3 Financing the regulation of nuclear safety and radiation protection Since 2000, all the personnel and operating resources involved in the performance of the responsibilities entrusted to ASN have been covered by the State’s general budget. In the 2024 Budget Act, the ASN budget (action 9 of programme 181 “Risk prevention”) amounted to €75.19 million in payment credits. It included €57.04 million for personnel expenses and €18.15 million in payment credits for operating credits for ASN head office departments and its 11 regional divisions, and intervention credits. The ASN’s budget is divided among five different public policy programmes: ∙action 9 “Regulation and oversight of nuclear safety and radiation protection” of programme 181 “Risk prevention” covers the ASN workforce and personnel credits, as well as the operating, investment and intervention spending incurred for the performance of its duties; ∙in addition, a certain number of operating costs (for the headquarters and the divisions) are incorporated into the support programmes of the Ministry for the Economy, Finance and industrial and digital Sovereignty (programme 218), of the Ministry for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, Forests, the Sea and Fisheries (programme 217) and the Ministry of the Interior (programme 354). ASN’s assets for these various programmes, in terms of both actions carried out for ASN and credits, cannot be identified with any accuracy owing to the overall, shared nature of these programmes; ∙finally, pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 592-14 of the Environment Code, “ASN is consulted by the Government regarding the share of the State subsidy to IRSN corresponding to the technical support mission performed by this Institute on behalf of ASN”. These ASN support credits are part of action 11 “Research in the field of risks” of programme 190 “Research in the fields of sustainable energy, development and mobility”. The total IRSN budget for 2024 amounted to €307 million, of which €88.4 million were devoted to the provision of technical support for ASN. IRSN credits for providing ASN with technical support come in part (€45.1 million) from programme 190 (see below). The rest (€41.3 million) comes from a contribution from the nuclear licensees. This contribution was set up under Budget Amendment Act 20101658 of 29 December 2010. It notably aims to finance the expert assessment of the safety analysis files submitted by the BNI licensees. Moreover, in the light of a rise in spending linked to inflation effects (mainly concerning salary levels, and operations) affecting all of IRSN’s activities, including technical support for ASN, additional funding was obtained by drawing on the establishment’s working capital for the financial year 2024. In total, the State’s 2024 budget for transparency and the regulation of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France, amounted to €313.76 million. By way of comparison, the amount of taxes collected by ASN in 2024 amounted to €758.48 million: ∙€557.67 million from BNI taxes (paid into the State’s general budget); ∙€122.85 million from additional “support”, “disposal” and “research” taxes (allocated to various establishments, including Andra, municipalities and Public Interest Groupings – GIP); ∙€77.96 million from the special contribution for the management of radioactive waste (allocated to Andra). BNI TAX, additional “research”, “support” and “disposal” taxes, special Andra contribution and contribution to IRSN Pursuant to the Environment Code, the ASN Chairman is responsible for assessing and ordering payment of the BNI tax, introduced under Article 43 of the 2000 Budget Act (Act 99-1172 of 30 December 1999). The revenue generated by this tax, the amount of which is set yearly by Parliament, came to €557.67 million in 2024. The proceeds go to the central State budget. For certain BNIs, said Act also creates three additional taxes, known as “research”, “support” and “disposal”, respectively. The revenue from these taxes amounted to €122.85 million in 2024 and is paid to the Objectif Meuse et Haute-Marne public interest groupings (“support”), the municipalities and public inter-municipal cooperation bodies (“disposal”) and Andra (“research”), in addition to the revenue from the special contribution. In addition, since 2014, ASN has been tasked with assessing and ordering payment of the special contribution on behalf of Andra created by Article 58 of the 2013 Budget Amendment Act 2013-1279 of 29 December 2013, which will be payable up until the date of the deep geological disposal facility’s creation authorisation. In the same way as the additional taxes, this contribution is due by BNI licensees, as of the creation of their facility and up until the delicensing decision. The revenue from this contribution represents €77.96 million in 2024. Finally, Article 96 of Act 2010-1658 of 29 December 2010 creates an annual contribution to IRSN to be paid by BNI licensees. This contribution is in particular set aside to finance the review of the safety cases submitted by the BNI licensees.The revenue from this contribution amounts to €60.51 million in 2024. TABLE 3 Breakdown of licensee contributions Licensee Amount for 2024 (millions of euros) BNI tax Additional waste and disposal taxes Special Andra contribution Contribution on behalf of IRSN EDF 530.60 96.67 63.00 47.48 Orano‑Framatome 17.60 6.20 4.00 5.62 CEA 3.90 15.01 10.96 6.30 Andra 4.35 3.30 – 0.40 Others 1.22 1.67 – 0.71 Total 557.67 122.85 77.96 60.51 ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 143 The principles of nuclear safety and radiation protection and the regulation and oversight stakeholders 02 01 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 AP
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