CELEX: 51980PC0442
Language: en
Date: 1980-07-28
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 75/328/EURATOM ESTABLISHING THE SCHNELL-BRÜTER-KERNKRAFTWERKSGESELLSCHAFT mbH (SBK) JOINT UNDERTAKING#PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE CONFERMENT OF TAX ADVANTAGES ON THE SCHNELL-BRÜTER-KERNKRAFTWERKSGESELLSCHAFT mbH (SKB) JOINT UNDERTAKING (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                           Brussels , 28nd July 1980
                  PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
          AMENDING DECISION 75 / 328 / EURATOM ESTABLISHING THE
           SCHNELL-BRÜTER- KERNKRAFTWERKSGESELLSCHAFT mbH
                      ( SBK ) JOINT UNDERTAKING
                  PROPOSAL/FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
     ON THE ADAPTATION OF THE CONFERMENT OF TAX ADVANTAGES ON THE
                          /
           SCHNELL-BRÜTER- KERNKRAFTWERKSGES ELLSCHAFT mbH
                         t                       .--l
                      ( SKB ) JOINT UNDERTAKING "- /
            (presented by the Commission to the Council )
  C0MC80 ) 442 final
 ---pagebreak---                                EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
  The Comrrn ssi on - of the European Communities proposes to the Council of
  Ministers that it adapt to the present situation the advantages that it
                                 ν
  conferred on 20 May 1975 on the Schnel l -Bruter-Kernkraf twerksgesel Ischaf t mbH
  ( SBK ) Joint Undertaking in pursuance of Chapter V of the Euratom Treaty .
  Since the Council of Ministers granted the Schnell-Brutei–Kerknkraf twerks -*
  gesellschaft mbH ( SBK ) Joint Undertaking status on 20 May 1975 , the situation
  has changed significantly by reason of :                                    .
  - on - the one hand , an alteration of the timescale and cost factors inherent
     ir. the implementation of the Kalkar nuclear power station project ; the
     fulfilment of the procedure for obtaining a construction permit , the
     technical evolution of the project and the political controversy sur­
     rounding this power station . are thus resulting in an overall project cost
     which will probably exceed twice that initially estimated and the power
     station cannot now be expected to be accepted before 1984 ;
  - on the other hand , the decision taken in 1976 by SBK to provide , through
     its participation in NERSA ,. 16 % of the amount of the investment in the
     Super-Phenix demonstration power station , in respect of which a financial
     contribution sought from the public authorities has remained appreciably
     below the sum requested .                               -
  It is thus proposed that the Council act on the attached proposals for
  amendments which were prepared after the Federal Republic of Germany had
  on 6 February 1980 expressed its opinion concerning the request submitted
  by the SBK to the Commission of the European Communities on 29 January 1979 ;
  - by a qualified majority, in accordance with Article' 47 of the Euratom
     Treaty , on the amendment of Article 1 of the Council Decision 75 / 328 /
     Euratom on the establishment of the SBK Joint Undertaking ;
  • unanimously , in accordance with Article 48 of the Euratom Treaty , on
     the amendment of Article 1 of the Council Decision 75 / 329 / Euratom on the
.    conferment of tax advantages on the S8K Joint Undertaking .
 ---pagebreak---                             COUNCIL      DECISION
                                                                                "Τ'
       amending Decision 75 / 328 / Euratom establishing the Schnell-
       Brüter - Kernkraftwerks - gesellschaft mbH ( SBK ) joint undertaking
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community /
and in particular Article 47 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission .
                                              1
Whereas , by Decision      75 / 328 / Euratom   , the Council established the SchnelL-
Bruter-Kerrikraftwerksgesel Ischaft mbH (SBK) as a joint undertaking;
Whereas the Schnell -Bruter -Kernkr^ftwerksgesellschsft mbH ( SBK ) has requested
that that Decision be adapted to the present situation ;
           I     ■
Whereas the participation of SBK in NERSA , the promoter of the Supei– Phenix
demonstration power station , will enable it to benefit from the latest
technical advances achieved in this field ;
Whereas it is desirable to adapt the object of the joint undertaking           to
that in the Statutes of the SBK -         as already approved by the Council /
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION     :
OJ No L 152 , 12.6.1975 , p. 8
 ---pagebreak---                                                                            3
                              Article 1
             The second paragraph of Article 1 of Decision 75 / 328 / Euratom
shall be replaced by the following :
                                                  \
"The object of SBK shall be to develop the fast breeder reactor concept
up to the marketing stage by constructing and operating a prototype nuclear
               at                                                             V
power station/ Kalkar equipped with a sodium-cooled fast breeder reactor and
by participating in energy-producing companies set up for the purpose of
constructing and operating sodi um-cooled fast breeders ."
                              Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States and to the Schnel l-Bruter-
Kernkraf twerksgesel Ischaf t mbH ( SBK ). ■ i
                                                Done at Brussels .
 ---pagebreak---                                   COUNCIL DECISION                                ^
on the adaptation of the conferment of tax advantages on the Schnel 1-BrOter-
Kernkraftwerksgesel lschaft mbH ( SBK ) joint undertaking
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community /,
and in particular Article 48 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission .
                                               (1)
Whereas , by Decision        75 / 328 / Euratom , the Council established the Schnell-
Bruter-Kernkraftwerksgesel lschaft mbH ( SBK ) as a joint undertaking ;
Whereas , by Decision        75/329/ Eurdtom^r the Council conferred on the Schnell-
Bruter-Kernkraftwerksgesellschaft mbH ( SBK ) certain of the advantages listed
in Annex III to the Treaty ;
Whereas the Schnel l-Brutei–Kernkraftwerksgesellschaft mbH ( SBK ) has requested
that some of the advantages conferred upon it be adapted to the present
situation ;    .              .    •
Whereas it is desirable to adapt the advantages by reason of :
-                --.J. the alteration of the timescale and the investment costs ,
-                       • the financial contribution of the Schnel l -Bruter-Kernkraf t
werksgesellschaft mbH ( SBK ) to the investment cost of the Super-Phenix
demonstration power station ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
   0J  ■ No L 152 /      12.6.1975 , p. 8
 2 OJ No L 152, 12.6.1975 , p. 1.1
 ---pagebreak---                                       Article 1
   Article 1 of Decision 75 / 32-9 / Euratom is hereby amended as follows :    '
1.               'Paragraph 1 shall be replaced by the following :
   " under paragraph 3 of the said Annex , exemption from the Kapitalverkehrstouer
   ( Gesellschaftssteuer ) on assets and supplementary payments contributed to SBK
   by members and on capital made available free of charge by them up to a total
   of DM 400 mi I lion ."           ■         .                           ^
2.    The text of the last indent of paragraph 2 shall be replaced by the
      following text :                       \             • .
   " exemption    from that part of the tax on operating capital which is levied
   on the pro rata value of the Kalkar plant and the outside capital contributed
   by SBK - financed through public       subsidies ."
                                      Article 2
   This Decision is     addressed to the Member States and to the Schnell-Bruter-
   Kernkraftwerksgesel Ischaft mbH < SBK ).
                                                     Done at Brussels ,