Regulation 2 Amendment of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1372

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1372 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring and reporting is amended as follows.

For Articles 1 and 2 substitute—

“Article 1

Subject matter

This Decision lays down detailed rules on the obligations of appropriate authorities to monitor the implementation and use of their infrastructures for spatial information and for reporting on that monitoring.

Article 1a

Interpretation

In this Decision, “appropriate authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the Secretary of State;

(b)

in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.

Article 2

Common provisions for monitoring and reporting

1.

The indicators referred to in Articles 3 to 7 shall be calculated using the metadata of the spatial data sets and the spatial data services that are published by the appropriate authority through the discovery services referred to in regulation 7(2)(a) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2)(a) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009.

2.

The appropriate authority shall make all results of monitoring in accordance with regulation 14(3)(b) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 15(3)(b) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009 accessible to the public on the internet or using other appropriate means of telecommunication.”.

In Article 3—

In Article 4, in the words before point (a)—

In Article 5—

In Article 6, for the words from “referred to in point (b)” to “point (c) of that provision” substitute “and the download services referred to in regulation 7(2)(b) and (c) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2)(b) and (c) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009”.

In Article 7, for “Article 11(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “regulation 7(2) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009”.

In Article 8, for “required by Article 21(1) of Directive 2007/2/EC” substitute “under regulation 14 of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 15 of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009”.

For Article 9 substitute—

“Article 9

Publication and updating of summary reports

1.

By no later than 31 March 2021, the appropriate authority shall publish a report containing summary descriptions of:

(a)

how public sector providers and users of spatial data sets and services and intermediary bodies are coordinated, the relationship with third parties and the organisation of quality assurance;

(b)

the contribution made by public authorities or third parties to the functioning and coordination of the infrastructure for spatial information;

(c)

how the infrastructure for spatial information is used;

(d)

how public authorities share data;

(e)

the costs and benefits of:

(i)

the INSPIRE Regulations;

(ii)

rules or requirements as to the interoperability of spatial data sets and services set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 and the INSPIRE Regulations;

(iii)

rules or requirements as to metadata set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1205/2008 and the INSPIRE Regulations;

(iv)

rules or requirements as to network services set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 and the INSPIRE Regulations.

2.

In this Article, “INSPIRE Regulations” means the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009.

3.

By no later than 31 March in each year following 2021, the appropriate authority shall, if necessary, update the report described in paragraph 1 and, if the report is updated, publish the updated report.”.

Omit Articles 10 and 11, and the text after Article 11.