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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Modification ofthe
Proposalfora
COUNCILRECOMMENDATION
concerning therecoveryandreuseofwastepaper
andboard
(SubmittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission
pursuanttothesecondparagraphofArticle
149oftheEECTreaty)
C0M(81)385final

TheEuropeanCommunityActionProgrammeonthe.Environment,1977-1981,
whichwasapprovedbyadeclaration oftheCounciloftheEuropean
Communities andrepresentatives of.theMemberStates,meetinginCouncil
on17May1977.(1),explainstheneedforan"activeanti-wastepolicy"-
andsetsoutprioritiesinthisfield~therecyclingofpaperandboard
isonesuchpriority.TheCommissionhas,onthe14May1980,submitted
tothe.CouncilaproposalforaRecommendation ontherecoveryaridreuse
ofpaperandboard(2).
Thepurposeofthisproposalistoencouragethegreateruseofproducts
madefromrecycledpaperandboardand,asacorollary,therecoveryand
reuseofwastepaperandboard. N
.V -jTheEuropeanParliamenthasgivenitsopiniononthisproposalduringthe
sessionof16January1981. .'
* *
TheCommissionhascarefullystudiedthisopinionandasaresulthasdecided,
pursuanttoArticle149.,secondparagraph,oftheTreatytopresentaproposal
formodification oftheinitialproposalforaRecommendation ,
Theproposalforthemodification concerns:
.i
-3rdindentofPreamble;
-5thindentofPreamble;
-Recommendation ;
•1stindentofRecommendation .
Thesemodifications enlargethescopeoftheRecommendation ,andhighlight
theproblemoftheCommunity'sdeficiencyanditsdependence onimports'of
rawmaterialsforthemanufacture ofpaperandboard. *.
(1)O.J.No:C139of13June1977.
(2)O.J.No:C135of6June1980.

f'.OD\fJ.CATIONOFTHEPROPOSAL FORA
COUNCIL
RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING THERECOVERY
AWOREUSEOFV'ASTEPAPERANDBOARD.
Preamble :
1stand2ndRecital-unchanged.'
3rd.Recital
Whereaswastepaperconstitutes asignificant
percentage ofurbanwasteandistechnically
recoverable onaselectivebasisasasecondary
rawmaterialforthemanufacture ofcertain
paperandboardproducts;
4th'Recital *■unchanged.
5thRecital
.«
Whereasthereisadeficiency (over50%)inthe
Community'spresentneedsofrawmaterialsfor
paperandboardmanufacture whichhastobemade
upbyimportsfromnon-member countriesofboth
pulpandofpaperproducts,thelatterbeing
manufactured mainlyfromvirginfibre;
Recommendation
Recommends thatMemberStatesandCommunityInstit-
utionsdefineandimplementpoliciestopromote
theuseofrecycledpaperandboardandparticularly :
1stindentofRecommendation
A
encouragetheuseofrecycled-andrecyclable-
paperandboard,especially intheCommunity
Institutions andinthenationaladministrations ,
publicbodiesandthosenationalofficialservices
whichcansetanexample;
2nd,3rd,4thand5thindentofRecommendation -unchanged.