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#52026AS117794EU state aid review of Czech support for two new Dukovany nuclear units

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🇬🇧 English

The European Commission is opening a formal review of Czechia’s proposed support package for building and operating two new nuclear reactors at the Dukovany site. The package includes a large state loan, a 40-year revenue-stabilising contract, and protections against future policy changes that could affect the project. Energy companies, investors, competitors, large electricity users, and public authorities may be affected because the review will decide whether the support is compatible with EU state aid rules. Interested parties have one month from publication to send comments to the Commission.

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Key Changes

  • The Commission opens a formal EU state aid review of Czech support for Dukovany 5 and Dukovany 6.
  • The proposed support includes a state loan estimated at about EUR 23-30 billion, a 40-year contract for difference, and policy-change protections.
  • Interested parties are invited to submit comments to the Commission within one month of publication.

Obligations

What this law requires

low

Interested parties that wish to participate in the Commission’s formal State aid review may submit comments to the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition State Aid Greffe at [email protected].

interested parties affected by the proposed Czech nuclear support measure
Within one month of publication of the notice
reporting
low

Any interested party requesting confidential treatment of its identity or parts of its submitted comments must make that request in writing and state the reasons for the request.

interested parties requesting confidentiality in State aid comments
At the time of submitting comments
disclosure

Affected Parties

Czech energy authoritiesEDU II and ČEZ+4 more…

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state aid,nuclear energy,Dukovany…