{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-18/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-18/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2012/18",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-18",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Information to be supplied by the operator and actions to be taken following a major accident",
  "text": "Member States shall ensure that, as soon as practicable following a major accident, the operator shall be required, using the most appropriate means to:\n(a) inform the competent authority;\n(b) provide the competent authority with the following information as soon as it becomes available:\n(i) the circumstances of the accident;\n(ii) the dangerous substances involved;\n(iii) the data available for assessing the effects of the accident on human health, the environment and property;\n(iv) the emergency measures taken;\n(c) inform the competent authority of the steps envisaged to:\n(i) mitigate the medium-term and long-term effects of the accident;\n(ii) prevent any recurrence of such an accident;\n(d) update the information provided if further investigation reveals additional facts which alter that information or the conclusions drawn.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2012/18/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:57.246231+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}