EU RUSSIA AGREE TO RESPECT PREVIOUS BULGARIA ROMANIA NUCLEAR DEALS
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has agreed to respect previous nuclear material supply and nuclear fuel cycle service deals from Russia to Bulgaria and Romania, signed prior to these two countries' accession to the EU in January. Brussels and Moscow have agreed to expand the existing EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement to incorporate pre-existing deals with Romania and Bulgaria, although nuclear industry agreements must now be formally notified to the European Commission, and amended if they breach any terms of the Euratom treaty. The EU also ...
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