Regulation 2006/1990 - Implementation of Protocol 4 on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia Ignalina Programme - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Regulation
Number legal act	Regulation 2006/1990
Original proposal	COM(2004)624
CELEX number i	32006R1990

L 411/10 EN Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2006

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1990/2006

of 21 December 2006

on the implementation of Protocol No 4 on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania to the Act of accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia "Ignalina Programme"

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the 2003 Act of accession, and in particular Article 56 thereof and Protocol No 4 thereto,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities¹ ("the Financial Regulation"),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation²,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

• (1) 

  The European Union has committed to continue to provide adequate additional European Community assistance to Lithuania's effort to decommission the Ignalina nuclear power plant also after Lithuania's accession to the Union for the period until 2006 and beyond. This commitment was made formally in Protocol No 4 on the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania, annexed to the 2003 Act of Accession.

OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1248/2006 (OJ L 227, 19.8.2006, p. 3).

• (2) 

  Bearing in mind this expression of Union solidarity, Lithuania committed to close Unit 1 of the Ignalina nuclear power plant before 2005 and Unit 2 by 31 December 2009 and to the subsequent decommissioning of these units. An assistance programme with a budget of EUR 285 million has been put in place to cover the period 2004-2006.

• (3) 

  The decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant with two 1500 MW RBMK-type reactors inherited from the former Soviet Union is of an unprecedented nature and represents an exceptional financial burden for Lithuania not commensurate with the size and economic strength of the country. The decommissioning will continue beyond the Community's current Financial Perspectives.

• (4) 

  According to Protocol No 4 the Ignalina Programme for 2004-2006 will be seamlessly continued and extended beyond 2006 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 56 of the 2003 Act of Accession and this extended programme will be based on the same elements and principles as the 2004-2006 programme.

• (5) 

  It is therefore necessary to adopt rules for the implementation of the additional Community assistance for the period 2007-2013 to address the consequences of the closure and decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant.

• (6) 

  According to Protocol No 4 for the period of the next Financial Perspectives, the overall average appropriations under the extended Ignalina Programme shall be appropriate. Programming of these resources will be based on actual payment needs and absorption capacity.

• (7) 

  Protocol No 4 provides for different implementation routes for assistance to meet the above mentioned aims, including the direct delivery of assistance to Lithuania through a national administration body, accredited for full decentralisation, under which annual programmes have been implemented in the period 2004-2006. Consequently, Lithuania has an appropriate national implementation structure for the purpose of implementing measures under Protocol No 4 through a national agency in line with the delegation of budget-implementation tasks under Articles 53(2) and 54(2)(c) of the Financial Regulation.

• (8) 

  International decommissioning funds managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) have been in place for a number of years. Through the Phare programme in particular, the Community is the main contributor...

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