CELEX: 51989PC0097
Language: en
Date: 1989-03-15
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE SIGNATURE OF A GLOBAL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES (presented by the Commission)

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                                                          COM (89 ) 97 final
                                                          Brussels , 15 March 1989
                     PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
          CONCERNING THE SIGNATURE OF A GLOBAL CONVENTION
   ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES
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                   Signature of the Draft Global Convention on the
               Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
1.   On 4 November 1988 the Council authorised the Commission to participate on
behalf   of the Community in the negotiation, within UNEP, of a comprehensive
Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes
The Commission has participated in these negotiations in accordance with the
negotiating instructions which were given to it by the Council .
2.     The origin of this Draft Global Convention and the rationale for the
Community 's participation in it have been explained in the Explanatory
Memorandum to the Commission 's Recommendation for a Counci U decision on the
negotiating mandate mentioned above .
3.      Since the decision of the Council mentioned above ,       the Draft Global
Convention concerned has been further discussed in the Third and the Fourth
sessions of the ad-hoc Working Group of Legal and Technical Experts with a
Mandate to prepare a Global Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Wastes , from 7~16 November 1988 in Geneva and from 30
January - 3 February 1989 in Luxembourg respectively .
4.      At this stage it is not possible to present a definitive text of the
Convention to the Council , as the draft text will be discussed at the Fifth
Session of the ad-hoc Working Group mentioned under § 3 , on 13-17 March in
Basle , and will be signed directly after this Working Group Session during a
diplomatic Conference which will take place in Basel from 20-22 March .
Following coordination on the spot , the Member States and the Community should
be in a position to sign the Convention in Basle on 22 March , following the
Diplomatic Conference .
5.    In addition , taking into consideration also the brief time available , the
Commission proposes that at this stage the Council should not emit an opinion
on the extent of Community competence under this Convention .        At any rate it
is clear that the Community has competence in the fields covered by the
Convention , whether in the area of commercial policy or environment policy ,
and that the Member States also have competence in respect of financial
provisions , measures aimed at reducing waste production and measures affected
by the law of the sea .
6.      It is therefore requested that the Council authorise the President to
designate the persons empowered to sign the above mentioned Convention on
behalf of the Community .
7.       The Commission will ,    of course , seize the Council in good time with a
view to the conclusion of the Convention .
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   doc . 8318 / 88 ENV 147 , & Add 1
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   8093 / 88 ENV 141 ; SEC ( 88 ) 1067 Final
 ---pagebreak---                            PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION
                   CONCERNING THE SIGNATURE OF A GLOBAL CONVENTION
          ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,     and
in particular Articles 113 and 116 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Commission has participated on behalf of the Community in the
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negotiations in the ad-hoc working group meetings under the auspices of the
United Nations Environment Programme ( UNEP ) to prepare a Global Convention on
the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste ;
Whereas the     draft  final  text of  this Convention  will be  submitted to  the
Plenipotentiaries for negotiation at a Diplomatic Conference to be held in
Basel , Switzerland , from 20 to 22 March 1989 ;
Whereas it is essential that during the said Diplomatic Conferences this
Convention be signed by the Community ,     and by the Member States in respect of
matters falling within the latter 's competence ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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   Council Decision of 28 October 1988 not published in the Official Journal of
   the European Communities .
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The President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the persons
empowered to     sign the   Global Convention on the   Control of   Transboundary
Movements of Hazardous Waste .
The President     of the  Council  is  authorized to confer   on the   persons  he
designates   the   necessary powers   to sign the  Convention on behalf of     the
Community , following the Diplomatic Conference .
                                      ARTICLE 2
The Member States shall sign the Convention at the same time as the designated
Community representative .
                                      ARTICLE 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                       For the Council
                                                         The President
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