Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

   1. Article 1. Objective

   2. Article 2. Definitions

3. CHAPTER II REGISTRATION OF ORGANISATIONS

   1. Article 3. Determination of the Competent Body

   2. Article 4. Preparation for registration

   3. Article 5. Application for registration

4. CHAPTER III OBLIGATIONS OF REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS

   1. Article 6. Renewal of EMAS registration

   2. Article 7. Derogation for small organisations

   3. Article 8. Substantial changes

   4. Article 9. Internal environmental audit

   5. Article 10. Use of the EMAS logo

5. CHAPTER IV RULES APPLICABLE TO COMPETENT BODIES

   1. Article 11. Designation and role of Competent Bodies

   2. Article 12. Obligations concerning the registration process

   3. Article 13. Registration of organisations

   4. Article 14. Renewal of the organisation's registration

   5. Article 15. Suspension or deletion of organisations from the register

   6. Article 16. Forum of Competent Bodies

   7. Article 17. Peer evaluation of Competent Bodies

6. CHAPTER V ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIERS

   1. Article 18. Tasks of Environmental verifiers

   2. Article 19. Frequency of verification

   3. Article 20. Requirements for environmental verifiers

   4. Article 21. Additional requirements for environmental verifiers which are natural persons and performing verification and validation activities individually

   5. Article 22. Additional requirements for environmental verifiers active in third countries

   6. Article 23. Supervision of environmental verifiers

   7. Article 24. Additional requirements for supervision of environmental verifiers active in a Member State other than that where the accreditation or license was granted

   8. Article 25. Conditions for performing verification and validation

   9. Article 26. Verification and validation of small organisations

   10. Article 27. Conditions for verification and validation in third countries

7. CHAPTER VI ACCREDITATION AND LICENSING BODIES

   1. Article 28. Operation of Accreditation and Licensing

   2. Article 29. Suspension and withdrawal of accreditation or license

   3. Article 30. Forum of the Accreditation and Licensing Bodies

   4. Article 31. Peer evaluation of Accreditation and Licensing Bodies

8. CHAPTER VII RULES APPLICABLE TO MEMBER STATES

   1. Article 32. Assistance to organisations relating to compliance with legal requirements relating to the environment

   2. Article 33. Promotion of EMAS

   3. Article 34. Information

   4. Article 35. Promotion activities

   5. Article 36. Promotion of participation of small organisations

   6. Article 37. Cluster and step-by-step approach

   7. Article 38. EMAS and other policies and instruments in the Community

   8. Article 39. Fees

   9. Article 40. Non-compliance

   10. Article 41. Information and reporting to the Commission

9. CHAPTER VIII RULES APPLICABLE TO THE COMMISSION

   1. Article 42. Information

   2. Article 43. Collaboration and coordination

   3. Article 44. Integration of EMAS into other policies and instruments in the Community

   4. Article 45. Relationship with other environmental management systems

   5. Article 46. Development of reference documents and guides

   6. Article 47. Reporting

10. CHAPTER IX FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 48. Amendment of Annexes

    2. Article 49. Committee procedure

    3. Article 50. Review

    4. Article 51. Repeal and transitional provisions

    5. Article 52. Entry into force

11. Signature

12. 1. ANNEX I

       ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

       1. The environmental review shall cover the following areas:

       2. Identification of the applicable legal requirements relating to the environment....

    2. ANNEX II

       Environmental management system requirements and additional issues to be addressed by organisations implementing EMAS

       1. The environmental management system requirements under EMAS are those laid...

       2. In addition, registered organisations are required to address a number...

    3. ANNEX III

       INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT

       1. A. Audit programme and audit frequency

          1. 1. Audit programme

          2. 2. Objectives of the audit programme

          3. 3. Scope of the audit programme

          4. 4. Audit frequency

       2. B. Audit activities

       3. C. Reporting audit findings and conclusions

    4. ANNEX IV

       ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING

       1. A. Introduction

       2. B. Environmental statement

       3. C. Core indicators and other relevant existing environmental performance indicators

          1. 1. Introduction

          2. 2. Core indicators

          3. 3. Other relevant environmental performance indicators

       4. D. Public availability

       5. E. Local accountability

    5. ANNEX V

       EMAS LOGO

       2. 1. The logo may be used in any of the 23...

       3. 2. The logo shall be used either:

    6. ANNEX VI

       INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION

    7. ANNEX VII

       ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIER'S DECLARATION ON VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION ACTIVITIES

       1. … (name).

       2. with EMAS environmental verifier registration number …

       3. accredited or licensed for the scope … (NACE Code)

       4. declares to have verified whether the site(s) or the whole...

       5. with registration number (if available) …

       6. meet all requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the...

       7. By signing this declaration, I declare that:

       8. the verification and validation has been carried out in full...

       9. This document is not equivalent to EMAS registration. EMAS registration...

       10. Done at … on …/…/20….

       11. Signature

    8. ANNEX VIII

       CORRELATION TABLE