Communication: Establishing formal recognition that a certain number of acts of Union law in the field of environment that were adopted under Council Directive 91/692/EEC have become obsolete

This Communication concerns the repeal of Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment. It refers to obsolete Commission acts linked to Directive 91/692/EEC which affect several sectors of EU environmental policy, namely waste, climate action and greenhouse gas emissions, control of major-accident hazards and water.

The results of the legal analysis on reporting under Directive 91/692/EEC are summarised in the explanatory memorandum to the related Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council removing requirements for standardized reporting and consequently amending several pieces of EU legislation. Moreover, a more detailed analysis is presented in a supporting study which was published separately as a background document.

The present Communication formally recognises the obsolescence of 11 Implementing Decisions under Directive 91/692/EEC that are still in force. It complements the proposed Decision mentioned above, as well as two proposals for Commission Decisions repealing two implementing acts that have exhausted their legal effect but which, for procedural reasons, will be repealed via a later comitology procedure by the Commission.

European Commission: DG Environment: Study on the Standardised Reporting Directive (91/692/EEC) repeal: Background document http://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/reporting/pdf/Study_SRD_repeal_IEEP.pdf

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