CELEX: 51989PC0544
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-05
Title: AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE CONCERNING THE PROTECTION OF FRESH, COASTAL AND MARINE WATERS AGAINST POLLUTION CAUSED BY NITRATES FROM DIFFUSE SOURCES

N o C 51/12                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                              2. 3. 90
              Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive concerning the protection of fresh, coastal
                      and marine waters against pollution caused by nitrates from diffuse sources (')
                                                                 COM(89) 544 final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 5 February 1990)
                                                                     (90/C 51/09)
              0) OJ No C 54, 3. 3. 1989, p. 4 (Com(88/708 final).
                     ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                                  MODIFIED PROPOSAL
                                    C i t a t i o n s a n d first eleven r e c i t a l s u n c h a n g e d
Last recital:                                                                       Last recital:
Whereas the Commission should report regularly on the                              Whereas the Commission should report regularly on the
implementation of this Directive by the Member States;                             implementation of this Directive by the Member States;
                                                                                   whereas, therefore, it may be necessary for the
                                                                                   Commission to monitor the Community environment;
                                                      A r t i c l e s 1 to 3 u n c h a n g e d
                                                  A r t i c l e 4 (1) to (4) u n c h a n g e d
                                                                    A r t i c l e 4 (5)
5.     Member States shall ensure that records are kept of                         5.     Member States shall ensure that records are kept of
the respective total quantities of nitrogen from artificial                        the respective total quantities of nitrogen from chemical
fertilizer and animal manures applied in the vulnerable                            fertilizer and animal manures applied in the vulnerable
zones per year, total area in hectares of the zones and                            zones per year, total area in hectares of the zones, (one
numbers and types of livestock per hectare in the zones.                           word deleted) numbers and types of livestock per hectare
                                                                                   in the zones and yields achieved per hectare.
                                A r t i c l e 4 (6) a n d A r t i c l e 5 (1) a n d (2) u n c h a n g e d
                                                                                                            Article 5
                                                                                   3.     Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not preclude independent
                                                                                   monitoring by the Commission of Community waters,
                                                                                   where this is considered necessary.
                                                     A r t i c l e s 6 t o 12 u n c h a n g e d
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                     ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                               MODIFIED PROPOSAL
                                          Annexes I, II and III unchanged
                                                        ANNEX IV
Point 1 under (c)                                               Point 1 under (c)
(c) Review the eutrophic state of their surface, estuarial      (c) Review the potentially eutrophic or eutrophic state
and coastal waters every three years.                           of their surface, estuarial and coastal waters every three
                                                                years.
                                                   Point 2 unchanged
                                              Point 3 heading unchanged
Point 3:                                                        Point 3:
(a) Fertilizer (excluding livestock manures)                     (a) Chemical Fertilizer (excluding livestock manures)
                                                       Rest unchanged