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Statement of the Hungarian Government Spokesperson concerning press reports about the Paks nuclear project
"In
accordance with the energy strategy of the Government of Hungary and its
efforts to strengthen the country’s energy security, decrease carbon-emissions
and establish affordable resources of energy, in early 2014 the Cabinet concluded
inter-governmental agreements to maintain the domestic nuclear electricity
generating capacities of the Paks nuclear plant. Maintaining the Paks
capacities would also help to decrease Hungary's dependence on external gas
supplies.
These
inter-governmental agreements were presented to the relevant EU authorities
who, after due and careful survey of the material provided, put forward no
objections.
Following
this, the authorised Hungarian organisation, entered into three implementation
agreements with the authorised Russian organisation, a Rosatom subsidiary, on
December 9, 2014. All required notifications were made to the European
Commission prior to the signing of these agreements.
Further
to the EURATOM (Treaty), the EURATOM Supply Agency (an EU agency) has also reviewed
one of the implementation agreements, namely the fuel supply agreement, and has
requested certain modifications. Ongoing talks about addressing these
observations, however, do not block the project and have no effect on the
validity and enforceability of the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement
(EPC) that came into force on January 1, 2015.
Our
expectation is that, following intensive negotiations, the fuel supply contract
will be finalized in line with EURATOM requirements in a matter of weeks.
The
above facts clearly demonstrate that yesterday’s announcement by the Financial
Times and its “sources” are false and completely misleading. Since any further
details on the documentation and ongoing talks constitute classified material
and data we cannot provide you with any further information at this point."
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