CELEX: 51987PC0120
Language: en
Date: 1987-04-01
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 86/85/EEC ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR THE CONTROL AND REDUCTION OF POLLUTION CAUSED BY THE SPILLAGE OF HYDROCARBONS AND OTHER HARMFUL SUBSTANCES AT SEA

23.4. 87                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                              N o C 108/7
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
                Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 86/85/EEC establishing a Community
                information system for the control and reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of hydro-
                                          carbons and other harmful substances at sea
                                                       COM(87) 120 final
                                 (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 2 April 1987)
                                                         (87/C 108/09)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                          Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                   Decision 86/85/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
thereof ('),
                                                                    1. The title is replaced by the following:
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     'Council Decision of 6 March 1986 establishing a
                                                                       Community information system for the control and
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-                      reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of
liament,                                                               hydrocarbons and other harmful substances at sea or
                                                                       in inland waterways'.
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    2. Article 1 (1) is replaced by the following:
Social Committee,
                                                                       '1. An information system is hereby established to
                                                                       make available to the competent authorities in the
Whereas the Council has adopted Decision 86/85/                        Member States the data required for the control and
EEC (2) on the control and reduction of pollution caused               reduction of pollution caused by the spillage of
by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful sub-                 hydrocarbons and other harmful substances in large
stances at sea;                                                        quantities at sea or in inland waterways'.
Whereas on 24 November 1986 the Council adopted a                   3. The following is added to Article 1 (2):
Resolution on pollution of the Rhine;                                  '(e) a list of existing plans for combating pollution
                                                                            caused by the spillage of hydrocarbons and other
Whereas improved information on the plans and                               harmful      substances in inland      waterways,
resources for intervention in the event of a spillage is a                  comprising a brief description of the content of
key element towards ensuring greater protection against                     the plans and naming the authorities responsible
pollution of inland waterways;                                              for them;
                                                                        (f) an inventory of resources for intervention in the
Whereas the scope of Decision 86/85/EEC should                              event of a spillage of hydrocarbons and other
therefore be extended, in particular with a view to                         harmful substances in inland waterways (Annex
compiling an inventory of resources for intervention in                     IV).'
the event of a spillage of hydrocarbons and other
harmful substances in inland waterways;                             4. The Annex to this Decision is added as Annex IV.
                                                                                               Article 2
Whereas the Treaty has not provided all the necessary
powers for this purpose,                                            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
(') Once the Single European Act enters into force, the legal
    basis will be Article 130 S.
O OJ No L 77, 22. 3.1986, p. 33.
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                                                                       ANNEX
                                                                     'ANNEX      IV
            Inventory of resources for intervention in the event of a spillage of hydrocarbons and other harmful substances
                                                                in inland waterways
            The purpose of this inventory is to provide a preliminary indication of the resources which are available in
            a Member State (') for intervention when hydrocarbons and other harmful substances are spilt in inland
            waterways and of those which in the event of an incident might be made available to another Member
            State on request and on conditions to be decided between the respective competent authorities.
                                                                   A. C O N T E N T
            The inventory will contain data on:
            1. manpower resources (specialist staff, task forces, etc.);
            2. the material resources available for use in the different stages of intervention and the re-establishment of
                the original conditions at the sites affected by spillage;
            The inventory will contain data on the characteristics of these resources and where they are located. It may
            also contain data on the time needed to mobilize them.
                                                                B. PROCEDURES
            The Commission will gradually prepare the inventory and send copies to the Member States at each stage.
            It will ensure that the information forwarded to it is in line with the aims and content of the inventory.
            It will take any action necessary to apply the inventory.
            The Member States will:
            — assemble and forward to the Commission the information available to them which is considered
                 necessary for drawing up the inventory (cf. data mentioned in section A);
            — supply the Commission with the information available to them which is considered necessary for
                 updating the inventory.
            However, for a two-year transitional period it will be for the Member States to assess what information
            they consider necessary to forward to the Commission for the drawing up of the inventory referred to in
            this Annex. The situation will be reviewed on the basis of the Commission report mentioned in Article 5 of
            the Decision'.
            (') Excluding resources and personnel available for the protection of the vital security interests of that Member State.