CELEX: 51988PC0451
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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)

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                                                     COM(88 ) 451 final
                                                     Brussels , 1 August 1988
                                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 )
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                                  / y
 ---pagebreak---                               Amendment to the
                                Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
   authori zing 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
1 . Explanatory memorandum
    The purpose of the amendment is to define the conditions under which
    the Commission could negotiate and approve measures in the international
    conventions concerned that are less stringent than Community measures .
2 . Parliament 's opinion on the proposed Decision to authorize negotiations
    At its part-session of 19 / 20 January 1988 Parliament adopted a resolution
    embodying its opinion on the proposal authorizing the negotiations and
    approval of measures under international conventions .
    Parliament approved the Commission 's proposal , suggesting four amendments
    in accordance with Article 149(2)(c ) of the Treaty .
    The Commission accepted three of the amendments proposed , their aim being
    to strengthen the protection of the environment by setting out the
    conditions for negotiating measures which are less stringent than the
    Community measures .
    The fourth amendment sought to involve Parliament in the procedure for
    the Commission 's report on the negotiations and their final outcome .
    The Commission did not accept this amendment because it departed from the
    customary procedures and was not forseen by the Single Act .
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 ---pagebreak---                              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
Original Proposai                                 Modified Proposai
                         Preamble unchanged
                    First two recitals unchanged
Whereas , on grounds of efficiency            Whereas , on grounds of efficiency
and so as not to slow down the                and so as not to slow down the
decision-making process and the entry         decision-making process and the entry
into force of the regional agreements         into force of the regional agreements
to which the Community a Contracting          to which the Community a Contracting
Party , it is clear from the experience       Party , it is clear from the experience
so far that it would be useful for the        so far that it would be useful for the
Commission , taking into account the          Commission , taking into account the
specific features of the regional             specific features of the regional
agreements , to be authorized to              agreements , to be authorized to
negotiate and approve on behalf of the        negotiate and approve on behalf of the
Community and on the basis of a general       Community and on the basis of a
Council Decision measures equivalent          general Council Decision measures
to or less stringent than those provided      equivalent to or , on certain
for by Community acts .                       conditions only , less stringent than
                                              those provided for by Community acts .
                    Remaining recitals unchanged
             Article 1                                     Article 1
The Commission is hereby  authorized to       The Commission is hereby authorized
negotiate and approve on  behalf of the       to negotiate and approve on behalf
Community in the context  of the regional     of the Community in the context of
environmental protection  agreements          the regional environmental protection
listed in the Annex hereto :                  agreements listed in the Annex hereto :
- measures which are equivalent to or         - measures equivalent to those
  less stringent than those provided            provided for in Community rules
  for in Community rules
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Original proposai                          Modified Proposai
                                   - measures which are less stringent
                                     than those provided for in Community
                                     rules only if either the standard s
                                     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
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