Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 on the protection of the Community's forests against atmospheric pollution
Date: 2001-11-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: air quality, environmental monitoring, environmental protection, forest conservation

C 51 E/342

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

26.2.2002

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

(2002/C 51 E/20)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 634 final (cid:151) 2001/0267(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission on 7 November 2001)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 175(1) 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,

the

scheme, which constitutes

tation of
the prime
reference for the budgetary authority within the meaning
of point 33 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May
1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and
the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement
of
the budgetary procedure. That allocation should be
adjusted in line with the amount entered in the preliminary
draft budget for 2002.

(6) Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 should therefore be

amended,

Acting in accordance with Article 251 of the Treaty,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Whereas:

(1) The period of application of

the Community scheme
introduced by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 (1) is
due to expire on 31 December 2001.

(2) Under Article 11(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86, the
Commission is required to submit a revision proposal to
end of
Parliament and the Council before
the
the
application period, covering in particular
the environ-
mental, economic and social aspects and the results of a
cost-benefit analysis.

the proposal

can therefore be presented at

(3) Preparation of
is still under way and no
proposal
stage.
in a
Parliament and the Council are consequently not
position to adopt any new arrangements for continuing
the Community scheme for
forests
against atmospheric pollution before it reaches the end of
its application period.

the protection of

this

Article 1

In Article 11, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the
following:

The scheme shall run for 16 years from 1 January

(cid:145)1.
1987.

2.
The financial allocation for the implementation of the
scheme shall be EUR 41,75 million for the period 1997 to
2002.

The annual appropriations
budgetary authority within the limits of
perspective.(cid:146)

shall be authorised by the
the financial

Article 2

(4) A transitional measure is

therefore needed to extend
application of the Regulation for a further year so that
the scheme can continue in 2002.

This Regulation shall enter
into force on the third day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities.

(5) Article 11(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 3528/86 fixes at
EUR 35,1 million the financial allocation for implemen-

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

(1) OJ L 326, 21.11.1986, p. 2. Regulation last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1484/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 196, 20.7.2001, p. 1).