Commission Implementing Decision

of 12 December 2012

establishing the type, format and frequency of information to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting on the implementation of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions

(notified under document C(2012) 9181)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/795/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)1, and in particular Article 72(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The Commission has developed questionnaires to define the set of information to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting on the implementation of Directive 2010/75/EU during the period 2013-2016.

(2)
The Member States should be required to submit replies to a questionnaire covering only the year 2013 in order to report on measures taken by the Member States to implement those requirements of Directive 2010/75/EU which were not already applicable in accordance with Council Directive 78/176/EEC of 20 February 1978 on waste from the titanium dioxide industry2, Council Directive 82/883/EEC of 3 December 1982 on procedures for the surveillance and monitoring of environments concerned by waste from the titanium dioxide industry3, Council Directive 92/112/EEC of 15 December 1992 on procedures for harmonizing the programmes for the reduction and eventual elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry4, Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations5, Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste6, Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants7, Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control8 before their repeal by Directive 2010/75/EU.
(3)

The Member States should also be required to submit replies to a questionnaire in order to report for the period 2013-2016 on representative data on emissions and other forms of pollution, on emission limit values, on the application of Articles 14 and 15 of Directive 2010/75/EU and on progress made concerning the development and application of emerging techniques in accordance with Article 27, allowing the Commission to gather information on general implementation measures (Module 1), to establish an information source on individual installations that aligns with the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (Module 2), to confirm that the best available techniques have been applied correctly in permits (Module 3) and to verify the application of minimum sectoral requirements (Module 4).

(4)

Under Article 72(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU, Member States are to make the information available in an electronic format.

(5)

To ensure the consistency and coherence of the Member State information, the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, should develop a specific electronic reporting format.

(6)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 75(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU,

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