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)

5.3. Tasks of the competent bodies

5.3.1. A Member State that has more than one competent body should determine to which competent body applications for global registration can be made, which should be the same competent body as the one designated under section 4.3.1.

5.3.2. The application for global registration, i.e. from organisations with sites located in EU Member States and in third countries, is made to any competent body designated for this purpose in one of the Member States where the following conditions are met:

(a)

the Member State provides for registration of organisations from outside the EU;

(b)

accredited or licensed verifiers for verifications in third countries where the sites included in the registration are located are available, and that the accreditation or licensing of these verifiers cover the relevant NACE codes.

5.3.3. The determination of the Member State where the competent body in charge of this procedure will be located is established on the basis of conditions in the following order of preference:

(1)

when the organisation has headquarters in one Member States that provides for third country registration, the application should be submitted to the competent body in that Member State;

(2)

if the headquarters of the organisation is not located in a Member State that provides for third country registration, but it has a Management Centre there, the application should be submitted to the competent body in that Member State;

(3)

if the organisation that applies for Global registration has neither headquarters nor a Management Centre in any Member State that provides for third country registrations, then the organisation has to set up an ‘ad hoc’ management centre in a Member State that provides for third country registration, and the application should be submitted to the competent body in that Member State.

5.3.4. If more than one Member State is covered by the application, the coordination procedure between the involved competent bodies, as established in section 3.2. must be followed. Then that competent body will act as leading competent body under the EU Corporate aspects of the procedure.