No L 35/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 2. 92 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 92/3/EURATOM of 3 February 1992 on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste between Member States and into and out of the Community THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Articles 31 and 32 thereof, ' - Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (), drawn up after obtaining the opinion of a group of persons appointed by the Scientific and Technical Committee from among scientific experts in the Member States, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (9, Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas on 2 February 1959 the Council adopted Direc- tives laying down the basic standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation (¥), as amended by Directive 80/836/Euratom () and Directive 84/467/ Euratom (%) ; ’ Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of Directive 80/836/ Euratom, these basic safety standards apply inter alia to the transport of natural and artificial radioactive substances ; Wheteas, pursuant to Article 3 of Directive 80/836/ Euratom, each Member State must make compulsory the reporting of activities which involve a hazard arising from Y OJ No C 210, 23. 8. 1990, p. 7. % OJ No C 267, 14. 10. 1991, p. 210. () OJ No C 168, 10. 7. 1990, p. 18. () OJ No 11, 20. 2. 1959, p. 221/59. () OJ No L 246, 17. 9. 1980, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 265, 5. 10. 1984, p. 4. ionizing radiation; whereas, in the light of possible dangers and other relevant considerations these activities are subject to prior authorization in cases decided upon by each Member State ; Whereas Member States have consequently set up systems within their territories in order to meet the requirements of Article 3 of Directive 80/836/Euratom laying down basic standards in accordance with Article 30 of the Euratom Treaty ; whereas, therefore, by means of the internal controls that Member States apply on the basis of national rules consistent with existing Community and any relevant international requirements, Member States continue to ensure a comparable level of protection within their territories ; Whereas the protection of the health of workers and the general public requires that shipments of radioactive waste between Member States and into and out of the Community be subjet to a system of prior authorization ; whereas this requirement is in line with the Community’s policy of subsidiarity ; Whereas the European Parliament resolution of 6 July 1988 on the findings of the Committee of Inquiry into the Handling and Transport of Nuclear Materials (*) calls inter alia, for comprehensive Community rules to make transfrontier movements of nuclear waste subject to a system of strict controls and authorizations from their point of origin to their point of storage; Whereas Council Directive 84/631/EEC of 6 December 1984 on the supervision and control within the European Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste (*) does not apply to radioactive waste ; () OJ No C 235, 12. 9. 1988, p. 70. " () OJ No L 326, 13. 12. 1984, p. 31. Directive as last amended by Directive 86/279/EEC (O] No L 181, 4. 7. 1986, p. 13).