78/618/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 June 1978 setting up a Scientific Advisory Committee to examine the toxicity and ecotoxicity of chemical compounds

COMMISSION DECISION  of 28 June 1978  setting up a Scientific Advisory Committee to examine the toxicity and ecotoxicity of chemical compounds  (78/618/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 to assess the unfavourable effects of chemical compounds on man and on the environment ; whereas particular attention must be paid to those compounds the use of which is liable to have detrimental effects on human health and on the various environmental media;
Whereas the resolution of the Council of the European Communities and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 17 May 1977 on the continuation and implementation of a European Community policy and action programme on the environment (2), provides that the Commission will examine permanently at Community level the impact of chemical compounds on the environment, with the help of a committee of experts;
Whereas it is important for the Commission to obtain, within a committee of scientific experts, the opinions of highly qualified persons to allow the Commission to conduct this permanent examination,