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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)383 final .
Brussels ,lbJuly 1975
Amendment oftheproposal foraCouncil directive
relating -tothecollection ,regeneration and/or
destruction ofpolychlorinated ""iphenyls (PCB .)
(forwarded bytheCommiss
theterns ofArticle 149 >
EEC Trion tothe Council under
second paragraph ,ofthe
eaty )
COIi (75)3c3final .

1 ENV/203/75-E
I.Ezpionatory mémorandum
Astheresultoftheopinionexpressed "bytheEuropeanParliament
ontheproposalforaCouncilDirectiverelatingtothecollection,
regenerationand/ordestructionofpolychlorinatedbyphenyls(FCBs)^
theCommissionconsidersitexpedienttoamenditsinitialproposal
inaccordancewithArticle149?secondparagraph,oftheTreaty
establishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity.
2.Observations ontheamendmentsputforward "bytheEuropeanParliament
Article7
(A)ThisarticlemakesitmandatorythatMemberStatescompileevery
threeyearsareportonthestateofPCBtreatment.
TheEuropeanParliamentwouldlikeasummaryreportto"besent
toeachoftheMemberStates,totheCouncilandtothe
EuropeanParliament. >.
(B)TheCommissionisabletoacceptthisamendmentinprinciple.
Itnevertheless proposestotakeintoaccountthewordingof
.thecorresponding articleintheoutlineDirectiveonwastes
whichisintheprocessofbeingadopted "bytheCouncil.
ThiswordingprovidesthatsummaryreportscompiledbyaMember
StatebeforwardedbytheCommissiontotheotherMemberStates
andthatareportofamorepoliticalnatureontheapplication
ofthisDirectivebeforwardedtotheCouncilandtothe
BoropeanParliament.
1)O.J.N°
2)O.J.N°49of1.3:1975,P.1

2 ENV/203/75-E
Article 8
\
(A)Inthebelief that theprovisions ofthis Directive must be
applied soon aspossible ,theEuropean Parliament suggests
that theCouncil undertake toadopt theDirective before
1October 1975 . '
(B)TheCommission mentioned that this proposal foraDireotive was
Idrawn upasaresult ofaFrench communication inconnection with
'theInformation Agreement onthe nvironment of5Mrxoh 1973 »
According totheprocedures laid down inthis Agreement ,theCouncil
should normally adopt aDirective attheCommission 'sproposal five
months after ithasbeen sent totheCouncil ,that is13July 1975 *
Itshould however berecalled that theCommission also forwarded tothe
Council inconnection with ageneral programme ontheremoval of
technical barriers totrade ,aproposal fora-Directive relating to ■
theapproximation ofthelaws ,regulations andadministrative provisions
oftheMember States relating torestricting themarketing anduseof
certain dangerous substances andpreparations .This proposal fora
Direotive aims tolimit theuseofPCBs inclosed systems .
Itisproposed toretain theinitial text oftheCommission proposal#

3 ENV/208/75-S
Amendment oftheproposal foraCouncil Directive relating tothe
collection ,regeneration and/crdestruction ofpolychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs )
(forwarded bytheCommission totheCouncil under theterms ofArticle 149»
second paragraph ,oftheESCTreaty ).
Theproposal foraDirective forwarded totheCounoil on13February is
amended :
-byanamondment toArticle 7»
Original toxt
Article 7
Every three years each Member State
shall compile areport onthe
position astoPCBtreatment inits
territory and shall forward ittothe
ιCommission .,The Commission shall
forward ittothe other Member States ,Anended text
Article 7
Every three years each Member State
shall compile areport onthe
position astoPCBtreatment inits
territory and shall forward ittothe
Commission .The Commission shall
forward ittotheother Member Statesi
The Commission shall report every
three years tothe Councj 1and to
the European Parliament onthe
application ofthis Directive !