COTTNCTL DECISION of 27 January 1997 establishing a reciprocal exchange of information and data from networks and individual stations measuring ambient air pollution within the Member States THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and in particular Article 130s (l), thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (l), Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 2 ) , Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 189c of the Treaty (3 (1) Whereas the fifth European Community action programme on the enviromlellt (4) provides for the collectioll of baseline data on the environment and an improvement in their compatibility, comparability and transparency; (2) Whereas the objectives and tasks of the European Environment Agency are set out in Council Regulation (EEC) No l210190 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Informati...