7.11.85 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 284/5 
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(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 84/631/EEC on the supervision and 
control within the European Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste 
COM(85) 511 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 October 1985) 
(85/C 284/05) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 
235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the programme of action of the European 
Communities on the environment, approved by the 
Council on 22 November 1973 (*), the continuation and 
implementation of which are the subject of the 
resolutions of 17 May 1977 (2) and 7 February 1983 (3), 
provides for Community action aimed at controlling the 
disposal of hazardous wastes; 
Whereas, pursuant to Council Directive 78/319/EEC of 
20 March 1978 on toxic and dangerous waste ("), 
Member States are required to take the necessary 
measures to ensure that toxic and dangerous waste is 
disposed of without endangering human health and 
without harming the environment; 
Whereas for this purpose Council Directive 84/631/ 
EEC (5) organizes the supervision and control within the 
Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous 
waste; 
Whereas in connection with protecting the environment 
against dangers arising out of such waste account must 
be taken of the risk of pollution occurring outside the 
Community; 
O OJ No C 112, 20. 12. 1973, p. 3. 
O OJ No C 139, 13. 6. 1977, p. 3. 
O OJ No C 46, 17. 2. 1983, p. 1. 
(4) OJ No L 84, 31. 3. 1978, p. 43. 
(') OJ No L 326, 13. 12. 1984, p. 31. Whereas the recommendation of the OECD conference 
on transfrontier movements of hazardous wastes, held in 
Basle on 27 and 28 March 1985, provides that member 
countries of the OECD shall not apply any less strict 
controls on transfrontier movements of hazardous wastes 
involving non-member countries than they would for 
movements involving only member countries, and that 
they shall not allow movements of hazardous wastes to 
non-member countries unless the competent authorities 
of the importing country and, where appropriate, the 
non-member countries of transit, agree to the shipment 
and the hazardous wastes are directed to adequate 
disposal facilities in the importing country; 
Whereas in the light of these requirements the provisions 
of Directive 84/631/EEC should be supplemented, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Article 4 of Directive 84/631/EEC is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. The introductory phrase of paragraph 2 is replaced by 
the following: 
'2. The acknowledgement of receipt or any 
objection raised in accordance with paragraphs 3 or 7 
shall, not later than one month after receipt of the 
notification, be forwarded to the holder of the waste.' 
2. The following paragraph 7 is added: 
7. The Member State referred to in paragraph 2 
(b) must raise an objection to the shipment if the 
holder of the waste cannot provide authenticated 
proof that the third country of destination has agreed 
to the shipment and where no third country transit 
State has raised any objections. The Member State 
concerned must also raise an objection to the 
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shipment if the holder cannot provide proof that the 
consignee of the waste has the necessary capacity and 
competence to dispose of the waste in accordance 
with requirements at least equivalent to those of 
Directive 78/319/EEC 
Article 2 
1. Member States shall bring into force, not later than 
1 June 1986, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They 
shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. 
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. 
Article 3 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 on the Community 
quota for the carriage of goods by road between Member States 
COM(85) 519final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 October 1985) 
(85/C 284/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 75 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas pursuant to the Act of Accession of Spain and 
Portugal, and in particular Article 27 thereof, Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 (*), as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 3621/84 (2), should be amended 
in order to allocate an appropriate number of 
Community authorizations to Spain and Portugal; 
Whereas the enlargement of the Community will result 
in an increase in the road haulage market; whereas 
additional Community authorizations should therefore 
be allocated to the 10 present Member States; 
Whereas a number of technical amendments should also 
be made to Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76, 
0) OJ No L 357, 29. 12. 1976, p. 1. 
(2) OJ No L 333, 21. 12. 1984, p. 61. Article 1 
Regulation (EEC) No 3164/76 is hereby amended as 
follows: 
1. Article 3 (4) is replaced by the following: 
'4. For 1986, the number of Community author­
izations allocated to each of the Member States shall 
be as follows: 
Belgium 707 
Denmark 625 
Germany 1 112 
Greece 170 
Spain 673 
France 957 
Ireland 204 
Italy 883 
Luxembourg 245 
Netherlands 955 
Portugal 233 
United Kingdom 673 
7 437' 
2. Article 4 (2) is replaced by the following: 
'2. The competent authorities of the Member 
States shall forward to the Commission, in 
anonymous form, the information received in respect 
of each quarter, in the form of a table, a model of 
which is contained in Annex III, within three months 
following the end of the quarter concerned.