Availability and Charging

• Access to the CERN Program Library is free of charge to all HEP users worldwide.
• Network access is the sole distribution method. In order to gain access, users must register the node name of their computer with the Program Library Office. This service is free of charge. Distribution on magnetic tape is not available.
• Non HEP academic and not-for-profit organizations are offered registered network access for one year for a registration fee of 1000 Swiss Francs. This service is free for physics departments of institutes in CERN member states.
• Commercial users are offered registered network access for 1 year for a base fee of 5000 Swiss Francs.

  The above fees are doubled for requests coming from non-member states.

The Library is not available for any purpose related to military applications.

Distribution to organizations not covered by the above rests at the discretion of the Director-General. Machine readable copies of the documentation are provided with the library and recipients are free to make copies for their users. Paper copies of the documentation are made available for a charge which covers the printing and handling cost. Charging is waived for cumulative orders of less than 100 Swiss Francs.

If your organisation is expected to pay a fee as described above, it will be billed by CERN after the material has been shipped. Please include special billing address and instructions, if any, with the request.

As of the publication date of this document the member states of CERN are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

States with Observer status are Israel, the Russian Federation, Turkey, Yugoslavia (status suspended after UN embargo, June 1992), the European Commission and Unesco.