76/431/EEC: Commission Decision of 21 April 1976 setting up a Committee on Waste Management

COMMISSION DECISION  of 21 April 1976  setting up a Committee on Waste Management  (76/431/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the Programme of Action of the European Communities on the Environment (1), stresses the need for a Community policy on industrial and consumer wastes;
Whereas special attention should be given to the protection of natural resources by making a sustained effort to avoid waste and in particular by taking measures to facilitate the recycling and re-use of wastes;
Whereas in its resolution of 3 March 1975 on energy and the environment (2) the Council noted that it was very important to promote the recycling and re-use of waste materials for the conservation of energy;
Whereas the Commission needs to obtain the opinions of persons highly qualified on the subject of waste management,