Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of legislation related to the environment

Summary:

Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 relating to reporting obligations in the field of environment policy.

Further information:

This Regulation aims at streamlining reporting obligations, reducing administrative costs, improving the quality of available data for future evaluations and increasing transparency. The objective is to amend ten pieces of environmental legislation:

• Directive 86/278/EEC (Sewage Sludge)
• Directive 2002/49/EC (Noise)
• Directive 2004/35/EC (Environmental Liability)
• Directive 2007/2/EC (INSPIRE)
• Directive 2009/147/EC (Birds)
• Directive 2010/63/EC (Animal Testing)
• Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 (E-PRTR)
• Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 (EUTR)
• Regulation (EC) No 338/97 (CITES)
• Regulation (EC) No 2173/2005 (FLEGT)

The initiative follows the publishing of a Fitness Check assessment on reporting and monitoring of EU environment policy and subsequent action plan. One of its actions noted that some streamlining of reporting could best be achieved through amending the relevant legislative provisions.

The European Commission presented the proposed Regulation on 31 May 2018. The European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on 7 November, followed by the Council of the European Union on 15 November. An informal agreement between the co-legislators on a compromise text was reached on 19 December. The Parliament formally endorsed that compromise on 26 March 2019, followed by the Council on 21 May.

Official

EUR-Lex: COM(2018)381: Proposal for a Regulation on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2018:381:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on environment policy - alignment of reporting obligations https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2018/0205(COD)

European Parliament: Legislative Train: Alignment of reporting obligations in environment policy http://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-environment-public-health-and-food-safety/file-alignment-of-reporting-obligations-in-environment-policy

European Commission: DG Environment: Reporting and monitoring of environment legislation http://ec.europa.eu/environment/legal/reporting/fc_overview_en.htm

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 07/11/2018: Environmental reporting alignment: Council agrees its position https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/11/07/environmental-reporting-alignment-council-agrees-its-position/

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 19/12/2018: Alignment of environmental reporting obligations: Presidency reaches provisional deal with Parliament https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2018/12/19/alignment-of-environmental-reporting-obligations-presidency-reaches-provisional-deal-with-parliament/

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 21/05/2019: Council adopts new rules which simplify reporting obligations in environmental legislation https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2019/05/21/council-adopts-new-rules-which-simplify-reporting-obligations-in-environmental-legislation/

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