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The Council of the European Economic Community, established under the 1957 Treaty of Rome, in 1973 issued a declaration on the environment (4), which the European Commission in Brussels has interpreted as giving it authority to issue directives on matters related to the emission of air pollutants, such as one limiting the sulfur content of fuel oil (5). 

Declaration of Council of the European Communities. .. on the environment. Official journal 16, C-112 (December 1973). 

The Council of the European Union. Council Directive 98/24/EC of 7, April 1998 on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at ujork. Offi cial Journal No. LI 31, May 1998. 

A different system applies to the creation oflegislationat EU level. The EU is based on a series of treaties between member states, which are comparable to constitutional law at national level. Three institutions are involved in the creation of EU law (i) The European Gommission (ii) The Council of the European Union and (iii) The European Parliament. 

EC (2000) European parliament and the council of the European union. Directive 2000/60/EC establishing a framework for the community action in the filed of water policy. Official Journal of the European Communities L32, 1-72... 

Council of the European Communities (1986) Council Directive of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (86/278/EEC), Brussels, Belgium... 

Council of the European Communities (2008) Decision 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy. Off J Eur Community L 348 84... 

Seveso II directive [96/082/EEC], 1996. Council Directive of December 9, 1996 on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, The council of the European union. 

Council of the European Union (1996) Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (OJ No. L 257, 10/10/1996, p. 26). European Union, Brussels. 

Council of the European Union (CEU) (2007). Presidency Conclusions — Brussels, 8-9 March 2007. European Commission, http //europa.eu/european council/ conclusions/index en.htm. 

Council of the European Communities (1980) Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances. Off J Eur Community L 20 43... 

Council of the European Communities (1991) Directive 91/414/EEC concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market. Off J Eur Community L 230 0001... 

Within the medical department there may be two types of information support. There will be medical information scientists, who provide the external scientific service, now required by Article 13 of Directive 92/28/EEC (on advertising) of the Council of the European Communities. In addition, there may be those, sometimes called scientific advisers, who provide specialised information support to a product or therapy area within the company. Many medical information scientists are qualified pharmacists. 

The Council of the European Economic Commimity, having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Commimity and in particular Article 100 thereof... 

After 10 years of debate, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union issued on February 22, 1999, a framework Directive 1999l2jEC on approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning foods and food ingredients treated with... 

Official Journal of the European Communities, No. L351. Brussels, p. 39 (1989). Official Journal of the European Communities, No. LI 18, Brussels, p. 75 (1993). Council of the European Communities, in The BCR Programme on Applied Metrology and Chemical Analysis. Projects and Results 1988-92, Report EUR 14800 (1992). 

Council of the European Communities, in Veterinary Drug Residues. Residues in Food-Producing Animals and Their Products Reference Materials and Methods (RJ Heitzman, Ed.), Luxembourg, Report EUR 14126 (1992). 

Council of the European Union, 2001, Resolution of 6 December 2001 on a common approach and specific actions in the area of network and information security, http //www.europa.int/information society/eeurope/news library/ pdf files/netsecres en.pdf... 

It is worth noting that in Europe more and more governmental organizations are drawing attention to the significance of developing LCA. The Council of the European Union, for instance, is promoting just such an approach. 

One important consequence of the Committee s failure to make progress is that the existing Standard (Joint FAO/WHO, 1993) remains in place and will be the reference used by WTO in any trade dispute. This text is very out of date and revised provisions are needed urgently in order to ensure consumer protection and to facilitate fair trade. It is thus important that the European Commission and the IOOC harmonize their rules and that agreement is reached on the Codex text when it is discussed again at the 18th CCFO session in 2003. In this respect, a commitment was made by the European Commission to the Council to work constructively with the IOOC in order to harmonize standards (Council of the European Union, 2001). 

Council of the European Union (2001) 2396th Council meeting—Agriculture, Brussels, 23 July, 2001. Press Release 10928/01 (presse 286). Council of the European Union. 

The Council of the European Union subsequently adopted the Regulation on 18 December 2006, formally completing the decision-making process. 

In January 1995, Directive 75/319 of the Council of the European Communities came into force. The regulation introduced new procedures whereby a European MA may be obtained. The net effect of this has been to move work from a national to a European basis, particularly for novel chemicals. The IMB is active in both the centralized and decentralized (mutual recognition) licensing processes, having acted in the centralised process as rapporteur or co-rapporteur on 12 occasions, and having been Reference Member State (RMS) in approximately 10 decentralized applications. 

The following Directives of the Council of the European Communities are adapted to Portuguese law ... 

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