CELEX: 51992PC0263
Language: en
Date: 1992-06-22
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 70/157/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level and the exhaust system of motor vehicles

No C 179/ 10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16 . 7 . 92
To this end, Member States shall determine the                                                Article 11
categories of industrial establishments for which such
energy audits are to be gradually introduced, on the                1 . Member States shall bring into force the laws,
basis of their contribution to carbon dioxide emissions,            regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
wherever these are high.                                            comply with this Directive not later than . . .
                             Article 9                              When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall
                                                                    contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom­
Member States shall report to the Commission every two              panied by such reference at the time of their official
years on the results of the measures taken to implement             publication. The procedure for such reference shall be
this Directive .                                                    adopted by Member States.
                                                                    2.     Member      States   shall   communicate    to     the
                            Article 10                              Commission the texts of the provisions of national law
                                                                    which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a
proposal from the Commission and after consulting the
European Parliament and the Economic and Social                                               Article 12
Committee, shall, where necessary, adopt any additional
provisions to the rules laid down in this Directive.                This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
               Amendment to the proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 79/157/EEC on the
               approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the permissible sound level ant the
                                                 exhaust system of motor vehicles
                                                          (92 /C 179/06)
                                                 COM(92) 263 final/2 — SYN 337
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 11 June 1992)
1 . After the first recital, the new recital is added :                 further, more detailed studies and research on the
                                                                        problems associated with, and the technical solutions
                                                                        for noise created by, the contact between tyres and
    'Whereas the European Parliament has already called                 the ground — will result in the establishment of
    on the Commission to submit a proposal in 1992                      realistic and reproducible criteria and methods for
    laying down the maximum permissible noise limits                    determining this important type of noise pollution and
    taking account of the noise disturbance thresholds                  for laying down the relevant requirements to be
    defined by the OECD ;'.                                             complied with ;'.
2 . The seventh recital is amended as follows :
                                                                    3 . The ninth recital is amended as follows :
    'Whereas, of the noise pollution emanating from
    vehicles, that caused by the tyres has proved to be                 'Whereas many different types of tyre and road
    particularly severe when the vehicle's speed exceeds                surface already exist for the different geographical
    60 km/h ; whereas protecting the public effectively                 and atmospheric conditions ; whereas it is necessary to
    against noise pollution, particularly that caused by                continue studies and research so as to be able to
    traffic in urban areas, requires that two further stages            establish criteria to be met by tyres, and to define a
    be completed ; whereas the first stage, covered by this             specific numerical value for the type-approval of
    Directive, consists in giving as much additional weight             motor vehicles ; whereas the results of such studies
    as possible to the current requirements of each                     and research will enable the introduction of further
    category of vehicle with respect to the sound levels of             requirements, in addition to measures covering noise
    the mechanical parts and exhaust systems of motor                   of mechanical source provided for in this Directive, at
    vehicles ; whereas the second stage — in the light of               a second stage ;'.
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4 . After the ninth recital, the following new recital is            5 . The following new paragraph 2a is added at Article 4 :
     added :
     'Whereas the control of sound emissions produced by
     the interaction between tyres and roadway must be                   '2a Member States shall take the necessary
     based on the compositions of the asphalt (noise­                    measures to have the type-approval sound level values
     absorbing asphalt) as well as on tyres ; whereas it is              published in such a way that they will be widely
     necessary to continue studies and research so as to be              accessible, before 1 October 1994. They shall inform
     able to ascertain specific numerical indices in order to            the Commission of the steps being taken to comply
     establish objective criteria for road conformity;'.                 with this requirement-prior to this date.'
                Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) laying down, in respect of hops, the amount of aid to
                                                   producers for the 1991 harvest
                                                           (92 /C 179/07)
                                                        COM(92) 281 final
                                         (Submitted by the Commission on 30 June 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             cultivated with experimental strains in order to facilitate
                                                                     the development of new varieties ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas an examination of the results of the 1990
Economic Community,                                                  harvest shows the need to fix aid for groups of varieties
                                                                     of hops cultivated in the Community; whereas aid to
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                         producers shall also be granted for areas cultivated with
1696/71 of 26 July 1971 on the common organization of                experimental strains,
the market in hops ('), as last amended by Regulation
(EEC) No 2780/90 (2), and in particular Article 12 (7)               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
thereof,
                                                                                               Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     1.    For the 1991 harvest, aid shall be granted to the
                                                                     producers of hops cultivated in the Community for the
Having regard to the opinion of the European                         groups of varieties set out in the Annex as well as for
Parliament,
                                                                     experimental strains .
Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 1696/71                    2.    The amount of the aid shall be as set out in the
provides that aid may be granted to hop producers to                 Annex.
enable them to achieve a fair income ; whereas the
amount of this aid is fixed per hectare and differs                                            Article 2
according to varieties, taking into account the average
return on the areas in full production compared with the             This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
average returns for previous harvests, the current                   following its publication in the Official Journal of the
position of the market and trends in costs ;                         European Communities:
Whereas Article 12a of the same Regulation provides                  This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
that aid to producers may also be granted for areas                  directly applicable in all Member States .
O OJ No L 175 , 4 . 8 . 1971 , p. 1 .
O OJ No L 265 , 28 . 9 . 1990, p. 1 .