Agreement EAEC/KEDO, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organisation: renewal

The European Parliament approved the resolution by Mr Jas GAWRONSKI (EPP-ED, I). The Parliament welcomes the fact that the EU sought - and obtained - favourable terms for the renewal of the Accession Agreement and recommends that the Commission take the necessary steps to conclude the renewal of the Accession Agreement. On the other hand, it deplores the continuing failure of the Commission to respect the undertaking given in a well-documented exchange of letters providing for Parliament to express its opinion on all significant agreements based on the Euratom Treaty before their conclusion. The Parliament is aware that it has on occasion blocked funding for KEDO pending the receipt of information requested from the Commission. It stresses that it reserves the right to block transfer of funds to KEDO at any point in the future. �