URANIUM MINING ECJ SAFEGUARDS CASE GERMANY
May 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NON-EUROPEAN Union (EU) nuclear operators do not have to ask the European Commission permission to export uranium enriched within the EU, a European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general has concluded. Miguel Poiares Maduro was advising on a complex legal case focusing on the control of Brazilian-owned uranium transferred from Europe to the United States. This is being challenged because of the bankruptcy of Nuexco, a US-Swiss company involved in 'leasing' the uranium, and the court was asked whether the Brazilians - Industrias Nucleares do ...
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