WRITTEN QUESTION E-2222/02 by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission. Commissioner de Loyola's calls for new nuclear plants in the EU.
Date: 2002-07-23
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: European Union, energy policy, nuclear power station, nuclear safety, security of supply

C 28 E/206

Official Journal of the European Union

EN

6.2.2003

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(11 September 2002)

Euratom safeguards applies to all civil nuclear materials in the Union. Safeguards on these materials are
applied according to established Commission’s goals and objectives, commensurate with the strategic value
of the material concerned and independent of the Member State on which territory the materials are
processed or stored. The Commission will therefore attribute the necessary resources to any new civil
nuclear activities that are undertaken in the United Kingdom.

(2003/C 28 E/235)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-2222/02

by Nuala Ahern (Verts/ALE) to the Commission

(23 July 2002)

Subject: Commissioner de Loyola’s calls for new nuclear plants in the EU

Is it sensible for Commissioner de Loyola to call so publicly, as she has done this year, for new nuclear
plants to be built in the EU, and indeed in the applicant countries, when Euratom’s inspectorate is
evidently operating with insufficient staff to implement properly the safeguards and security requirements
for the current nuclear plants?

Answer given by Mrs de Palacio on behalf of the Commission

(23 September 2002)

Euratom safeguards applies to all civil nuclear materials in the Union. Safeguards on these materials are
applied according to established Commission’s goals and objectives, commensurate with the strategic value
of the material concerned and independent of the Member State on which territory the materials are
processed or stored. The Commission will therefore attribute the necessary resources to implement
safeguards in the installations (existing or those to be built) of the applicant countries on their accession to
the Union.

The Commission has recently reaffirmed its position on nuclear energy in the Final Report on the Green
Paper ‘Towards a European Strategy for the security of energy supply’ (1) adopted by the College on 26th of
June 2002.

The Honourable Member may also wish to refer to the oral question H-0287/02 (2) on these issues.

(1) COM(2002) 321 final.
(2) Written reply, 14.05.2002.

(2003/C 28 E/236)

WRITTEN QUESTION P-2239/02

by Rainer Wieland (PPE-DE) to the Commission

Subject: Export documents in the local language

(17 July 2002)

Is it true that customs documents (in this instance, European Community export declarations) for the
movement of goods inside and outside the European Union must be completed at the relevant customs
post in the local language and in no other?

Is it not possible for such documents (cid:1) as well as any other documents relating to the movement of
goods (cid:1) to be completed and submitted in English?

If that should not be the case, does the Commission have any plans to introduce a uniform language
system or to authorise the use of any of the official languages of the European Union?

Do the Member States have any say in the selection of the language?