CELEX: 51989PC0292
Language: en
Date: 1989-06-08
Title: THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON PROCEDURES FOR HARMONIZING THE PROGRAMMES FOR THE RADUCTION AND EVENTUAL ELIMINATION OF THE POLLUTION CAUSED BY WASTE FROM THE TITANIUM DIOXIDE INDUSTRY

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                             COM (89) 292 final " SYN 27
                                                                                 8
                                                             Brussels,             June 1989
       THIRD AMB^DMENT TO THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                    on procedures f o r h a r m o n i z i n g t h e programmes
           ~~fbr t h e r e d u c t i o n and e v e n t u a l e l i m i n a t i o n o f the
   p o l l u t i o n caused by waste from t h e t i t a n i u m d i o x i d e           industry
           (presented by the Commission pursuant to the
            t h i r d paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---    EXPLANATORY MBORANDUM
   At its plenary part-session on 25 May 1989 Parliament debated
   the Commission's proposal for a Council Directive on procedures
   for harmonizing the programmes' for the reduction and eventual
   el iminatriea of the pollution caused by waste from the-titanium
   dioxide industry^).
   It also debated the second amendment to the same proposal , as
   submitted by the General Secretariat of the Council on 26
   January 1989(2).
   After discussion the proposal under "Cooperation procedure,
   second consultation, first reading", Parliament approved the
   Commission's second amendment to the proposal for a Directive,
   agreed that the legal base chosen by the Commission was correct
   and rejected the position of the Council favouring Article 130S
   of the EEC Treaty.
(1) Parliament gave Its opinion on this proposal on 10 April
    1984.
(2) C0M(88)849 final - SYN 27.                                      •->
 ---pagebreak---    Parliament    adopted    a series of amendments  to the Council's
   text O ) .
   Amendments    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and       1D are exactly the
   oiording set out     in the second amendment  to the Commission's
   proposa I.
   As regards amendments 11 and 12, the Commission accepts them
   both, as proposed by Par I Iament.
(3) Document P.E. 130.174/def.
 ---pagebreak--- ORIGINAL TEXT        AMBOBD TEXT
- First citation     - unchanged
- Recitals 2 - 1 3   - unchanged
                     - RecI ta I 14 (new)
                     whereas Member States, despite
                     determined      efforts,     de-
                     monstrabI y experIence part I-
                     cular difficulties with regard
                     to programmes for the elimi-
                     nation    of   discharges,   the
                     CommissIon shouId be abIe to
                     extend    the    relevant   time
                     Iimits;
- Recitals 14 and 15 - unchanged
                     Article 5(2)
                     In the case of Member States
                     which avail themselves of the
                     option provided for In para-
                     graph 1 above but which are
                     unable to fulfil the requIre-
                     ments laid down in Article 4
                     by   31    December    1992  the
                     Commission may grant a one-off
                     extension of six months.
                                                      ^
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak--- Commission of the European Communities
COM(89) 292 final
Third amendment to the proposal for a
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
on procedures for harmonizing the programmes for the reduction and
eventual elimination of the pollution caused by waste from the titanium
dioxide industry
(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 149(3) of the EEC
Treaty)
8.6.1989
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
L - 2985 Luxembourg
Series: DOCUMENTS
 1989 — 4 pp. - Format: 21.0 * 29.7 cm
EN
ISSN 0254-1475
ISBN 92-77-50766-7
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-227-EN-C
 ---pagebreak---                                             ISSN 0254-1475
COM(89) 292 final
DOCUMENTS
Third amendment to the proposal for a
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
on procedures for harmonizing the programmes
for the reduction and eventual elimination of the
pollution caused by waste from the titanium
dioxide industry
(presented by the Commission pursuant to
Article 149(3) of the EEC Treaty)
 15                                        8.6.1989
Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-227-EN-C
ISBN 92-77-50766-7
€
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