Activities of Mohammed CHAHIM related to 2022/0105(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on reporting of environmental data from industrial installations and establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal
Amendments (15)
Amendment 23 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) In line with the conclusions of the Commission’s second report on implementation of Regulation (EC) No 166/2006, the Commission, supported by the European Environment Agency (‘the Agency’), developed in June 2021 an Industrial Emissions Portal (‘the Portal’)38 to replace the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and thereforeiming to improve synergies with reporting under Directive 2010/75/EU. However, representatives of the concerned civil society highlight shortcomings in the portal in relation to the other two objectives set within the Protocol, notably to the need to design the Portal in such a way that the information provided promotes environmental benchmarking, improves sharing of information and enables to compare and to track pollution prevention efforts by both, the operators and the permitting authorities. It should also enhance compliance promotion in a user-friendly manner. _________________ 38 https://industry.eea.europa.eu/
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The Portal should present the data it contains in aggregated and non-aggregated forms to permit users to undertake targeted searches, it should be adequately designed to enable a comparability of environmental performance information, enable benchmarking of pollution prevention efforts and promote compliance at Union level in most user- friendly manner.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) The Portal should also include data on the use of water, energy and raw materials by the concerned installations to allow monitoring of progress towards a circular, highly resource-efficient economy allowing to compare and benchmark installations, track trends and progress including the comparison of permit ambition of those activities.
Amendment 45 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The overall benefit of the Portal for access to environmental information concerning industrial installations should be maximised by including links topublishing information within short delays, incorporating permitting and compliance information produced under Directive 2010/75/EU, by providing information on the level of ambition of the permits compared to the BAT conclusions under that Directive, by displaying information expressed in the same format as in the permits under that Directive, by integrating other information flows that stem from Union environmental legislation on climate change, air, water and land protection and on waste management, including reporting under Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council41 , Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council42 and Directive 2010/75/EU. Moreover, in order to maximise the Portal’s value to users, it should be designed to facilitate future integration with other relevant environmental data flows. _________________ 41 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 (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1). 42 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 51 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 17
Recital 17
(17) For the purpose of legal certainty, oOperators of installations should be required to enter a nil return whenreport releases and off-site transfers of waste and of waste water from their installations are below reporting thresholdseven when such releases are minimal. This will help identify progress and best practices and steer industries towards zero pollution levels. This aligns with the Commission’s ambition to build a knowledge system driving the zero pollution ambition towards 2050.
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) Given the importance for the Union citizens of quick access to environmental information, it is essential that Member States and the Commissionoperators can directly input the required information within the Portal through electronic input forms, subject to sub- sequent validation by the Member States. The Commission, assisted by the European Environmental Agency should make data publicly available as fast as technically feasible within the Portal. To that end, whereas the precise reporting deadline is to be established in an implementing act, it should be no later than 11 months after the end of the reporting year.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Portal shall include data at installation level, expressed in the same format as in the permits and BAT conclusions or other metrics used in reference Benchmarks, where applicable, on:
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new)
(e a) for activities under the scope of Directive 2010/75/EC, permitting and compliance information generated pursuant to that Directive.
Amendment 98 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 3 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. The Portal shall include links totegrate performance data and other pollution prevention information of the following:
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. The Portal shall be established with a view to satisfy at least the following purposes: (a) benchmarking of environmental performance of the activities, notably in regard to Best Available Techniques associated emissions and performance levels; (b) comparability of permit conditions in force; (c) identification of hot spots for further pollution prevention measures, trends of progress within Member States and their competent authorities as to pollution prevention/reduction at source; (d) promoting compliance with environmental quality standards and track record with relevant due diligence; (e) improving effective public participation in decision making. The Commission shall make the Portal publicly accessible, presenting the data in both aggregated and non- aggregated forms with a view to enabling searches by:
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point f
(f) off-site transfers of waste and, as appropriate, their destination, disaggregated by the type of the relevant R or D codes and differentiated by the respective EU Waste code;
Amendment 117 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i a (new)
(i a) type of information item (e.g; permit, other compliance document, type of derogation, where applicable);
Amendment 119 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 – point i b (new)
(i b) permit conditions per activity; for permit conditions subject to BAT conclusions, the level of ambition compared to the set benchmark level with at least the following performance rating scales: stricter than the ambitious BAT- AE(P)L, 10% best in class level, mid- range BAT-AE(P)L level, upper range BAT-AE(P)L level, higher than BAT- AE(P)L level and whether a BAT derogation has been approved with associated level.
Amendment 123 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The Portal shall be designed for maximum ease of public access to allow the data, under normal operating conditions, to be continuously and readily accessible on the internet. Its design shall take into account the possibility of its future expansion and shall include all data reported for previous reporting years, up to at least the previous ten reporting years. The installation or facility page shall provide all related information referred to under Article 3and Article 5. Where the information is available in a stand-alone document, an electronic version of that document should also be accessible through an URL.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Notwithstanding Article 18, first paragraph, Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 shall continue to apply as regards reporting for the year 2024. The list of pollutant substances referred to in Annex II of Directive 2010/75/EU shall continue to apply pending their inclusions in Annex II and entry into force of this Regulation.