CELEX: 51987PC0333
Language: en
Date: 1987-07-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the draft OECD Council Decision concerning those hazardous wastes for which transfrontier movements shall be controlled (presented by the Commission)

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                                                 COM(87 ) 333 final
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                                Proposai for a                 *
                              COUNCIL DECISION
 on the draft OECD Council Decision concerning those hazardous wastes
          for which transfrontier movements shall be controlled    ■
                       ( presented by the Commission )
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 ---pagebreak--- In the light of the Decision and Recommendation of the OECD Council on
transfrontier movements of hazardous waste ( CC83 ) 180 final ) and of the
Conclusions and Recommendations on international cooperation concerning
transfrontier movements of hazardous wastes adopted by the OECD
Conference in March 1985 in Basle , the OECD has engaged in the
development of an international system for effective control of
transfrontier movements of hazardous wastes involving in particular
definition and characterization of such wastes .
Operators generally export wastes to other countries for economic
reasons . In view of the risks involved in this movement of wastes and
in subsequent treatment of the wastes in the importing country , most
importing countries have imposed controls which should be harmonized at
regional and international level in order to avoid unncessary
administrative barriers and regulatory differences likely to have an
effect on commerce , conditions of compétition and envi ronmental
protection . With regard to the Community , the Council adopted a
Directive at the end of 1984 on the supervision and control within the
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European Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste .
This was amended in June 1986 to cover shipment of such waste to
countries outside the Community .
The OECD 's activities have culminated in the preparation of a draft
OECD Council Decision defining and characterizing hazardous wastes
subject to international control . This draft will shortly be submitted
to the OECD Council for approval . In addition , a draft international
agreement on the control of transfrontier movements of hazardous wastes
is Likely to be submitted to a diplomatic negotiating conference at the
beginning of 1988; this will be the subject of a further Commission
 Communication to the Council at the appropriate time .
   Directive 84 / 631 / EEC - 0J L 326, 13.12.1984
2 Directive 85 /339/ EEC - 0J L 176, 27.6.1985
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The abovementioned draft international agreement will concern the
wastes to be defined in the OECD Council Decision ; this Decision
relates to commercial policy and is therefore a matter of exclusive
Community competence .
The Commission consequently proposes the following procedure to the
Council .
1 . On adoption of the Act by the OECD Council , the Member States should
    enter a reservation to be recorded in accordance with the procedures
    laid down in the internal rules of the OECD . This reservation would
    declare that the Member States cannot enter into the commitments in
    question owing to the transfer of competence to the Community in the
    field concerned .
2 . The Commission should express the Community 's commitment to sign the
    OECD Decision , provided that the content of this Decision is
    compatible with Community interests in respect of the provisions
    concerning the powers transferred to the Community . This undertaking
    would be incoporated in an appropriate form in the Act submitted to
    the Council for approval .
A corresponding proposal for a Decision is supplied in the Annex .
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                                Proposai for a
                               COUNCIL DECISION
 on the draft OECD Council Decision concerning those hazardous wastes
         for which transfrontier movements shall be controlled
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community and in particular Article 113 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas an international agreement on international trade in hazardous
wastes is being prepared within the OECD ;
Whereas the OECD Council proposes to adopt a Decision establishing the
list of hazardous wastes to be covered by the future international
agreement , which list will be contained in the Annex to that agreement ;
Whereas trade in hazardous wastes exists between the European Community
and non-member countries , some of whom are OECD members ;
Whereas there are differences in the national provisions defining these
wastes ; whereas in the Community these wastes are defined by Council
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Directive 78 / 319 / EEC of 20 March 1978 on toxic and dangerous waste ;
whereas on 6 December 1984 the Council adopted Directive 84 / 631 / EEC on
the supervision and control within the European Community of the
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transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste , as last amended by Directive
86/279/ EEC 3 ;
Whereas these differences affect trade in this field and the draft OECD
Council Decision helps to reduce these differences ;
Whereas , therefore , the Community should undertake to sign this Decision ,
provided that its content is in conformity with Community interests ,
1 0J No L 84 , 31.3.1978 , p. 43 .
20J No L 326, 13.12.1984, p. 31
30J No L 181 , 4.7.1986, p. 13 .
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HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS  :
                               Sole Article
On adoption by the OECD Council of the Decision concerning those
hazardous wastes for which transfrontier movements shall be controlled ,
the Member States shall enter a reservation declaring their inability
to enter into commitments on the matters covered by that Decision , as
competence for these matters lies with the European Economic Community .
The Commission shall simultaneously declare that the European Economic
Community undertakes to sign that Decision , provided that the content of
the latter is compatible with the interests of the Community .
Done at                                  For the Council
                                         The President
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       FICHE D' IMPACT DE CERTAINS ACTES LEGISLATIFS SUR LES PME ET L' EMPLOI
    Communication de la Commission au Conseil concernant le projet
    de décision de L' OCDE relatif aux déchets dangereux dont les
    mouvements transfrontaliers         sont  contrôlés
1 - OBLIGATIONS ADMINISTRATIVES DECOULANT DE L' APPLICATION DE LA
    LEGISLATION POUR LES ENTREPRISES :
    Aucune .
H. AVANTAGES POUR L' ENTREPRISE :
    - OUI / III
    * LESQUELS ? Plus de clarté pour la gestion
3 . INCONVENIENTS POUR L' ENTREPRISE ( coQt supplémentaire ) :
    - III / NON
    - CONSEQUENCES :
4 . EFFETS SUR L' EMPLOI :     non déterminé'
5 . Y-A- T - IL EU CONCERTATION PREALABLE AVEC LES PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX ?
    - OUI / MI
    - AVIS DES PARTENAIRES SOCIAUX : favorable quant au principe
6 . Y-A-T- IL UNE APPROCHE ALTERNATIVE MOINS CONTRAIGNANTE ?
    - III/ NON