Time-limits
Article 4
The declaration of the basic technical characteristics of new installations shall be communicated to the Commission in accordance with Article 3(1) at least 200 days before the first consignment of nuclear material is due to be received. For new installations with an inventory or annual throughput of nuclear material of more than one effective kilogram, all relevant information relating to the owner, operator, purpose, location, type, capacity and expected commissioning date shall be communicated to the Commission at least 200 days before construction begins. Changes in the basic technical characteristics for which advance notification is not required as specified in the particular safeguard provisions set out in Article 6, shall be communicated to the Commission within 30 days after the modification is complete. Installations in the territory of States acceding to the European Union shall communicate to the Commission their basic technical characteristics within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation in that State, except for waste treatment or waste storage installations whose basic technical characteristics shall be communicated within 120 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation in that State. Using the questionnaire in Annex I, existing waste treatment or waste storage installations shall communicate to the Commission the basic technical characteristics of their installation within 120 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation. For other existing installations any additional information required by the questionnaire in Annex I shall be supplied within 120 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation.