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),
repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/ECEco Management and Audit Scheme – EMAS III
- Recitals
CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER II — REGISTRATION OF ORGANISATIONS
CHAPTER III — OBLIGATIONS OF REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS
CHAPTER IV — RULES APPLICABLE TO COMPETENT BODIES
- Article 11 — Designation and role of Competent Bodies
- Article 12 — Obligations concerning the registration process
- Article 13 — Registration of organisations
- Article 14 — Renewal of the organisation's registration
- Article 15 — Suspension or deletion of organisations from the register
- Article 16 — Forum of Competent Bodies
- Article 17 — Peer evaluation of Competent Bodies
CHAPTER V — ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIERS
- Article 18 — Tasks of Environmental verifiers
- Article 19 — Frequency of verification
- Article 20 — Requirements for environmental verifiers
- Article 21 — Additional requirements for environmental verifiers which are natural persons and performing verification and validation activities individually
- Article 22 — Additional requirements for environmental verifiers active in third countries
- Article 23 — Supervision of environmental verifiers
- Article 24 — Additional requirements for supervision of environmental verifiers active in a Member State other than that where the accreditation or license was granted
- Article 25 — Conditions for performing verification and validation
- Article 26 — Verification and validation of small organisations
- Article 27 — Conditions for verification and validation in third countries
CHAPTER VI — ACCREDITATION AND LICENSING BODIES
CHAPTER VII — RULES APPLICABLE TO MEMBER STATES
- Article 32 — Assistance to organisations relating to compliance with legal requirements relating to the environment
- Article 33 — Promotion of EMAS
- Article 34 — Information
- Article 35 — Promotion activities
- Article 36 — Promotion of participation of small organisations
- Article 37 — Cluster and step-by-step approach
- Article 38 — EMAS and other policies and instruments in the Community
- Article 39 — Fees
- Article 40 — Non-compliance
- Article 41 — Information and reporting to the Commission
CHAPTER VIII — RULES APPLICABLE TO THE COMMISSION
- Article 42 — Information
- Article 43 — Collaboration and coordination
- Article 44 — Integration of EMAS into other policies and instruments in the Community
- Article 45 — Relationship with other environmental management systems
- Article 46 — Development of reference documents and guides
- Article 47 — Reporting
CHAPTER IX — FINAL PROVISIONS
- Final
- ANNEX I — ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
- ANNEX II — ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND ADDITIONAL ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY ORGANISATIONS IMPLEMENTING EMAS
- ANNEX III — INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
- ANNEX IV — ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
- ANNEX V — EMAS LOGO
- ANNEX VI — INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
- ANNEX VII — ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIER'S DECLARATION ON VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION ACTIVITIES
- ANNEX VIII — CORRELATION TABLE