Commission Decision of 5 June 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring and reporting (notified under document number C(2009) 4199) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/442/EC) (repealed)

CHAPTER V U.K. REPORTING

Article 12 U.K. Coordination and quality assurance

1. With respect to coordination, the summary description referred to in Article 21(2)(a) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall contain the following:

(a) the name, contact information, role and responsibilities of the Member State contact point;

(b) the name, contact information, role and responsibilities, organisation chart of the coordinating structure supporting the contact point of the Member State;

(c) a description of the relationship with third parties;

(d) an overview of the working practices and procedures of the coordinating body;

(e) comments on the monitoring and reporting process.

2. With respect to the organisation of quality assurance, the summary description referred to in Article 21(2)(a) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall contain the following:

(a) a description of quality assurance procedures, including the maintenance of the infrastructure for spatial information;

(b) an analysis of quality assurance problems related to the development of the infrastructure for spatial information, taking into account the general and specific indicators;

(c) a description of the measures taken to improve the quality assurance of the infrastructure;

(d) where a certification mechanism has been established, a description of that mechanism.

Article 13 U.K. Contribution to the functioning and coordination of the infrastructure

The summary description referred to in Article 21(2)(b) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall contain the following:

(a)

an overview of the various stakeholders contributing to the implementation of the infrastructure for spatial information according to the following typology: users, data producers, service providers, coordinating bodies;

(b)

a description of the role of the various stakeholders in the development and maintenance of the infrastructure for spatial information, including their role in the coordination of tasks, in the provision of data and metadata, and in the management, development and hosting of services;

(c)

a general description of the main measures taken to facilitate the sharing of spatial data sets and services between public authorities and a description of how sharing has improved as a result;

(d)

a description of how stakeholders cooperate;

(e)

a description of the access to the services through the Inspire geo-portal, as referred to in Article 15(2) of Directive 2007/2/EC.

Article 14 U.K. Use of the infrastructure for spatial information

The information on the use of the infrastructure for spatial information referred to in Article 21(2)(c) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall cover the following:

(a)

the use of the spatial data services of the infrastructure for spatial information, taking into account the general and specific indicators;

(b)

the use of spatial data sets corresponding to the themes listed in Annexes I, II and III to Directive 2007/2/EC by public authorities, with particular attention to good examples in the field of environmental policy;

(c)

if available, evidence showing the use of the infrastructure for spatial information by the general public;

(d)

examples of cross-border use and efforts made to improve cross-border consistency of spatial data sets corresponding to the themes listed in Annexes I, II and III to Directive 2007/2/EC;

(e)

how transformation services are used to achieve data interoperability.

Article 15 U.K. Data sharing arrangements

The summary description referred to in Article 21(2)(d) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall contain the following:

(a)

an overview of data sharing arrangements that have been, or are being, created between public authorities;

(b)

an overview of data sharing arrangements that have been, or are being, created between public authorities and Community institutions and bodies, including examples of data sharing arrangements for a particular spatial data set;

(c)

a list of barriers to the sharing of spatial data sets and services between public authorities and between public authorities and the Community institutions and bodies, as well as a description of the actions which are taken to overcome those barriers.

Article 16 U.K. Cost and benefit aspects

The summary description referred to in Article 21(2)(e) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall contain the following:

(a)

an estimate of the costs resulting from the implementation of Directive 2007/2/EC;

(b)

examples of the benefits observed, including examples of the positive effects on policy preparation, implementation, evaluation, examples of improved services to the citizen as well as examples of cross-border cooperation.

Article 17 U.K. Updating reports

The report referred to in Article 21(3) of Directive 2007/2/EC shall cover the three calendar years preceding the year of the report.