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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.Member States shall use the questionnaire set out in the...

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

  4. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      Questionnaire on the implementation of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide (‘the Directive’)

      1. 1. General description

        1. 1.1. What are the main changes to national legislation and to...

        2. 1.2. Which competent authority or authorities are responsible for fulfilling the...

      2. 2. Coordination of the permitting procedure

        1. 2.1. How does national law ensure that the permitting procedure and...

      3. 3. Transboundary cooperation

        1. 3.1. Which provisions have been made in the case of transboundary...

        2. 3.2. Has there been any experience with transboundary cooperation in practice?...

      4. 4. Selection of storage sites and exploration permits

        1. 4.1. Have areas from which storage sites may be selected been...

        2. 4.2. Has an assessment of available storage capacity in parts or...

        3. 4.3. How does national law ensure that the suitability of a...

        4. 4.4. In which cases is exploration required for the selection of...

        5. 4.5. How does national law ensure that exploration and storage permits...

        6. 4.6. How will the competent authority verify that the volume that...

        7. 4.7. How does national law ensure that no conflicting uses of...

      5. 5. Storage permit applications

        1. 5.1. How does national law ensure that permit applications contain all...

      6. 6. Storage permits: conditions and contents

        1. 6.1. Completeness of storage permit conditions

          1. 6.1.1. How does national law ensure that all the requirements specified...

          2. 6.1.2. What processes are in place to ensure that all permit...

          3. 6.1.3. How is it ensured that any opinion issued by the...

        2. 6.2. Completeness of storage permit contents

          1. 6.2.1. How does national law ensure that the storage permit contains...

      7. 7. Changes, review, update and withdrawal of storage permits

        1. 7.1. How does national law ensure that storage permits are reviewed...

        2. 7.2. Withdrawal of storage permit

          1. 7.2.1. What are the provisions and procedures if, after a permit...

          2. 7.2.2. What are the provisions and procedures if, after a permit...

      8. 8. CO2 stream acceptance criteria and procedure

        1. 8.1. What are the provisions and procedures to ensure that the...

        2. 8.2. What are the provisions and procedures in place to ensure...

      9. 9. Monitoring

        1. 9.1. What measures have been taken to provide that the competent...

        2. 9.2. What are the provisions and procedures to ensure that the...

      10. 10. Reporting

        1. 10.1. What are the provisions and procedures on reporting by the...

      11. 11. Inspections

        1. 11.1. What are the provisions and procedures in relation to the...

        2. 11.2. To what extent does the system of routine and non-routine...

      12. 12. Leakages or significant irregularities

        1. 12.1. What are the provisions and procedures for the notification of...

        2. 12.2. What are the provisions and procedures with respect to the...

      13. 13. Closure and post-closure obligations

        1. 13.1. What are provisions and procedures regarding closure and post-closure obligations?...

        2. 13.2. How does national law ensure that the operator remains responsible...

        3. 13.3. What are the provisions and procedures for the approval of...

      14. 14. Transfer of responsibility

        1. 14.1. What are the provisions and procedures for the transfer of...

        2. 14.2. Does national law foresee a minimum period that has to...

        3. 14.3. What processes are in place to ensure that transfer reports...

        4. 14.4. How is it ensured that any opinion issued by the...

        5. 14.5. What measures have been taken to ensure that after the...

      15. 15. Financial security

        1. 15.1. How does national law address the need that proof that...

      16. 16. Financial mechanism

        1. 16.1. Specify the procedures to ensure that the operator makes a...

        2. 16.2. Does national law foresee any post-transfer obligations other than the...

      17. 17. Third party access

        1. 17.1. What measures have been taken to ensure that potential users...

        2. 17.2. What procedures are in place to ensure that an operator...

      18. 18. Dispute settlement

        1. 18.1. What are dispute settlement arrangements, including an authority independent of...

      19. 19. Registers

        1. 19.1. What measures have been taken to establish and maintain a...

      20. 20. Information and participation of the public

        1. 20.1. How does national law ensure that environmental information relating to...

      21. 21. Penalties

        1. 21.1. What are the national rules on penalties applicable to infringements...

      22. 22. Amendments to other legal instruments (Articles 31 to 37)

        1. 22.1. How does national law address the amendments to Annex I...

        2. 22.2. How does national law address the amendment to Article 11(3)(j)...

        3. 22.3. What measures have been taken to ensure that the new...

          1. 22.3.1. How it is ensured that operators of all combustion plants...

          2. 22.3.2. What are the provisions and procedures to ensure that, if...

          3. 22.3.3. Are there any cases of practical application of this Article...

        4. 22.4. How does national law address the amendment to Annex III...

        5. 22.5. How does national law address the amendment to Directive 2006/12/EC...

        6. 22.6. How does national law address the amendment to Regulation (EC)...

        7. 22.7. How does national law address the amendment to Annex I...