Commission opinion of 5 October 2000 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the 'Centre de la Manche' radioactive waste storage facility located in the region of Lower Normandy (France), in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2000-10-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Lower Normandy, environmental standard, frontier region, radioactive effluent, storage of waste, transfrontier pollution

19.10.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 297/7

Lifting by France of public service obligations imposed on scheduled air services between Ajaccio
and Toulon and between Bastia and Toulon

(2000/C 297/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Pursuant to the decision of the Corsican regional authorities of 25 May 2000, France has decided to lift,
from the date of publication of this notice, the public service obligations imposed on scheduled air services
between Ajaccio and Toulon and between Bastia and Toulon, as set out in the notice 1999/C 227/04
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities C 227 of 10 August 1999, pursuant to Article
4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to
intra-Community air routes (1).

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.

COMMISSION OPINION

of 5 October 2000

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste from the (cid:145)Centre de la Manche(cid:146) radio-
active waste storage facility located in the region of Lower Normandy (France), in accordance with
Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty

(2000/C 297/06)

(only the French text is authentic)

On 29 March 2000 the European Commission received from the French Government, in accordance with
Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, general data relating to the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste
resulting from the operation of the (cid:145)Centre de la Manche(cid:146) radioactive waste storage facility.

On the basis of these data and clarifications subsequently provided by the French Government, and
following consultation with the group of experts, the Commission has drawn up the following opinion.

(a) The distance between the facility and the nearest other State (the Channel Islands) is between 20 and
50 km; the nearest Member States are the United Kingdom (south coast), Belgium and Luxembourg,
which are at a distance of 100 km, 350 km and 550 km respectively.

(b) Under normal operating conditions, the discharges of liquid and gaseous effluents will not cause an
exposure of the population in other Member States that is significant from the point of view of health.

(c) The solid radioactive waste generated by operation of the facility will be stored at the (cid:145)Centre de l’Aube(cid:146)

in France.

(d) In the event of unplanned discharges of radioactive waste which may follow an accident of the type
and magnitude considered in the general data, the doses likely to be received by the population in
other Member States would not be significant from the point of view of health.

In conclusion, the Commission is of the opinion that the implementation of the plan for the disposal of
radioactive waste, resulting from the operation of the (cid:145)Centre de la Manche(cid:146) radioactive waste storage
facility, both in normal operation and in the event of an accident of the type and magnitude considered in
the general data, is not liable to result in the radioactive contamination, significant from the point of view
of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.