{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1369/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1369",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) No 1369/2013 of 13 December 2013 on Union support for the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme in Lithuania, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1990/2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1369",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Ex ante conditionalities",
  "text": "1. By 1 January 2014, Lithuania shall take the appropriate measures to fulfil the following ex ante conditionalities:\n(a) comply with the Euratom Treaty's acquis in the area of nuclear safety, in particular regarding the transposition into national law of Directive 2009/71/Euratom and Directive 2011/70/Euratom;\n(b) establish, in a national framework, a financing plan identifying the full costs and the envisaged funding sources required for the safe completion of decommissioning of the nuclear reactor units, including management of spent fuel and radioactive waste, in accordance with this Regulation;\n(c) submit to the Commission a revised detailed decommissioning plan, broken down to detail the level of decommissioning activities, including a schedule and corresponding costs structure based on internationally recognised standards for the estimation of decommissioning costs.\n2. Lithuania shall provide the Commission with the necessary information on the fulfilment of the ex ante conditionalities referred to in paragraph 1 at the latest by the time of the budgetary commitment in 2014.\n3. The Commission shall assess the information referred to in paragraph 2 when preparing the 2014 annual work programme referred to in Article 6(1). If the Commission is of reasoned opinion that an infringement under Article 258 TFEU for non-compliance with the ex ante conditionality set out in paragraph 1(a) has occured or that the ex ante conditionalities set out in paragraph 1(b) or 1(c) are not fulfilled satisfactorily, a decision on suspension of all or part of the Union financial assistance shall be taken in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 11(2). Such decision shall be reflected in the adoption of the 2014 annual work programme. The amount of the suspended assistance shall be defined following the criteria set out in the implementing acts referred to in Article 7.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1369/article/4",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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