34 Amendments of Rolandas PAKSAS related to 2012/2017(DEC)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that decommissioning will be an increasingly important issue in the coming years because one third of the 143 reactors operating in 14 Member States will need to be shut down by 20251; 1COM(2007)794 final, 12.12.2007, p. 10
Amendment 9 #
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, four 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 eight 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 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Recalls that the Union committed itself to contributing financiallyprovide additional adequate financial assistance to the decommissioning of the three nuclear power plants concerned, without clearly defining the overall amounts to be allocated;
Amendment 24 #
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 29 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Acknowledges the efforts of Lithuanian authorities to ensure efficient and transparent implementation of the Ignalina Programme;
Amendment 30 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 b (new)
Paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. Notes that in the Accession treaties of Lithuania, Bulgaria and Slovakia EU financial support for both decommissioning and mitigation measures has been foreseen;
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
Amendment 40 #
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 per cent of the committed amount went to mitigation measures;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Takes note with concern that the plant management and its specialised personnel havthat according to the Protocol No 4 of the Accession treaty of Lithuania, Ignalina Programme shad limitedll infcluence on priority settde measures to maintaing and allocation of available resources; consequently funds were used for energy efficiency purposes to the detriment of the high level of operational safety at the nuclear power plant, including support with respect to plants personnel in the periods prior to the closure and during decommissioning onef reactor units;
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Is concerned by the lack of coherence between the priorities set out in the accession treaties and the set of key objectives to be accomplished, accompanied by their respective amounts;
Amendment 56 #
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 60 #
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 63 #
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 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
Amendment 80 #
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 89 #
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 95 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
Amendment 102 #
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 106 #
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 financial assistance to 2009 and 2006 respectively;
Amendment 108 #
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 financial assistance are not foreseen;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 34
Paragraph 34
Amendment 113 #
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 plan and costing estimates are to be used to identify actual payment needs and absorption capacity and plan Union assistance accordingly;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37 a (new)
Paragraph 37 a (new)
37a. Welcomes the Commission’s proposal on ex ante conditionalities;
Amendment 118 #
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 riskand Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant;
Amendment 124 #
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 132 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 43
Paragraph 43
43. Notes with concern delays in building and completing interim facilities to store used fuel; unless such facilities are available, nuclear fuel rods cannot be removed and urges to solve disputes with the contractors in a timely manner;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46
Paragraph 46
46. Is of the firm opinion that the Union’s financial assistance must expire at the end of next programming period, i.e. in 2017 and 2020 respectively; the three Member States concerned must therefore set-up the appropriate mechanisms to ensure additional fundingnecessary co-financing in the 2014-2020 multiannual financial perspective in addition to Union financial assistance for the given period;
Amendment 143 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 47
Paragraph 47
47. Insists that the ex-ante conditionalityies, as set out in Article 4 of the proposed Council Regulation must be adhered to; in the event of non-compliance, funding should be suspended;
Amendment 145 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 48
Paragraph 48
Amendment 152 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 49
Paragraph 49
49. Calls on Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to establish decommissioning plans, including detailed financial envelopes, explainingprovisions on how the closure of the nuclear power plants will be financed;
Amendment 157 #
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 161 #
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 Parliament if it decided that review of the amount, the programming period and allocation, within the MFF 2014-2020 is necessary;
Amendment 166 #
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;