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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) (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.For the purpose of Article 46(4) and for the purpose...

  3. Article 2.This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

  4. Signature

    1. ANNEX

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

      1. 1. INTRODUCTION

        1. Registration

          1. Note:

      2. 2. TERMINOLOGY

        1. Note:

      3. 3. EU CORPORATE REGISTRATION — REGISTRATION OF ORGANISATIONS WITH MULTIPLE SITES...

        1. 3.1. Applicable legislation and legal compliance in EU Member States

          1. 3.1.1. Organisations must always be in compliance with EU and national...

          2. 3.1.2. According to Annex IV(B)(g) to the EMAS Regulation, the environmental...

          3. 3.1.3. In order to provide the ‘material or documentary evidence of...

        2. 3.2. Tasks of the competent bodies

          1. 3.2.1. In case of EU corporate registration, the location of the...

          2. 3.2.2. In case of EU corporate registration the leading competent body...

          3. 3.2.3. The leading competent body is responsible for the registration and...

          4. 3.2.4. Competent bodies should coordinate their activities with the accreditation and...

          5. 3.2.5. General principles and specific coordination procedures between competent bodies shall,...

          6. 3.2.6. The Forum of Competent Bodies will develop standardised forms in...

        3. 3.3. Tasks of the accredited or licensed verifiers

          1. 3.3.1. General rules applicable to EMAS environmental verifiers, their accreditation or...

          2. 3.3.2. The verification of the environmental management system and the validation...

          3. 3.3.3. In case of registration of an organisation with multiple sites...

          4. 3.3.4. Verifiers accredited or licensed in one Member State are allowed...

          5. 3.3.5. The accreditation or licensing body supervising the verifier(s) performing in...

          6. 3.3.6. If a verifier detects a non-compliance situation at the time...

          7. 3.3.7. If a verifier detects a case of non-compliance in the...

        4. 3.4. Registration process

          1. 3.4.1. General rules applicable to the Registration are established in Chapters...

          2. 3.4.2. The organisation should communicate at an early stage with the...

          3. 3.4.3. The leading competent body shall check the information contained in...

          4. 3.4.4. The competent bodies involved shall check, via their accreditation and...

          5. 3.4.5. All competent bodies involved in the registration process will apply...

          6. 3.4.6. Following the registration decision, the leading competent body shall inform...

            1. Note:

          7. 3.4.7. Monitoring of legal compliance at national level is ensured by...

          8. 3.4.8. If a competent body in the Member State where a...

          9. 3.4.9. Some Member States are obliged to charge fees according to...

            1. Note:

          10. 3.4.10. All competent bodies involved should charge the fees resulting from...

        5. 3.5. Already registered organisations

          1. 3.5.1. If an organisation already registered decides to go for EU...

        6. 3.6. Deletion and suspension of registrations

          1. 3.6.1. General rules for suspension and deletion established in Article 15...

          2. 3.6.2. Any complaint concerning the registered organisation shall be notified to...

          3. 3.6.3. Every competent body is in charge of the procedures related...

          4. 3.6.4. Disputes between individual national competent bodies involved in the corporate...

          5. 3.6.5. If no settlement can be achieved between the competent bodies...

        7. 3.7. Language issues

          1. 3.7.1. The EMAS environmental statement and other relevant documents shall be...

      4. 4. THIRD COUNTRY REGISTRATION — REGISTRATION OF ORGANISATIONS WITH ONE OR...

        1. 4.1. Applicable legislation and legal compliance in third countries

          1. 4.1.1. Organisations must always be in compliance with the respective national...

          2. 4.1.2. In order to ensure that the EMAS scheme maintains its...

          3. 4.1.3. According to Annex IV(B)(g) to the EMAS Regulation, the environmental...

          4. 4.1.4. For sites located in third countries, the documentary evidence as...

        2. 4.2. EMAS third country accreditation and licensing

          1. 4.2.1. Member States shall make a decision on whether to provide...

          2. 4.2.2. If a Member State decides to provide for third country...

            1. Clarifying comment:

          3. 4.2.3. The accreditation or license that verifiers can obtain for third...

            1. Clarifying comment:

        3. 4.3. Tasks of the competent body

          1. 4.3.1. A Member State that has more than one competent body...

          2. 4.3.2. The application for third country registration from organisations with sites...

          3. 4.3.3. The competent bodies should coordinate their activities with the accreditation...

        4. 4.4. Tasks of the accredited or licensed verifiers

          1. 4.4.1. General rules applicable to EMAS environmental verifiers, their accreditation or...

          2. 4.4.2. Those Member States that allow third country registration must put...

          3. 4.4.3. The verifier(s) must be accredited or licensed for all the...

          4. 4.4.4. All cooperating verifiers have to sign the declaration referred to...

          5. 4.4.5. Verifiers who want to operate in third countries must obtain...

          6. 4.4.6. Verifiers shall — as a part of the verification procedure...

          7. 4.4.7. In third countries, the verifier shall, on top of his...

          8. 4.4.8. In accordance with Article 13(2)(d) of the EMAS Regulation, the...

          9. 4.4.9. Those Member States that provide for third country registration shall...

          10. 4.4.10. Member States that provide for third country registration may consider...

          11. 4.4.11. At least six weeks before verification or validation in a...

          12. 4.4.12. If a verifier detects a non-compliance situation at the time...

          13. 4.4.13. If a verifier detects a case of non-compliance in the...

        5. 4.5. Registration process

          1. 4.5.1. The organisation should communicate at an early stage with the...

          2. 4.5.2. Before application for registration is sent to the competent body,...

          3. 4.5.3. After fulfilling the EMAS requirements, specifically those applicable to the...

          4. 4.5.4. The competent body shall check the information contained in the...

          5. 4.5.5. The accreditation and licensing body shall assess, the environmental verifier’s...

          6. 4.5.6. The competent body in charge of the registration will coordinate...

        6. 4.6. Deletion and suspension of registrations

          1. 4.6.1. The competent body shall follow the general rules established in...

          2. 4.6.2. Any complaint concerning the registered organisation shall be notified to...

          3. 4.6.3. Organisations from third countries aspiring to an EMAS Registration and...

          4. 4.6.4. Agreements, whenever they have been signed between the Member State...

          5. 4.6.5. In all situations, even when such agreements exist, the verifier...

          6. 4.6.6. NGOs operating in the third country could be consulted and...

        7. 4.7. Language issues

          1. 4.7.1. The EMAS environmental statement and other relevant documents shall be...

      5. 5. GLOBAL REGISTRATION — ORGANISATION WITH MULTIPLE SITES IN MEMBER STATES...

        1. 5.1. Applicable legislation and legal compliance in Member States and third...

          1. 5.1.1. Organisations must always be in compliance with EU and national...

          2. 5.1.2. In order to ensure that the EMAS scheme maintains its...

          3. 5.1.3. For sites located in third countries, the documentary evidence as...

        2. 5.2. Accreditation and licensing

          1. 5.2.1. The provisions described in section 4.2 concerning EMAS third country...

        3. 5.3. Tasks of the competent bodies

          1. 5.3.1. A Member State that has more than one competent body...

          2. 5.3.2. The application for global registration, i.e. from organisations with sites...

          3. 5.3.3. The determination of the Member State where the competent body...

          4. 5.3.4. If more than one Member State is covered by the...

        4. 5.4. Tasks of the accredited or licensed verifiers

          1. 5.4.1. General rules applicable to EMAS environmental verifiers, their accreditation or...

          2. 5.4.2. Those Member States that allow third country registration must put...

          3. 5.4.3. In case of global registration of an organisation with multiple...

          4. 5.4.4. All cooperating verifiers have to sign the declaration referred to...

          5. 5.4.5. Verifiers who want to operate in third countries must obtain...

          6. 5.4.6. Verifiers shall — as a part of the verification procedure...

          7. 5.4.7. In third countries, the verifier shall, on top of his...

          8. 5.4.8. In accordance with Article 13(2)(d) of the EMAS Regulation, the...

          9. 5.4.9. Those Member States that provide for third country registration (and...

          10. 5.4.10. Member States that provide for global registration may consider putting...

          11. 5.4.11. At least six weeks before verification or validation in a...

          12. 5.4.12. If a verifier detects a non-compliance situation at the time...

          13. 5.4.13. If a verifier detects a case of non-compliance in the...

        5. 5.5. Registration process

          1. 5.5.1. The organisation should communicate at an early stage with the...

          2. 5.5.2. The organisation shall provide material evidence of its legal compliance...

          3. 5.5.3. After fulfilling the EMAS requirements, specifically those applicable to the...

          4. 5.5.4. The competent body in charge of the registration shall check...

          5. 5.5.5. The accreditation and licensing bodies in all the concerned Member...

          6. 5.5.6. The competent body in charge of the registration will coordinate...

          7. 5.5.7. If applicable, following the registration decision, the leading competent body...

          8. 5.5.8. In case several competent bodies are involved in a registration...

        6. 5.6. Deletion and suspension of registrations

          1. 5.6.1. The competent body shall follow the general rules established in...

          2. 5.6.2. Any complaint concerning the registered organisation shall be notified to...

          3. 5.6.3. Organisations from third countries aspiring an EMAS Registration and willing...

          4. 5.6.4. In all situations, even when such agreements exist, the verifier...

          5. 5.6.5. NGOs operating in that third country could be consulted and...

        7. 5.7. Language issues

          1. 5.7.1. The EMAS environmental statement and other relevant documents shall be...

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