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Tothisend,MemberStatesshalldeterminethe
categoriesofindustrialestablishments forwhichsuch
energyauditsaretobegraduallyintroduced,onthe
basisoftheircontributiontocarbondioxideemissions,
whereverthesearehigh.
Article9
MemberStatesshallreporttotheCommissioneverytwo
yearsontheresultsofthemeasurestakentoimplement
thisDirective .Article11
1.MemberStatesshallbringintoforcethelaws,
regulationsandadministrative provisionsnecessaryto
complywiththisDirectivenotlaterthan...
WhenMemberStatesadopttheseprovisions,theseshall
containareferencetothisDirectiveorshallbeaccom­
paniedbysuchreferenceatthetimeoftheirofficial
publication .Theprocedureforsuchreferenceshallbe
adoptedbyMemberStates.
2.MemberStatesshallcommunicate tothe
Commissionthetextsoftheprovisionsofnationallaw
whichtheyadoptinthefieldgovernedbythisDirective.
Article12
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.Article10
TheCouncil,actingbyaqualifiedmajorityona
proposalfromtheCommissionandafterconsultingthe
EuropeanParliamentandtheEconomicandSocial
Committee,shall,wherenecessary,adoptanyadditional
provisionstotheruleslaiddowninthisDirective.
AmendmenttotheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirective79/157/EEConthe
approximationofthelawsoftheMemberStatesrelatingtothepermissiblesoundlevelantthe
exhaustsystemofmotorvehicles
(92/C179/06)
COM(92)263final/2—SYN337
(SubmittedbytheCommissionpursuanttoArticle149(3)oftheEECTreatyon11June1992)
1.Afterthefirstrecital,thenewrecitalisadded:
'WhereastheEuropeanParliamenthasalreadycalled
ontheCommissiontosubmitaproposalin1992
layingdownthemaximumpermissiblenoiselimits
takingaccountofthenoisedisturbancethresholds
definedbytheOECD;'.further,moredetailedstudiesandresearchonthe
problemsassociatedwith,andthetechnicalsolutions
fornoisecreatedby,thecontactbetweentyresand
theground—willresultintheestablishmentof
realisticandreproduciblecriteriaandmethodsfor
determiningthisimportanttypeofnoisepollutionand
forlayingdowntherelevantrequirementstobe
compliedwith;'.
2.Theseventhrecitalisamendedasfollows:3.Theninthrecitalisamendedasfollows:
'Whereas,ofthenoisepollutionemanatingfrom
vehicles,thatcausedbythetyreshasprovedtobe
particularlyseverewhenthevehicle'sspeedexceeds
60km/h;whereasprotectingthepubliceffectively
againstnoisepollution,particularlythatcausedby
trafficinurbanareas,requiresthattwofurtherstages
becompleted;whereasthefirststage,coveredbythis
Directive,consistsingivingasmuchadditionalweight
aspossibletothecurrentrequirementsofeach
categoryofvehiclewithrespecttothesoundlevelsof
themechanicalpartsandexhaustsystemsofmotor
vehicles;whereasthesecondstage—inthelightof'Whereasmanydifferenttypesoftyreandroad
surfacealreadyexistforthedifferentgeographical
andatmosphericconditions;whereasitisnecessaryto
continuestudiesandresearchsoastobeableto
establishcriteriatobemetbytyres,andtodefinea
specificnumericalvalueforthetype-approval of
motorvehicles;whereastheresultsofsuchstudies
andresearchwillenabletheintroduction offurther
requirements ,inadditiontomeasurescoveringnoise
ofmechanicalsourceprovidedforinthisDirective,at
asecondstage;'.

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4.Aftertheninthrecital,thefollowingnewrecitalis
added:5.Thefollowingnewparagraph2aisaddedatArticle4:
'Whereasthecontrolofsoundemissionsproducedby
theinteractionbetweentyresandroadwaymustbe
basedonthecompositionsoftheasphalt(noise­
absorbingasphalt)aswellasontyres;whereasitis
necessarytocontinuestudiesandresearchsoastobe
abletoascertainspecificnumericalindicesinorderto
establishobjectivecriteriaforroadconformity;'.'2aMemberStatesshalltakethenecessary
measurestohavethetype-approvalsoundlevelvalues
publishedinsuchawaythattheywillbewidely
accessible,before1October1994.Theyshallinform
theCommissionofthestepsbeingtakentocomply
withthisrequirement-prior tothisdate.'
ProposalforaCouncilRegulation(EEC)layingdown,inrespectofhops,theamountofaidto
producersforthe1991harvest
(92/C179/07)
COM(92)281final
(SubmittedbytheCommissionon30June1992)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,cultivatedwithexperimentalstrainsinordertofacilitate
thedevelopmentofnewvarieties;
Whereasanexamination oftheresultsofthe1990
harvestshowstheneedtofixaidforgroupsofvarieties
ofhopscultivatedintheCommunity ;whereasaidto
producersshallalsobegrantedforareascultivatedwith
experimentalstrains,
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article1
1.Forthe1991harvest,aidshallbegrantedtothe
producersofhopscultivatedintheCommunityforthe
groupsofvarietiessetoutintheAnnexaswellasfor
experimentalstrains.
2.Theamountoftheaidshallbeassetoutinthe
Annex.
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirdday
followingitspublicationintheOfficialJournalofthe
EuropeanCommunities :
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyand
directlyapplicableinallMemberStates.HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilRegulation (EEC)No
1696/71of26July1971onthecommonorganizationof
themarketinhops('),aslastamendedbyRegulation
(EEC)No2780/90(2),andinparticularArticle12(7)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropean
Parliament,
WhereasArticle12ofRegulation(EEC)No1696/71
providesthataidmaybegrantedtohopproducersto
enablethemtoachieveafairincome;whereasthe
amountofthisaidisfixedperhectareanddiffers
accordingtovarieties,takingintoaccounttheaverage
returnontheareasinfullproductioncomparedwiththe
averagereturnsforpreviousharvests,thecurrent
positionofthemarketandtrendsincosts;
WhereasArticle12aofthesameRegulationprovides
thataidtoproducersmayalsobegrantedforareas
OOJNoL175,4.8.1971,p.1.
OOJNoL265,28.9.1990,p.1.