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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the second time Directive 82/501/EEC on the 
major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities 
COM(88) 124 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 22 March 1988) 
(88/C 119/02) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130S 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the protection of man and the environment 
calls for the provisions of Council Directive 
82/501/EEC (') to be strengthened with regard to the 
storage of dangerous substances or preparations; 
Whereas the storage of dangerous substances or prepar­
ations presents a major-accident hazard both when the 
storage is associated with an industrial operation and 
when the storage is isolated or located within an instal­
lation, without being associated with an industrial 
operation; 
Whereas it is necessary that the provisions of Directive 
82/501/EEC be extended to the storage of dangerous 
substances or preparations in bulk and in packaged form; 
Whereas the storage of dangerous substances or prepar­
ations to which Directive 82/501/EEC should be applied 
can be identified by a list of chemical names or by a list 
of categories of danger according to the classification 
and labelling requirements laid down in other relevant 
Community Directives, together with their respective 
threshold quantities; whereas such categories of 
substances or preparations should be the ones classified 
as 'very toxic', 'toxic', 'explosive', 'oxidizing', 'extremely 
flammable' and 'highly flammable'; Whereas the provisions with regard to information to the 
public laid down in Article 8 of Directive 82/501/EEC, 
need to be strengthened and better defined in order to 
ensure that any person liable to be affected by a major 
accident originating in a notified industrial activity 
within the meaning of Article 5, is appropriately and 
effectively informed, in a harmonized way throughout 
the whole Community, on all matters relating to safety; 
whereas area and persons liable to be affected are 
defined by the emergency plans of the industrial acti­
vities; 
Whereas it is necessary that the content of the infor­
mation referred to in Article 8 of Directive 82/501 /EEC 
shall be clearly specified; whereas, in order to mitigate 
the consequences of a major accident, the persons 
concerned need to know the potential hazards and the 
measures to be taken; whereas it is necessary that such 
information has to be communicated on an active basis 
to the concerned persons without a request being made, 
through some kind of public information media, such as 
leaflets or information boards; 
Whereas the Council of the Environment Ministers in its 
resolution adopted om 24 November 1986, has invited 
the Commission to review the Community measures for 
the prevention of major accidents and the limitation of 
their consequences and, if necessary, to present appro­
priate proposals; 
Whereas the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene 
and Health Protection at Work, set up by Council 
Decision 74/325/EEC (2) has been consulted, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Directive 82/501/EEC is amended as follows: 
1. Article 8.1 is replaced by the following: 
'Member States shall ensure that persons liable to be 
affected by a major accident originating in a notified 
industrial activity within the meaning of Article 5 are 
O OJ No L 230, 5. 8. 1982, p. 1. (2) OJ No L 185, 9. 7. 1974, p. 15. 
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informed in an appropriate manner of the safety 
measures and of the correct behaviour to adopt in the 
event of an accident. 
The information shall be communicated to the 
abovementioned persons without their request and 
shall also be published. Such information shall at least 
contain the items laid down in Annex VII and shall be 
repeated and updated at appropriate intervals.' 
2. Annex II is replaced by Annex I hereto. 
3. Annex II hereto is added to the Directive as Annex 
VII. 2. In this case also, the declaration provided for in 
Article 9 (3) of Directive 82/501/EEC shall be submitted 
to the competent authority at the latest on (24 
months after its notification) and the supplementary 
declaration provided for in Article 9 (4) of Directive 
82/501 /EEC shall be submitted to the competent 
authority at the latest on (5 years after its notifi­
cation). 
Article 3 
1. Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
comply with this Directive at the latest on (18 
months after its notification). They shall forthwith 
inform the Commission thereof. 
Article 2 
1. In the case of existing industrial activities which 
will be subject to the provisions of Directive 
82/501/EEC for the first time following adoption of this 
amendment, this Directive shall apply at the latest on 
(24 months after its notification). 2. Member States shall communicate to the 
Commission the provisions of national law which they 
adopt in the field covered by this Directive. 
Article 4 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
ANNEX I 
Annex II 
Storage of dangerous substances other than that covered by Article 1.2 (a), first indent 
Storage is storage of dangerous substances at any place, installation, premises, building or area of land, 
isolated or within an establishment, except where that storage is associated with an installation covered by 
Annex I. 
The quantities set out below in Parts I and II relate to each storage or group of storage belonging to the 
same manufacturer where the distance between the storage is not sufficient to avoid, in foreseeable circum­
stances, any aggravation of major-accident hazards. These quantities apply in any case to each group of 
storage belonging to the same manufacturer where the distance between the storage is less than 500 metres. 
The quantities to be considered are the maximum quantities which are, or are liable to be, in storage at any 
one time. 
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PART I 
Named substances 
In the case where a substance (or a group of substances) listed in Part I falls also within a category of Part 
II, the quantities set out in Part I should be used. 
Substances or groups of substances 
1. Acrylonitrile 
2. Ammonia 
3. Chlorine 
4. Sulphur dioxide 
5. Ammonium nitrate (') 
6. Ammonium nitrate in the form of fertilizers (2) 
7. Sodium chlorate 
8. Liquid oxygen 
9. Sulphur trioxide 
10. Carbonyl chloride (phosgene) 
11. Hydrogen sulphide 
12. Hydrogen fluoride 
13. Hydrogen cyanide 
14. Carbon disulphide 
15. Bromine 
16. Acetylene 
17. Hydrogen 
18. Ethylene oxide 
19. Propylene oxide 
20. 2-Propenal (acrolein) 
21. Formaldehyde (concentration > 90 %) 
22. Bromomethane (methyl bromide) 
23. Methyl isocyanate 
24. Tetraethyl lead or tetramethyl lead 
25. 1,2 Dibromoethane (ethylene dibromide) 
26. Hydrogen chloride (liquefied gas) 
27. Diisocyanato-diphenylmethane (MDI) 
28. Tolylene diisocyanate (TDI) Quantities 
For application 
of Articles 3 and 4 
20 
50 
10 
25 
350 
1 250 
25 
200 
15 
0,750 
5 
5 
5 
20 
50 
5 
5 
5 
5 
20 
5 
20 
0,150 
5 
5 
25 
20 
5 (tonnes) > 
For application 
of Article 5 
200 
500 
75 
250 
2 500 
10 000 
250 
2 000 
100 
0,750 
50 
50 
20 
200 
500 
50 
50 
50 
50 
200 
50 
200 
0,150 
50 
50 
250 
200 
50 
(') This applies to ammonium nitrate and mixtures of ammonium nitrate where the nitrogen content derived from the 
ammonium nitrate is > 28 % by weight and aqueous solutions of ammonium nitrate where the concentration of 
ammonium nitrate is > 90 % by weight. 
(') This applies to straight ammonium nitrate fertilizers which comply with Directive 80/876/EEC and to compound 
fertilizers where the nitrogen content derived from the ammonium nitrate is > 28 % by weight (a compound fertilizer 
contains ammonium nitrate together with phosphate and/or potash). 
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PART II 
Categories of substances and preparations not specifically named in Part I 
The quantities of different substances and preparations of the same category are cumulative. Where there is 
more than one category specified in the same entry, the quantities of all substances and preparations of the 
specified categories in that entry must be summed up. 
Categories of substances and preparations (') 
1. Substances and preparations that are classified as 'very 
toxic' 
2. Substances and preparations that are classified as 'very 
toxic', 'toxic', 'oxidizing' or 'explosive' 
3. Gaseous substances and preparations, including those in 
liquefied form, which are gaseous at normal pressure and 
which are classified as 'highly flammable' (s) 
4. Substances and preparations (excluding gaseous substances 
covered under item 3 above) which are classified as 'highly 
flammable' or 'extremely flammable' (4) Quantities (tonnes) > 
For application 
of Articles 3 and 4 
5 
10 
50 
5 000 For application 
of Article 5 (2) 
10 
100 
200 
50 000 
(') The categories of substances and preparations are as defined in the following Directives and their amendments: 
— Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative 
provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, 
— Council Directive 73/173/EEC of 4 June 1973 on the approximation of Member States' laws, regulations and 
administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (solvents), 
— Council Directive 77/728/EEC of 7 November 1977 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and adminis­
trative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of paints, varnishes, 
printing inks, adhesives and similar products, 
— Council Directive 78/631/EEC of 26 June 1978 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to 
the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (pesticides), 
— Council Directive on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the 
Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (under discussion). 
(2) Article 5.1 (a) and (b), third indent, applies where appropriate. 
(') This includes flammable gases as defined in Annex IV (c) (i). 
(4) This includes highly flammable liquids as defined in Annex IV (c) (ii). 
ANNEX II 
Annex VII 
Items of information to be communicated to the public in application of Article 8.1 
(a) Name of company and address of site; 
(b) Identification, by position, of the person giving the information; 
(c) Confirmation that the site is subject to the current regulations and/or administrative provisions 
concerning the industrial activities and that the notification referred to in Article 5, or at least the 
declaration provided for in Article 9 (3), has been submitted to the competent authority; 
(d) An explanation in simple terms of the activity undertaken on the site; 
(e) The common names or, if not possible, the generic names or the general danger classification of the 
substances involved on site which could give rise to a major accident, with an indication of their 
principal dangerous characteristics; 
(f) General information relating to the nature of the major-accident hazards, including their potential 
effects on the population and the environment; 
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(g) Details on how the population concerned will be warned and kept informed in the event of an 
accident; 
(h) Details of the actions and behaviour the population concerned should take in the event of an accident; 
(i) An assurance that the company has made adequate arrangements on site, including liaison with the 
emergency services, to deal with foreseeable accidents and to minimize their effects; 
(j) A reference to the off-site emergency plan drawn up to cope with any off-site effects from an accident. 
This should include advice to cooperate with any instructions or requests from the emergency services 
at the time of an accident; 
(k) Details of where further information can be obtained, such as general information on the preventive 
safety measures taken in the industrial activity and on the emergency plan, subject to the requirements 
of confidentiality laid down in national legislation. 
Proposal for a Council Decision adopting a pilot project on remote sensing applied to 
agricultural statistics 
COM(88) 163 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 April 1988) 
(88/C 119/03) 
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 proposal from the Commission, 
In cooperation with the European Parliament, 
Whereas, in order to meet the needs of the common 
agricultural policy, action is needed to identify and 
measure as accurately and rapidly as possible the areas 
under main crops, and in particular those for which 
production aid is granted on an area basis; 
Whereas, for the management of the agricultural 
markets, reliable regionally-based estimates of 
production must be available in good time; 
Whereas the availability of forecasts for the production 
of crops which have the greatest impact on world 
markets, in third countries, is also relevant to the 
management of agricultural markets and for the inde­
pendence of Community decision-making; 
Whereas remote sensing offers a response to these needs, 
which have not been met to date by the existing agri­
cultural statistics and forecasting systems; whereas it 
could enhance the accuracy, objectivity, speed and 
frequency with which observations are made when stat­
istical data are collected; whereas it could help perfect 
agricultural forecasting models, and in particular 
establish regionally-based agricultural forecasting 
models; Whereas remote sensing must be incorporated into the 
existing statistical systems to make good specific de­
ficiencies or weaknesses and to replace to better 
advantage certain aspects of the work currently being 
carried out; 
Whereas remote sensing could have applications — in its 
own right or as an adjunct — in the establishment and 
collection of agricultural statistics; 
Whereas the experience gained by Member States in 
incorporating remote sensing in their own statistical 
systems should be turned to, good account, in consul­
tation with the Standing Committee on Agricultural Stat­
istics; 
Whereas remote sensing could help align the Member 
States' various agricultural statistical systems, by estab­
lishing a common means of collecting and transmitting 
information; 
Whereas remote sensing could enable savings to be 
planned in the future, either directly in the cost of 
drawing up sampling plans and of collecting statistical 
data, or indirectly in EAGGF expenditure; 
Whereas steps should be taken to develop the opera­
tional applications of remote sensing to agricultural stat­
istics in the short, medium and long term, and to 
continue the measures embarked upon;