CELEX: 51988PC0451
Language: en
Date: 1988-08-01
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE AND APPROVE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY CERTAIN MEASURES AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OF A REGIONAL NATURE RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION TO WHICH THE COMMUNITY IS A PARTY ( SUBMITTED BY THE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 149 ( 3 ) OF THE EEC TREATY )

6. 9. 88                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              N o C 230/7
             Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision authorizing the Commission to negotiate
             and approve on behalf of the Community certain measures as part of the implementation of
             international agreements of a regional nature relating to environmental protection to which the
                                                  Community is a party (')
                                                     COM(88) 451 final
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 16 August 1988)
                                                       (88/C 230/10)
             (') OJ No C 324, 17. 12. 1986, p. 3.
                     ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                               MODIFIED PROPOSAL
                                                  Preamble unchanged
                                            First two recitals u n c h a n g e d
Whereas, on grounds of efficiency and so as not to slow         Whereas, on grounds of efficiency and so as not to slow
down the decision-making process and the entry into             down the decision-making process and the entry into
force of the regional agreements to which the                   force of the regional agreements to which the
Community is a Contracting Party, it is clear from the          Community is a Contracting Party, it is clear from the
experience so far that it would be useful for the               experience so far that it would be useful for the
Commission, taking into account the specific features of        Commission, taking into account the specific features of
the regional agreements, to be authorized to negotiate          the regional agreements, to be authorized to negotiate
and approve on behalf of the Community and on the               and approve on behalf of the Community and on the
basis of a general Council Decision measures equivalent         basis of a general Council Decision measures equivalent
to or less stringent than those provided for by                 to or, on certain conditions only, less stringent than those
Community acts.                                                 provided for by Community acts.
                                           Remaining recitals unchanged
                         Article 1                                                        Article 1
The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate and            The Commission is hereby authorized to negotiate and
approve on behalf of the Community in the context of            approve on behalf of the Community in the context of
the regional environmental protection agreements listed         the regional environmental protection agreements listed
in the Annex hereto:                                            in the Annex hereto:
— measures which are equivalent to or less stringent            — measures equivalent        to   those   provided   for  in
    than those provided for in Community rules.                     Community rules,
                                                                — measures which are less stringent than those provided
                                                                    for in Community rules only if either the standards to
                                                                    be set allow sufficient leeway to cover the existing
                                                                    Community arrangements or the Member States
                                                                    concerned are explicitly allowed to adopt a lower
                                                                    standard.
                                              Second indent unchanged
                                                  Article 2 unchanged
                                                   Annex unchanged