2002/355/Euratom: Council Decision of 7 May 2002 on extension of the joint-undertaking status of Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG)
Date: 2002-05-07
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Germany, decommissioning of power stations, joint venture, nuclear power station

9.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 123/53

COUNCIL DECISION

of 7 May 2002

on extension of the joint-undertaking status of Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG)

(2002/355/Euratom)

(7)

(8)

(9)

Extension of its joint-undertaking status should enable
HKG to complete its decommissioning and surveillance
programmes, notably by lightening the financial burden.

Arrangements for financing HKG's activities have been
agreed between the Federal Republic of Germany, the
Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, HKG and its members
for the period up to 31 December 2009.

HKG's
joint-undertaking status
extended for the same period,

should therefore be

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The joint-undertaking status, within the meaning of the
Treaty, granted to Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH
(HKG) is hereby extended for eleven years with effect from 1
January 1999.

The objective of HKG shall be

2.
a
programme for decommissioning the nuclear power station
located at Uentrop (Unna district) in the Federal Republic of
Germany, up to the safe enclosure stage and, thereafter, to
carry out a programme of surveillance of the enclosed nuclear
installations.

to implement

This Decision is addressed to the Member States and to HKG.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 7 May 2002.

For the Council

The President

R. DE RATO Y FIGAREDO

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular Article 49 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

By Decision 74/295/Euratom (1), the Council established
Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk
(hereinafter
referred to as ‘HKG’) as a joint undertaking for a period
of 25 years as from 1 January 1974.

GmbH

The objectives of HKG were to construct, equip and
operate a nuclear power station with a capacity of
approximately 300 MWe at Uentrop (Unna district) in
the Federal Republic of Germany.

After being in operation from 1987 to 1988,
the
nuclear power station was finally shut down on 1
September 1989 as a result of technical and economic
difficulties.

Since that date the objective of HKG has been to imple-
ment a programme for decommissioning the nuclear
power station up to the safe enclosure stage and, there-
after, to carry out a programme of surveillance of the
enclosed nuclear installations.

By Decision 92/547/Euratom of 16 November 1992
extending the status of Kernkraftwerklingen GmbH as a
joint undertaking (2), the Council recognised that there
was no equivalent
in the
Community, that implementation thereof was important
and that they provided useful experience for the nuclear
industry and the future development of nuclear energy
in the Community.

to these programmes

(6)

In order to achieve its objective, HKG requested exten-
sion of its joint-undertaking status with effect from 1
January 1999.

(1) OJ L 165, 20.6.1974, p. 7.
(2) OJ L 352, 2.12.1992, p. 9.