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Whereas, since pollution due to the discharge of these 
substances into the aquatic environment is caused by a 
large number of industries, it is necessary to lay down 
specific limit values for discharges according to the type 
of industry concerned and to lay down quality objectives 
for the aquatic environment into which these substances 
are discharged, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
The first subparagraph of Article 12 (1) of Directive 
76/464/EEC is hereby replaced by the following: 
'The Council acting by qualified majority and after 
consulting the European Parliament and the 
Economic and Social Committee shall, within nine 
months, take a decision on any Commission proposal 
made pursuant to Article 6 and on the proposals 
concerning the methods of measurement applicable.' 
Article 2 
The following substances belonging to List I of the 
Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC will be considered on a 
priority basis for the purpose of fixing limit values and 
quality objectives: 
— trifluralin 
— endosulfan 
— simazine 
— triorganotin compounds: 
— tributyltin oxide 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 155 (2) (b) thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, — triphenyltin acetate 
— triphenyltin oxide 
— triphenyltin hydroxide 
— atrazine 
— organophosphoros substances: 
— azinphos-ethyl 
— azinphos-methyl 
— fenitrothion 
— fenthion 
— malathion 
— parathion and parathion-methyl 
— Dichlorvos. 
Article 3 
1. Member States shall bring into force the measures 
necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 
1991. They shall forthwith inform the Commission 
thereof. 
The provisions adopted pursuant to the first 
subparagraph shall make express reference to this 
Directive. 
2. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the text of the provisions of national law 
which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive. 
The Commission shall inform the Member States 
accordingly. 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the Community and Sierra Leone have nego­
tiated and initialled an Agreement on fishing which 
provides fishing opportunities for Community fishermen 
in waters over which Sierra Leone has sovereignty or 
jurisdiction; Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the conclusion of the Agreement between the 
European Economic Community and the Republic of Sierra Leone on fishing off Sierra Leone 
COM(90) 54 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 16 February 1990) 
(90/C 55/10) 
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Whereas, under Article 155 (2) (b) of the Act of 
Accession, it is for the Council to determine the 
procedures appropriate to take into consideration all or 
part of the interests of the Canary Islands when it adopts 
decisions, case by case, particularly with a view to the 
conclusion of fisheries agreements with third countries; 
whereas the case in point calls for the said procedures to 
be determined; 
Whereas it is in the Community's interest to approve this 
Agreement, conservation and management of fishery resources shall 
also apply to vessels which sail under the flag of Spain, 
which are recorded on a permanent basis in the registers 
of the relevant authorities at local level ('registros de 
base') in the Canary Islands, under the conditions 
specified in Note 6 to Annex I to Council Regulation 
(EEC) No 570/86 of 24 February 1986 concerning the 
definition of the concept of 'originating products' and 
methods of administrative cooperation in trade between 
the customs territory of the Community, Ceuta and 
Melilla and the Canary Islands (x). 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The Agreement between the European Economic 
Community and the Republic of Sierra Leone on fishing 
off Sierra Leone is hereby approved on behalf of the 
Community. 
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
With a view taking into consideration the interests of the 
Canary Islands, the Agreement referred to in Article 1 
and, in so far as is necessary for its application, the 
provisions of the common fisheries policy relating to the Article 3 
The President of the Council is hereby authorized to 
designate the persons empowered to sign the Agreement 
in order to bind the Community. 
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day 
following 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. 
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AGREEMENT 
between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Sierra Leone on fishing off 
Sierra Leone 
THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, 
hereinafter referred to as the 'Community' 
ind 
THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE, 
hereinafter referred to as 'Sierra Leone', 
CONSIDERING the spirit of cooperation resulting from the ACP-EEC Convention and the 
good cooperation relations which exist between the Community and Sierra Leone; 
CONSIDERING the wish of Sierra Leone to promote the rational management, exploitation 
and conservation of its fishery resources by means of intensified cooperation; 
RECALLING that Sierra Leone has exclusive management and control over the fishery 
resources and other aquatic resources within its fishing zone which extends up to two hundred