Decision 2011/832 - 2011/832/EU: Commission Decision of 7 December 2011 concerning a guide on EU corporate registration, third country and global registration under Regulation 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (notified under document C(2011) 8896) - Main contents

official title

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 December 2011

concerning a guide on EU corporate registration, third country and global registration under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)

(notified under document C(2011) 8896)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2011/832/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (1), and in particular Articles 3 and 46(4) thereof,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the purpose of Article 46(4) and for the purpose of providing additional clarifying information on Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009, the Commission adopts this guide on EU corporate, third country and corporate registration under EMAS.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 December 2011.

For the Commission

Janez POTOČNIK

Member of the Commission

• (1) 

  OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

ANNEX

Guide on EU corporate, third country and global registration under EMAS (Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009)

• 1. 

  INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this document is to give guidance on how the European Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) works for organisations operating with subsidiaries and sites located in several EU Member States and/or in third Countries, and to provide specific guidance to Member States, verifiers and organisations who can use it for registration purposes. This guide is the consequence of Article 46(4) of the EMAS Regulation (1) which states that ‘The Commission shall, in cooperation with the Forum of Competent Bodies, develop a guide on registration of organisations outside the Community’ and of Article 16(3), which states that ‘The Forum of Competent Bodies shall develop guidance to ensure the consistency of procedures relating to the registration of organisations in accordance with this Regulation, including renewal of registration and suspension and deletion of organisations from the register both inside and outside the Community’.

When EMAS was introduced in 1993 it was designed to cover individual sites of organisations from the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Following the first revision in 2001, EMAS II was opened to all organisations with multiple sites (located in a Member State of the EU and the EEA as before). EMAS III has opened up further, and it is now applicable to organisations inside and outside the EU.

Opening up EMAS to third countries provides organisations from all sectors with a tool for achieving a high environmental performance levels that can be publicly recognised by stakeholders of the European Community.

Member States are free to make a decision as to whether their national competent body/bodies will provide for the registration of organisations in third countries in accordance with Article 11(1) of the EMAS Regulation.

Registration

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