CELEX: 51988PC0624
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING IN RESPECT OF CHROMIUM DIRECTIVE 86/278/EEC ON THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND IN PARTICULAR OF THE SOIL, WHEN SEWAGE SLUDGE IS USED IN AGRICULTURE

2. 12. 88                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No C 307/9
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending in respect of chromium Directive 86/278/EEC on
              the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in
                                                            agriculture
                                                       COM(88) 624 final
                                    (Submitted by the Commission on 18 November 1988)
                                                          (88/C 307/10)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                           Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130S
thereof,                                                             Annex I to Directive 86/278/EEC is hereby amended as
                                                                     follows:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                     1. In Annex I A:
Having regard        to  the   opinion   of    the  European
Parliament,                                                             — the dash in the last line of the second column of
                                                                            the table is replaced by '100 to 200',
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                        — footnote (3) to the table is deleted.
Social Committee,
                                                                     2. In Annex I B:
Whereas Council Directive 86/278/EEC (') lays down
limit values for certain heavy metals in cultivated soil by             — the dash in the last line of the second column of
fixing limit values for concentrations of them in sludge                    the table is replaced by '1 000 to 1 750',
used in agriculture and by fixing limit values for amounts
                                                                        — footnote (*) to the table is deleted.
of heavy metals which may be added annually to agri-
cultural land, based on a 10-year average; whereas                   3. In Annex I C:
Annex I to the Directive provides for the fixing of limit
values for cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, mercury                 — the dash in the last line of the second column of
and chromium;                                                               the table is replaced by '4,5',
Whereas Annex I to Directive 86/278/EEC states that                     — footnote (2) to the table is deleted.
the limit values for chromium were not fixed because of
insufficient scientific data and that it was agreed that the                                   Article 2
Council would fix these values later on the basis of a               1.    Member States shall bring into force the laws,
proposal from the Commission;                                        regulations and administrative provisions necessary to
                                                                     comply with this Directive not later than 1 January 1990.
Whereas recent practical and experimental developments
                                                                     They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
in the use of sewage sludge in agriculture have provided
further scientific information on the effect of chromium             2.    Member States shall communicate to the
on soils and crops; whereas this new information now                 Commission the texts of the provisions of national law
enables limit values for chromium to be fixed with                   which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.
certainty, and at a high level of protection,
                                                                                               Article 3
(') OJ No L 181, 4. 7. 1986, p. 6.                                   This Directive is addressed to the Member States.