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2018/2222(INI) European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy

Role	Committee	Rapporteur	Shadows
Lead	ITRE	MARINESCU Marian-Jean (EPP)	ZANONATO Flavio (S&D), MATTHEWS Rupert (ECR), RIQUET Dominique (ALDE), KOHLÍČEK Jaromír (GUE/NGL), RIVASI Michèle (Verts/ALE), TAMBURRANO Dario (EFD)

Lead committee dossier: ITRE/8/14535
Legal Basis RoP 52

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2019/01/15 Vote in plenary scheduled
2019/01/14 Debate in plenary scheduled
2018/11/26 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
2018/11/21 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
2018/09/13 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading

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Amendments	Dossier
33	2018/2222(INI) 2018/10/11 ITRE 33 amendments... Amendment 1 # Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion is expected to play an important role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy, while recognising that there are still many uncertainties surrounding the development and success of fusion, Amendment 10 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the Commission proposal to amend Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom aims to secure funding for continued European participation in the ITER project for the whole duration of the next multiannual financial framework in order to provide continuity for the project aiming at key scientific breakthroughs in the development of fusion,deleted Amendment 11 # Dominique RIQUET Motion for a resolution Recital D D. whereas the Commission proposal to amend Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom aims to secure funding for continued European participation in the ITER project for the whole duration of the next multiannual financial framework in order to ~~provid~~guarantee continuity for the project aiming at key scientific breakthroughs in the development of fusion, for civil use, which should ultimately facilitate the production of safe, viable energy which meets the objectives guaranteed by the Paris Agreement; Amendment 12 # Dominique RIQUET Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new) Da. whereas this proposal provides for an application date of 1 January 2021, taking into account the notification by the United Kingdom of its intention to withdraw from the European Union and Euratom, in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which was received by the European Council on 29 March 2017, and whereas, unless a withdrawal agreement lays down another date, or the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously sets a different date, Union legislation will cease to apply to the United Kingdom as from 31 December 2020; Amendment 13 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 (new) -1. Recalls that initially, in 2001, the construction costs of ITER were estimated to be around EUR 5.9 billion (2008 value), but that in 2010 this figure was adjusted to around EUR 16 billion (2008 value); notes that, on 12 July 2010, being aware of the risk of a budget overrun, the Council of the European Union limited the European contribution for the construction phase to EUR 6.6 billion (2008 value); Amendment 14 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 a (new) -1a. Recalls the delay in the construction of this experimental reactor, because originally it was planned that ITER should be constructed by 2020, but in 2016 the ITER Council approved a new timetable for reaching First Plasma in December 2025, the earliest technically possible date for the construction of ITER; Amendment 15 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 b (new) -1b. Recalls certain observations made by the European Court of Auditors in its report on the annual accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy for the financial year 20161a, in particular that: – In June 2017, the Commission had issued a communication entitled ‘EU contribution to a reformed ITER project’1b, seeking Parliament’s support and a mandate from the Council of the European Union to approve the new baseline on behalf of Euratom; – Although there are no contingencies in the new baseline, the Commission considers in its Communication that a contingency margin of up to 24 months for the calendar and between 10% and 20% for the budget would be appropriate1c. In addition, the measures taken to respect the budget ceiling of EUR 6.6 billion include in particular postponing the acquisition and installation of all components that are not essential to First Plasma. Although constructive steps have been taken to improve the management and control of the construction phase of the ITER project, there remains a risk of further cost overruns and further delays in the implementation of the project compared to the proposed new baseline; __________________ 1a OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 32 1b COM(2017) 319 final, 14.6.2017 (accompanied by Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2017) 232 final) 1c Chapter V of COM(2017) 319 final, 14.6.2017 (accompanied by Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2017) 232 final) Amendment 16 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 c (new) -1c. Observes that, in April 2018, the US Department of Energy estimated the cost of ITER at USD 65 billion, i.e. three times the budget announced by the ITER Organisation1a. __________________ 1a Paul Dabbar, DOE undersecretary for science, provided the estimate to the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on energy and water development on 11 April 2018. https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/he arings/review-of-the-dept-of-energy-and- nnsa-budget-requests-for-fy2019 Amendment 17 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 d (new) -1d. Notes that, on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the European Union and from Euratom; recalls that the United Kingdom has up to now been a net contributor to the Union budget and, in particular, to the financing of the fusion research programme, including ITER; recalls that the United Kingdom was contributing to the funding of ITER; points out that, according to the Court of Auditors, an agreement ‘setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal … may have a significant effect on the future activities of the F4E Joint Undertaking and the ITER project’1a. __________________ 1a OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 34. Amendment 18 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 e (new) -1e. Stresses that, ‘as ITER is an experimental machine that will not work on a continuous basis, the energy produced will not be converted into electricity’1a and that ‘ITER is not intended to feed the [electricity] grid’1b; observes, therefore, that ITER will play no role in fighting climate change or in energy independence or the European electricity market; __________________ 1a ref. ITER.org https://www.iter.org/en/proj/inafewlines 1b Mr Massimo Garribba, DG ENER, during consideration of the report by Mr Marinescu on the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy, ITRE – 9 October 2018. Amendment 19 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 f (new) -1f. Stresses that it is indicated in the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels that ‘limiting global warning to 1.5°C would require rapid and large-scale transitions, that net global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) of anthropic origin must be reduced by some 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, and that ‘net zero’ emissions must be attained around 20501a; concludes that, even if research into nuclear fusion may appear fascinating, it is utterly irrelevant, because if this project was ever successful, it would be too late to tackle climate change; __________________ 1a https://ipcc.ch/pdf/session48/pr_181008_P 48_spm_en.pdf Amendment 2 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion ~~is expected to play an important~~could in the very distant future play a hypothetical role in the ~~future~~ European and global energy landscape ~~as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy,~~; Amendment 20 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 g (new) -1g. Notes that project reactors require a great amount of lithium-6 obtained by means of nuclear enrichment from naturally occurring lithium, and that land-based lithium resources raise many issues, particularly of an environmental and economic nature; stresses that the production of tritium from lithium-6 in the ITER reactor and subsequent ones of the same type requires a large amount of beryllium, which is rare on Earth and extremely toxic and costly; concludes that deuterium/tritium fusion is neither ‘sustainable’ nor ‘inexhaustible’; Amendment 21 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 h (new) -1h. Condemns the complete failure to take account of democratic institutions, particularly the opinion of the European Parliament; calls for decisions on nuclear issues from now on to be taken under the ordinary legislative procedure as provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); Amendment 22 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph -1 i (new) -1i. Calls for a scientific audit of nuclear fusion by nuclear physicists not involved in nuclear fusion research; Amendment 23 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. ~~Welcomes~~Dissociates itself from the Commission proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it (COM(2018)0445)~~, which will provide the basis for the financing of the activities of the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 under the Euratom Treaty~~; Amendment 24 # Flavio ZANONATO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 a (new) 1a. Regrets that the Council has not consulted the European Parliament on the approval of the Commission proposal (COM(2018)0445) and welcomes the Commission’s stated intention as part of the State of the Union 2018 “to consider options for enhanced qualified majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty”; expects that such a reform would necessarily lead to co- legislative powers for the European Parliament; Amendment 25 # Flavio ZANONATO, Miroslav POCHE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 b (new) 1b. Stresses that the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 should not be exceeded; Amendment 26 # Flavio ZANONATO, Miroslav POCHE Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 c (new) 1c. Stresses that in order to avoid successive upward revisions of the projected cost of the project, to avoid delays in the expected dates of operational milestones and to ensure the highest possible degree of schedule reliability, the ITER Organisation should include a reasonable contingency on any revised schedule; supports, in this regard, the contingency of up to 24 months in terms of schedule and 10-20% in terms of budget proposed by the European Commission; Amendment 27 # Flavio ZANONATO Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 d (new) 1d. Welcomes the new approach to Risk management taken by the ITER Organisation and encourages the ITER Council to further reduce the number of sub-committees, streamline their function and eliminate overlaps; Amendment 28 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – introductory part 2. Calls on the Council to ~~approve~~reject the Commission proposal ~~while introducing the following modifications:~~; Amendment 29 # Dominique RIQUET Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new) – include provisions in Article 5 and Annex III of the Statute of the Joint Undertaking (‘Financial Regulation: general principles’) enabling the Joint Undertaking to receive funding in the form of financial instruments in connection with blending operations implemented in accordance with the [InvestEU] Regulation, Amendment 3 # Flavio ZANONATO Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion is expected to play an important role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energybe a viable energy source, potentially replacing fossil fuels as the main complement to renewable energy sources, Amendment 30 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 7 ~~– include provisions regarding synergies and cooperation between ITER and the Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2021-2025,~~deleted Amendment 31 # Dominique RIQUET Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new) – consider cooperation with small and medium-sized private disruptive players, such as start-ups experimenting with new approaches and technologies, in the research programme and the network of organisations designated in the field of scientific and technological fusion research; Amendment 32 # Dominique RIQUET Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) – clarify the role and contribution of the United Kingdom in the light of its Euratom status, particularly with regard to potential participation in ITER, Amendment 33 # Jaromír KOHLÍČEK Motion for a resolution Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new) – include in the proposal a recommendation to investigate the further possible use of the materials currently being used in the ITER project Amendment 4 # Dominique RIQUET Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas fusion ~~is expected to play an important~~could play a key role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy, Amendment 5 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Recital A a (new) Aa. whereas, according to the latest IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a reduction in global emissions to ‘net zero’ in around 2050, so that fusion research will not make it possible to respond to global warming in time; Amendment 6 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Recital B B. whereas fusion is already delivering concrete opportunities for industry and is having a positive effect on jobs, economic growth and innovation, with a positive impact beyond the fields of fusion and energy,deleted Amendment 7 # Răzvan POPA Motion for a resolution Recital B a (new) Ba. whereas the Joint Undertaking coordinates scientific and technological research and development activities in the field of fusion; Amendment 8 # Michèle RIVASI Motion for a resolution Recital C C. whereas ~~Europe h~~France persuaded Europe to spend the taxpayer’s money in such a way as from the start to played a leading role in the ITER project, developed in close collaboration with the non-European signatories to the ITER Agreement (the US, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea and India), and whereas the European contribution, channelled through the Joint Undertaking ‘Fusion for Energy’ (F4E), represents 45 % of the construction costs of the project, Amendment 9 # Răzvan POPA Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new) Ca. whereas the European Union has created a Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the purpose of managing the EU contribution to ITER; source: 628.638

Amendments

Dossier

2018/2222(INI)

2018/10/11 ITRE 33 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas fusion is expected to play an important role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy, while recognising that there are still many uncertainties surrounding the development and success of fusion,

Amendment 10 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

Amendment 11 #

Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Recital D

D. whereas the Commission proposal to amend Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom aims to secure funding for continued European participation in the ITER project for the whole duration of the next multiannual financial framework in order to ~~provid~~guarantee continuity for the project aiming at key scientific breakthroughs in the development of fusion, for civil use, which should ultimately facilitate the production of safe, viable energy which meets the objectives guaranteed by the Paris Agreement;

Amendment 12 #

Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)

Da. whereas this proposal provides for an application date of 1 January 2021, taking into account the notification by the United Kingdom of its intention to withdraw from the European Union and Euratom, in accordance with Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which was received by the European Council on 29 March 2017, and whereas, unless a withdrawal agreement lays down another date, or the European Council, in agreement with the United Kingdom, unanimously sets a different date, Union legislation will cease to apply to the United Kingdom as from 31 December 2020;

Amendment 13 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 (new)

-1. Recalls that initially, in 2001, the construction costs of ITER were estimated to be around EUR 5.9 billion (2008 value), but that in 2010 this figure was adjusted to around EUR 16 billion (2008 value); notes that, on 12 July 2010, being aware of the risk of a budget overrun, the Council of the European Union limited the European contribution for the construction phase to EUR 6.6 billion (2008 value);

Amendment 14 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 a (new)

-1a. Recalls the delay in the construction of this experimental reactor, because originally it was planned that ITER should be constructed by 2020, but in 2016 the ITER Council approved a new timetable for reaching First Plasma in December 2025, the earliest technically possible date for the construction of ITER;

Amendment 15 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 b (new)

-1b. Recalls certain observations made by the European Court of Auditors in its report on the annual accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy for the financial year 20161a, in particular that: – In June 2017, the Commission had issued a communication entitled ‘EU contribution to a reformed ITER project’1b, seeking Parliament’s support and a mandate from the Council of the European Union to approve the new baseline on behalf of Euratom; – Although there are no contingencies in the new baseline, the Commission considers in its Communication that a contingency margin of up to 24 months for the calendar and between 10% and 20% for the budget would be appropriate1c. In addition, the measures taken to respect the budget ceiling of EUR 6.6 billion include in particular postponing the acquisition and installation of all components that are not essential to First Plasma. Although constructive steps have been taken to improve the management and control of the construction phase of the ITER project, there remains a risk of further cost overruns and further delays in the implementation of the project compared to the proposed new baseline; __________________ 1a OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 32 1b COM(2017) 319 final, 14.6.2017 (accompanied by Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2017) 232 final) 1c Chapter V of COM(2017) 319 final, 14.6.2017 (accompanied by Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2017) 232 final)

Amendment 16 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 c (new)

-1c. Observes that, in April 2018, the US Department of Energy estimated the cost of ITER at USD 65 billion, i.e. three times the budget announced by the ITER Organisation1a. __________________ 1a Paul Dabbar, DOE undersecretary for science, provided the estimate to the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on energy and water development on 11 April 2018. https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/he arings/review-of-the-dept-of-energy-and- nnsa-budget-requests-for-fy2019

Amendment 17 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 d (new)

-1d. Notes that, on 29 March 2017, the United Kingdom notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the European Union and from Euratom; recalls that the United Kingdom has up to now been a net contributor to the Union budget and, in particular, to the financing of the fusion research programme, including ITER; recalls that the United Kingdom was contributing to the funding of ITER; points out that, according to the Court of Auditors, an agreement ‘setting out the arrangements for its withdrawal … may have a significant effect on the future activities of the F4E Joint Undertaking and the ITER project’1a. __________________ 1a OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 34.

Amendment 18 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 e (new)

-1e. Stresses that, ‘as ITER is an experimental machine that will not work on a continuous basis, the energy produced will not be converted into electricity’1a and that ‘ITER is not intended to feed the [electricity] grid’1b; observes, therefore, that ITER will play no role in fighting climate change or in energy independence or the European electricity market; __________________ 1a ref. ITER.org https://www.iter.org/en/proj/inafewlines 1b Mr Massimo Garribba, DG ENER, during consideration of the report by Mr Marinescu on the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the development of fusion energy, ITRE – 9 October 2018.

Amendment 19 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 f (new)

-1f. Stresses that it is indicated in the IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels that ‘limiting global warning to 1.5°C would require rapid and large-scale transitions, that net global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) of anthropic origin must be reduced by some 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, and that ‘net zero’ emissions must be attained around 20501a; concludes that, even if research into nuclear fusion may appear fascinating, it is utterly irrelevant, because if this project was ever successful, it would be too late to tackle climate change; __________________ 1a https://ipcc.ch/pdf/session48/pr_181008_P 48_spm_en.pdf

Amendment 2 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas fusion ~~is expected to play an important~~could in the very distant future play a hypothetical role in the ~~future~~ European and global energy landscape ~~as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy,~~;

Amendment 20 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 g (new)

-1g. Notes that project reactors require a great amount of lithium-6 obtained by means of nuclear enrichment from naturally occurring lithium, and that land-based lithium resources raise many issues, particularly of an environmental and economic nature; stresses that the production of tritium from lithium-6 in the ITER reactor and subsequent ones of the same type requires a large amount of beryllium, which is rare on Earth and extremely toxic and costly; concludes that deuterium/tritium fusion is neither ‘sustainable’ nor ‘inexhaustible’;

Amendment 21 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 h (new)

-1h. Condemns the complete failure to take account of democratic institutions, particularly the opinion of the European Parliament; calls for decisions on nuclear issues from now on to be taken under the ordinary legislative procedure as provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU);

Amendment 22 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph -1 i (new)

-1i. Calls for a scientific audit of nuclear fusion by nuclear physicists not involved in nuclear fusion research;

Amendment 23 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Welcomes~~Dissociates itself from the Commission proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it (COM(2018)0445)~~, which will provide the basis for the financing of the activities of the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 under the Euratom Treaty~~;

Amendment 24 #

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Regrets that the Council has not consulted the European Parliament on the approval of the Commission proposal (COM(2018)0445) and welcomes the Commission’s stated intention as part of the State of the Union 2018 “to consider options for enhanced qualified majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty”; expects that such a reform would necessarily lead to co- legislative powers for the European Parliament;

Amendment 25 #

Flavio ZANONATO, Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Stresses that the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 should not be exceeded;

Amendment 26 #

Flavio ZANONATO, Miroslav POCHE

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 c (new)

1c. Stresses that in order to avoid successive upward revisions of the projected cost of the project, to avoid delays in the expected dates of operational milestones and to ensure the highest possible degree of schedule reliability, the ITER Organisation should include a reasonable contingency on any revised schedule; supports, in this regard, the contingency of up to 24 months in terms of schedule and 10-20% in terms of budget proposed by the European Commission;

Amendment 27 #

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)

1d. Welcomes the new approach to Risk management taken by the ITER Organisation and encourages the ITER Council to further reduce the number of sub-committees, streamline their function and eliminate overlaps;

Amendment 28 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – introductory part

2. Calls on the Council to ~~approve~~reject the Commission proposal ~~while introducing the following modifications:~~;

Amendment 29 #

Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 5 a (new)

– include provisions in Article 5 and Annex III of the Statute of the Joint Undertaking (‘Financial Regulation: general principles’) enabling the Joint Undertaking to receive funding in the form of financial instruments in connection with blending operations implemented in accordance with the [InvestEU] Regulation,

Amendment 3 #

Flavio ZANONATO

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas fusion is expected to play an important role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energybe a viable energy source, potentially replacing fossil fuels as the main complement to renewable energy sources,

Amendment 30 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 7

~~– include provisions regarding synergies and cooperation between ITER and the Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2021-2025,~~deleted

Amendment 31 #

Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 7 a (new)

– consider cooperation with small and medium-sized private disruptive players, such as start-ups experimenting with new approaches and technologies, in the research programme and the network of organisations designated in the field of scientific and technological fusion research;

Amendment 32 #

Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)

– clarify the role and contribution of the United Kingdom in the light of its Euratom status, particularly with regard to potential participation in ITER,

Amendment 33 #

Jaromír KOHLÍČEK

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – indent 8 a (new)

– include in the proposal a recommendation to investigate the further possible use of the materials currently being used in the ITER project

Amendment 4 #

Dominique RIQUET

Motion for a resolution
Recital A

A. whereas fusion ~~is expected to play an important~~could play a key role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate- friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy,

Amendment 5 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas, according to the latest IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre- industrial levels, limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require a reduction in global emissions to ‘net zero’ in around 2050, so that fusion research will not make it possible to respond to global warming in time;

Amendment 6 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas fusion is already delivering concrete opportunities for industry and is having a positive effect on jobs, economic growth and innovation, with a positive impact beyond the fields of fusion and energy,deleted

Amendment 7 #

Răzvan POPA

Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)

Ba. whereas the Joint Undertaking coordinates scientific and technological research and development activities in the field of fusion;

Amendment 8 #

Michèle RIVASI

Motion for a resolution
Recital C

C. whereas ~~Europe h~~France persuaded Europe to spend the taxpayer’s money in such a way as from the start to played a leading role in the ITER project, developed in close collaboration with the non-European signatories to the ITER Agreement (the US, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea and India), and whereas the European contribution, channelled through the Joint Undertaking ‘Fusion for Energy’ (F4E), represents 45 % of the construction costs of the project,

Amendment 9 #

Răzvan POPA

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas the European Union has created a Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the purpose of managing the EU contribution to ITER;

source: 628.638

History

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activities	date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: S&D name: ZANONATO Flavio group: ECR name: MATTHEWS Rupert group: ALDE name: RIQUET Dominique group: GUE/NGL name: KOHLÍČEK Jaromír group: Verts/ALE name: RIVASI Michèle group: EFD name: TAMBURRANO Dario responsible: True committee: ITRE date: 2018-09-10T00:00:00 committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy rapporteur: group: EPP name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean date: 2018-11-21T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: S&D name: ZANONATO Flavio group: ECR name: MATTHEWS Rupert group: ALDE name: RIQUET Dominique group: GUE/NGL name: KOHLÍČEK Jaromír group: Verts/ALE name: RIVASI Michèle group: EFD name: TAMBURRANO Dario responsible: True committee: ITRE date: 2018-09-10T00:00:00 committee_full: Industry, Research and Energy rapporteur: group: EPP name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean date: 2018-11-26T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00 body: EP type: Debate in plenary scheduled date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00 body: EP type: Vote in plenary scheduled
commission	body: EC dg: Energy commissioner: ARIAS CAÑETE Miguel
committees/0	type Responsible Committee body EP associated False committee_full Industry, Research and Energy committee ITRE date 2018-09-10T00:00:00 rapporteur name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean group: Group of European People's Party abbr: EPP shadows name: ZANONATO Flavio group: Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats abbr: S&D name: MATTHEWS Rupert group: European Conservatives and Reformists abbr: ECR name: RIQUET Dominique group: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe abbr: ALDE name: KOHLÍČEK Jaromír group: European United Left - Nordic Green Left abbr: GUE/NGL name: RIVASI Michèle group: Greens/European Free Alliance abbr: Verts/ALE name: TAMBURRANO Dario group: Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy abbr: EFDD
committees/0	body EP shadows group: S&D name: ZANONATO Flavio group: ECR name: MATTHEWS Rupert group: ALDE name: RIQUET Dominique group: GUE/NGL name: KOHLÍČEK Jaromír group: Verts/ALE name: RIVASI Michèle group: EFD name: TAMBURRANO Dario responsible True committee ITRE date 2018-09-10T00:00:00 committee_full Industry, Research and Energy rapporteur group: EPP name: MARINESCU Marian-Jean
docs	date: 2018-09-14T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE627.719 title: PE627.719 type: Committee draft report body: EP date: 2018-10-11T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&mode=XML&language=EN&reference=PE628.638 title: PE628.638 type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP date: 2019-05-28T00:00:00 docs: url: /oeil/spdoc.do?i=31848&j=0&l=en title: SP(2019)355 type: Commission response to text adopted in plenary
events	date: 2018-09-13T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP date: 2018-11-21T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP date: 2018-11-26T00:00:00 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A8-2018-0393&language=EN title: A8-0393/2018 summary: The Committee on Industry, Research and Energy adopted the report by Marian-Jean MARINESCU (EPP, RO) on the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy. The Committee welcomed the Commission’s proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy which will provide the basis for the financing of the activities of the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 under the Euratom Treaty. It however regretted the fact that the Council has not consulted Parliament on that proposal and welcomed the Commission’s stated intention to consider ‘options for enhanced qualified majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty’. It expects that such a reform would necessarily lead to co-legislative powers for Parliament. It recalled the delay in the construction of the experimental reactor which will now not commence until 2025 and s tressed that: the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 should not be exceeded; in order to avoid successive upward revisions of the projected cost of the project, to avoid delays in the expected dates of operational milestones and to ensure the highest possible degree of schedule reliability, the ITER Organisation should include reasonable contingency provisions in any revised schedule. The Committee supported, in this regard, the contingency provisions of up to 24 months in terms of schedule and 10-20 % in terms of budget proposed by the Commission. Members called on the Council to approve the Commission proposal while introducing the following modifications: indicate the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking in both constant and current prices, use, for clarity purposes, the word ‘Euratom’ instead of ‘Community’ throughout the text, include clear provisions regarding the committees assisting the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking, in particular the Administration and Management Committee, the Procurement and Contracts Committee, and the Technical Advisory Panel, as regards their composition, permanent or temporary status, number of meetings and method of remuneration of their members, evaluate and eliminate overlapping responsibilities between the Administration and Management Committee and the Technical Advisory Panel with regard to project plans and work programmes, introduce provisions regarding the contributions of the ITER host state, include in Annex III a requirement to lay down, in the Financial Regulation of the Joint Undertaking, rules and procedures for the evaluation of in-kind contributions, include provisions in Article 5 and Annex III enabling the Joint Undertaking to receive funding in the form of financial instruments in connection with blending operations implemented in accordance with the future InvestEU Programme, clarify the role and contribution of the United Kingdom in the light of its Euratom status, particularly with regard to potential participation in ITER, include provisions regarding synergies and cooperation between ITER and the Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2021-2025, consider cooperation with small and medium-sized private disruptive players, such as start-ups experimenting with new approaches and technologies, in the research programme and the network of organisations designated in the field of scientific and technological fusion research, clarify the provisions concerning the annual reports and assessments drawn up by the Joint Undertaking, include in the proposal a recommendation to investigate the possible further use of the materials currently being used in the ITER project. date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=20190114&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=31848&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P8-TA-2019-0011 title: T8-0011/2019 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 526 votes to 126, with 43 abstentions, a resolution on the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy. Members recalled that fusion could play a key role in the future European and global energy landscape as a potentially inexhaustible, safe, climate-friendly, environmentally responsible and economically competitive source of energy. Europe has from the start played a leading role in the ITER project, developed in close collaboration with the non-European signatories to the ITER Agreement (the US, Russia, Japan, China, South Korea and India), and whereas the European contribution, channelled through the Joint Undertaking, represents 45 % of the construction costs of the project. Multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 Parliament welcomed the Commission proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 2007/198/Euratom establishing the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it, which will provide the basis for the financing of the activities of the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027. Members regretted, however, the fact that the Council has not consulted Parliament on that proposal and welcomed the Commission’s stated intention to consider ‘options for enhanced qualified majority voting and for a possible reform of the Euratom Treaty’. It expects that such a reform would necessarily lead to co-legislative powers for Parliament. It recalled the delay in the construction of the experimental reactor which will now not commence until 2025 and stressed that: - the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking for the period 2021-2027 should not be exceeded; - in order to avoid successive upward revisions of the projected cost of the project, to avoid delays in the expected dates of operational milestones and to ensure the highest possible degree of schedule reliability, the ITER Organisation should include reasonable contingency provisions in any revised schedule. Members supported, in this regard, the contingency provisions of up to 24 months in terms of schedule and 10-20 % in terms of budget proposed by the Commission. Council recommendations The Council is called on to approve the Commission proposal while introducing the following modifications: - indicate the Euratom contribution to the Joint Undertaking in both constant and current prices, - use, for clarity purposes, the word ‘Euratom’ instead of ‘Community’ throughout the text, - include clear provisions regarding the committees assisting the Governing Board of the Joint Undertaking, in particular the Administration and Management Committee, the Procurement and Contracts Committee, and the Technical Advisory Panel, as regards their composition, permanent or temporary status, number of meetings and method of remuneration of their members, - evaluate and eliminate overlapping responsibilities between the Administration and Management Committee and the Technical Advisory Panel with regard to project plans and work programmes, - introduce provisions regarding the contributions of the ITER host state, - include in Annex III a requirement to lay down, in the Financial Regulation of the Joint Undertaking, rules and procedures for the evaluation of in-kind contributions, - include provisions in Article 5 and Annex III enabling the Joint Undertaking to receive funding in the form of financial instruments in connection with blending operations implemented in accordance with the future InvestEU Programme, - clarify the role and contribution of the United Kingdom in the light of its Euratom status, particularly with regard to potential participation in ITER, - include provisions regarding synergies and cooperation between ITER and the Euratom Research and Training Programme for the period 2021-2025, - consider cooperation with small and medium-sized private disruptive players, such as start-ups experimenting with new approaches and technologies, in the research programme and the network of organisations designated in the field of scientific and technological fusion research, - clarify the provisions concerning the annual reports and assessments drawn up by the Joint Undertaking, - include in the proposal a recommendation to investigate the possible further use of the materials currently being used in the ITER project. date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
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