Decision 1982/460 - 82/460/EEC: Council Decision of 24 June 1982 on a supplement to Annex IV to the Convention on the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollution - Main contents
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82/460/EEC: Council Decision of 24 June 1982 on a supplement to Annex IV to the Convention on the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollutionLegal instrument | Decision |
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Number legal act | Decision 1982/460 |
Original proposal | COM(1980)319 |
CELEX number i | 31982D0460 |
Document | 24-06-1982 |
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Publication in Official Journal | 19-07-1982; Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 11 Volume 007,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 11 Volume 003,Special edition in Swedish: Chapter 11 Volume 010,Special edition in Finnish: Chapter 11 Volume 010,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Portuguese: Chapter 15 Volume 003,OJ L 210, 19.7.1982,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 11 Volume 003,Special edition in Polish: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Spanish: Chapter 15 Volume 003,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 11 Volume 015,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 11 Volume 015 |
Effect | 24-06-1982; Entry into force Date of document |
End of validity | 31-12-9999 |
19.7.1982 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Communities |
L 210/8 |
COUNCIL DECISION
of 24 June 1982
on a supplement to Annex IV to the Convention on the protection of the Rhine against chemical pollution
(82/460/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from 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, by Council Decision 77/586/EEC of 25 July 1977 (4), the European Economic Community concluded the Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution (hereinafter called ‘the Chemical Convention’) and the Additional Agreement to the Agreement signed at Berne on 29 April 1963 concerning the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution (hereinafter called ‘the International Commission’);
Whereas, under Article 5 of the Chemical Convention, the International Commission is to propose, by means of amendments to Annex IV to the Convention, limit values for the discharge of certain substances into the surface waters of the Rhine basin; whereas under Article 14 of the Chemical Convention unanimous adoption by the Contracting Parties is required for the entry into force of such amendments;
Whereas the International Commission has drawn up limit values for mercury in the form of a recommendation intended to supplement Annex IV to the Chemical Convention;
Whereas it is desirable that the Community, as a Contracting Party to the Chemical Convention, adopt the abovementioned recommendation,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The recommendation from the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution intended to supplement Annex IV to the Convention for the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution, signed in Bonn on 3 December 1976, is hereby adopted on behalf of the European Economic Community.
The text of the recommendation is attached.
Article 2
The President of the Council will notify the Covernment of the Swiss Confederation, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Chemical Convention, of the adoption of the recommendation referred to in Article 1.
Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1982.
For the Council
The President
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F.AERTS
Recommendation from the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution to supplement Annex IV to the Convention on the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution, signed in Bonn on 3 December 1976
The International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine against Pollution,
Having regard to the Convention on the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution, signed in Bonn on 3 December 1976,
Having regard in particular to Articles 3, 4, 5 and 14 thereof,
Proposes to the Contracting Parties to the Convention that Annex IV to the Convention of 3 December 1976 be supplemented as follows in respect of mercury:
LIMIT VALUES
(Article 5)
Substance or group of substances |
Origin |
Limit value in terms of the maximum concentration of a substance |
Limit value in terms of the maximum quantity of a substance |
Time limit for existing discharges |
Remarks |
Mercury |
Chlor-alkali electrolysis establishments |
The limit values in terms of the maximum concentration of mercury are calculated by dividing the limit values in terms of the maximum quantity of mercury by the quantity of water used per tonne of chlorine production capacity |
A monthly average of 0·5 gram of mercury per tonne of chlorine production capacity.... |
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