CELEX: 51987PC0033
Language: en
Date: 1987-03-05
Title: COMMISSION PROPOSAL TO AMEND DIRECTIVE 85/210/EEC ON THE APPROXIMATION OF THE LAWS OF THE MEMBER STATES CONCERNING THE LEAD CONTENT OF PETROL

4. 4. 87                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                No C 90/3
                                                               II
                                                       (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Commission proposal to amend Directive 85/210/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the
                                   Member States concerning the lead content of petrol
                                                      COM(87) 33 final
                               (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 9 March 1987)
                                                         (87/C 90/03)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           Whereas leaded premium petrol, which will continue to
                                                                   be available, ensures the satisfactory operation of all
                                                                   vehicles requiring leaded petrol, and that its use as a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              substitute for leaded regular petrol will not have any
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                  effect on the level of noxious emissions in the exhaust
thereof,                                                           gases;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                 Whereas at least six months notice should be given to the
                                                                   public before leaded regular petrol is banned from
                                                                   national markets;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                           Whereas the Commission will present further proposals
                                                                   in this field,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Whereas Council Directive 85/210/EEC of 20 March
 1985 on the approximation of the laws of the Member                                          Article 1
States concerning the lead content of petrol calls on the
                                                                   Article 2 of Directive 85/210/EEC of 20 March 1985 is
Member States to reduce, as soon as they consider it
                                                                   amended as follows:
appropriate, to 0,15 g Pb/1 the permitted lead compound
content, calculated in terms of lead of the leaded petrol
put on their markets;                                               Article 2
Whereas the aforementioned Directive obliges Member                 1.    As from the entry into force of this Directive and
 States to take the necessary measures to ensure the avail-        subject to paragraphs 2 and 4, Member States shall
 ability and balanced distribution within their territories         continue to ensure the availability and balanced distri-
 of unleaded petrol from 1 October 1989;                           bution of leaded petrol within their territories.'
                                                                    Paragraph 2 is unchanged.
 Whereas serious damage to the environment and to
 public health has been observed and attributed to lead,
 and considering that leaded petrol is a major source of            Paragraph 3 is unchanged.
 such pollution, Member States must be allowed to
 prohibit the marketing of regular leaded petrol;
                                                                     Article 2
 Whereas the European Community is committed to                     4.     On the justifiable grounds of the need to protect
 reducing the use of leaded petrol and whereas this is to           the environment and public health, Member States may
 be considered as part of a sustained effort to further             prohibit the marketing within their territories of leaded
 limit the exposure of the population to lead in the                petrol having a motor octane number (MON) lower than
 environment;                                                       85,0 and a research octane number (RON) lower than
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95,0 at the pump. If a Member State introduces such a                   2.     Member States shall communicate to the
prohibition it shall give at least six months notice to the             Commission the texts of the provisions of national law
public'                                                                 which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
                              Article 2
 1.    Member States shall inform the Commission in                                                Article 3
advance of any measures they intend to take pursuant to
this Directive.                                                         This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
               Proposal for a Council Decision adopting an Action Programme for the training and
                                        preparation of young people for adult and working life
                                                           COM(87)      90final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 20 March 1987)
                                                              (87/C 90/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                experience and to establish coordinated programmes and
                                                                        structures making for cooperation between the various
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   bodies responsible;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 128
thereof,
                                                                        Whereas it is a priority objective that young people
Having regard        to Council Decision 63/266/EEC of                  should be properly prepared for working life and their
2 April 1963          laying down general principles for                responsibilities as adults, and that measures be developed
implementing a       common vocational training policy (*),             to improve the transition of young people from school to
and in particular    the Second and Tenth Principles,                   adult and working life;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                        Whereas there is a need for all young people wishing to
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                       do so to receive one year or, if possible, two years
liament,                                                                vocational training in addition to their compulsory
                                                                        education, as agreed by the European Council at its
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                        meeting in June 1985 when it adopted the report of the
Social Committee,                                                       ad hoc Committee on a People's Europe and mandated
                                                                        the Commission and the Council, acting within their
                                                                        respective powers, to ensure the implementation of the
Whereas the fundamental objectives of the common
                                                                        proposals contained therein;
vocational training policy set down in the second
principle of Decision 63/266/EEC refer in particular to
the need to guarantee adequate vocational training for
all and to avoid any harmful interruption between                       Whereas there is a need to promote further action and to
completion of general education and commencement of                     build on the achievements as well as the measures pre-
vocational training;                                                    viously taken at Community level in respect of vocational
                                                                        education and training and to complement the financial
Whereas the Tenth Principle of Decision 63/266/EEC                      interventions in support of youth training currently
states that special measures may be taken in respect of                  carried out within the framework of the European Social
special problems concerning specific sectors of activity or              Fund;
specific categories of persons;
Whereas the Council in its Resolution of 18 December                    Where there is a need to give a visible European
 1979 on linked work and training for young persons (2)                  dimension to the different policy measures designed to
 affirmed that there is a continuing need to encourage the               raise the standards of vocational education and training
 development of effective links between training and job                 for young people throughout the Community and to
                                                                         place greater emphasis on better information for young
 (') OJ No 63, 20. 4. 1963, p. 1338/63.                                  people, on active participation and on the development
 (2) O J N o C 1, 3. 1. 1980, p. 1.                                      of their entrepreneurial capacities;