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Document 11992E130R

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
    TITLE XVI - ENVIRONMENT
    ARTICLE 130R

    /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

    Legal status of the document In force

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tec_1992/art_130r/oj

    11992E130R

    TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - TITLE XVI - ENVIRONMENT - ARTICLE 130R /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */

    Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0052


    Article 130r

    1. Community policy on the environment shall contribute to pursuit of the following objectives:

    - preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment;

    - protecting human health;

    - prudent and rational utilization of natural resources;

    - promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems.

    2. Community policy on the environment shall aim at a high level of protection taking into account the diversity of situations in the various regions of the Community. It shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay. Environmental protection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation of other Community policies.

    In this context, harmonization measures answering these requirements shall include, where appropriate, a safeguard clause allowing Member States to take provisional measures, for non-economic environmental reasons, subject to a Community inspection procedure.

    3. In preparing its policy on the environment, the Community shall take account of:

    - available scientific and technical data;

    - environmental conditions in the various regions of the Community;

    - the potential benefits and costs of action or lack of action;

    - the economic and social development of the Community as a whole and the balanced development of its regions.

    4. Within their respective spheres of competence, the Community and the Member States shall cooperate with third countries and with the competent international organizations. The arrangements for Community cooperation may be the subject of agreements between the Community and the third parties concerned, which shall be negotiated and concluded in accordance with Article 228.

    The previous subparagraph shall be without prejudice to Member States' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements.

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