Decision 2001/681 - 2001/681/EC: Commission Decision of 7 September 2001 on guidance for the implementation of Regulation 761/2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (notified under document number C(2001) 2504) - Main contents

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2001/681/EC: Commission Decision of 7 September 2001 on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (notified under document number C(2001) 2504) (Text with EEA relevance.)

Official Journal L 247 , 17/09/2001 P. 0024 - 0047

Commission decision

of 7 September 2001

on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)

(notified under document number C(2001) 2504)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/681/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)(1), and in particular Article 2(s) second paragraph, Article 3(3)(b) and Article 8 thereof,

Whereas:

• (1) 

  Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 establishes the requirements for organisations to participate in EMAS.

• (2) 

  Guidance should be laid down to ensure that Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 is applied uniformly by all the Member States.

• (3) 

  It is appropriate to identify specific cases where defining the appropriate entity to be registrered as an EMAS organisation might be difficult and to provide for a harmonised aproach to this situation as well as for exceptions where registration is allowed for entity smaller than a site.

• (4) 

  Guidance should be laid down for the establishment of the verification programmes of organisations under EMAS, for conducting validations of environmental statements and subsequent yearly updates, as well as for exceptions to the principle of yearly validated updates.

• (5) 

  It is also appropriate to harmonise the use of the EMAS logo at practical level and to ensure that the exhaustive list of exceptions for use of the logo in certain conditions is clearly spelt out.

• (6) 

  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Entities under the second paragraph of Article 2(s) of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 shall be registered as an organisation in accordance with the guidance set out in Annex I.

Article 2

Organisations shall have the updates of their environmental statement validated as referred to in Article 3(b) of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 in accordance with the guidance set out in Annex II.

Article 3

The EMAS logo as referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 shall be used in accordance with the guidance set out in Annex III.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 September 2001.

For the Commission

Margot Wallström

Member of the Commission

• (1) 

  OJ L 114, 24.4.2001, p. 1.

ANNEX I

GUIDANCE ON ENTITY SUITABLE FOR REGISTRATION TO EMAS

(All references to annexes are the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 unless expressly stated otherwise)

Objective of the guidance

The expansion of EMAS from its traditional coverage of the industrial/manufacturing sectors to all organisations having environmental impacts means that entities with many different organisational structures will be able to register to EMAS. This guidance has been prepared on the basis of Article 2(s), second and fourth sentences and of Article 2(t) of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 to assist organisations, environmental verifiers and competent bodies in deciding on the appropriate entity for registration as organisation to EMAS.

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