Council of the European Union and European Parliament 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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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
ANNEX I. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

22.12.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

L 342/1

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

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND

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