CELEX: 51978PC0184(04)
Language: en
Date: 1978-04-26 00:00:00
Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING NEGOTIATIONS BY THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY WITH A VIEW TO ITS ACCESSION TO THE BONN AGREEMENT OF 9 JUNE 1969 ON COOPERATION IN DEALING WITH POLLUTION OF THE NORTH SEA BY OIL

No C 146/10                         Official Journal of the European Communities                             21. 6. 78
                Recommendation for a Council Decision concerning negotiations by the European
                Economic Community with a view to its accession to the Bonn Agreement of 9 June
                        1969 on cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 27 April 1978)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       transport and shipping and specify that the
                                                               protection of sea water with a view to preserving
Having regard to the Treaty             establishing  the      vital ecological balances is a priority task;
European Economic Community,
                                                               Whereas the Bonn Agreement of 9 June 1969 on
Having regard to the recommendation from the                   cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North
Commission,                                                    Sea by oil provides for the reciprocal exchange of
                                                               information on the combating of marine pollution by
Whereas at its meeting in Copenhagen on 7 and 8                oil; whereas the provisions of the Agreement are such
April 1978 the European Council decided that the               as to permit the above objectives to be attained;
Community should make the prevention and control               whereas it would therefore be desirable for the
of marine pollution, particularly by oil, one of its           Community to accede to this Agreement,
main objectives, and asked the Council (acting on a
proposal from the Commission) and the Member
States immediately to introduce appropriate measures           HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
within the Community and to adopt a common stand
in the international bodies concerned, particularly as
regards research and the implementation of effective                                 Sole Article
pollution control measures;
                                                               The Commission is hereby authorized to open
Whereas the action programmes of the European                  negotiations with the States party to the Bonn
Communities on the environment (*) emphasize how               Agreement of 9 June 1969 on cooperation in dealing
important it is for the Community to combat marine             with pollution of the North Sea by oil, with a view to
pollution in general, provide inter alia for                   the Community's accession to that Agreement.
Community action to combat pollution caused by
                                                               The Commission shall conduct the negotiations in
                                                               consultation with the representatives of the Member
 (!) OJ N o C 112, 20. 12. 1973, p. 1, and OJ N o C 139,
     13. 6. 1977, p. 1.                                        States.