Nuclear Energy Act
(NEA)

¹ The en­ti­tle­ment of each own­er ob­liged to pay con­tri­bu­tions in­to these funds shall be equi­val­ent to the amount paid in, in­clud­ing cap­it­al earn­ings and after de­duc­tion of costs. En­ti­tle­ments may not be sold, pledged, seized or in­cor­por­ated in­to bank­ruptcy es­tate.

² In the event that the en­ti­tle­ments on the part of a con­trib­ut­ing own­er should ex­ceed the amount paid in by same, the sur­plus shall be re­fun­ded with­in one year after cal­cu­la­tion of the clos­ing state­ment.

³ If a nuc­le­ar in­stall­a­tion is ad­op­ted from a bank­ruptcy es­tate, the en­ti­tle­ments due from the two funds shall be trans­ferred to the new own­er, who shall then be ob­liged to pay the con­tri­bu­tions owed to the fund by the bank­rupt com­pany.

⁴ If a com­pany is re­moved from the com­mer­cial re­gister after com­ple­tion of bank­ruptcy pro­ceed­ings and with the con­sent of the De­part­ment, and if the in­stall­a­tion is not taken over by an­oth­er com­pany, the con­tri­bu­tions already paid in shall be­come the prop­erty of the two funds, who shall use the amounts con­cerned to fin­ance the de­com­mis­sion­ing and dis­pos­al op­er­a­tions of the in­stall­a­tion con­cerned. The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­cide how any res­ult­ing sur­plus is to be used.