CELEX: 51992PC0119
Language: en
Date: 1992-03-20
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE relating to the sulphur content of gasoil

No C 120 / 12                       Official Journal of the European Communities                                    12 . 5 . 92
                                               COMMISSION
                   Amended proposal for a Council Directive relating to the sulphur content of gasoil
                                                     (92 /C 120 /06)
                                             COM(92) 119 final — SYN 340
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 20 March 1992)
                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                   AMENDED TEXT
                                                                                         Recital 6a
                                                                                            (new)
                                                                Whereas fuel quality plays a key role in reducing air
                                                                pollution by vehicle exhaust fumes ;
                                                                                         Recital 7a
                                                                                           (new)
                                                               Whereas sulphur emissions from inland waterway vessels,
                                                                coastal vessels , deep sea vessels and motor vehicles
                                                                crossing the frontier to, or entering the territorial waters
                                                               of, a Member State from a third country are a significant
                                                               factor in air pollution ; there is therefore an urgent need
                                                               for measures to ensure that from the moment these
                                                               vessels and vehicles cross the border or enter the terri­
                                                               torial waters of a Member State they use only fuel whose
                                                               sulphur content complies with the requirements of this
                                                               Directive ; as far as motor vehicles are concerned this
                                                               applies in particular to heavy commercial vehicles from
                                                               third countries which are fitted with excessively large
                                                               special fuel containers with which they can cover the
                                                               entire journey through the Member States of the
                                                               Community without any further stop for fuel ;
                        Recital 13                                                       Recital 13
Whereas it is to be expected with a view to Directive          Whereas it is an urgent requirement with a view to
91 /. . ./EEC that there will be a switch to the use of        Directive 91 / 542 /EEC to switch to the use of auto­
automotive gasoil with a low sulphur content of 0,05 %         motive gasoil with a low sulphur content of 0,05 % by
by weight where this does not entail excessive costs for       weight ;
the consumer ;
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                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                         AMENDED TEXT
                                                                          Article 1 (2), first indent, subparagraph la
                                                                                                 (new)
                                                                  On a proposal from the Commission the Council shall
                                                                  decide, no later than 31 December 1993 , on measures to
                                                                  ensure that with effect from 1 October 1994 these vessels
                                                                  and vehicles only use within the Community gasoils with
                                                                  a sulphur content which complies with the provisions of
                                                                  this Directive .
                          Article 2                                                            Article 2
                        Paragraph 1                                                          Paragraph 1
1.      Member States shall take all necessary steps to           1 . Member States shall take all necessary steps to
ensure that automotive gasoils can be marketed in the             ensure that automotive gasoils are marketed in the
Community only if their sulphur compound content,                 Community only if their sulphur compound content,
expressed in sulphur (hereinafter 'sulphur content'), does        expressed in sulphur (hereinafter 'sulphur content'), does
not exceed :                                                      not exceed :
                        Paragraph 3                                                          Paragraph 3
3.      Member States shall take all necessary steps to           3 . Member States shall take all necessary steps to
ensure that heating, industrial and bunker gasoils can be         ensure that heating, industrial and bunker gasoils are
marketed in the Community only if their sulphur content           marketed in the Community only if their sulphur content
does not exceed :                                                 does not exceed :
                Amended proposal for a Council Decision on a Community action plan to assist tourism
                                                       (92 /C 120 /07)
                                                     COM(92) 130 final
             (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 2 April 1992)
                      INITIAL PROPOSAL                                                   AMENDED PROPOSAL
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the provisions of the Treaty estab­              Having regard to the provisions of the Treaty estab­
lishing the European Economic Community, and in                   lishing the European Economic Community, and in
particular Article 235 thereof,                                   particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal for a Decision presented            Having regard to the proposal for a Decision presented
by the Commission ,                                               by the Commission ('),
Having regard to the opinion of the European                      Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,                                                       Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                  Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee ,                                                Social Committee (*),
                                                                  C) COM(92) 97 final, 24. 4. 1991 .
                                                                  (3 ) OJ No C 49 , 24 . 2 . 1992 .