Time-limits for the initial declaration of the basic technical characteristics
Article 4
1. The complete declaration of the basic technical characteristics of new installations shall be submitted 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. 2. For new installations referred to in Article 2, point (27)(a), all available information relating to the owner, operator, location, installation purpose and type, capacity as well as pre-operation information shall be communicated to the Commission as soon as the information is available or within a different timeframe agreed upon by the operator, the Member State and the Commission based on the preliminary declaration of the basic technical characteristics referred to in Article 3(1), fourth subparagraph, which shall not be later than the first submission of the application for a construction licence. To facilitate the inclusion of safeguards considerations early in the design process of installations, the type, form and expected throughput and inventories of nuclear material as well as drawings indicating expected flows and storage of nuclear materials may also be provided to the Commission as part of the information referred to in the first subparagraph. 3. Any operator of an installation planning to use techniques for the chemical processing of irradiated materials shall provide, at the same time as the information referred to in paragraph 2, any additional information needed to enable the Commission to approve those techniques as required by Article 78 of the Treaty. 4. Information required under paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be provided in the dedicated fields of the relevant questionnaire in Annex I. 5. Any operator of an installation in the territory of a State acceding to the European Union shall declare to the Commission the basic technical characteristics of that installation within 30 days of the date of entry into force of this Regulation in that State, or within a different agreed timeframe.