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II 
• (Preparatory Acts) 
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
Opinion on the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 78/176/EEC of 
20 February 1978 on waste from the titanium dioxide industry 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official journal of the European 
Communities No C 196 of 30 July 1982, page 6. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 23 July 1982 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic and Social 
Committee in accordance with Articles 100 and 235 of the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community. 
B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 201st 
plenary session held in Brussels on 27 and 28 October 1982. 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 
235 thereof, 
Having regard to the request made by the Council of the 
European Communities on 23 July 1982 for an opinion 
on the proposal for a Council Directive amending 
Directive 78/176/EEC of 20 February 1978 concerning 
wastes from the titanium dioxide industry (1), 
Having regard to the decision taken by its Bureau on 
13 October 1982, and approved by the Committee on 
27 October 1982, to appoint a rapporteur-general to 
draw up an opinion on the matter, in accordance with 
Article 18 of its Rules of Procedure, 
Having regard to the oral report made by the 
rapporteur-general, Mr Romoli, 
Having regard to the discussions on 27 October 1982 
during the 201st plenary session, held on 27 and 
28 October 1982, Considering its opinion on the proposal for a Council 
Directive on methods for the surveillance and monitoring 
of the environments affected by wastes from the titanium 
dioxide industry (2), 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
unanimously: 
1. The Committee notes that the original Directive 
78/176/EEC specified that the Member States should 
establish national programmes for the progressive 
reduction of titanium dioxide waste pollution and report 
progress thereon by 1 July 1980 so that six months later 
the Commission could present to the Council proposals to 
harmonize these programmes, and thus enable the 
Member States to bring them into operation by 1 January 
1982 at the latest. 
2. The Committee further notes that Member States 
were behind schedule in submitting their national 
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programmes and, in addition, the Commission found 
that the information supplied did not enable the 
Commission to send to the Council suitable proposals on 
harmonization and that the Commission has had to ask 
the Member States for supplementary information, which 
means that the deadlines in the original Directive cannot 
be met. 
3. The Committee supports the Commission 
proposals to extend the legal deadlines to 30 October 
1982 for the submission of a proposal for the 
Done at Brussels, 27 October 1982. 
The full text of the opinion is as follows: 
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 198 
thereof, 
Having regard to the request made by the Council of the 
European Communities on 19 August 1982 for an 
opinion on the proposal for a revision in the year 1983 of 
the multiannual research programme (1980 to 1983) of 
the Joint Research Centre, 
Having regard to its Rules of Procedure, and in particular 
Article 18 thereof, 
Having regard to the decision taken by its Bureau on 
13 October 1982 to appoint a rapporteur-general for the 
drafting of this opinion, 
Having regard to the opinion it has already delivered on 
the multiannual research programme of the JRC (1980 to 
1983 (»),• 
0) OJ No C 297, 28. 11. 1979. harmonization of national programmes and from 
1 January 1982 to 1 June 1983 for bringing the 
programmes into operation. 
4. However, the Committee deplores the fact that the 
Member States did not draw up and submit to the 
Commission the information within the time limit 
specified in the original Directive, and urges the 
Commission to take a decision on the harmonization of 
the national programmes in accordance with the 
deadlines set out in the new proposal. 
The Chairman 
of the Economic and Social Committee 
Francis CEYRAC 
Having regard to the draft opinion and report submitted 
by Mr von der Decken, rapporteur-general, 
Having regard to the discussions at its 201st plenary 
session, held on 27 and 28 October 1982 (meeting of 
27 October 1982), 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLOWING OPINION 
with no dissenting votes, but with one abstention: 
1. The ESC very much regrets that the very tight 
deadlines, compounded by the fact that the request for an 
opinion coincided with the renewal of the Committee, 
have prevented it from examining the Commission 
proposal with the close attention which its subject matter 
deserves. The proposal deals with the overall programme 
for all the Community's joint research establishments; 
major changes are to be made in this programme in its 
final year. These changes are so radical that they will 
affect the JRC's programme for 1984 to 1987 and Opinion on the proposal for a revision in the year 1983 of the multiannual research programme 
(1980 to 1983) of the Joint Research Centre 
The text referred to the Committee has been published in Official Journal of the European 
Communities No C 315 of 1 December 1982, p. 16. 
A. LEGAL BASIS FOR THE OPINION 
On 19 August 1982 the Council referred the abovementioned proposal to the Economic and 
Social Committee in accordance with Article 18 of the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community. 
B. OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE 
The Economic and Social Committee prepared its opinion on the above matter at its 201st 
plenary session held in Brussels on 27 and 28 October 1982.