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EMAS Regulation In force since 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
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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Objective
• Article 2 — Definitions

Chapter II REGISTRATION OF ORGANISATIONS

• Article 3 — Determination of the Competent Body
• Article 4 — Preparation for registration
• Article 5 — Application for registration

Chapter III OBLIGATIONS OF REGISTERED ORGANISATIONS

• Article 6 — Renewal of EMAS registration
• Article 7 — Derogation for small organisations
• Article 8 — Substantial changes
• Article 9 — Internal environmental audit
• Article 10 — Use of the EMAS logo

Chapter IV RULES APPLICABLE TO COMPETENT BODIES

• Article 11 — Designation and role of Competent Bodies
• Article 12 — Obligations concerning the registration process
• Article 13 — Registration of organisations
• Article 14 — Renewal of the organisation's registration
• Article 15 — Suspension or deletion of organisations from the register
• Article 16 — Forum of Competent Bodies
• Article 17 — Peer evaluation of Competent Bodies

Chapter V ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIERS

• Article 18 — Tasks of Environmental verifiers
• Article 19 — Frequency of verification
• Article 20 — Requirements for environmental verifiers
• Article 21 — Additional requirements for environmental verifiers which are natural persons and performing verification and validation activities individually
• Article 22 — Additional requirements for environmental verifiers active in third countries
• Article 23 — Supervision of environmental verifiers
• Article 24 — Additional requirements for supervision of environmental verifiers active in a Member State other than that where the accreditation or license was granted
• Article 25 — Conditions for performing verification and validation
• Article 26 — Verification and validation of small organisations
• Article 27 — Conditions for verification and validation in third countries

Chapter VI ACCREDITATION AND LICENSING BODIES

• Article 28 — Operation of Accreditation and Licensing
• Article 29 — Suspension and withdrawal of accreditation or license
• Article 30 — Forum of the Accreditation and Licensing Bodies
• Article 31 — Peer evaluation of Accreditation and Licensing Bodies

Chapter VII RULES APPLICABLE TO MEMBER STATES

• Article 32 — Assistance to organisations relating to compliance with legal requirements relating to the environment
• Article 33 — Promotion of EMAS
• Article 34 — Information
• Article 35 — Promotion activities
• Article 36 — Promotion of participation of small organisations
• Article 37 — Cluster and step-by-step approach
• Article 38 — EMAS and other policies and instruments in the Community
• Article 39 — Fees
• Article 40 — Non-compliance
• Article 41 — Information and reporting to the Commission

Chapter VIII RULES APPLICABLE TO THE COMMISSION

• Article 42 — Information
• Article 43 — Collaboration and coordination
• Article 44 — Integration of EMAS into other policies and instruments in the Community
• Article 45 — Relationship with other environmental management systems
• Article 46 — Development of reference documents and guides
• Article 47 — Reporting

Chapter IX FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 48 — Amendment of Annexes
• Article 49 — Committee procedure
• Article 50 — Review
• Article 51 — Repeal and transitional provisions
• Article 52 — Entry into force