CELEX: 51980PC0455
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Date: 1980-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Recommendation for a COUNCIL DECISION authorizing the Commission to participate in the negotiations of an agreement on cooperation in the management of the water of the Danube basin (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                     COM(80)455 final
                                                     Brussels / 22 July 1980
                                 Recommendation for a
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 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1 . The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has informed the Com­
    mission of its intention to negotiate and conclude with the Republic of
    Austria an Agreement on the management of the water of the Danube basin .
    The negotiations will take place during August 1980 on the basis of a
    draft Agreement which includes provisions on the protection of the water
    of the Danube against pollution .
2 . The Council has already adopted several acts intended to protect river
    water and some of these are affected by the Agreement referred to above .
    These are , inter alia ,
    - the Directive 75/440/EEC of 16 June 1975 concernant the quality required
      of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the
      Member States ,
    - the Directive 76/160/EEC of 8 December 1975 concerning the quality of
      bathing water ,
    - the Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain
      dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the
      Community,
    - Directive 78/659/EEC of 18 July 1978 on the quality of fresh waters
      needing protection or 'improvement in order to support fish life .
    For the same reasons the Community became a party to the Convention for
    the prevention of marine pollution from land based sources , to the Con­
    vention for the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollution and
    to the Additional Agreement to the Agreement , signed in Berne on
    29.4.1963 , concerning the International Commission for the protection
    of the Rhine against pollution .
3 . In view of the competence of the Community in part of the area covered
    by the draft Agreement , it is necessary for the Community to become a
    Contracting Party to that Agreement .
4 . In conclusion the Commission recommends that the Council authorise the
    Commission to negotiate the Agreement on the management of the water of
    the Danube basin and , to that end , to adopt the annexed Decision .
 ---pagebreak---                                Recommendation for a
                                 COUNCIL DECISION
                  authorizing the Commission to participate in
                 the negotiation of an agreement on cooperation in
                 the management of the water of the Danube basin
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
  Having regard to the Recommendation from the Commission,
  Whereas negotiations , in which the Federal Republic of Germany and the
  Republic of Austria will take part , will take place in August 1980 with a
  view to the conclusion of an agreement on cooperation in the management
  of the water of the Danube basin ,
  Whereas the Council has adopted several directives concerning the manage­
  ment of water , and . in particular          . Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May
  1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the
  aquatic environment of the Community . ;
  Whereas , in view of the Community competence in the sphere concerned , it
' is essential that the Community participate in the negotiation of the
  above-inentioned agreement ,
  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                      Sole Article
  The Commission is hereby authorised to participate in the negotiation of
  an agreement on cooperation in the management of the water of the Danube
 basin .
  The Commission shal I conduct such negotiations in accordance with the
  annexed directive .
                                           Done at
                                           For the Council
                                           The President
    0J No L 129 / 18.5.1976 , p. 23 .
 ---pagebreak---                                                           ANNEX
                           NEGOTIATING DIRECTIVE
The Agreement must be adapted in such a way as to enable the Community to
conclude it .