L 64/52 Official Journal of the European Union 4.3.2006 DIRECTIVE 2006/11/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (), After consulting the Committee of the Regions, Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3), Whereas: (1) Council Directive 76/464/EEC of 4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Com- munity (%) has been significantly amended on several occasions (¥). In order to clarify matters, a codification of the provisions in question should be drawn up. (2) There is a need for general and simultaneous action by the Member States to protect the aquatic environment of the Community from pollution, particularly that caused by certain persistent, toxic and bioaccumulable sub- stances. () O] C 117, 30.4.2004, p. 10. (3  Opinion of the European Parliament of 26 October 2004 (O] C 174 E, 14.7.2005, p. 39) and Council Decision of 30 January 2006. () OJ L 129, 18.5.1976, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1). () See Part A of Annex IL N —_ = Several conventions are designed to protect international watercourses and the marine environment from pollu- tion. It is important to ensure the coordinated implementation of these conventions. Discrepancies between the provisions applicable in the various Member States with regard to the discharge of certain dangerous substances into the aquatic environ- ment may give rise to unequal conditions of competition and thus have a direct influence on the functioning of the internal market. Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (%), pro- vides for a number of measures to protect fresh water and sea water from certain pollutants. In order to ensure effective protection of the aquatic environment of the Community, it is necessary to establish a first list, called List I, of certain individual substances selected mainly on the basis of their toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation, with the exception of those which are biologically harmless or which are rapidly converted into substances which are biologically harmless, and a second list, called List II, containing substances which have a deleterious effect on the aquatic environment, which can, however, be confined to a given area and which depends on the characteristics and location of the water into which such substances are discharged. Any discharge of these substances should be subject to prior authorisation which specifies emission standards. Pollution through the discharge of the various dangerous substances within List I must be eliminated. Limit values were fixed by the Directives referred to in Annex IX to Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a frame- work for Community action in the field of water policy (). Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC provides for the procedures for developing the control measures and environmental quality standards applicable to priority substances. OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1. OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. Directive as amended by Decision No 2455/2001/EC (O] L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).