# L_2023159EN.01000101.xml

| 22.6.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 159/1 |
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22.6.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 159/1

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/...

of 21 June 2023

correcting certain language versions of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 48 thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | The Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish language versions of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 contain an error in point 2, first paragraph as regards the obligation to determine the relevant needs and expectations of the interested parties that changes the substance of the provision. The Polish language version of that Annex contains also an error in point 4.2, third paragraph that narrows the scope of the obligation laid down in that provision. Both errors were introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 (2). |
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(1)

The Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish language versions of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 contain an error in point 2, first paragraph as regards the obligation to determine the relevant needs and expectations of the interested parties that changes the substance of the provision. The Polish language version of that Annex contains also an error in point 4.2, third paragraph that narrows the scope of the obligation laid down in that provision. Both errors were introduced by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 (2).

| (2) | The Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish language versions of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 should therefore be corrected accordingly. The other language versions are not affected. |
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(2)

The Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Lithuanian and Polish language versions of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 should therefore be corrected accordingly. The other language versions are not affected.

| (3) | The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 49 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009, delivered on 22 December 2016, |
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(3)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 49 of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009, delivered on 22 December 2016,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(Does not concern the English language.)

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 June 2023.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

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(1)  
  OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1.

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(2)  Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 of 28 August 2017 amending Annexes I, II and III to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (OJ L 222, 29.8.2017, p. 1).

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