THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON PROCEDURES FOR HARMONIZING THE PROGRAMMES FOR THE RADUCTION AND EVENTUAL ELIMINATION OF THE POLLUTION CAUSED BY WASTE FROM THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE INDUSTRY
Date: 1989-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, chemical industry, industrial waste, pollution control measures, titanium

COMMISSION  OF  THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 

COM  (89)  292  final  "  SYN  27 

Brussels, 

8  June  1989 

THIRD  AMB^DMENT  TO  THE  PROPOSAL  FOR  A  COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

on  procedures  f or  h a r m o n i z i ng  t he  programmes 

~~fbr  t he  r e d u c t i on  and  e v e n t u al  e l i m i n a t i on  of 

t he 

p o l l u t i on  caused  by  waste  from  t he  t i t a n i um  d i o x i de 

i n d u s t ry 

(presented  by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  the 
t h i rd  paragraph  of  Article  149  of  the  EEC  Treaty) 

EXPLANATORY MBORANDUM 

At  its plenary  part-session on 25 May  1989 Parliament debated 
the Commission's proposal  for a Council Directive on procedures 
for harmonizing  the programmes' for the reduction  and eventual 
el iminatriea of the pollution caused by waste from the-titanium 
dioxide  industry^). 

It also debated the second amendment to the same proposal , as 
submitted  by  the  General  Secretariat  of  the  Council  on  26 
January  1989(2). 

After  discussion  the  proposal  under  "Cooperation  procedure, 
second  consultation,  first  reading",  Parliament  approved  the 
Commission's second amendment to the proposal  for a Directive, 
agreed that the  legal base chosen by the Commission was correct 
and rejected the position of the Council favouring Article 130S 
of the EEC Treaty. 

(1) Parliament  gave  Its opinion on this proposal on 10 April 

1984. 

(2) C0M(88)849  final - SYN 27. 

•-> 

Parliament  adopted  a  series  of  amendments  to  the  Council's 
text  O) . 

Amendments  1,  2,  3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8  and  1D  are  exactly  the 

oiording  set  out  in  the  second  amendment  to  the  Commission's 

proposa I. 

As  regards  amendments  11  and  12,  the  Commission  accepts  them 
both, as proposed  by Par I Iament. 

(3) Document P.E. 130.174/def. 

ORIGINAL TEXT 

- First citation 

- Recitals  2 - 13 

AMBOBD  TEXT 

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- RecI ta I 14 (new) 

efforts, 

whereas Member States, despite 
determined 
de-
monstrabI y  experIence  part I-
cular difficulties with  regard 
to  programmes  for  the  elimi 
nation  of  discharges,  the 
CommissIon  shouId  be  abIe  to 
extend 
time 
Iimits; 

relevant 

the 

- Recitals  14 and  15 

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Article 5(2) 

In  the  case  of  Member  States 
which  avail  themselves  of  the 
option  provided  for  In  para 
graph  1  above  but  which  are 
unable  to  fulfil  the  requIre-
ments  laid  down  in  Article  4 
by  31  December 
1992  the 
Commission may grant a one-off 
extension of six months. 

^ 

Commission of the  European Communities 

COM(89)  292  final 

Third amendment to the  proposal for a 

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

on  procedures  for  harmonizing  the  programmes  for  the  reduction  and 
eventual elimination of  the  pollution caused by waste  from the  titanium 
dioxide  industry 

(presented  by  the  Commission  pursuant  to  Article  149(3)  of  the  EEC 
Treaty) 

8.6.1989 

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DOCUMENTS 

Third  amendment  to the  proposal for  a 

COUNCIL  DIRECTIVE 

on  procedures  for  harmonizing the  programmes 
for  the  reduction  and eventual  elimination  of  the 
pollution caused  by waste  from the  titanium 
dioxide  industry 

(presented  by the  Commission  pursuant  to 
Article  149(3) of  the  EEC Treaty) 

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