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The Institute and its activities are presentedon itswebsite:
. AnASN-INCa conventionwas signed on
17th February 2014.
2.7.4 The French Health Monitoring Institute
The French Health Monitoring Institute (InVS), a public
institute created in1998, is taskedprimarilywithwatching
over all areas of public health and raising the alert where
necessary.
The Institute and its activities are presented on its website:
An ASN-InVS convention was renewed
on 24th January 2014.
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 ASNhave been covered by the State’s general
budget.
In 2015, the ASN budget amounted to €80.11 million
in payment credits. It comprised €40.85 million in ASN
payroll credits and €39.26 million in operating credits
for the ASN central services and its eleven regional
divisions.
The total IRSN budget for 2015 amounted for its part to
€220million, of which €85million were devoted to the
provision of technical support for ASN. IRSN credits for
ASN technical support are covered in part (€43million)
by a subsidy from the State’s general budget allocated to
IRSN and included in action 11 “Research in the field of
risks” of programme 190 “Research in the fields of energy
and sustainable development and spatial planning”, of the
interministerial “Research and higher education”mission.
The rest (€42million) is covered by a contribution from
the nuclear licensees. This contribution was put into
place by the budget amendment Act of 29th December
2010. Each year, ASN is consulted by the Government
concerning the corresponding part of the State subsidy
to IRSN and the amount of the annual contribution due
from the BNI licensees.
In total, the State’s 2015 budget for transparency and the
regulation of nuclear safety and radiation protection in
France amounted to €175.86 million: €80.11 million
for the ASN budget, €85 million for IRSN technical
support to ASN, €10.6 million for other IRSNmissions
and €0.15million for theworking of theHCTISN (French
High Committee for Transparency and Information on
Nuclear Security).
As shown in the table 3, these credits are split between
five programmes (181, 217, 333, 218 and 190) to which
must be added the annual contribution on behalf of IRSN.
To put this into perspective, the amount of the BNI Tax,
paid to the general State budget, amounted in 2015 to
€576.96 million.
This complex funding structure is detrimental to the
overall clarity of the cost of regulation. It moreover leads to
difficulties in terms of budgetary preparation, arbitration
and implementation.
TABLE 2: Breakdown of licensee contributions
LICENSEE AMOUNT FOR 2015 (MILLIONS OF EUROS)
INB TAXE ADDITIONAL WASTE
AND DISPOSAL TAXES
SPECIAL ANDRA
CONTRIBUTION
CONTRIBUTION
ON BEHALF OF IRSN
EDF 543.63 123.30 79.38 48.42
Areva Group 16.40 7.91 5.12 5.69
CEA 6.79 24.62 17.27 7.28
Andra 5.41 3.30 - 0.40
Others 4.73 2.06 - 0.73
TOTAL 576.96 157.89 101.77 62.52
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ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2015