A letter for postponing a signing of a contract for the completion of nuclear blocks in the Dukovany power plant, who was sent to the Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Lukáš Vlček, Vice -President of the European Commission Stéphan Séjourné, is not, according to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala, the European Commission (EC). He considers the preliminary measure of the Regional Court in Brno more seriously. Fiala stressed that the offer of the Korean company KHNP was the best and the delays that the unsuccessful French company EDF would do not change. He said this on Monday in response to the Séjourny letter, says TASR newsletter in Prague.
“For us, the court’s precautionary measure is much more serious to wait for the definitive court decision to sign a contract. This is something that we certainly have to respect. However, the Czech Republic will take all the steps to get a signature as quickly as possible, because it will only ensure enough energy at affordable prices, ”Fiala said. He pointed out that the Korean offer was better than others in terms of all key parameters than others.
Vlček wrote on the social network X that he would send a polite answer to the courtesy letter of the French European Commissioner. “We have not officially received anything from the European Commission, no proceedings of the European Commission have been initiated and the negotiations with the DG Grow (General Directorate of the European Commission General Directorate for the Internal Market, Industry, Business and Small and Middle Businesses), which the French European Community represents, has not yet taken place,” He said Vlček.
The Czech media on Monday morning informed that the EC started a preliminary survey in which He wants to assess whether potential foreign financial contributions obtained by KHNP are not foreign subsidies And if so, whether they do not disturb the EU’s internal market. According to them, the Union is also preparing a decision to start an in -depth investigation.
Vlček added that KHNP offered the best price, including guarantees and early construction guarantees. He said that The tender took place in the so -called security exemption mode and before the new Foreign Substance Regulation came into force. “I am behind the fact that the Korean company has filed the best offer, so we chose it as a preferred supplier for this strategic project,” the minister wrote.
The contract was to be signed on 7 May, but at the last minute it was blocked by the Regional Court in Brno, on the initiative of the French company EDF, which did not succeed in the tender for the completion of the blocks and challenged the decision of the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS). The prohibition of the signing of the contract is valid until the EDF decision is made.
