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REPORT (COM(2022)0157 – C90145/2022 – 2022/0105(COD))

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

A-9-2023-0211

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Radan Kanev

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Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation on reporting of environmental data from industrial installations and establishing an Industrial Emissions Portal. It keeps installation-level reporting while allowing a single report where one permit covers two or more installations on the same site. It adds permit summaries, environmental management systems, transformation plans, non-compliance lists and scientific data to the Portal, and requires data in a standardised, extractable format. It limits new reporting on water, energy, raw materials and production context to what is necessary, and drops the number of employees. It sets a reporting deadline of no later than 11 months after the end of the reporting year and publication not later than one month after information is generated. It shortens the delegated powers to four years, requires a review of Annex II by 31 December 2026, and adds pollutants such as micropollutants and microplastics.

Committee position. The committee supports installation-level reporting and the addition of pollutants to Annex II, but limits new reporting on resources and production context to what is necessary to protect business information, and rejects delegation powers on essential political questions.

Key points

  1. The Portal must give free-of-charge online access to integrated environmental data in all official Union languages.
  2. Reporting applies at installation level, or at permit level where one permit covers two or more installations operated by the same operator on the same site.
  3. Operators must report at least annually using an electronic input form, and Member States must provide that form.
  4. Operators must report basic data on water, energy and raw materials use, and general information on production volume and operating hours, only to the extent necessary.
  5. The Portal must include permit summaries, environmental management systems, transformation plans, non-compliance lists and available scientific data.
  6. Data must be provided in a standardised format allowing searches and extraction, and the Portal must allow query-based downloads.
  7. Member States must report to the Commission by electronic means, with the reporting date no later than 11 months after the end of the reporting year.
  8. Data must be made public as fast as technically feasible and in any event not later than one month after it is generated.
  9. Competent authorities must assess data quality for accuracy, completeness, consistency and credibility, and operators must provide corrected data on request.
  10. The public must have a reasonably long timeframe, in any official Union language, to submit comments, information, analyses and opinions.
  11. The Commission must review Annex II by 31 December 2026 and may add pollutants such as micropollutants and microplastics, including nano forms.
  12. Delegated powers are conferred for four years, and fines must be proportionate to turnover or income and increase for repeated infringements.

Who is affected

  • Operators of industrial installations covered by Annex I must report environmental data at least annually.
  • Member States must provide electronic reporting forms, report data to the Commission and inform data subjects of their rights.
  • The Commission must make the Portal accessible, adopt implementing acts and review Annex II by 31 December 2026.
  • The public gains access to environmental data and the opportunity to submit comments in any official Union language.

Figures and deadlines

  • Reporting date no later than 11 months after the end of the reporting year.
  • Data made public not later than one month after the information has been generated.
  • Review of Annex II by 31 December 2026.
  • Delegated powers conferred for a period of four years.
  • Report on delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the four-year period.
  • Opposition to extension of delegation not later than three months before the end of each period.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.