requested.

The Coordinators will monitor the allocation of test beams for approved R&D projects and will make sure that the above guidelines are properly followed. In particular projects which have been rejected by a Committee should not be allocated test beam time in excess of the above threshold.

c.c: LHCC and SPSLC Chairmen, Committee Secretaries