CELEX: 51989PC0028
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCLUDING THE CONVENTION ON COOPERATION ON THE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE DANUBE BASIN

No C 98/10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   19. 4. 89
              Proposal for a Council Decision concluding the Convention on cooperation on the management
                                          of water resources in the Danube Basin
                                                     COM(89) 28 final
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 21 March 1989)
                                                       (89/C 98/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          to be taken in order, inter alia, to improve the quality of
                                                                 the water resources in the Danube Basin, as far as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             covered by this Convention;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130 S
thereof,                                                         Whereas 15 Directives listed in the Annex to the Final
                                                                 Protocol to the Convention in question apply to the
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               Danube Basin;
Having regard       to  the  opinion   of   the  European        Whereas it appears necessary for the Community to
Parliament,                                                      conclude this Convention in order to attain one of the
                                                                 objectives of the Community as regards the preservation,
Having regard to the resolution and Annex (') of the
                                                                 protection and improvement of the quality of the envir-
Council of the European Communities and of the repre-
                                                                 onment, as provided for in the Single European Act;
sentatives of the Governments of the Member States
meeting within the Council of 19 October 1987 on the             Whereas the Convention has on 1 December 1987 been
continuation and implementation of a European                    signed on behalf of the Community,
Community policy and action programme on the
environment (1987 to 1992),
                                                                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS,
Whereas the Fourth Action Programme, in continuation
of the earlier action programmes, lists amongst its main                                   Article 1
areas of activity, monitoring and control with a view to
                                                                 The Convention on cooperation on management of
improving water quality and reducing pollution;
                                                                 water resources in the Danube Basin is hereby concluded
Whereas the Fourth Action Programme calls for active             on behalf of the European Economic Community.
participation by the Community and its Member States
                                                                 The text of the Convention is annexed to this Decision.
in international action for the protection of the envir-
onment, and attaches, in this framework, particular
                                                                                           Article 2
importance to bilateral liaisons with third countries;
                                                                 The President of the Council of the European
Whereas the Convention on cooperation on the                     Communities shall, on behalf of the European Economic
management of water resources in the Danube Basin,               Community, deposit the instrument of conclusion
signed in Regensburg on 1 December 1987, provides in             provided for in Article 12 of the Convention. Since both
particular for the establishment of a Standing Committee         the European Economic Community and the Federal
on management of water resources, which will formulate           Republic of Germany are parties to this Convention,
recommendations to the Contracting Parties on measures           their respective authorities will coordinate their schedules
                                                                 so that the instruments of conclusion of both parties are
(') OJ No C 328, 7. 12. 1987, p. 1.                              deposited simultaneously.