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85/613/EEC: Council Decision of 20 December 1985 concerning the adoption, on behalf of the Community, of programmes and measures relating to mercury and cadmium discharges under the convention for the prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources

Official Journal L 375 , 31/12/1985 P. 0020 - 0044

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COUNCIL DECISION of 20 December 1985 concerning the adoption, on behalf of the Community, of programmes and measures relating to mercury and cadmium discharges under the convention for the prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources (85/613/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 recommendation from the Commission(1),

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

Whereas on 3 March 1975 the Community approved the Convention for the prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources(3);

Whereas the Community has also become a Contracting Party to that Convention;

Whereas the Paris Commission, which administers the Convention, has negotiated programmes and measures concerning mercury and cadmium discharges and the Community has been requested to approve them in writing by 31 December 1985;

Whereas the provisions of these programmes and measures are in line with those of the Community Directives on the subject, namely Directives 76/464/EEC(4), 83/513/ EEC(5), and 84/156/EEC(6);

Whereas it is therefore desirable that the Community approve the said programmes and measures;

Whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary powers to this end, other than those of Article 235,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article 1. The Council hereby approves on behalf of the Community the programmes and measures relating to mercury and cadmium discharges within the framework of the Convention for the prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources.

The texts of the said programmes and measures are attached to this Decision.

• 2. 

  The President of the Council is hereby authorized to appoint the person or persons empowered to notify this approval to the Paris Commission before 31 December 1985.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1985.

For the CouncilThe PresidentR. KRIEPS

(1)OJ N° C 286, 9. 11. 1985, p. 4.

(2)OJ N° C 352, 31. 12. 1985.

(3)OJ N° L 194, 25. 7. 1975, p. 5.

(4)OJ N° L 129, 18. 5. 1976, p. 23.

(5)OJ N° L 291, 24. 10. 1983, p. 1.

(6)OJ N° L 74, 17. 3. 1984, p. 49.

ANNEXE

DÉCISION PARCOM 85/1 PROGRAMMES ET MESURES du 5 juin 1985 concernant les valeurs limites et les objectifs de qualité pour les rejets de mercure des secteurs autres que celui de l'électrolyse des chlorures alcalins

LA COMMISSION CRÉÉE PAR LA CONVENTION POUR LA PRÉVENTION DE LA POLLUTION MARINE D'ORIGINE TELLURIQUE, SIGNÉE À PARIS LE 4 JUIN 1974,

eu égard aux dispositions de la convention, et notamment son article 18 paragraphe 3,

A ARRÊTÉ LES PROGRAMMES ET MESURES CI-APRÈS :

Article premier

• 1. 

  Tout rejet de mercure de secteurs industriels autres que celui de l'électrolyse des chlorures alcalins, dans la zone maritime définie à l'article 3a de la convention ou dans des cours d'eau qui affectent la zone maritime, fait l'objet d'une autorisation préalable délivrée par l'autorité compétente de la partie contractante concernée. De telles autorisations spécifient des normes d'émission pour le rejet et sont revues périodiquement.

• 2. 

  Les normes d'émission ne doivent pas dépasser les valeurs limites décrites au paragraphe 3 ci-après, sauf dans les cas où une partie contractante applique des objectifs de qualité conformément aux annexes II et IV.

• 3. 

  Les valeurs...

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