CELEX: 51975PC0383
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Date: 1975-07-18
Title: Amendment of the proposal for a Council directive relating to the collection, regeneration and/or destruction of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) (forwarded by the Commission the terms of Article 149, second paragraph, of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                  COM(75)383 final .
                                                  Brussels , lb July 1975
                Amendment of the proposal f or a Council directive
                relating- to the collection , regeneration and /or
                destruction of polychlorinated "" iphenyls ( PCB . )
                ( forwarded by the Commiss ion to the Council under
                the terns of Article 149 > second paragraph , of the
                                    EEC Tr eaty )
     COIi ( 75 ) 3c 3 final .
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I.    Ezpionatory mémorandum
      As the result of the opinion expressed "by the European Parliament
      on the proposal for a Council Directive relating to the collection ,
      regeneration and/or destruction of polychlorinated byphenyls (FCBs)^
      the Commission considers it expedient to amend its initial proposal
      in accordance with Article 149 ? second paragraph , of the Treaty
      establishing the European Economic Community .
2.    Observations on the amendments put forward "by the European Parliament
      Article 7
      (A) This article makes it mandatory that Member States compile every
            three years a report on the state of PCB treatment .
            The European Parliament would like a summary report to "be sent
            to each of the Member States , to the Council and to the
            European Parliament .                                      >.
      (B ) The Commission is able to accept this amendment in principle .
            It nevertheless proposes to take into account the wording of
          . the corresponding article in the outline Directive on wastes
            which is in the process of being adopted "by the Council .
            This wording provides that summary reports compiled by a Member
            State be forwarded by the Commission to the other Member States
            and that a report of a more political nature on the application
            of this Directive be forwarded to the Council and to the
            Boropean Parliament .
1 ) O.J. N°
2 ) O.J. N° 49 of 1.3:1975 , P. 1
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Article 8
                                     \
(A) In the belief that the provisions of this Directive must be
      applied soon as possible , the European Parliament suggests
      that the Council undertake to adopt the Directive before
      1 October 1975 . '
(B ) The Commission mentioned that this proposal for a Direotive was
    I drawn up as a result of a French communication in connection with
    ' the Information Agreement on the nvironment of 5 Mrxoh 1973»
According to the procedures laid down in this Agreement , the Council
should normally adopt a Directive at the Commission 's proposal five
months after it has been sent to the Council , that is 13 July 1975 *
It should however be recalled that the Commission also forwarded to the
Council in connection with a general programme on the removal of
technical barriers to trade , a proposal for a- Directive relating to ■
the approximation of the laws , regulations and administrative provisions
of the Member States relating to restricting the marketing and use of
certain dangerous substances and preparations. This proposal for a
Direotive aims to limit the use of PCBs in closed systems.
It is proposed to retain the initial text of the Commission proposal#
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Amendment of the proposal for a Council Directive relating to the
collection , regeneration and/cr destruction of polychlorinated biphenyls
(PCBs )
(forwarded by the Commission to the Council under the terms of Article 149 »
second paragraph , of the ESC Treaty ).
The proposal for a Directive forwarded to the Counoil on 13 February is
amended :
- by an amondment to Article 7 »
     Original toxt                               Anended text
Article 7                                 Article 7
Every three years each Member State       Every three years each Member State
shall compile a report on the             shall compile a report on the
position as to PCB treatment in its       position as to PCB treatment in its
territory and shall forward it to the     territory and shall forward it to the
           ι
Commission ., The Commission shall        Commission.  The Commission shall
forward it to the other Member States ,   forward it to the other Member Statesi
                                          The Commission shall report every
                                          three years to the Councj 1 and to
                                          the European Parliament on the
                                          application of this Directive !