/dash therespectofthefundamentalprinciplessetoutintheInternationalAtomicEnergyAgency(IAEA)
documentsconcerningthestandardsappliedfortheconstruction,managementandoperationoftheplant;
/dash theapprovaloftherelevantnationalnuclearsafetyauthorities.
TheEuropeanInvestmentBank(EIB)hasfinancedinthepastnuclearprojectsinMemberStates,butisnot
presentlypursuinganactivepolicyinthisareaandhasneverconsideredfinancingsuchprojectsinthirdcountries.
2. (a) Council Directive 85/337/EEC of27June 1985on the assessmentofthe effects ofcertain
publicandprivateprojectsontheenvironment(
1)(EnvironmentImpactAssessment(EIA)Directive)as
amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC of 3March 1997(2), and the Espoo Convention on
environmentalimpactassessmentinatransboundarycontext,applytocertainnuclearprojects.Theirpublicparticipationprovisionswouldhavetobefollowedinthosecases.Inothercases,thepublicparticipationprocesshastobefollowedassetdowninthelawofthecountryoftheproject.Further,incasethecountryhasratifiednuclearrelatedinternationalagreements,thesewouldalsohavetobefollowed.
(b) Ifdomesticlawsorequires.ThefullEIAshouldbemadeavailabletothepublictotheextentthat
Directive 85/337/EEC of 27June 1985 on environmental impact assessmentand/or national lawapplicableinthirdcountriessorequires.
(c) TheanswertothisquestiondependsonthenationallawoftherecipientState.(d) InMemberStates,thiswouldbearequirement;inthirdcountries,domesticlawapplies.
(1) OJL175,5.7.1985.
(2) OJL73,14.3.1997.
(2004/C58E/084) WRITTENQUESTIONE-1456/03
byHiltrudBreyer(Verts/ALE)totheCommission
(29April2003)
Subject:EuratomLoansinMemberStates/non-memberStates
1. HaveanyrequestsforEuratomloansbeenreceivedfromMemberStatessince1987?2. WhyhavenoloansbeengrantedfortheconstructionoffacilitiesinMemberStatesinrecentyears?3. Isthe European InvestmentBank allowedtolendfornuclear projects, andifso,why isn’tthis
institutionusedtoprovidefinancingratherthantheEuratomLoanFacility?
4. Kozloduy5and6:
(a) Whatisthefundingscheduleforthisproject,e.g.howmuchoftheloanhasbeendisbursed,and
whenaretheothertranchesexpected?
(b) Istheclosureofunits1-4atKozloduyby2008oneoftheconditionsfortheloans,andwilltheloan
repaymentschedulebeacceleratedifpermanentclosureofallfourreactorsisnotundertakenbythistime?C58E/66 EN6.3.2004 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion
5. Khmelnitsky2andRovno4:
(a) WhyistheEUR688millionincludedinthecolumnofamountsapprovedintheNon-Paper(version
1)whenonlyprovisionalagreementwasreachedontheproject?
(b) WillfurthereconomicandsafetyassessmentsberequiredbytheCommissionforthisprojectwereit
evertobere-proposed?WillthisrequirereviewbythePHAREandTACISNuclearSafetyExpert
GroupandtheEuropeanInvestmentBank?
(c) Whatisthecurrenttimetableforthefurtherdevelopmentoftheproject?
6. Cernavoda2:
(a) CanyousupplydocumentationwhichshowsthatthefundingofCernavoda2byEuratomwillhavea
directimpactontheincreaseinnuclearsafetyintheproject?
(b) WhatisthecurrenttimetableforthedecisionintheEuropeanCommissionforthisproject?
(c) CanyousupplytheapprovalstatementsandassociateddocumentsfromtheEuropeanInvestment
BankandthePHARE/TACISNuclearSafetyExpertGroup?
AnswergivenbyM.SolbesMiraonbehalfoftheCommission
(7July2003)
1. No2. It would seem that the number of investment projects in the nuclear sector in Member States
decreasedmarkedlythroughtheeightiesandnineties.
3. TheEuropeanInvestmentBank(EIB)hasfinancednuclearprojectsinMemberStatesinthepast,very
ofteninparallelwithEuratom.Suchapossibilitystillremainsopen.TheEIB,however,currentlyrefrainsfromfinancingnuclearprojectsinnon-MemberStates.
4. (a) To date EUR80 million have been disbursed. A further tranche of EUR25 million is in
preparationfordisbursement;theremainderuptoEUR212,5millionwillbedrawndownuptotheendoftheprojectscheduledfor2006.
(b) TheclosureofUnits1to4ispartoftheloanconditionality.Units1and2arealreadyshutdown.
TheCommissionexpectstheclosureofUnits3and4beforetheendof2006.Incaseofnon-respectoftheconditionalitytheloancouldbeaccelerated.
5. (a),(b)and(c) TheCommissionapprovedinDecember2000aEuratomloanfortheK2R4project,
subjecttocertainconditionsthatwerefulfilledbytheendof2001.However,whentheloancontracts
weretobesigned,theUkrainiangovernmentrequestedtheCommissionandtheEuropeanBankforReconstruction and Development (EBRD) (the other main lender to this project) to continuediscussionsonsomeofthefinancialconditions.Thesediscussionsarestillongoing,anditisdifficulttoenvisagewhentheywouldbecompleted.Theyrelatetocertainfinancialaspects(cost,electricitytariff,financialplan,etc.)butnottoitstechnicalaspects.Onlywhenanagreementhasbeenreachedonhowtheprojectistobereorganisedwillitbepossibletodecidewhetheranyofthestudiesneedtobemodifiedorupdated.Inanycase,theCommissiondecisionislegallybindingandwouldthereforerequireanewCommissiondecisionifithadtobecancelled.Thatiswhythecorrespondingamountmustremain‘earmarked’andisnotavailableforotherprojects.
Anyfurthereconomicandsafetyassessmentsand/orreviewbyPHAREandTACISNuclearSafety
ExpertGroupandtheEuropeanInvestmentBankwoulddependontheresultofthefinalagreementreachedwithUkraine.
6. (a) ThePHARE/TACISNuclearExpertGroupStatementwillbeprovidedunderseparatecover.
(b) TheplanningforeseesthattheCommissionmaybeinapositiontodecideonthisloanaboutsummer
2003.
(c) TheExperts’StatementandtheEIBOpinionwillbeprovidedunderseparatecover.6.3.2004EN C58E/67 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanUnion