Statutory Instruments
2025 No. 514
Retained EU Law Reform
The Energy (Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025
Sift requirements satisfied
2nd April 2025
Made
at 1.00 p.m. on 24th April 2025
Laid before Parliament
at 4.00 p.m. on 24th April 2025
Coming into force
16th May 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 14(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (“the Act”)(1).
The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 14(1) of the Act(2).
The requirements of paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 5 to the Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy (Euratom Decisions and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force 21 days after the day on which they are made.
Extent
2.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
(2) The revocation of an instrument or provision of an instrument by these regulations has the same extent as the instrument or provision to which the revocation relates.
Revocation of certain instruments
3. The instruments listed in the Schedule are revoked in their entirety.
Revocation of certain legacy transitional provisions
4.—(1) Regulations 41(2) and 42 of the Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(3) are revoked.
(2) Regulation 1(3) of the Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2000(4) is revoked.
Hunt of Kings Heath
Minister of State
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
at 1.00 p.m. on 24th April 2024
Regulation 3
ScheduleInstruments revoked in their entirety
| Instrument | Citation |
|---|---|
| Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources (Amendment) Regulations 2013 | S.I. 2013/829 |
| 75/725/Euratom: Council Decision of 17 November 1975 on the approval of an amendment to the statutes of the joint undertaking ‘Schnell-Brüter-Kernkraftwerksgesellschaft mbH’ (SBK) | EUDN 75/725 |
| 79/1002/Euratom: Council Decision of 20 November 1979 approving an amendment to the statutes of the joint undertaking ‘Schnell-Brüter-Kernkraftwerksgesellschaft mbH’ (SBK) | EUDN 79/1002 |
| 80/565/Euratom: Council Decision of 9 June 1980 approving the conclusion by the Commission of the International Convention on the physical protection of nuclear material | EUDN 80/565 |
| 80/1043/Euratom: Council Decision of 11 November 1980 amending Decision 75/328/Euratom on the establishment of the joint undertaking ‘Schnell-Brüter-Kernkraftwerksgesellschaft mbH’ (SBK) | EUDN 80/1043 |
| 80/1044/Euratom: Council Decision of 11 November 1980 on the adaption of the tax advantages conferred on the ‘Schnell-Brüter-Kernkraftwerksgesellschaft mbH’ (SBK) joint undertaking | EUDN 80/1044 |
| 87/105/Euratom: Commission Decision of 6 November 1986 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement for cooperation in the field of controlled thermonuclear fusion between the European Atomic Energy Community and the United States Department of Energy by the Commission for an on behalf of the said Community | EUDN 87/105 |
| 87/297/Euratom: Council Decision of 18 May 1987 approving an amendment of the Statutes (articles of association) of the Joint Undertaking ‘Société d'énergie nucléaire franco-belge des Ardennes' (SENA) | EUDN 87/297 |
| 88/229/Euratom: Commission Decision of 26 February 1988 concerning the conclusion of an Agreement of participation in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Conceptual Design Activities, by the European Atomic Energy Community, with Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America, by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community | EUDN 88/229 |
| 94/179/Euratom: Council Decision of 21 March 1994 amending Decision 77/270/Euratom, to authorize the Commission to contract Euratom borrowings in order to contribute to the financing required for improving the degree of safety and efficiency of nuclear power stations in certain non-member countries | EUDN 94/179 |
| Commission Decision of 10 April 1996 on the reorganization of the Joint Research Centre (96/282/Euratom) | EUDN 96/282 |
| 98/705/Euratom: Commission Decision of 26 June 1998 concerning the extension of the duration of the Agreement among the European Atomic Energy Community, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Government of the United States of America on cooperation in the Engineering Design Activities (EDA) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), by the Commission for and on behalf of the Community (notified under document number C(1998) 1381) | EUDN 98/705 |
| 2001/411/Euratom: Council Decision of 8 March 2001 approving the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community represented by the Commission and the Department of Energy of the United States of America in the field of fusion energy research and development (2001/411/Euratom) | EUDN 2001/411 |
| 2001/412/Euratom: Commission Decision of 21 March 2001 concerning the conclusion of the Agreement for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community represented by the Commission and the Department of Energy of the United States of America in the field of fusion energy research and development (notified under document number C(2001) 735) | EUDN 2001/412 |
| 2001/762/Euratom: Commission Decision of 28 September 2001 on the conclusion of two cooperation agreements between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Russian Federation in the field of nuclear safety and in the field of controlled nuclear fusion (notified under document number C(2001) 2901) | EUDN 2001/762 |
| 2002/924/Euratom: Commission Decision of 23 July 1999 on the conclusion of two cooperation agreements between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the field of nuclear safety and in the field of controlled nuclear fusion (notified under document number C(1999) 2405) | EUDN 2002/924 |
| 2003/744/Euratom: Council Decision of 22 September 2003 approving the conclusion by the Commission of an Agreement for cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan | EUDN 2003/744 |
| 2004/282/Euratom: Commission Decision of 29 March 1999 concerning the conclusion of a cooperation Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of nuclear safety | EUDN 2004/282 |
| 2004/491/Euratom: Commission Decision of 29 April 2004 amending Commission Decision 1999/819/Euratom of 16 November 1999 concerning the accession to the 1994 Convention on Nuclear Safety by the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) with regard to the Declaration attached thereto | EUDN 2004/491 |
| 2005/844/Euratom: Commission Decision of 25 November 2005 concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident | EUDN 2005/844 |
| 2005/845/Euratom: Commission Decision of 25 November 2005 concerning the accession of the European Atomic Energy Community to the Convention on Assistance in the case of a Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency | EUDN 2005/845 |
| 2006/943/Euratom: Commission Decision of 17 November 2006 on Provisional Application of the Agreement on the Establishment of the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER Project and of the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities of the ITER International Fusion Energy Organization for the Joint Implementation of the ITER Project (notified under document number C(2006) 5557) | EUDN 2006/943 |
| 2009/25/Euratom: Commission Decision of 4 December 2006 on the conclusion of the Agreement for co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan | EUDN 2009/25 |
| 2007/614/Euratom: Council Decision of 30 January 2007 concerning the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of Japan for the Joint Implementation of the Broader Approach Activities in the Field of Fusion Energy Research | EUDN 2007/614 |
| 2008/72/Euratom: Commission Decision of 22 November 2007 on the conclusion of Agreements in the form of Exchange of Letters between the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) and the Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) on the application of the ITER Agreement, the Agreement on Privileges and Immunities for ITER and the Broader Approach Agreement to the territory of Switzerland and on Switzerland’s membership in the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy | EUDN 2008/72 |
| 2008/182/Euratom: Council Decision of 25 February 2008 amending Council Decision of 16 December 1980 setting up the Consultative Committee for the Fusion Programme | EUDN 2008/182 |
| Council Decision of 25 May 2009 on the adoption of a supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community (2009/410/Euratom) | EUDN 2009/410 |
| 2010/487/Euratom: Council Decision of 9 October 2009 on the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of the Republic of India in the field of fusion energy research | EUDN 2010/487 |
| 2010/488/Euratom: Council Decision of 16 November 2009 approving the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community and the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil in the field of fusion energy research | EUDN 2010/488 |
| 2011/334/Euratom: Council Decision of 21 November 2006 approving the conclusion, by the Commission, of the Agreement for cooperation between the European Atomic Energy Community represented by the Commission of the European Communities and the Government of the Republic of Korea in the field of fusion energy research | EUDN 2011/334 |
| 2011/362/Euratom: Council Decision of 17 June 2011 on extension of the joint-undertaking status of Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG) | EUDN 2011/362 |
| 2011/374/Euratom: Council Decision of 17 June 2011 on extension of the advantages conferred on the joint undertaking Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk GmbH (HKG) | EUDN 2011/374 |
| Council Decision of 13 November 2012 on the adoption of the 2012-2015 High Flux Reactor supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community (2012/709/Euratom) | EUDN 2012/709 |
| 2013/412/Euratom: Council Decision of 22 July 2013 renewing the membership of the Scientific and Technical Committee and repealing the Decision of 13 November 2012 appointing the members of the Scientific and Technical Committee | EUDN 2013/412 |
| Council Decision (Euratom) 2016/2116 of 12 February 2016 approving the conclusion by the European Commission, on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community, of the Agreement extending the Framework Agreement for International Collaboration on Research and Development of Generation IV nuclear energy systems | Council Decision (Euratom) 2016/2116 |
| Council Decision (Euratom) 2017/956 of 29 May 2017 on the adoption of the 2016-2019 high flux reactor supplementary research programme to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community | Council Decision (Euratom) 2017/956 |
| Council Decision (Euratom) 2020/960 of 29 June 2020 on the adoption of the 2020-2023 high flux reactor supplementary research programme at Petten to be implemented by the Joint Research Centre for the European Atomic Energy Community | Council Decision (Euratom) 2020/960 |
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 3 of these Regulations revokes the 37 instruments listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, which have, in each case, become obsolete as they are no longer operable in the United Kingdom. In most cases, this follows the United Kingdom’s concurrent exits from the European Union and from Euratom. The instruments being revoked under regulation 3 are:
(a)36 EU decisions which related to the UK’s historic participation in Euratom; and
(b)one statutory instrument which made provision for the amendment of a since-revoked statutory instrument relating to the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources.
Regulation 4 of these Regulations revokes certain legacy transitional provisions that partially saved the application of three additional statutory instruments: the Electricity and Pipe-line Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1990 (S.I. 1990/442), the Electricity and Pipe-line Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/422) and the Electricity and Pipe-line Works (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/629).
Together, those three instruments made provision for the consideration of environmental statements prepared in relation to historic requests for consents in connection with certain electricity works under the Electricity Act 1989 and pipe-line works under the Pipe-lines Act 1962. As no such requests for consents remain, the benefit of these transitional provisions is no longer required; continued application of the statutory instruments has become redundant and inoperable.
All 40 instruments are secondary assimilated law within the meaning of section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (c.28).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
An Explanatory Memorandum has been published alongside this instrument at legislation.gov.uk.
The term “relevant national authority” is defined in section 21(1) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.