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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)455 final
Brussels/22July1980
Recommendation fora
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authorizing theCommissiontoparticipate inthe
:'-p\negotiations ofanagreementon-cooperation inthe
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management^ofthewateroftheDanubebasin
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(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.TheGovernment oftheFederal Republic ofGermany hasinformed theCom­
mission ofitsintention tonegotiate andconclude with theRepublic of
Austria anAgreement onthemanagement ofthewater oftheDanube basin .
Thenegotiations will take place during August 1980 onthebasis ofa
draft Agreement which includes provisions ontheprotection ofthewater
oftheDanube against pollution .
2.TheCouncil hasalready adopted several acts intended toprotect river
water andsome ofthese areaffected bytheAgreement referred toabove .
These are ,inter alia ,
-theDirective 75/440/EECof16June 1975 concernant thequality required
ofsurface water intended fortheabstraction ofdrinking water inthe
Member States ,
-theDirective 76/160/EECof8December 1975 concerning thequality of
bathing water ,
-theDirective 76/464/EECof4May1976 onpollution caused bycertain
dangerous substances discharged into theaquatic environment ofthe
Community ,
-Directive 78/659/EECof18July 1978 onthequality offresh waters
needing protection or'improvement inorder tosupport fish life .
Forthesame reasons theCommunity became aparty totheConvention for
theprevention ofmarine pollution from land based sources ,totheCon­
vention fortheprotection oftheRhine against chemical pollution and
totheAdditional Agreement totheAgreement ,signed inBerne on
29.4.1963 ,concerning theInternational Commission fortheprotection
oftheRhine against pollution .
3.Inview ofthecompetence oftheCommunity inpart ofthearea covered
bythedraft Agreement ,itisnecessary fortheCommunity tobecome a
Contracting Party tothat Agreement .
4.Inconclusion the Commission recommends that the Council authorise the
Commission tonegotiate theAgreement onthemanagement ofthewater of
theDanube basin and ,tothat end ,toadopt theannexed Decision .

Recommendation for a
COUNCIL DECISION
authorizing theCommission toparticipate in
thenegotiation ofanagreement oncooperation in
themanagement ofthewater oftheDanube basin
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard totheRecommendation from theCommission ,
Whereas negotiations ,inwhich theFederal Republic ofGermany andthe
Republic ofAustria will take part ,will take place inAugust 1980 with a
view totheconclusion ofanagreement oncooperation inthemanagement
ofthewater oftheDanube basin ,
Whereas theCouncil hasadopted several directives concerning themanage­
ment ofwater ,and .inparticular .Directive 76/464/EECof4May
1976 onpollution caused bycertain dangerous substances discharged into the
aquatic environment oftheCommunity .;
Whereas ,inview oftheCommunity competence inthesphere concerned ,it
'isessential that theCommunity participate inthenegotiation ofthe
above-inentioned agreement ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Sole Article
TheCommission ishereby authorised toparticipate inthenegotiation of
anagreement oncooperation inthemanagement ofthewater oftheDanube
basin .
TheCommission shal Iconduct such negotiations inaccordance with the
annexed directive .
Done at
For the Council
The President
0JNoL129/18.5.1976 ,p.23.

ANNEX
NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE
TheAgreement must beadapted insuch away astoenable theCommunity to
conclude it.