Commission Regulation (EC) No 1209/2000 of 8 June 2000 determining procedures for effecting the communications prescribed under Article 41 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
Date: 2000-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EAEC, data recording, disclosure of information, investment project, nuclear industry, nuclear power station

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1209/2000

of 8 June 2000

determining procedures for effecting the communications prescribed under Article 41 of the
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the provisions of the Treaty establishing the
European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular
Article 41,

Having regard to the provisions of the Council Regulation
(Euratom) No 2587/1999 of 2 December 1999 (1), defining the
investment project(s) to be communicated to the Commission
in pursuance of Article 41 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

It is the responsibility of the Commission, to the extent neces-
sary for the fulfilment of
the task devolving on it under
Chapter IV of the Treaty, to determine procedure for carrying
out the obligation imposed on persons and undertakings by
Article 41 to communicate investment projects relating to new
installations and also to replacements or conversions which
fulfil the critera as to type and size laid down by the Council,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

already established or to be established within the Community;
(the obligation shall, in appropriate cases, be discharged by the
local management in the case of undertakings having their seat
outside the Community).

Article 3

Where information to be notified pursuant to article 41 of the
Treaty has already been provided in the context of the submis-
sion of general data under article 37 of the Treaty, the noti-
fication can be limited to a cross reference to such previous
submission and, in addition, all other information to be noti-
fied according to the content of the form which is annexed to
this Regulation.

Article 4

Any change made in the course of carrying out investment
projects communicated to the Commission in accordance with
this Regulation shall be made the subject of a further
communication under the same conditions.

Article 1

Article 5

Investment projects relating to new installations and also to
replacement or conversions which fulfil the criteria as to type
and size laid down by the Regulation (Euratom) No 2587/1999
shall be communicated to the Commission by means of a
form, the model for which is annexed to this Regulation.

Article 2

The obligation to communicate to the Commission the invest-
ment projects referred to in Article 41 of the Treaty devolves
on persons and undertakings engaged in the industrial activities
listed in Annex II to the Treaty, in respect of all installations

Any change made to the said form shall be published by the
Commission in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 6

Regulation No 1 of
the EAEC of 5
November 1958 (2) is repealed with effect of the date of entry
into force of the present Regulation.

the Commission of

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 June 2000.

For the Commission

Loyola DE PALACIO

Vice-President

(1) OJ L 315, 9.12.1999, p. 1.

(2) OJ 25, 27.11.1958, p. 511/58.

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ANNEX

INVESTMENT PROJECT

(model)

Industrial activities listed in Annex II
of the Treaty

Information to be provided

All activities 1 to 13

1.1. Name and address of the person or undertaking notifying the invest-
ment project and, where appropriate, name of a responsible person to
whom supplementary questions may be addressed if necesary.

1.2. Name of the investment project.

1.3.

Industrial activities under which the investment project comes pursuant
to Annex II to the Treaty.

1.4.

It is to be a new installation, a replacement or a conversion?

1.5. Reference to documents previously communicated to Euratom in

respect of the investment project (date of correspondance).

1.6. Name and address of person(s) or undertaking(s):

(a) to operate the installation;

(b) to prepare the project for the installation;

(c) to supervise and inspect the carrying out of the project;

(d) who will be mainly responsible for supplying the equipment.

1.7. Methods of financing.

1.8. Geographical

location.

1.9. Brief description and general plans.

1.10. Costs of initial

installation (in Euro) and breakdown for the main

components of the costs.

1.11. Proposed time-scale for the placing of main orders, installations and
start-up, particularly the conclusion of initial contracts with supplers of
the commencement of construction work, and the planned commis-
sioning date.

1.12. Description of plans if any, for the decommissioning of the installation.

1.13. Official state authority supplying the licences for construction and

operation: duration of licence for operation.

1.14. Short description of research and development programmes,

if any.

All activities except 11 (reactors)

2.1. Composition and nature of production; annual capacity.

2.2. Main features of the installation.

2.3.

If an extension to the installation is proposed, state by what process,
over what period and in what proportion it is planned to change
annual production.

2.4. Where no extension is planned, state whether, taking into account local
conditions and other circumstances, an increase in annual production
capacity is possible and if so to what extent.

For Activity 11

3.1. Name of type of reactor planned and principal use(s).

3.2. Main features of the installation.

3.3. Main features of the fuel elements to be used.

3.4. Characteristics of the moderator and reflector.

3.5. Characteristics of the primary coolant and the secondary coolant.

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Industrial activities listed in Annex II
of the Treaty

Information to be provided

Activities 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; where
applicable 12, 13

4.1.

Proposed composition and annual quantity of principal supplies needed
for the operation of the plant, including power requirements, stating
proposed suppliers.

Activities 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12; where
applicable 13

5.1.

If relevant, supplementary data on siting of the installation.

For Activity 1

6.1. Geology of the deposit to be worked.

6.2.

Proved reserves of the deposit to be worked.

6.3.

Estimated reserves of the deposit to be worked.

6.4.

Proved and estimated reserves for the concession as a whole.

For Activity 5

7.1. Description of fuel elements.