86/479/EEC: Commission Decision of 18 September 1986 establishing an Advisory Committee on the protection of the environment in areas under serious threat (Mediterranean basin)

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 18 September 1986
establishing an Advisory Committee on the protection of the environment in areas under serious threat (Mediterranean basin)
(86/479/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Whereas the action programme of the European Community on the environment (1982-86) adopted by the Council on 7 February 1983 (1) expressly states that the environment must be regarded as the basis constituting the limits to further economic and social development;
Whereas the Commission adopted on 11 April 1984 a communication defining a strategy and a plan of action for the protection of the environment in the Mediterranean (2), calling for the implementation of a range of coordinated measures which would create conditions conducive to the harmonious development of the region's socio-economic activities;
Whereas the European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the abovementioned communication approving the proposal to establish an advisory committee (3);
Whereas the Mediterranean basin is a region with particular physical, socio-economic and cultural characteristics whose problems and potential demand special attention in Community policies;
Whereas the Commission must consult experts from the Member States on pollution in areas where the environment is under particular threat;
Whereas it is also necessary for the Community to have a forum in which the experts can meet to pool national information and experience, thus facilitating coordination of the measures taken or planned at national, international and Community level,