BRUSSELS, April 4 (Reuters) - A new Lithuanian bid to
push the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear
energy industry includes proposed exemptions for Hungary and a
two-year period to phase out existing contracts, according to a
document obtained by Reuters.
Unlike earlier proposals by the EU's Russia hawks to
blacklist the Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, the latest
proposal from Vilnius includes a more nuanced approach, an
apparent attempt to win over sceptics in Budapest and elsewhere.
"It is proposed to introduce individual restrictive measures
for Rosatom," says the policy proposal dated March 17, which has
not been released publicly.
"In addition, it is appropriate to introduce a derogation on
the basis of which operations, contracts or other agreements
concluded with Rosatom could be still executed for a fixed
period of time allowing European Union member states to complete
the execution of these contracts or other agreements."
The document proposed the time to be set at two years.
(Reporting by Andrew Gray and Gabriela Baczynska)
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