ANNEX 3
G?ENTER VERHEUGEN
MITGLIED DER EUROPAEISCHEN KOMMISSION
RUE DE LA LOI 200 - B - 1049 BRUXELLES
WETSTRAAT 200 - B-1049 BRUSSEL
TEL. 02/298.11.00
Brussels, 15-01-2003
Mr Antonio Tricarico
Campagna per la riforma della Banca mondiale
Via Tommaso da Celano, 15
I - 00179 ROMA
Dear Mr Tricarico,
Thank you for your letter of 27 November 2002, copied to President Prodi
and to my colleagues, Commissioners Solbes and Wallstroem.
I would aldo like to thank you for bringing to my attention that the
results of the analyses made on your behalf by the Austrian Institute
for Applied Ecology are now publicly available.
I understand you have already been in contact with Commission experts in
the Directorate-General for Enlargement in order to exchange views on
this issue. As you will know, the involvement of the Directorate-General
for Enlargement is limited to completing the management of the various
studies foreseen under the Euratom Treaty as necessary for evaluation of
the loan request. The lead Commission service with regard to the
Romanian application for a Euratom loan is the Directorate-General for
Economic and Financial Affairs. For this reason, I am copying my reply
to the responsible Commissioner, Pedro Solbes, so that his services are
fully informed in case there is further consultation with the European
Commission.
I am pleased that you have found useful the publication by the
Commission of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Cernavoda 2
NPP. By contrast, the Commission is not in a position to make public the
safety study for the project, because this was established and used for
the specifi purpose of backing up the Romanian loan application.
I have been aware of your concerns related to the economic viability of
the project. It is precisely the purpose of the studies made by
independent experts as well as the review by the European Investment
Bank to investoigate this aspect. This process is currently underway.
Finally as regards the significance of the Cernavoda 2 project in the
bilateral relations between Romania and its neighbours, the Commission
will monitor developments, including any views or positions to be taken
by the relevant national authorities regarding this project.
Your sincerely,
Günter Verheugen
cc: President R. Prodi, Commissioners P. solbes and M. Wallström