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Brussels .,28May 1975
DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the participation ofthe European
Economic Community inthenegotiation ofanoutline
Concention and aProtocol for the protection ofthe
Mediterranean against marine pollution from land­
based sources
Commission Recommendation tothe Member States
invitated toattend the Intergovernmental Meeting
inBarcelona
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
CO:ï(75 )229 f:\nal

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Asfar astheprevention ofmarine pollution isconcerned .,the experience
acquired over the last fewyears hasdemonstrated theneed ,toensure ,at
Community level ,themaximum degree ofcoherence between ,ontheonehand ,
the ireasure'j taken inthis area within the framework ofthe EECTreaty and
theEuropean Communities Environment Programme and ,ontheother hand ,the
measures decided onunder world –widoorregional international conventions .
Tomeet this need ,theCouncil authorized theCommunity toparticipate ;
along with theMember States concerned ,inthenegotiations onthedrafting
ofthe Paris Convention forthe prevention ofseapollution from land-based
1 _ . ..2sources andthereafter tosign tms Convention .
Asimilar situation exists today asregards the protection ofthe
Mediterranean against marine pollution from land-based sources .Inthe
context oftheUnited llations Environment Programme (UUEP ),thecountries
bordering theMediterranean were invited toattend anIntergovernmental
Meeting ,held inBarcelona from 28January to4February 1975»011 "the
protection oftheMediterranean .
During this meeting ,aprogramme ofaction wasadopted fortheprotection
oftheMediterranean ,involving :
(a)integrated planning forthedevelopment ;andmanagement ofthenatural
resources oftheMediterranean basin ;
(*)acoordinated programme ofresearch andcontinuous supervision ,involving
the exchange ofinformation andappraisal ofpollution levels and
protection standards ;
(c)aframework agreement ontheprotection oftheMediterranean marino
environment ,together with related protocols andtechnical annexes
covering each oftheprincipal sources ofseapollution ;
(d)astudy oftheinstitutional andfinancial implications ofthis project .
A
Council Resolution 2412/73(Ass .1427 )of14December 1973 .
O
'"Council Resolution R/14/75(EITV .4)of30January 1975 .

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SincethenameetingoflegalexpertshasteenheldinGeneva
(7-11April1975)"toexaminethedraftoutlineagreementandalsothetwo
draftProtocolsonthepreventionofdumpingatseabyshipsandaircraft
andthecontrolofpollutionfromhydrocarbons andothernoxious
substances asaresultofaccidentsatsea.
Atthisstageitisexpectedthatoneormorecountriesborderingthe
Mediterranean will,takestepstoproposedraftProtocolsonothersources
ofpollution,withspecialreferencetothepreventionofpollutionfrom
land-based sources.
Accordingly ,intheinterestsofconsistency andrationality ,theCommission
feelsthattheMemberStatesconcernedandtheCommunityshouldmovejointly
tolaybeforetheIntergovernmental Meeting,whosenextsessionisduetobe
heldinBarcelonafrom2nd'Februaryto13February1976,theamendments
whichwillenabletheCommunitytoparticipateintheoutlineconvention
andalsoadraftProtocolontheprotectionoftheMediterranean against
pollutionfromland-basedsources,tobemodelled,mutatismutandis,on
theclausesoftheParisConvention.

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TheCommissionisthereforeforwardingtotheCouncil ,adraftDecision
authorizingitto.negotiate,'onbehalfoftheCommunity,adraftoutline
ConventionontheprotectionoftheMediterranean andadraftProtocol ,
onnarinepollutionfromland-basedsources,''
ThisdraftProtocolshouldbemodelledontheprovisionsoftheParis
Convention,adoptedon21February1974•
TheCommissiondecidedalsotoforwardtotheCouncil,forinformation
purposes,aRecommendation whichitintendstosendtotheMemberStates
concernedaskingthemtoproposethattheformulation ofsuchaProtocl
beincludedontheagendaforthenextsessionoftheConference.

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DraftCouncilDecisionof.....concerning "theparticipation ofthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunityin.thenegotiationofanoutlineConventionand
aProtocolfortheprotectionoftheMediterranean againstmarinepollution
fromland-based sources
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity;
r-
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;^
WhereastheDeclaration oftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities andof
therepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesmeetinginthe
Councilof22November1973ontheprogrammeofactionoftheEuropean
1Communities ontheenvironment stressestheimportancewhichtheCommunity
attachestothepreventionofmarinepollutioningeneralandprovides,among
otherthings,forCommunitymeasurestocombatmarinepollutionfromland-
basedsources;
WhereastheBarcelonaIntergovernmental MeetingontheProtectionofthe
Mediterranean Environment hasalsoprovidedforthedrawing-upofanoutline
ConventionontheprotectionoftheMediterranean marineenvironment,together
withrelatedprotocolsoneachoftheprincipalsourcesofmarinepollution,
withspecialreferencetoland-basedsources;whereastheCommunityought
thereforetoparticipateinthesenegotiations ;
Whereasstepsshouldbetakentoensurethecoherentimplementation of
commitments duetobeenteredintounderthisoutlineConvention said
Protocol,ofothercommitmentsconnectedwiththeConventiononthe
preventionofmarinepollutionfromland-basedsources(adoptedinParison
21February1974)and,ingeneral,ofcommitmentsundertakenbytheMember
StatesaspartoftheEuropeanCommunities Environment Programme.
OJNoC112,20December1973,p.1

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HAS EECIEED ASFOLLOWS :
Sole Article
TheCommission ishereby authorized toparticipate inthenegotiations at
theIntergovernmental Meeting inBarcelona with aview toconcluding ,on
behalf oftheCommunity ,anoutline Convention andaProtocol forthe
protection oftheMediterranean against marine pollution from land–based
sources .
HieCommission shall conduct these negotiations inaccordance with the
Directives annexed hereto andsubject toanyfurther Directives which it
mayreceive atsome future date .
Done atBrussels ,
For the Council
The President

im.EX
Directives fromtheCounciltotheCommission
ThedraftoutlineConvention,atpresent "beingprepared,must"beso
formulatedthatthisConventioncan"beBigned "bytheConrxunity *
ThedraftProtocolfortheprotectionoftheMediterranean againstmarine ,
pollutionfromland-basedsourcesshouldbemodelledontheprovisionsof
theParisConvention,'adoptedon21February1974*

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Commission Recommendation tothe Member States invited toattend
theIntergovernmental Meeting inBarcelona
THECOMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COKMUlIITIES ,
i
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
andinparticular Article 155thereof ;
Whereas theDeclaration oftheCouncil oftheEuropean Communities and of
therepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMember States meeting inthe
Council of22November 1973 ontheprogramme ofaction oftheEuropean
Communities ontheenvironment'' stresses theimportance which theCommunity
attaches totheprevention ofmarine pollution ingeneral andprovides ,
among other things ,forCommunity measures tocombat marine pollution from
land-based sources :
Whereas theParis Convention ontheprevention ofmarine pollution from
land-based sources of21February 1974 provides forthedrawing-up and
implementation ofprogrammes foreliminating orreducing this type of
pollution inthenorth-east Atlantic ;
Whereas theMember States which take part intheIntergovernmental Meeting ■
inBarcelona must ensure themaximum degree ofconsistency andrationality
inregard tothemeasures taken fortheprevention ofmarine pollution from
land-based sources ;
2RECOMMENDS that these Member States :
propose that the follottfing item beentered ontheagenda forthenext session
oftheabove-mentioned Intergovernmental Meeting :
drawing-up ofaProtocol fortheprotection oftheMediterranean against
marine pollution from land-based sources ,theclauses ofwhich shall be
modelled ,mutatis mutandis ,onthose oftheParis Convention of21
February 1974 »
"OJHoC112of20December 1973
2™ „ .„ ....TheFrench Republic ,theItalian Republic andtheUnited Kingdom .