30 Amendments of Zigmantas BALČYTIS related to 2012/2017(DEC)
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Recalls that the Accession Treaties of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania included provisions regardingAcknowledges mutual commitments taken by the EU and Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania with regard to decommissioning of, respectively, for units of Kozloduy Nuclear power Plant; Unit 1 and 2 of Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power Plant and Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant .Recalls that the closure of those eights nuclear reactors, due to their low safety standards was a precondition for the accession of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania to the EU and is enshrined in the Accession Treaties of Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania;
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Union committed itself to provide adequate financial assistance contributing financially to the decommissioning of the three nuclear power plants concerned, without clearly defining the overall amounts to be allocated;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Remains concerned, however, that the shut-down of reactors is, in some cases, not yet irreversibleEmphasizes importance of irreversibility of the decommissioning process;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Acknowledges the efforts of Lithuanian authorities to ensure efficient and transparent implementation of the Ignalina Programme;
Amendment 32 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Notes that in the Accession treaties of Lithuania ,Bulgaria and Slovakia EU financial support for both decommissioning and mitigation measures has been foreseen;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Questions the fact that of this amount 60 % went to decommissioning and 40 %in some Member States over 40 percent of the committed amount went to mitigation measures;
Amendment 44 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Takes note that according to the Protocol No 4 of the Accession treaty of Lithuania , Ignalina Programme shall include measures to maintain a high level of operational safety at the nuclear power plant , including support with respect to plant’s personnel in the periods of prior to the closure and during decommissioning of reactor units;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Is concernedTakes note that the existing respective decommissioning plan focuses only on the first phase of decommissioning, which almost exclusively covers non-radioactive materials cover entire decommissioning process; nevertheless, considers that there might be a need for their update;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Is concerned that, in some cases, planning documents used by the plant operators were still based on provisional data on radioactive waste although admits that actual data was not available until the reactor units were in operation;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Is deeply concerned bythat the current deficiency in viable funds for completion of decommissioning process are insufficient and considerable amounts are still needed; acknowledge ons the amounts necessary to complete the whole decommissioning procesfact that the required financial resources have not been assembled due to historical reasons and early closure of the reactors;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Notes that considerable sums of money had been used on operational costs; regrets a situation where the money spent on operational costs of the nuclear power plants could actually represent an incentive to keep the nuclear power plants running;
Amendment 88 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Finds it unacceptableIs concerned that, more than ten years after the start of the decommissioning funding and two years after the last unit shutdown, none of three nuclear power plants concerned are in an irreversible operation condition;
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30
Paragraph 30
30. Endorses the fact that the overall responsibility for decommissioning and its financingnuclear safety lies with the Member State in which the nuclear power plant is situated9;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33
Paragraph 33
33. Recalls that the Accession Treaties of Bulgaria and Slovakia establish the limits for receiving financial aid from the Unionproviding the Union’s financial assistance to 2009 and 2006 respectively;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33 a (new)
Paragraph 33 a (new)
33a. Recalls that according to the Protocol No 4 on the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania , limits to providing Union’s financial assistance are not foreseen;
Amendment 112 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Observes that experts called for a solid and complete detailed decommissioning plan as basis for the implementation of further Union support, including full costing estimates up to the completion date for decommissioning; considers that a clear indication of the national co-financing and the way to secure this national funding in the long term should be provided; the decommissioning plans and costing estimates are to be used to identify actual payment needs and absorption capacity and plan Union’s assistance accordingly;
Amendment 114 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on ex ante conditionalities
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38
Paragraph 38
38. Reiterates and stresses that the final responsibility for the safe closure of nmutual commitments taken by the EU and Bulgaria, Slovakia and Lithuania with regard to decommissioning of, respectively four units of Kozloduy Nuclear pPower pPlants lies with the Member State in which the p , Unit 1 and Unit 2 of Bohunice V1 Nuclear Power pPlant is situated; failure to comply with this obligation puts Union citizens at risk; and Ignalina Power Plant;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 39
Paragraph 39
39. Insists that decommissioning must be organised in a safe, efficient and irreversible way so that it is irreversibledecommissioning end-state is reached according to the timetables set in the respective decommissioning plans;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Commission to implement its commitments with regard to the closure of the nuclear power plants concerned, including during the 2014- 2020 financial programming period, and, if necessary, after that period to grant the funding needed for safe and appropriate decommissioning and for impact mitigation;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48 a (new)
Paragraph 48 a (new)
48a. Considers that the Commission must assume responsibility, along with the Member States, for the closure of the nuclear power plants concerned and must ensure that their closure is effectively monitored; calls on the Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, to draw up detailed plans for the closure of the nuclear power plants and for the financing thereof.
Amendment 156 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 52
Paragraph 52
52. Welcomes the fact that, no later than end 2015, an interim and final evaluation reports shall be established by the Commission on the achievement of the objectives of all the measures, at the level of results and impacts, the efficiency of the use of resources and its Union added value, in view of a decision amending or suspending the measures; asks the Commission to provide it with a copy of the mentioned evaluation reports;
Amendment 160 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53
Paragraph 53
53. Urges the Commission, should to take due account of the findings of the interim evaluation support such a decision, toand inform the European Parliament if it decided that review of the amount, the programming period and allocation, within the MFF 2014-2020 is necessary;
Amendment 165 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55
Paragraph 55
55. Asks the Commission to assess the added-value of the cooperation with the EBRD and its capacities to act as an administrator of funds , given that the Union supplies 96 % of the funding;
Amendment 173 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Notes that the premature shutdown and consequent decommissioning of the Ignalina Power Plant with two 1500 MW RBMK reactor units inherited from the Soviet Union is of an unprecedented nature and represents for Lithuania an exceptional financial burden not commensurate with the size and economic strength of the country; notes that Protocol No 4 states that the Union assistance under the Ignalina Programme will be seamlessly continued and extended beyond 2006, for the period of the next Multiannual Financial Framework; notes that this extended programme will be based on the same elements and principles as during the 2004-2006 and 2007-2013 periods;
Amendment 174 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that under the programmes established for the period 2007-2013 the Commission's supervision has focussed mainly on budgetary execution of the financial appropriations and project implementation, rather than on the extent of the progress achieved towards the programmes' objectives as a whole;
Amendment 190 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49 a (new)
Paragraph 49 a (new)
49a. Notes that, since decommissioning of the nuclear power stations in Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria began, the responsibility and obligations of the states participating in the decommissioning process have not been clearly defined, and that the burden arising from responsibility for the whole decommissioning process on Member States which close their nuclear power stations has been disproportionate;
Amendment 191 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 51 a (new)
Paragraph 51 a (new)
51a. Takes the view that, in the proposal for a Council regulation, the legal basis for the granting of additional funding to the Ignalina programme should be Protocol No 4 of the Act of Accession, and not Article 203 of the Euratom Treaty;