Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against atmospheric pollution
Date: 1999-07-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, degradation of the environment, environmental cooperation, environmental protection

C 307 E/32

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.10.1999

Proposal for a European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No
3528/86 on the protection of the Community’s forests against atmospheric pollution

(1999/C 307 E/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(1999) 379 final (cid:151) 1999/0159(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 22 July 1999)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 175 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

(1) Whereas the period of application of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3528/86 of 17 November 1986 on the protection
of
atmospheric
against
forests
pollution (1) expired on 31 December 1996;

Community’s

the

(2) Whereas forests play an essential part

in maintaining
fundamental ecological balances, particularly as regards
the
and flora;
whereas those ecological balances are indispensable for
sustainable agriculture and the management of rural areas;

soil, water

resources,

climate,

fauna

(3) Whereas

the conservation of

the forest ecosystems is
social
important
for
functions and contributes,
safe-
guarding the social function of those people working in
agriculture and in rural areas;

and
towards

in particular,

economic,

ecological

its

(4) Whereas

the Member

and
international

the Community
at

States
committed themselves
the
pan-European Ministerial Conferences on the Protection
of Forests in Europe, held in Strasbourg in 1990 and in
Helsinki
forest
damage; whereas the scheme provided for by Regulation
(EEC) No 3528/86 contributes to the fulfilment of this
commitment;

in 1993 to continuous

surveillance of

level

at

(5) Whereas results from the systematic survey network show
obvious trends in spatial and temporal distribution of forest
damage over the entire area of the Community;

(6) Whereas plots for the intensive and continuous monitoring
of
forest ecosystems have been set up by the Member
States; whereas a continuation of this monitoring activity

(1) OJ L 326, 21.11.1986, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

lation (EEC) No 2157/92 (OJ L 217, 31.7.1992, p. 1).

over a longer period will improve the understanding of the
causal relationship between changes in forest ecosystems
and the factors influencing them;

(7) Whereas consequently the scheme provided for by Regu-
lation (EEC) No 3528/86 should be continued and its
duration extended for five years, its period of application
thereby being extended to fifteen years as from 1 January
1987;

reference

the prime

(8) Whereas the financial allocation established by this Regu-
the measure and
the full duration of
lation covers
constitutes
budgetary
authority during the annual budgetary procedure within
the meaning of point 33 of
Interinstitutional
Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European
on
Parliament,
budgetary discipline and improvement of
the budgetary
procedure;

the Commission

the Council

and

the

the

for

(9) Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 should therefore be

amended,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Article 11 of Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 is replaced by the
following:

(cid:145)Article 11

1. The scheme shall run for 15 years from 1 January 1987.

2. The financial allocation for

the
scheme shall be EUR 34 million for the period 1997 to
2001.

the implementation of

Annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary
authority within the limits of the financial perspective.

3. Before expiry of the period referred to in paragraph 1, the
Commission shall submit to the Council a report on the
application of this Regulation.(cid:146)

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that
the European
of
Communities.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.