HC Deb 07 July 1994 vol 246 cc305-6W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment which signatories of the Paris Commission in 1993 have accepted recommendation 93/5 recommending international scrutiny and consultation in relation to any new or revised discharge authorisation from nuclear reprocessing plants; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Atkins

At the 15th joint meeting of contracting parties to the Oslo and Paris Commissions on 14 to 19 June 1993 Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden accepted Paris Commission recommendation 93/5. The United Kingdom registered a reservation, as did France and Belgium. The EEC abstained. Belgium has since withdrawn its reservation.

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