CELEX: 51989PC0478
Language: en
Date: 1989-11-09
Title: AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVES 80/778/EEC ON DRINKING WATER, 76/160/EEC ON BATHING WATER, 75/440/EEC ON SURFACE WATER AND 79/869/EEC ON METHODS OF MEASUREMENT AND FREQUENCIES OF ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WATER

29. 11. 89                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No C 300/13
               Amended proposal for a Council Directive amending Directives S0/778/EEC on drinking
               water, 76/160/EEC on bathing water, 75/440/EEC on surface water and 79/869/EEC on
                          methods of measurement and frequencies of analysis of surface water (')
                                                            COM(89) 478 final
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 15 November
                                                                   1989)
                                                               (89/C 300/07)
               0) OJ No C 13, 17. 1. 1989, p. 7.
                        ORIGINAL TEXT                                                          AMENDED TEXT
                                                       Citations unchanged
                                            First to fifth r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
 Sixth recital                                                           Sixth recital
Whereas, in order to improve and accelerate practical                   Whereas, in order to improve and accelerate practical
 implementation of these Directives, the technical content               implementation of these Directives, and while retaining
 of their Annexes must, where appropriate, be speedily                   the protection provided to man and the environment, the
 adapted to scientific and technical progress and whereas,               technical content of their Annexes must, where appro-
in order to facilitate application of the measures required             priate, be speedily adapted to scientific and technical
for this purpose, provision should be made for a uniform                progress and whereas, in order to facilitate application of
procedure establishing close cooperation between the                     the measures required for this purpose, provision should
Member States and the Commission within a Regulatory                    be made for a uniform procedure establishing close
Committee acting in accordance with Procedure III,                      cooperation between the Member States and the
Variant (a) of Article 2 of Council Decision                            Commission within a Regulatory Committee acting in
 87/373/EEC of 13 July 1987 laying down the                             accordance with Procedure III, Variant (a) of Article 2
procedures for the exercise of implementing powers                      of Council Decision 87/373/EEC of 13 July 1987 laying
conferred on the Commission (6);                                        down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
                                                                        powers conferred on the Commission ( 6 );
                                        Seventh and eighth recitals u n c h a n g e d
                                                 Articles 1 to 4 u n c h a n g e d
                          Article 5                                                              Article 5
The following paragraphs hereby replace the provisions                 The following paragraphs hereby replace the provisions
of Article 15 of Directive 80/778/EEC, Article 11 of                    of Article 15 of Directive 80/778/EEC, Article 11 of
Directive 76/160/EEC and Article 11 of Directive                        Directive 76/160/EEC and Article 11 of Directive
79/869/EEC, and are inserted as Article 9c of Directive                 79/869/EEC, and are inserted as Article 9c of Directive
75/440/EEC:                                                             75/440/EEC:
'1.    Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to              '1.    Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to
be followed, the matter shall be referred to the                       be followed, the matter shall be referred to the
Committee by its chairman, either on his own initiative or             Committee by its chairman on his own initiative.'
at the request of a representative of a Member State.'
                                             P a r a g r a p h s 2 and 3 u n c h a n g e d
                                               Articles 6 and 7 u n c h a n g e d