Fees and public prices for Spain's Nuclear Safety Council services

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1. The law regulates the fees and public prices charged by the Nuclear Safety Council (Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear) for its services, and applies throughout Spain. Anything not covered here follows the State Fees and Public Prices Law and the General Tax Law.
2. Those who must pay the fees are individuals or entities that own the facilities or activities inspected, or that request authorizations. All revenue is earmarked to cover the costs of the Council's services.
3. Fees are assessed either by the Council or through self-assessment by the person concerned, and are paid into the Council's bank account. Acts managing the fees can be appealed through the economic-administrative channel and, where applicable, the administrative courts.
4. The law sets fees for studies and reports needed to authorize nuclear facilities (0.20% of the investment), for their annual inspection and control based on power or type, and for authorizing and inspecting their dismantling (2% of the cost). There are reductions when several units share a site or when dismantling is done in phases.
5. For radioactive facilities, fees are set for operating authorizations (percentages of the investment or fixed amounts by category), for annual inspection and control, and for staff licenses, with amounts ranging from 5,000 pesetas to renew diagnostic X-ray accreditations to 1,000,000 pesetas for licenses at nuclear facilities.
6. Emergency actions outside nuclear or radioactive facilities are charged at their actual cost. Reports or studies requested by private parties, outside a fee-based procedure, are charged as a public price set by the Council based on the cost of the service.

Who it affects

• Owners of nuclear power plants and nuclear facilities, who pay authorization, inspection and dismantling fees.: They pay annual amounts or percentages of the investment.
• Owners of radioactive facilities (medical, industrial, research), who pay authorization and inspection fees.: They pay fixed amounts by category or a percentage of the investment.
• Staff at nuclear and radioactive facilities who apply for licenses or accreditations.: They pay fees when applying for or renewing them.
• Companies in the radiation protection field (dosimetry, technical services, equipment sales).: They pay authorization and inspection fees.
• Those who transport nuclear substances or radioactive materials.: They pay fees for authorization and inspection of each transport.

Words worth knowing

Tasa (fee)

Money paid to the State for a service it provides, such as inspecting a facility.

Precio público (public price)

Payment for a service the administration offers on request, without being required to provide it.

Hecho imponible (taxable event)

The situation that creates the duty to pay the fee, for example applying for an authorization.

Devengo (accrual)

The moment the debt is considered to arise, even if it has not been paid yet.

Autoliquidación (self-assessment)

The person liable calculates and files the payment themselves, instead of the administration doing it.

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