Introductory text
United Kingdom
Council Decision
of 18 October 1993
approving certain amendments to the Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances (Bonn Agreement)
(93/540/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 130s thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commissionf1,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliamentf2,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committeef3,
Whereas by Decision 84/358/EECf4 the Council approved on 28 June 1984 the Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances signed in Bonn on 13 September 1983;
Whereas at their first meeting held in Bonn from 19 to 22 September 1989 the Contracting Parties to the Agreement agreed on a number of amendments designed to include in the Agreement provisions concerning pollution surveillance activities, in order to ensure implementation of paragraphs 46 to 50 of the Ministerial Declaration adopted at the Second international conference for the protection of the North Sea held in London on 24 and 25 November 1987;
Whereas the Contracting Parties also decided to amend the demarcation zone of the Skagerrak, as set out in Article 2 (a) of the Agreement;
Whereas the amendments can come into force only when they have been approved by all the Contracting Parties, in accordance with Article 16 (2) of the Agreement,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: