(8) Skupnost je že sprejela predpise v zvezi z zadevami, ki jih ureja Protokol, vključno z direktivama Sveta 79/117/EGS z dne 21. decembra 1978 o prepovedi prometa in uporabe fitofarmacevtskih sredstev, ki vsebujejo nekatere aktivne snovi fn, in 96/59/ES z dne 16. septembra 1996 o odstranjevanju polikloriranih bifenilov in polikloriranih terfenilov (PCB/PCT) fn.
(8) The Community has already adopted instruments covering matters governed by the Protocol, including Council Directives 79/117/EEC of 21 December 1978 prohibiting the placing on the market and use of plant protection products containing certain active substances fn, and 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT) fn,