CELEX: 51988PC0107
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Date: 1988-03-24
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 63/27/Euratom on the establishment of the "Kernkraftwerk RWE - Bayernwerk GmbH" Joint Undertaking#Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending its Decision of 18 June 1963 on the conferring of advantages on the "Kernkraftwerk RWE - Bayernwerk GmbH" (KRB) Joint Undertaking on the transfer of knowledge by that undertaking#(presented by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(88 ) 107 final
                                                   Brussels , 24 March 1988
                                 Proposai for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
       amending Decision 63 / 27 / Euratom on the establishment of the
         "Kernkraftwerk RWE - Bayernwerk GmbH" Joint Undertaking
                                 Proposai for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
 amending its Decision of 18 June 1963 on the conferring of advantages
  on the "Kernkraftwerk RWE - Bayernwerk GmbH" (KRB ) Joint Undertaking
            on the transfer of knowledge by that undertaking
                       (presented by the Commission )
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                         Explanatory Mémorandum
Under its decision of 18 June 1963 the Council set up a joint
undertaking, the Kernkraftwerk RWE-Bayernwerk GmbH ( KRB ) for a period
of 25 years . On this date, but under a separate decision, the Council
granted the KRB certain of the advantages referred to in Annex III to
the Treaty .
On 8 January 1980 the members of the KRB decided to decommission the
nuclear power plant , which had been shut down since 1977 as a result
of an incident occurring at that time .
On the basis of the favourable experience gained during the stripping
down of certain radioactive components of the power plant the KRB
company intends , with immediate effect , to implement a programme
covering the full dismantling of that power plant up to the abolition
of the monitored zones in the year 2000 .
In its letter of 27 November 1986 , in order to carry out the complete
dismantling programme, the KRB asked the Commission to amend the two
Council Decisions of 18 June 1963 referred to above , and to extend by
12 years both the period of validity of the status as a joint
undertaking and the conferring of advantages which are due to expire
on 22 June 1988 .
The programme for the dismantling of the KRB power plant is of special
interest to the Community 's nuclear industry since this is the first
light-water power plant having operated for a significant period (more
than 10 years ) to be completely dismantled . The experience gained
during implementation of this programme will be of benefit in both
scientific and technical terms and for the validation of the estimated
cost of dismantling nuclear power plants . It should, moreover, be
noted that the Commission will continue to have the right of access to
all the information arising from implementation of this programme
under Article 2 of the Decision of 18 June 1963 on the conferring of
advantages to the KRB, if this is extended .
1
  0J N° 93 , 22 June 1963, page 1745 / 63 .
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The conferring of advantages for a further period will permit the
KRB to carry out the full dismantling programme by reducing its
financial burden .
While referring to its favourable opinion and to its detailed report
on the KRB project as a whole , which it sent to the Council when the
KRB joint undertaking was established , the Commission proposes that
the Council approve the amendments to its decisions of 18 June 1963 on
the establishment , as a joint undertaking , of the KRB, and to the
conferring of advantages on that undertaking .
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                             Proposai for a
                            COUNCÏL DECISION
 amending Decision 63 / 27 / Euratom on the establishment of the
   " Kernkraf twerk RWE - Bayernwerk GmbH" Joint Undertaking
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
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 , in the light of the favourable decision and detailed report
from the Commission on the project as a whole , the Council , by
                           1
Decision 63 / 27 / Euratom , established the Kernkraftwerk RWE-Bayernwerk
GmbH ( KRB ) in the form of a Joint Undertaking within the meaning of
the Treaty for a period of 25 years ;
Whereas the Members of the Joint Undertaking decided , for economic
reasons , on 8 January 1980, to decommission the nuclear power plant
which had been shut down since 13 January 1977 following an incident
there ;
Whereas , on the basis of the favourable experience gained during the
dismantling of certain radioactive components of the power plant , the
KRB undertaking is , with immediate effect , providing for a programme
covering the complete dismantling of that plant for a period extending
to the year 2000 ;
Whereas the experience arising from the programme covering the
complete dismantling of the power plant is of special interest for the
nuclear industry within the Community both in scientific and technical
terms and in respect of the validation of the estimated cost of
dismantling,         since this is the first light-water reactor nuclear
power plant that has operated for a period of more than 10
years   to be completely dismantled within the Community ;
  0J N0 93 , 22 , 22.6.1963, p. 1745 /63 .
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Whereas maintaining its status as a Joint Undertaking will enable the
KRB, in particular by lightening its financial burden, to implement a
full dismantling programme ;
Whereas the status as KRB joint Undertaking is due to        expire on 22
June 1988 and , in order to implement the programme          covering the
complete dismantling of the power plant , the KRB has         requested an
extension of the period of validity of its status              as a Joint
Undertaking by twelve years; whereas this request should be granted ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                  Article 1
Article 1 of Decision 63/ 27 / Euratom is hereby replaced by the
following :
                               " Article 1
The Kernkraf twer k RWE - Bayernwerk GmbH ( KRB ) shall be established in
the form of a Joint Undertaking within the meaning of the treaty for a
period of 37 years with effect from the entry into force of this
Decision .
The objects of the KRB shall be to construct , equip , operate ,
decommission and dismantle a nuclear power station with a capacity of
the order of 237 MWe at Gundremmingen , State of Bavaria , Federal
Republic of Germany".
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                               Article 2
This  Decision   is  addressed  to   the   Member  States  and   to the
Kernkraftwerk RUE - Bayernwerk GmbH ( KRB ) Joint Undertaking .
Done at Brussels ,                                  For the Council
                                                     The President
 ---pagebreak---                                  Proposai for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
    amending its Decision of 18 June 1963 on the conferring of
  advantages on the "Kernkraf twerk RUE - Bayernwerk GmbH" (KRB )
       Joint Undertaking on the transfer of knowledge by that
                                  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,
Whereas , in the light of the favourable opinion and the detailed
 report from the Commission on the project as a whole , the Council , by
                                        1
 its       Decision   63 / 27 / Euratom     established   the   " Kernkraftwerk
RWE-Bayernwerk GmbH"(KRB ) as a Joint Undertaking within the meaning of
the Treaty for a period of 25 years ;
Whereas the KRB undertaking has requested that the period of validity
of its status as a Joint Undertaking be extended in order fully to
 implement the programme for the complete dismantling of the nuclear
power plant intended to cover the period extending up to the year
 2000 ;
                                          2
Whereas , by Decision . . .                 the Council amended Decision
63 / 27 / Euratom following the said request ;
Whereas the Council , on adopting Decision 63 / 27 / Euratom granted, on
the same date, by means of a separate Decision , to the KRB Joint
Undertaking certain of the advantages referred to in Annex III to the
 Treaty ;
   0J No 93 , 22.6.1963 , p. 1745 / 63 .
2
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Whereas the KRB undertaking has requested that the conferring of those
 advantages be extended to cover the period of implementation of the
programme for the full dismantling of the nuclear power plant ;
Whereas an extension of the conferring of those advantages will , by
 reducing its financial burden, enable the KRB to implement the
 complete dismantling       programme .                           ■1' •
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                Article 1
The Council Decision of 18 June 1963 on the conferring of advantages
to the "Kernkraftwerk RWE Bayernwerk GmbH" ( KRB) Joint Undertaking and
on the transfer of knowledge by that undertaking is hereby amended as
follows :
1 . In Article 1 , the introductory phrase is replaced by the following :
     "The Member States shall confer on the KRB, for a period of 37
      years from the date on which this Decision takes effect , the
      following advantages in pursuance of Annex III to the Treaty :"
2 . Article 2 , first sentence, is replaced by the following :
     "The advantages referred to in Article 1 shall be conferred upon
     the KRB provided that it transfers all of the industrial , technical
     and economic knowledge obtained during both the construction and
     operation , and the decommissioning and complete dismantling of the
     nuclear power plant to the Commission in accordance with the
     provisions adopted by the Commission".
 3 . The following is added to the first paragraph of Article 3 :
     "Moreover, said advantages may be withdrawn by the Council if the
      activities performed in order to achieve the aims of the KRB are
       discontinued or interrupted for an indeterminate period for any
                                           *
       reason whatsoever ".
 ---pagebreak---                                  Artide 2
 This  Decision    is  addressed  to  the   Member   States    and to  the
"Kernkraf twerk RWE-Bayernwerk GmbH"(KRB ) Joint Undertaking .
 Done at Brussels                                        For the Council
                                                          The President