CELEX: 51984PC0418
Language: en
Date: 1984-07-13
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION ( EEC ) OF THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY SCHEME TO PROVIDE FORESTS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH INCREASED PROTECTION AGAINST FIRE AND ACID RAIN

No C 208/8                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                8.8.84
                                                             II
                                                     (Preparatory Acts)
                                              COMMISSION
              Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation establishing a Community scheme
              to provide forests in the Community with increased protection against fire and acid
                                                          rain (')
                                                    COM(84) 418 final
              (Submitted   by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of
                                    Article 149 of the EEC Treaty on 16 July 1984)
                                                      (84/C 208/10)
In consequence of proposed amendments put forward                                        TITLE II
by the European Parliament, the proposal from the
Commission contained in COM(83) 375 final of 14                                      Acid depositions
June 1983 is hereby amended as follows:
                                                                                         Article 8a
                                                                  The following is inserted:
                         TITLE I
                                                                     The Commission is instructed to define high-risk
                                                                     zones and to make provision for graduated
                       Forest fires
                                                                     financial intervention.
                         Article 2                                                       Article 10
                                                                  The following is inserted as indent 3:
The following is inserted as indent 7:
                                                                  '— programmes to promote and develop the relevant
    'the creation of multidisciplinary "observation                   technologies and the construction of pilot instal-
    centres" to gather and update any information                     lations to prevent and reduce atmospheric
    which might be useful at the various levels of                    pollution.'
    intervention.'
                                                                                         Article 10
                                                                  The following is inserted as indent 4:
                         Article 4
                                                                  '— programmes to promote research into the causes
                                                                      and effects of acid rain and other atmospheric
The following is inserted:
                                                                      pollutants.'
'(d) defining higher risk zones and accordingly
                                                                                        Article 10a
      making provision for graduated             financial
      intervention.'                                              The following is inserted:
                                                                     'The Member States, assisted by an adequate and
                                                                     suitable qualified staff, shall ensure compliance
                                                                     with the rules for the protection of the woodland
(') OJ No C 187, 13. 7. 1983, p. 9.                                  heritage.'