Commission Opinion of 26 November 2002 concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the operation of the MOX Demonstration Facility at Sellafield located in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty
Date: 2002-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, nuclear power station, nuclear safety, project evaluation, radioactive effluent, radioactive pollution

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to training aid

(2002/C 292/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 17/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Notice published by the
region of Lazio calling for the submission of aid applications for company, regional or sectoral training
plans pursuant to Ministry of Labour and Social Security Circular No 92/2000.

Legal basis: L. 236/93, art. 9, comma 3 e 3 bis applicazione della circolare ministeriale n. 92/2000.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the
company: ITL 14 160 164 491 (EUR 7 829 571,54).

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum intensity provided for in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.

Date of implementation: The notice was approved on 10 April 2001, while grant of the aid will be
effective as of the date of approval of the lists of projects funded.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: One year from the date of approval of the lists of projects
funded (forecast for December 2002).

Objective of aid: The aid will be granted for both general and specific training. The definition of general
training given in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 will be adopted.

The notice relates to continuing training carried out by businesses with a view to updating or upgrading
the skills of their staff through training or counselling activities.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Lazio
Dipartimento scuola, formazione e politiche per il lavoro
Via R.R. Garibaldi, 7
I-00145 Roma.

COMMISSION OPINION

of 26 November 2002

concerning the plan for the disposal of radioactive waste arising from the operation of the MOX
Demonstration Facility at Sellafield located in the United Kingdom, in accordance with Article 37
of the Euratom Treaty

(2002/C 292/05)

(only the English text is authentic)

On 8 May 2002, the European Commission received from the Government of the United Kingdom, in
accordance with Article 37 of the Euratom Treaty, general data relating to the plan for the disposal of
radioactive waste arising from the operation of the MOX Demonstration Facility at Sellafield.

On the basis of these data, and following consultation with the group of experts, the Commission has
drawn up the following opinion:

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(a) The distance between the plant and the nearest point of another Member State, in this case Ireland, is

approximately 180 km.

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

(c) Plutonium contaminated materials are stored at the site. Low-level radioactive wastes are stored at the

site before being transported off-site for disposal in facilities within the UK.

(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 in whatever form arising from the operation of the MOX Demonstration Facility at
Sellafield in the United Kingdom, 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 radioactive contamination, significant
from the point of view of health, of the water, soil or airspace of another Member State.

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2968 — Jabil/Philips (Contract Manufacturing Services Intl.))

(2002/C 292/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 21 October 2002 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2968. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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