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Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 81/9 71 /EEC establishing a Community 
information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons 
discharged at sea 
COM(85) 123 final 
(Submitted to the Council by the Commission on 2 April 1985) 
(85/C 112/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 213 and 
235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the Council has adopted Decision 81/420/ 
EEC of 19 May 1981 on the conclusion of the Proposal 
concerning cooperation in combating pollution of the 
Mediterranean Sea by oil and other harmful substances 
in cases of emergency (*) and Decision 84/358/EEC of 
28 June 1984 concerning the conclusion of the 
Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of 
the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances (2); 
Whereas Council Decision 81/971/EEC (3) should 
therefore be amended to include other harmful sub­
stances, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
Decision 81/971/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 
1. The title is replaced by the following: 
'Council Decision of 3 December 1981 establishing a 
Community information system for the control and 
reduction of pollution caused by oil and other 
harmful substances discharged at sea' 2. Article 1 is replaced by the following: 
Article 1 
1. An information system is hereby established to 
make available to the competent authorities in the 
Member States the data required for the control and 
reduction of pollution caused by oil and other 
harmful substances discharged at sea. 
2. The information system shall comprise: 
(a) an inventory of the means of dealing with such 
pollution (Annexes I and III); 
(b) a compendium of the properties and behaviour or 
oil and of methods of treatment and end-uses of 
mixtures of water, oil and solid matter recovered 
from the sea or along the coast (Annex II); 
(c) information concerning the properties and 
behaviour of harmful substances or groups of 
harmful substances other than oil, the means of 
preventing pollution and the possible methods of 
intervention in the event of their discharge.' 
3. In Article 2 (1), '. 
deleted: and in Article 1 (2) (b) ...' is 
4. Article 3 is replaced by the following: 
Article 3 
The Commission shall be responsible for im­
plementing the information system. 
The Commission shall make available to each 
Member State, during the dissemination stage, a copy 
of all the information in the system.' 
5. The Annex to this Decision is added as Annex III. 
(') OJ No L 162, 19. 6. 1981, p. 4. 
(*) OJ No L 188, 16. 7. 1984, p. 7. 
(») OJ No L 355, 10. 12. 1981, p. 52. Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States. 
No C 112/6 Official Journal of the European Communities 7.5.85 
Commission Decision of 25 March 1985 amending Decision 80/686/EEC setting up an 
Advisory Committee on the control and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons 
discharged at sea 
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, 
Whereas the Council has adopted Decision 81/420/EEC 
of 19 May 1981 on the conclusion of the Protocol 
concerning cooperation in combating pollution of the 
Mediterranean Sea by oil and other harmful substances 
in cases of emergency (*) and Decision 84/358/EEC of 
28 June 1984 concerning the conclusion of the 
Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of 
the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances (2); 
whereas on several occasions Parliament and the 
Economic and Social Committee have expressed the wish 
that the Commission's activities as regards the control 
and reduction of pollution of the sea by oil should be 
,extended to include harmful substances other than oil; 
Whereas it is essential that the Commission should 
consult highly qualified experts on the subject in the 
Member States; Whereas Commission Decision 80/686/EEC (3) should 
be amended so as to extend the terms of reference of the 
Advisory Committee to include other harmful sub­
stances, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1 
In the title, in Article 1 and in Article 2 (1) and (2) of 
Decision 80/686/EEC, 'hydrocarbons discharged at sea' 
are replaced by the words 'oil and other harmful sub­
stances discharged at sea'. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply from 25 March 1985. 
Done at Brussels, 25 March 1985 
For the Commission 
Stanley CLINTON DAVIS 
Member of the Commission 
0) OJ No L 162, 19. 6. 1981, p. 4. 
O OJ No L 188, 16. 7. 1984, p. 7. (') OJ No L 188, 22. 7. 1980, p. 11. 
ANNEX 
'Annex III 
INVENTORY OF RESOURCES FOR INTERVENTION IN THE EVENT OF A DISCHARGE OF 
HARMFUL SUBSTANCES OTHER THAN OIL 
The purpose of this inventory is to.provide a preliminary indication of the resources which are available in 
a Member State (*) for intervention when harmful substances other than oil are discharged at sea and 
which in the event of an incident might be made available to another Member State at its request on 
conditions to be decided between the respective competent authorities. 
A. Content 
The inventory will contain data on: 
1. Manpower resources (specialist personnel; intervention teams, etc.); 
2. The material resources available for use in the different stages of intervention and the re-establishment 
of the original conditions at the sites affected by the discharge. 
The inventory will contain data on the characteristics and location of these resources. It may also contain 
data on the time needed to utilize them. 
(*) Excluding the resources and personnel available for the protection of the vital security interests of that 
Member State. 
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B. Procedures 
The Commission will gradually prepare the inventory and will send copies to the Member States at each 
stage. It will ensure that the information forwarded to it is in line with the aims and content of the 
inventory. It will take any action necessary to apply the inventory. 
The Member States will: 
— assemble and forward to the Commission the information available to them concerning the data 
mentioned in section A. 
— supply the Commission with the information available to them that is required for updating the 
inventory.' 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 on the 
implementation in the Community of the Convention on international trade in endangered 
species of wild fauna and flora 
COM(85) 128 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 April 1985) 
(85/C 112/07) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par­
liament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the present high volume of Community imports 
of bulbs of certain cyclamen species may constitute a 
threat to the conservation status of these species in the 
wild; 
Whereas the inclusion of such species in Part 2 of Annex 
C to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 (') allows 
for the application of stricter criteria for the issue of 
import permits than their present listing in Appendix II 
to Annex A to that Regulation; 
Whereas Cyclamen persicum, however, has for many 
years been artificially propagated in the Community on a 
large scale as a result of which imports of wild-collected 
bulbs of that species do no longer take place; 
Whereas it is therefore not necessary to maintain the 
present listing of Cyclamen persicum in Part 1 of Annex 
O OJ No L 384, 31. 12. 1982, p. 1. C to Council Regulation No 3626/82; whereas its 
transfer to Part 2 of Annex C of that Regulation 
adequately safeguards the protection of the species' wild 
populations, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3626/82 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. In Appendix II to Annex A, under the heading 
PRIMULACEAE, the text between square brackets 
after Cyclamen spp. shall be replaced by: 
C 1: Cyclamen graecum (incl. C mindleri), 
Cyclamen creticum, 
Cyclamen balearicum. 
C 2: Cyclamen spp. 
2. In part 1 of Annex C, under the heading 
PRIMULACEAE, Cyclamen persicum shall be deleted. 
3. In Part 2 of Annex C, under the heading 
PRIMULACEAE, the entries shall be replaced by: 
Cyclamen spp. (*) 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States.