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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)734 final.
Brussels-30November1981
Recommendation foraCouncildecision
authorising theCommissiontoparticipate onbehalfofthe
Communityinthenegotiations foraglobalframeworkConvention
ontheprotectionoftheozonelayer
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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C0MC81)734final.

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Recommendation foraCouncildecision
authorising theCommission to._i....~."
toparticipate onbehalfoftheCommunityinthenegotations
foraglobalframeworkConvention ontheprotection ofthe
ozonelayer.
Explanatory Memorandum
1.AttheninthsessionoftheGoverningCounciloftheUnitedNations
Environment Programme (UNEP),heldinNairobi13-27Hay1981/adraft
decisionontheprotection oftheozonelayersponsoredbyCommunity
MemberStateswasadopted(reference:GoverningCouncildecisionn°9/13
ThetextwasthesubjectofCommunitycoordination withintheCouncil
frameworkbothinBrusselsandduringtheSessionoftheGoverning Counc
inNairobi.
2.Thedecisionprovides/,interalia/fortheinitiationofworkaimedat
the"elaboration ofaglobalframeworkconventionfortheprotection
oftheozonelayer".
Thedecisionestablishes forthispurpose"anadhocworkinggroupof
legalandtechnicalexpertsnominated byinterested Governments and
intergovernmental organisations /whichshallreportthroughthe
ExecutiveDirector(ofUNEP)/totheGoverningCouncilontheprogress
ofitswork".
(ThetextofthedecisionistobefoundinCouncildocument 7666/81/
ENV107/page7).
3.Itisenvisagedtoholdthefirstmeetingoftheadhocworkinggroup
inStockholm/attheinvitationoftheSwedishGovernment on
20-29January1982.
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Inaddition,theCoordinating -Committeeontheozonelayer-ascientific
bodysetupbyUNEP,whichholdsyearlymeetingsandwhichwillmeetagain.
nextOctober,willbecalledupon,inaccordancewith.^theabovementioned
GoverningCouncildecision,tocontributetotheworkoftheadhoc
workinggroup.
4.TheCommunityhasalreadybeenactiveinmeetingtheconcernsexpressedat
nationalandinternational levelfortheprotectionoftheozonelayer,
notablythroughtheCouncilresolutionof30May1978*,andtheCouncil
decisionof26March1980(whichstipulatedthattheproductioncapacity
ofCFC's11and12shouldnotbeincreasedinanyMemberStateandthatby
31December1981thereshouldbeareductionofatleast30%compared
with1976levelsoftheuseoftheCFC'sinaerosols)andbypromoting
actiononaninternational level.
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5.Therecentcommunication fromtheCommission totheCouncilentitled
"Chlorofluorocarbons intheEnvironment :Information andbasisfor
evaluationforthepursuitofCommunitypolicy"(reference:C0M(81)261final),
■recallsthesemeasuresandincludesproposalsforfurtheraction.
6.Theabovecommunication wasexaminedbytheCouncilofMinistersfor
Environmentatitsmeetingon11June1981,whereitwasdecided,interalia,
toinvitetheCommissiontosubmittotheCouncilassoonaspossiblea
proposalforaCouncildecisionauthorising theCommissiontoparticipate
onbehalfoftheCommunityinthenegotiations foraglobalframework
Convention ontheprotectionoftheozonelayer.
Thepresentproposalisin'responsetothatinvitation.
7.Inviewoftheabovementionedconsiderations therefore,andinorder
toensuretheparticipation oftheCommunityassuchinthenegotiations
foraglobalframeworkConvention ontheprotectionoftheozonelayer,
theCommissionherebyrecommendsthattheCouncilshouldassoonaspossible:
-adoptthedecisionforwhichaproposalisannexedauthorising the
Commissiontoparticipate onbehalfoftheCommunityinthenegotiations
foraglobalframeworkConvention ontheprotectionoftheozonelayer
*O.J.C133,7/6/1978
**Decisión8G/372/EEC-O.J.L90,3/4/S0

Recommendation foraCouncildecision
authorising theCommissionto'.■-•-•i?
participate onbehalfoftheCommunityinthenegotiations fora
globalframeworkConvention ontheprotectionoftheozonelayer
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomic
Community, .
Havingregardtotherecommendation fromtheCommission,
:WhereastheaimoftheCommunityenvironment policyasstatedin
ItheDeclarationoftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunitiesandof
'therepresentatives oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesmeeting
intheCouncilof22November1973ontheprogrammeofactionofthe
1)EuropeanCommunities ontheenvironment assupplemented by.theResolution
oftheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities andoftherepresentatives
oftheGovernments oftheMemberStatesmeetingwithintheCouncilof
17May1977onthecontinuation aridimplementation ofanEuropean
2)Communitypolicyandactionprogramme ontheenvironment ,namely
theimprovement ofthequalityandsettingoflife,ofthesurroundings
andlivingconditions ofthepeoplesoftheCommunity,implies,in
particular,preventing,reducingand,asfaraspossible,eliminating,
pollution andnuisances aswellasseekingcommonsolutionsto
environmental problemswithStatesoutsidetheCommunity,particularly
ininternational organisations ;
Whereasinaccordance withthispolicytheCommunity hasalreadyadopted
measuresconcerningchlorofluorocarbons intheenvironment,andpursued
actionsonan.international level,particularly intheframeworkof
theUnitedNationsEnvironment Programme;
WhereastheGoverningCounciloftheUnitedNationsEnvironment
Programme,atitsninthsession,decidedtoinitiateworkaimedatthe
elaboration ofaglobalframeworkConventionfortheprotectionof
theozonelayer;
n°C112,20/12/73,page1
n°C139,13/6/77,page1

Whereasinviewoftheabove-mentioned considerations ,it-isnecessary
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fortheCommunitytoparticipate inthenegotiations foraglobal
frameworkConvention ontheprotectionoftheozonelayer;
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
SoleArticle
TheCommissionisherebyauthorisedtoparticipate inthenegotiations fora
globalframeworkConvention ontheprotection oftheozonelayer.
TheCommissionshall conductthesenegotiations inconsultation with
representatives oftheMemberStatesandinaccordance withthe
annexeddirectives .

ANNEX
Directivesforthenegotiations
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Thenegotiations shouldaimtowardstheelaboration ofaglobalframework
Convention,whichwouldcovermonitoring,scientific researchandthe
development ofbestavailable andeconomically feasibletechnologies to
limitandgraduallyreduceemissionsofozone-depleting substances,aswell
asthedevelopment ofappropriate strategies andpolicies,inconsistency
withpoliciesbeingdevelopedintheCommunity.
Thenegotiations shouldalsoaimatensuringthatappropriate provisions
enablingtheCommunitytobecomeaContracting Partybecontainedin
theConvention .