para este efeito só estão previstos no artigo 235º do Tratado; Considerando que a Comunidade participará na execução da referida convenção, exercendo as competências que resultam das regras comuns existentes e as que lhe serão atribuídas por actos futuros adoptados pelo Conselho, bem como utilizando os resultados de acções comunitárias (investigações - troca de informações) nos domínios em causa; Considerando que é necessário, nessa medida, para a Comunidade, a conclusão da referida convenção, DECIDE: Artigo 1º A Convenção sobre a poluição atmosférica transfronteiriça a longa distância é aprovada em nome da Comunidade Económica Europeia. (1) JO nº C 59, de 10.3.1980, p. 71. (2) JO nº C 72, de 24.3.1980, p. 25. (3) JO nº C 112, de 20.12.1973, p. 1. (4) JO nº C 139, de 13.6.1977, p. 1. Os textos da referida Convenção, bem como os da resolução sobre a poluição atmosférica transfronteiriça a longa distância estão anexados à presente decisão. Artigo 2º O Presidente do Conselho procede ao depósito dos actos em conformidade com o artigo 15º da Convenção (1). Feito no Luxemburgo em 11 de Junho de 1981. Pelo Conselho O Presidente L. GINJAAR (1) A data de entrada em vigor da Convenção será publicada no Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias pelo Secretariado-Geral do Conselho. CONVENTION on long-range transboundary air pollution THE PARTIES TO THE PRESENT CONVENTION, DETERMINED to promote relations and cooperation in the field of environmental protection, AWARE of the significance of the activities of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in strengthening such relations and cooperation, particularly in the field of air pollution including long-range transport of air pollutants, RECOGNIZING the contribution of the Economic Commission for Europe to the multilateral implementation of the pertinent provisions of the Final Act of the Conference on security and cooperation in Europe, COGNIZANT of the references in the chapter on environment of the Final Act of the Conference on security and cooperation in Europe calling for cooperation to control air pollution and its effects, including long-range transport of air pollutants, and to the development through international cooperation of an extensive programme for the monitoring and evaluation of long-range transport of air pollutants, starting with sulphur dioxide and with possible extention to other pollutants, CONSIDERING the pertinent provisions of the Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the human enviroment, and in particular principle 21, which expresses the common conviction that States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction, RECOGNIZING the existence of possible adverse effects, in the short and long term, of air pollution including transboundary air pollution, CONCERNED that a rise in the level of emissions of air pollutants within the region as forecast may increase such adverse effects, RECOGNIZING the need to study the implications of the long-range transport of air pollutants and the need to seek solutions for the problems identified, AFFIRMING their willingness to reinforce active international cooperation to develop appropriate national policies and by means of exchange of information, consultation, research and monitoring, to coordinate national action for combating air pollution including long-range transboundary air pollution, HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Definitions Article 1 For the purposes of the present Convention: (a) "air pollution" means the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the air resulting in deleterious effects of such a nature as to endanger human health, harm living resources and ecosystems and material