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REPORT on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2009/71/EURATOM establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations PDF (391 KB) DOC (434 KB)
Amendments (14)
Amendment 52 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) A strong and independent competent regulatory authority is a fundamental condition of the European nuclear safety regulatory framework. Its independence and the exercise of its powers impartially and transparently are crucial factors to ensure a high level of nuclear safety. Objective regulatory decisions and enforcement actions should be established without any undue external influence that might compromise safety, such as pressures associated with changing political, economic or societal conditions, or pressures from government departments or any other public or private entities. The negative consequences of the lack of independence were evident in the Fukushima accident. The provisions of Directive 2009/71/Euratom on functional separation of competent regulatory authorities should be strengthened to ensure the regulatory authorities' effective independence and to guarantee that they are provided with the appropriate means and competencies to properly carry out the responsibilities assigned to them. In particular, the regulatory authority should have sufficient legal powers, sufficient staffing and sufficient financial resources for the proper discharge of its assigned responsibilities. The strengthened requirements aiming at ensuring independence in carrying out the regulatory tasks should be however without prejudice to close cooperation, as appropriate, with other relevant national authorities and the European Commission or to general policy guidelines issued by the government not related to thethat do not undermine the national authority's regulatory powers and duties.
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 3 – paragraph 12
Article 3 – paragraph 12
12. 'reasonably achievable' means that, in addition to meeting the requirements of good practice in engineering, further safety or risk reduction measures for the design, commissioning, operation or decommissioning of a nuclear installation should be sought and that these measures should be implemented unless it can be demonstrated that they arthe national regulatory authority accepts that they are demonstrated to be grossly disproportionate with regard to the safety benefit they would confer;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6 – point d a (new)
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
(da) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. Member States shall ensure that the national framework is maintained and improved when appropriate, taking into accouat regular intervals, and as soon as relevant operating experience, insights gained from safety analyses for operating nuclear installations, development of technology and results of safety research, whenbecome available and relevant." lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:172:0018:0022:EN:PDF)." Or. en (http://eur-
Amendment 105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) is legally and functionally separate from any other public or private entity concerned with the promotion or utilisation of nuclear energy or electricity production;
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point e
(e) to carry out enforcement actions, including penalties in accordance with Article 9a and suspending the operation of a nuclear installation in accordance with the conditions defined by the national framework referred to in Article 4(1).
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8 b – point b – point v
Article 8 b – point b – point v
(v) external natural and man-made hazards are avoided, where possible, and their impact is minimisedas low as reasonably achievable.
Amendment 155 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8 c – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 8 c – paragraph 1 – point b
(b) defines, documents and re-assesses regularly and at least every teneight years, the design basis of nuclear installations through a periodic safety review, and supplements it by a design extension analysis, to ensure that all reasonably practicable improvement measures are implemented;
Amendment 157 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8 c – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 8 c – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) carries out a specific safety review for nuclear installations which the competent regulatory authority considers to be close to the limit of their operating lifetime as originally foreseen, and for which an extension of the lifetime is requesimplements any measures mandated by the regulatory authority to prevent beyond-design basis accidents before a requested extension of the operating lifetime can be granted.
Amendment 159 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8 c– paragraph 2
Article 8 c– paragraph 2
2. Member States shall ensure that the national framework requires that the granting or the review of a licence to construct and/or operate a nuclear installation should be based upon an appropriate site- and installation-specific safety assessment following an inspection by the national authority.
Amendment 170 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 1
Article 8e – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall at least every teneight years arrange for periodic self-assessments of their national framework and competent regulatory authorities and invite an international peer review of relevant segments of their national framework and competent regulatory authorities with the aim of continuously improving nuclear safety. Outcomes of any peer review shall be reported to the Member States and the Commission, when available.
Amendment 175 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Member States, with the support of the competent regulatory authorities, shall periodically arrange, and at least every six years, a system of topical peer reviews and agree on a time-frame and the modalities for implementation within the same time-frame. For this purpose Member States shall:
Amendment 194 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
Article 8e – paragraph 2 – point d a (new)
(da) the topic for the first topical peer review shall be decided no later than three years after the entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 205 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8e – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Upon information by the Commission and within three months, the national authority shall instruct the license holder to implement the relevant safety measures identified in the peer review process. The national authority shall impose penalties in accordance with Article 9a if within an additional 6 months the license holder fails to demonstrate a clear progress in the implementation of such measures.
Amendment 206 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Directive 2009/71/Euratom
Article 8e – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8e – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Upon receipt of a request for extension of the operating lifetime of a nuclear installation beyond originally foreseen, the Member State shall invite within six months a peer review of the installation concerned in accordance with paragraph 2.