Considerations on COM(2011)147 - Extension of the advantages conferred on the Joint Undertaking Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2011)147 - Extension of the advantages conferred on the Joint Undertaking Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG). |
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| document | COM(2011)147  |
| date | June 17, 2011 |
| (2) | By Decision 2002/355/Euratom (2), the Council extended the Joint Undertaking status granted to HKG for 11 years with effect from 1 January 1999. |
| (3) | By Decision 74/296/Euratom (3) and its Decision of 16 November 1992 (4) the Council conferred on HKG a number of advantages listed in Annex III to the Treaty, for a period of 25 years as from 1 January 1974. |
| (4) | By Decision 2002/356/Euratom (5), the Council extended the conferred advantages on HKG for 11 years with effect from 1 January 1999. |
| (5) | By a letter, dated 26 April 2010, HKG asked for the further extension of its tax advantages for the new period for which it had been granted Joint Undertaking status. |
| (6) | The current objective of HKG is to implement a programme for decommissioning the nuclear power station up to the safe enclosure stage and, thereafter, to carry out a programme of surveillance of the enclosed nuclear installations. |
| (7) | There is no equivalent to these programmes in the Community since, to date, no high-temperature reactor has been definitively shut down in the Community. |
| (8) | Implementation of these programmes is therefore important since they provide useful experience for the future development of nuclear energy in the Community, in particular as regards the decommissioning of nuclear installations. |
| (9) | HKG should therefore be assisted with implementing the programme for decommissioning the nuclear power station up to the safe enclosure stage and the programme of surveillance of the enclosed nuclear installations, by lightening the financial burden. |
| (10) | Arrangements for financing HKG’s activities have been agreed between the Federal Republic of Germany, the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia, HKG and its members for the period up to 31 December 2017. |
| (11) | The advantages conferred on HKG should therefore be extended for the same period as the extension of its Joint Undertaking status, that is until 31 December 2017, |