NoC120/12 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 12.5.92
COMMISSION
AmendedproposalforaCouncilDirectiverelatingtothesulphurcontentofgasoil
(92/C120/06)
COM(92)119final—SYN340
(SubmittedbytheCommissionpursuanttoArticle149(3)oftheEECTreatyon20March1992)
ORIGINALTEXT AMENDED TEXT
Recital6a
(new)
Whereasfuelqualityplaysakeyroleinreducingair
pollutionbyvehicleexhaustfumes;
Recital7a
(new)
Whereassulphuremissionsfrominlandwaterwayvessels,
coastalvessels,deepseavesselsandmotorvehicles
crossingthefrontierto,orenteringtheterritorialwaters
of,aMemberStatefromathirdcountryareasignificant
factorinairpollution;thereisthereforeanurgentneed
formeasurestoensurethatfromthemomentthese
vesselsandvehiclescrosstheborderorentertheterri­
torialwatersofaMemberStatetheyuseonlyfuelwhose
sulphurcontentcomplieswiththerequirementsofthis
Directive;asfarasmotorvehiclesareconcernedthis
appliesinparticulartoheavycommercialvehiclesfrom
thirdcountrieswhicharefittedwithexcessivelylarge
specialfuelcontainerswithwhichtheycancoverthe
entirejourneythroughtheMemberStatesofthe
Communitywithoutanyfurtherstopforfuel;
Recital13 Recital13
WhereasitistobeexpectedwithaviewtoDirective Whereasitisanurgentrequirementwithaviewto
91/.../EECthattherewillbeaswitchtotheuseofDirective91/542/EECtoswitchtotheuseofauto­
automotivegasoilwithalowsulphurcontentof0,05%motivegasoilwithalowsulphurcontentof0,05%by
byweightwherethisdoesnotentailexcessivecostsforweight;
theconsumer;

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ORIGINALTEXT AMENDEDTEXT
Article1(2),firstindent,subparagraphla
(new)
OnaproposalfromtheCommissiontheCouncilshall
decide,nolaterthan31December1993,onmeasuresto
ensurethatwitheffectfrom1October1994thesevessels
andvehiclesonlyusewithintheCommunitygasoilswith
asulphurcontentwhichcomplieswiththeprovisionsof
thisDirective .
Article2
Paragraph 1
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepsto
ensurethatautomotivegasoilsaremarketedinthe
Communityonlyiftheirsulphurcompoundcontent,
expressedinsulphur(hereinafter'sulphurcontent'),does
notexceed:
Paragraph3
3.MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepsto
ensurethatheating,industrialandbunkergasoilsare
marketedintheCommunityonlyiftheirsulphurcontent
doesnotexceed:Article2
Paragraph 1
1.MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepsto
ensurethatautomotivegasoilscanbemarketedinthe
Communityonlyiftheirsulphurcompoundcontent,
expressedinsulphur(hereinafter'sulphurcontent'),does
notexceed:
Paragraph3
3.MemberStatesshalltakeallnecessarystepsto
ensurethatheating,industrialandbunkergasoilscanbe
marketedintheCommunityonlyiftheirsulphurcontent
doesnotexceed:
AmendedproposalforaCouncilDecisiononaCommunityactionplantoassisttourism
(92/C120/07)
COM(92)130final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionpursuanttoArticle149(3)oftheEECTreatyon2April1992)
INITIALPROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheprovisionsoftheTreatyestab­
lishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
particularArticle235thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalforaDecisionpresented
bytheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament ,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheprovisionsoftheTreatyestab­
lishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andin
particularArticle235thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalforaDecisionpresented
bytheCommission('),
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEconomicand
SocialCommittee(*),
C)COM(92)97final,24.4.1991.
(3)OJNoC49,24.2.1992.