11 Amendments of Jens GEIER related to 2012/2017(DEC)
Amendment 3 #
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 2025, and, at the same time, calls on the Member States to take the precautions necessary to secure the financing that will be required;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on its Committee on Budgets and on the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy to take the findings of this report and of Parliament’s above- mentioned resolution into consideration when negotiating the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) starting in 2014;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Reiterates its call to the Commission to draw up and submit to Parliament an annual report on the use of the financial resources earmarked for the decommissioning of nuclear power plants;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Finds it unacceptable that, more than ten years after the start of the decommissioning funding, none of the three nuclear power plants concerned areis in an irreversible operation condition and therefore demands that they be irreversibly dismantled;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Regrets that thise current situation could be used as political leverage by the Member State to obtain additional funding;
Amendment 170 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 57
Paragraph 57
57. Calls on the Commission to draw up a report on the decommissioning processes in the three countries but also on experiences with the decommissioning of the nuclear power plant in Greifswald, with a view to establishing technical and organisational best practice, thereby creating a reference base for future decommissioning projects;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 35 a (new)
Paragraph 35 a (new)
35a. Welcomes the principle of ex-ante conditionality in the proposal for a Council Regulation on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programmes in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia, as outlined in Article 4; calls on the Commission to provide an estimate of the budget, as outlined in Article 3 of the proposed regulation, and to inform Parliament whether the proposal provides for realistic and sufficient funding with a view to achieving the general objective of the regulation, namely to assist the three Member States to reach an irreversible state within the decommissioning process;
Amendment 185 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 40 a (new)
Paragraph 40 a (new)
40a. Calls on the Government of Lithuania to establish an independent Project Management Team for projects B1 and B2/3/4; notes that an independent management of projects implemented by the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant should also be established as proposed by the Lithuanian National Audit Office;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 46 a (new)
Paragraph 46 a (new)
46a. Calls on the Commission to cooperate with the governments of Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia and to maximise progress in the decommissioning of nuclear power stations by making available sufficient funding by 2017 or where appropriate 2020; further calls on the Commission to set ambitious implementation targets and monitor progress towards these targets; takes the view that penalties must be applicable for failure to meet these targets; calls for an annual report to be submitted to Parliament on the progress made;
Amendment 192 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 a (new)
Paragraph 56 a (new)
56a. Calls on the Commission to play an active role in helping to establish a joint EBRD-Lithuania Committee with a view to facilitating information exchange as foreseen in the Framework Agreement; further calls on the Commission to monitor the process and to regularly inform Parliament;
Amendment 193 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56 b (new)
Paragraph 56 b (new)
56b. Calls on the Commission to put forward proposals with a view to seek a settlement by international mediation on the ongoing technical and commercial disputes between the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and the main contractor for the two projects; notes that any additional Union's financial assistance should be suspended until a settlement of the dispute is found;