Recommendation 1979/3 - 79/3/EEC: Council Recommendation of 19 December 1978 to the Member States regarding methods of evaluating the cost of pollution control to industry - Main contents

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Number legal act	Recommendation 1979/3
Original proposal	COM(1977)630
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79/3/EEC: Council Recommendation of 19 December 1978 to the Member States regarding methods of evaluating the cost of pollution control to industry

Official Journal L 005 , 09/01/1979 P. 0028 - 0030

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COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION of 19 December 1978 to the Member States regarding methods of evaluating the cost of pollution control to industry (79/3/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to the draft recommendation submitted by the Commission (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),

Whereas in the Programme of Action of the European Communities on the Environment adopted on 22 November 1973 (4), it is noted inter alia that if the Member States were to differ in their estimates as to the cost of anti-pollution measures, particularly if these estimates were not based on comparable legislative measures and a uniform definition of costs, the possible consequences of this for policies at the national level would severely hamper the implementation of a common policy;

Whereas the cost evaluation is intended to determine the size of the burden to be borne by the economy as a whole or by individual sectors of industry where specific measures are taken by the authorities to protect the environment, to provide data on the most cost-effective ways of reducing pollution and, under certain conditions, to help to determine quality objectives and/or emission standards;

Whereas the evaluation of the costs of existing pollution control plants not only provides information on the costs of measures already taken but can also be used to facilitate the forecasting of the costs of future measures;

Whereas it is of great advantage to both national and local authorities and for decision-making at Community level, to have access to comparable data on the costs of existing pollution control plants in industry from various Member States;

Whereas for this purpose it would be beneficial for the Member States to use as similar methods of evaluation as possible by adopting a common set of principles for the future studies of pollution control costs in industry;

Recommends, that for the evaluation of the cost of pollution control in industry, the Member States use the principles, definitions and methods contained in the Annex and that whenever possible they communicate to the Commission the results of all the studies carried out in this field.

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1978.

For the Council

The President

• G. 

  BAUM (1)OJ No C 10, 12.1.1978, p. 6. (2)OJ No C 131, 5.6.1978, p. 82. (3)OJ No C 283, 27.11.1978, p. 25. (4)OJ No C 112, 20.12.1973, p. 3.

ANNEX PRINCIPLES, DEFINITIONS AND METHODS

• 1. 

  The pollution control costs to be evaluated in the industries concerned should relate to measures based on environmental considerations contributing to the prevention, elimination or reduction of pollution of the following kind: (a) water pollution;

(b) air pollution;

(c) noise or vibrations;

(d) solid or liquid waste.

• 2. 

  (a) The actual collection of cost data should be preceded by technical surveys of the industry concerned in those sectors where a survey seems desirable. This will be appropriate primarily where the sector concerned consists of a large number of firms and a relatively small number of different production processes. This descriptive phase should identify the different production technologies used in the industry, their environmentally harmful by-products, and the primary and secondary pollution control processes (including changes in the production process) used to reduce these. Other factors of the...

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