Recognising that the decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant with two 1500 MW RBMK-type reactor units inherited from the former Soviet Union is of an unprecedented nature and represents for Lithuania an exceptional financial burden not commensurate with the size and economic strength of the country and that this decommissioning will continue beyond the current Financial Perspective as defined by the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999;
Á aithint di gur de chineál gan sampla é an díchoimisiúnú ar Ghléasra Cumhachta Núicléiche Ignalina lena dhá aonad imoibreora de chineál 1500 MW RBMK arna bhfáil mar oidhreacht ón iar-Aontas Sóivéadach agus gur ualach eisceachtúil airgeadais é don Liotuáin nach bhfuil comhchuimseach le méid agus neart eacnamaíoch na tíre agus go leanfaidh an díchoimisiúnú sin tar éis na Peirspictíochta Airgeadais láithrí mar atá arna sainiú le Comhaontú Idirinstitiúideach an 6 Bealtaine 1999;