Annexes to COM(1997)330 - Conclusion of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(1997)330 - Conclusion of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. |
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| document | COM(1997)330  |
| date | March 23, 1998 |
RESERVATIONS
The Member States of the European Community, in their mutual relations, will apply the Convention in accordance with the Community's internal rules.
The Community therefore reserves the right:
| (i) | as concerns the threshold quantities mentioned in Annex I, Part I, Nos 3, 4 and 5 of the Convention, to apply threshold quantities of 100 tonnes for bromine (very toxic substance), 5 000 tonnes for methanol (toxic substance ) an 2 000 tonnes for oxygen (oxidising substance); |
| (ii) | as concerns the threshold quantities mentioned in Annex I, Part I, No 8 of the Convention, to apply threshold quantities of 500 tonnes (risk phrase R50-53 (1): ‘substances very toxic to aquatic organisms which may cause long term adverse effects in the aquatic environment’) and 2 000 tonnes (risk phrase R51-53 (1): ‘substances toxic to aquatic organisms which may cause long term adverse effects in the aquatic environment’) for substances dangerous for the environment. |
(1) Substances classified according to Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1). Directive as last amended by Directive 96/56/EC (OJ L 236, 18.9.1996, p. 35).
ANNEX II
DECLARATION BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 29(4) OF THE CONVENTION ON THE TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS; CONCERNING COMPETENCE
In accordance witht the EC Treaty, the objectives and principles of the Community's environmental policy are, in particular, to preserve and protect the quality of the environment and human health through preventive action. In pursuit of those objectives, the Council adopted Council Directive 82/501/EEC of 24 June 1982 on the major-accident hazards of certain industrial activities which has been replaced by Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances. These instruments aim at the prevention of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances and the limitations of their consequences for man and the environment and cover matters which are the subject of the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents. The Community will inform the depositary of any amendment to this Directive and of any further relevant development in the field covered by the Convention.
As regards the application of the Convention, the Community and its Member States are responsible, within their respective spheres of competence.