2007/531/EC: Commission Decision of 26 July 2007 concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Council Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations during the period 2008-2010 (notified under document number C(2007) 3547)
Date: 2007-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, application of EU law, environmental protection, form, industrial pollution, organic chemical, pollution control measures, report, solvent, substitute product

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 July 2007

concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Council Directive
1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic
solvents in certain activities and installations during the period 2008-2010

(notified under document number C(2007) 3547)

(2007/531/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March
1999 (1), on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic
compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain
activities and installations, and in particular Article 11(1)
thereof,

(4)

(5)

2005 to 31 December 2007 according to Commission
Decision 2006/534/EC (4) by 30 September 2008 at the
latest.

The third report should cover the period 1 January 2008
to 31 December 2010.

The measures provided for
accordance with the opinion of
accordance with Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC,

in this Decision are in
the Committee in

Having regard to Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23
December 1991 on standardising and rationalising reports on
the implementation of certain Directives relating to the envir-
onment (2)

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Pursuant
to Article 11(1) of Directive 1999/13/EC,
Member States are obliged to draw up reports on the
implementation of that Directive on the basis of a ques-
tionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6
of Directive 91/692/EEC.

Member States have drawn up reports on the implemen-
tation of that Directive for the period from 1 January
2003 to 31 December 2004 according to Commission
Decision 2002/529/EC (3).

(3)

Member States are obliged to report on the implemen-
tation of that Directive for the period from 1 January

The Member States shall use the questionnaire set out in the
Annex to this Decision for the purposes of drawing up the
report, covering the period from 1 January 2008 to 31
December 2010,
submitted to the Commission
pursuant to Article 11(1) of Directive 1999/13/EC.

to be

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 July 2007.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 85, 29.3.1999, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2004/42/EC of
(OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 87).

(2) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48. Directive as amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 57.

(4) OJ L 213, 3.8.2006, p. 4.

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ANNEX

Questionnaire on the implementation of Directive 1999/13/EC concerning the limitation of emissions of volatile
organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations during the period
2008-2010

1. General description

Please report relevant changes in national legislation during the reporting period concerning Directive 1999/13/EC.

2. Coverage of installations

2.1. For each of the 20 activities of Annex II A, please indicate for the first (1.1.2008) and the last day (31.12.2010) of

the reporting period separately how many installations fall into the categories set out below:

— total number of installations (1),

— total number of installations which are also covered by Directive 96/61/EC (IPPC Directive),

— total number of installations, which are registered/authorised according to Directive 1999/13/EC,

— total number of installations which are registered/authorised using the reduction scheme,

— total number of installations which have been granted derogation according to Article 5(3)(a) of Directive

1999/13/EC. Give a list in an annex to this questionnaire with the reasons for every derogation issued,

— total number of installations which have been granted derogation according to Article 5(3)(b) of Directive

1999/13/EC. Give a list in an annex to this questionnaire with the reasons for every derogation issued.

2.2. For each of the 20 activities of Annex II A, please indicate how many installations fall into the categories set out

below during the reporting period:

— total number of new or substantially changed installations, which were registered/authorised according to

Directive 1999/13/EC.

3.

Substitution

For each of the 20 activities of Annex II A, please indicate for the end of the reporting period (31.12.2010) which
substances or preparations, classified as carcinogens, mutagens, or toxic to reproduction (R45, R46, R49, R60, R61)
under Council Directive 67/548/EEC (2), are still used and in which (estimated) amounts (tonnes per year).

4. Monitoring

For each of the 20 activities of Annex II A, please indicate the following figures during the reporting period:

— Number of installations who have reported ‘once a year’ or ‘on request’ according to Article 8(1) of the Directive;

— Number of installations which are monitored continuously for compliance according to Article 8(2) of the

Directive;

5. Compliance

For each of the 20 activities of Annex II A, please indicate the following figures during the reporting period:

— Number of operators who have been found to have breached the requirements of this Directive

(a) related to non-compliance with ‘once-a-year’ or ‘on request’ reporting;

(b) related to non-compliance with other requirements of the Directive?

— For how many operators the competent authorities have suspended or withdrawn the authorisation in the case of

non-compliance pursuant to Article 10(b) of the Directive?

(1) For the purpose of this questionnaire ‘total number of installations’ shall additionally include those installations, which do not fall under
the scope of Directive 1999/13/EC, but are regulated by national law according to the provisions of the Directive. Installations for
coating of road vehicles as defined in Directive 70/156/EEC, or part of them, carried out as part of vehicle repair, conservation or
decoration outside of manufacturing installations, shall not be included.

(2) OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1.

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6.

Emissions

6.1. Please indicate for the total number of installations for the years 2008 and 2010 the estimated tonnes of VOCs

emitted.

6.2. Please indicate for each of the 20 activities of Annex II A for the years 2008 and 2010 the estimated tonnes of

VOCs emitted (optional).

7. Costs

7.1. Please estimate the total costs, e.g. the sum of costs for permitting, monitoring, inspections, etc., for all national
authorities concerned in Euro per year or alternatively man-years for the implementation of Directive 1999/13/EC in
2010 (optional).

7.2. Please estimate the administrative costs for this reporting in man-months and in Euro (optional).

8.

Publication of reports by Member States on this questionnaire

Please give information, e.g. the URL address of a website, where the public could directly access the reports by
Member States on the answers to this questionnaire.

9.

Improvements

Which aspects should be emphasised regarding

— The implementation/future revision of Directive 1999/13/EC;

— Future questionnaires?

10. Any other comments