Throughout the preparation of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant enlargement, the Government of Hungary respected all relevant and existing national, EU and international law.

Regarding the enlargement of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungary has provided extensive and detailed information to the European Commission regarding every question it raised and will continue to do so in the future. Hungary’s position is that both the Hungarian-Russian intergovernmental agreement signed in January 2014, and the engineering, procurement and construction contract signed in December 2014 comply with the EU regulation on public procurement procedures.

As a third party, the European Union approved the fuel supply agreement this April, and in September, Brussels notified the Government of Hungary that the Paks II investment is in line with the objectives set out in the Euratom Treaty both in terms of energy and climate policy and of energy and nuclear security.

Concerning procurement issues, the Government of Hungary has not received the official legal stance of the European Commission yet.

(Prime Minister's Office, MTI)