CELEX: 51989PC0088
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Date: 1989-03-10 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to take part, on behalf of the Community, in the negotiations on the adoption by the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution of draft recommendations to the Contracting Parties intended to supplement, in respect of certain organochlorine compounds, Annex IV to the Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                              COM(89 ) 88 final
                                              Brussels , 10 March 1989
                                  Recommendation for a
                                     COUNCIL DECISION
              authorizing the Commission to take part , on behalf of the
  Community , in the negotiations on the adoption by the International Commission
                  for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution
          of draft recommendations to the Contracting Parties intended to
   supplement , in respect of certain organochlorine compounds , Annex IV to the
                  Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against
                                    Chemical Pollution
                             ( presented by the Commission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The Community decided on 25 July 1977 to conclude the Convention
      for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution ,
      hereinafter referred to as the " Chemical Convention ", and the
      additional Agreement to the Agreement signed in Berne on 29
      April 1963 concerning the International Commission for the
      Protection of the Rhine against Pollution , hereinafter referred
      to as the " International Commission " ( Decision 77 / 586 / EEC ) ‘ 1 * .
2 . Proposals for a supplement to Annex IV to the Chemical
      Convention in respect of several organochlorine compounds are
      currently under discussion in the International Commission . The
      substances concerned are :
      - pentachlorophenol
      - endosulfan
      - aldrin , dieldrin , endrin and isodrin
      - hexachlorobenzene and hexachlorobutadiene
      - 1 , 2-dichloroethane
      - tri - and tetrachloroethylene
      - chloronitroanilines
      - chloronitrobenzenes
      The Commission departments are requested to take part in these
      negotiations and to adopt a position concerning the formulation
      of ad hoc recommendations at the next plenary session of the
      International Commission due to be held in July 1988 .
 3 . The International Commission also intends to adopt , in respect
      of each substance , a recommendation on methods of monitoring
      discharges . These recommendations would contain provisions
      similar to the measures envisaged in the proposals for
      directives referred to in the following paragraph .
 ( 1 ) OJ L 240 , 19.9.1977 , p. 35
                                                                             г
 ---pagebreak--- 4 .  On 26 October   1986 the Commission sent to the Council       an amended
     proposal for a Directive' 2 ’ to include drins in List I of the
     Annex to Directive     76 / 464 / EEC ‘ 3 ’ .
     It also , on 12 October 1987 , sent to the Council a proposal for
     a Directive concerning the inclusion of hexachlorobenzene and
     hexachlorobutadiene     in List     I'*’ .
     As Parliament has not yet rendered its opinion ,        the Council has
     not been able to act on these two proposals .
5.   The other substances for which negotiations are in progress in
     the International Commission are included in the Community list
     of substances which could belong to List I , contained in the
     Commission Communication to         the Council of 22 June 1982'°’ .
     Commission staff are currently preparing proposals for
     directives in respect of these substances .
6 . Nevertheless , the Commission feels that the Contracting Parties
     to the Chemical Convention , desiring to protect the Rhine
     against this type of pollution , should be enabled to take the
     necessary   measures .
     The Commission therefore proposes to the Council that it adopt
     the following recommendation for a Decision authorizing the
     Commission to participate in the negotiations , on behalf of the
     Community , on the abovementioned draft recommendations with a
     view to their adoption by the International Commission .          It will
     report to the Council on conclusion of these negotiations , and
     make proposals for the appropriate course of action .
( 2 ) OJ C 309 ,  3.12.1986 , p.     3
( 3 ) OJ L 129 ,  18.5.1 976 , p.    23
(4)   See Doc .  C0M(87 ) 457 Final
( 5 ) OJ C 176 ,  14.7.1 982 , p. 3
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 ---pagebreak---                                          Recommendation for a
                                           COUNCIL DECISION
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 hehalf of the Community , in the negotiations on the adoption by the
 behalf
    international Commission for the Protection of the Rhine agains          against
     Pollution of draft recommendations to the Contracting Parties
      intended to supplement , in respect of certain organochlorine
    compounds , Annex IV to the Convention for the Protection of the
                      Rhine against Chemical Pollution .
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community ,
Having regard to Recommendation from the Commission ,
Whereas , by Council Decision 77/ 586/ EEC ( 1 ), the Community approved the
Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical
Pollution , hereinafter referred to as the " Chemical Convention ",
and the Additional Agreement to the Agreement signed in Bern                    on 29
April 1963 concerning the International Commission for the
Protection of the Rhine against Pollution , hereinafter referred to
as the " International Commission ";
Whereas the Community is Party to the Chemical Convention and the
Additional Agreement ;
Whereas , under Article 5 of the Chemical Convention , the
International Commission proposes limit values for the discharge of
certain substances into the surface waters of the Rhine basin by
way of amendments to Annex IV to the Chemical Convention ; whereas ,
under Article 14 of the Chemical Convention , unanimous acceptance
by the Contracting Parties is necessary for those amendments to
enter into force ;
Whereas the International Commission intends to draft
recommendations designed to supplement Annex IV to the Chemical
Convention by establishing limit values for pentachlorophenol ,
endosulf an , aldrin , dieldrin , endrin , isodrin , hexachlorobenzene ,
1 , 2-dichloroethane , trichloroethylene , tetrachloroethylene ,
chloroanil ines and chloronitrobenzenes ;
Whereas the Community and its Member States have competence in the
field covered by the Chemical Convention ;
Whereas it is desirable that the Community , as a Contracting Party
to the Chemical Convention , should take part in the negotiations
with a view to adoption by the International Commission of the said
draft recommendations ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 U ) OJ No L 240 , 19.9.1977 , p. 35
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The Commission is hereby authorized to take part , on behalf of the
Community , in the negotiations on the adoption , by the
International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against
Pollution , of draft recommendations to the Contracting Parties
intended to supplement Annex IV to the Convention for the
Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution in respect of
the following compounds :
pentachlorophenol , endosulfan , aldrin , dieldrin , endrin , isodrin ,
hexachlorobenzene , hexachlorobutadiene , 1 , 2-dichloroethane ,
trichloroethylene , tetrachloroethylene , chloroanilines and
chloronitrobenzenes .
The Commission shall conduct the negotiations in consultation with
the representatives of the Member States Parties to the Convention
and in conformity with the negotiating directives in the Annex .
Done at  Brussels                           For the Council
                                             The President
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 ---pagebreak---                                    ANNEX
                        Nego t iating D ir ectives
The purpose of the negotiations shall be to finalize the text of
the draft recommendations by the International Commission for the
Protection of the Rhine against Pollution intended to supplement ,
in respect of the organochlor ine compounds listed , Annex IV to the
Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical
Pollution , and to ensure that the texts contain appropriate
provisions permitting their adoption by the Community .