# Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste, Article 15: Reporting

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Member States shall report the data concerning the implementation of Article 5(2), (5) and (6) for each calendar year to the Commission.
They shall report the data electronically within 18 months of the end of the reporting year for which the data are collected. The data shall be reported in the format established by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article.
The first reporting period on the implementation of Article 5(5) and (6) shall start in the first full calendar year after the adoption of the implementing act that establishes the format for reporting, in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article, and shall cover the data for that reporting period.
2. Member States shall report the data concerning the implementation of Article 5(2) until 1 January 2025 .
3. The data reported by Member States in accordance with this Article shall be accompanied by a quality check report.
4. The Commission shall review the data reported in accordance with this Article and publish a report on the results of its review. The report shall assess the organisation of the data collection, the sources of data and the methodology used in Member States as well as the completeness, reliability, timeliness and consistency of that data. The assessment may include specific recommendations for improvement. The report shall be drawn up after the first reporting of the data by the Member States and every four years thereafter.
5. By 31 March 2019 , the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the format for reporting the data referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 17(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/31/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-31/article-15
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