Activities of Miroslav POCHE related to 2017/2180(DEC)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2016 PDF (290 KB) DOC (56 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes with dismay the Court’s report finding that the results, which were presented to the Joint Undertaking’s Governing Board in December 2016, indicated an expected additional funding requirement to that already committed of EUR 5 400 000 000 for the construction phase after 2020, which represents an increase of 82 % in relation to the approved EUR 6 600 000 000 budget; reiterates the fact that the amount of EUR 6 600 000 000 adopted by the Council in 2010 serves as a ceiling for the Joint Undertaking’s spending up to 2020; recognises that the additional funding required to complete the ITER project must involve future Multiannual Financial Framework commitments;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Highlights that in addition to the construction phase, the Joint Undertaking will have to contribute to the ITER operational phase after 2035 and to the subsequent ITER deactivation and decommissioning phases; considers it worrisome that those contributions are not yet estimated; calls on the Joint Undertaking to estimate the cost of such phases as soon as possiblereminds that the host Agreement with France contains the calculation of EU contribution for decommissioning; also reminds that the costs for deactivation phase have been estimated and included to the new Baseline and these costs will be incorporated into the annual costs of ITER after 2035;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Stresses that on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the EU and Euratom; notes that an agreement setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal is being negotiated, which in all likelihood will have a significant effect on the future activities of the Joint Undertaking and; notes that, on several occasions, the United Kingdom has expressed its interest in further participating in EU fusion energy activities; notes furthermore that the Union and United Kingdom fusion communities expressed their hope in the JET experiment at Culham in the United Kingdom to continue, beyond 2018, to undertake vital preparation work for the ITER project;.