Council Resolution of 3 May 1988 on the close of the European Year of the Environment
Date: 1988-05-03
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: European Movement, environmental cooperation, environmental policy, environmental protection, public awareness campaign













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31988Y0518(01)

Council Resolution of 3 May 1988 on the close of the European Year of the Environment  


Official Journal C 129 , 18/05/1988 P. 0001 - 0001 





COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 3 May 1988 on the close of the European Year of the Environment (88/C 129/01)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Referring to the decision of the European Council of 29 and 30 March 1985 designating 1987 as the  'European Year of the Environment' and to the Council resolution of 6 March 1986 on an action programme for that year (1);    Noting that, following adoption of the Single Act, environment protection policy has become a fully established policy of the  European Community;    Thanks the Commission and all those who have contributed, under the aegis of the Steering Committee and the National Committees, to ensuring the success of the European Year of the Environment;    Welcomes the impact made by, and  response to, the European Year of the Environment in the Community, enabling awareness to be increased among a large number of those in positions of responsibility in administrations, industry and trade unions, local authorities and associations and  also a broad spectrum of European public opinion, particularly young people;    Is pleased that events were organized around practical projects and in a decentralized way, thereby enabling numerous regional and local bodies in the Community to participate;     Notes with interest the efforts made to encourage in particular, European, multinational or bilateral projects and to involve the business world in the European Year of the Environment;   Takes note of the initiatives to encourage the submission and  implementation of projects with an environmental aspect which may be eligible for the various Community Funds;    Notes with satisfaction that some non-member countries were involved in the European Year of the Environment and that the Commission carried  out information, education and awareness projects directed at developing countries;    Hopes that the information and awareness activities undertaken during the European Year of the Environment will have follow-on effects well beyond it and bring benefits  and practical progress for the protection of the environment and of the world in which we live;    Calls on the Commission to take account, in the continuation of its information and education efforts, of the experience gleaned during the European Year of  the Environment, of the need to cooperate with the Member States and of the advisability or not of associating with other interested bodies;    Emphasizes in this connection that, if Community environmental policy is to progress in both its framing and its  implementation, there is a need for greater convergence of interests and attitudes on the importance of environmental problems on the part of public opinion and the sectors concerned in all Member States;    Calls on Member States to continue to strive  towards the objectives which gave birth to the European Year of the Environment, in cooperation with the groups concerned and the Commission.                                                      (1) OJ No C 63, 18. 3. 1986, p. 1.