# Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (revoked) EU Regulation No 1221/2009 ยท adopted 25 November 2009 Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1221/pdf/eur_20091221_adopted_en.pdf; Revised version (9 January 2019) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1221/pdf/eur_20091221_2019-01-09_en.pdf; Revised version (18 September 2017) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1221/pdf/eur_20091221_2017-09-18_en.pdf; Revised version (1 July 2013) https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1221/pdf/eur_20091221_2013-07-01_en.pdf ## Introductory text Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: REGISTRATION OF ORGANISATIONS ## 3 Determination of the Competent Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Preparation for registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Application for registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: OBLIGATIONS OF REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS ## 6 Renewal of EMAS registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Derogation for small organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Substantial changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Internal environmental audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Use of the EMAS logo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: RULES APPLICABLE TO COMPETENT BODIES ## 11 Designation and role of Competent Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Obligations concerning the registration process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Registration of organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Renewal of the organisation's registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Suspension or deletion of organisations from the register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Forum of Competent Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Peer evaluation of Competent Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIERS ## 18 Tasks of Environmental verifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Frequency of verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Requirements for environmental verifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Additional requirements for environmental verifiers which are natural persons and performing verification and validation activities individually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Additional requirements for environmental verifiers active in third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Supervision of environmental verifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Additional requirements for supervision of environmental verifiers active in a Member State other than that where the accreditation or license was granted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Conditions for performing verification and validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Verification and validation of small organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Conditions for verification and validation in third countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: ACCREDITATION AND LICENSING BODIES ## 28 Operation of Accreditation and Licensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Suspension and withdrawal of accreditation or license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Forum of the Accreditation and Licensing Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Peer evaluation of Accreditation and Licensing Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VII: RULES APPLICABLE TO MEMBER STATES ## 32 Assistance to organisations relating to compliance with legal requirements relating to the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Promotion of EMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Promotion activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Promotion of participation of small organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Cluster and step-by-step approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 EMAS and other policies and instruments in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Information and reporting to the Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VIII: RULES APPLICABLE TO THE COMMISSION ## 42 Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Collaboration and coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Integration of EMAS into other policies and instruments in the Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Relationship with other environmental management systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Development of reference documents and guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IX: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 48 Amendment of Annexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Repeal and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Determination of the organisational context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Identification of the interested parties and determination of their relevant needs and expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Identification of the applicable legal requirements relating to the environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Identification of direct and indirect environmental aspects and determination of those being significant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.1 Direct environmental aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4.2 Indirect environmental aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Assessment of the significance of the environmental aspects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Evaluation of feedback from the investigation of previous incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Determination and documentation of risk and opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Examination of existing processes, practices and procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND ADDITIONAL ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY ORGANISATIONS IMPLEMENTING EMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT ## 1 Audit programme and audit frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 Audit programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 Objectives of the audit programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 Scope of the audit programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.4 Audit frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Audit activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Reporting audit findings and conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING ## A Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## B Environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## C Reporting based on environmental performance indicators and qualitative information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Core environmental performance indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Specific environmental performance indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Reporting on significant environmental aspects based on qualitative information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## D Local accountability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## E Public availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: EMAS LOGO ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIER'S DECLARATION ON VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII CORRELATION TABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1221 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1221 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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