2009/10/EC: Commission Decision of 2 December 2008 establishing a major accident report form pursuant to Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (notified under document number C(2008) 7530) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-01-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: chemical pollution, civil defence, dangerous substance, environmental protection, environmental risk prevention, exchange of information, natural hazard, public health, safety standard

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

II

DECISIONS

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 December 2008

establishing a major accident report form pursuant to Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of
major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances

(notified under document number C(2008) 7530)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/10/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(2)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

The information required pursuant to Article 15(2) has
to be provided using a report form established and kept
under review in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 22 of the Directive.

Having regard to Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December
1996 on the control of major-accident hazards
involving
dangerous substances (1), and in particular Article 15(2) thereof,

(3)

in
The measures
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab­
lished by Article 22 of the Directive,

envisaged in this Decision are

After consulting the Committee established by Article 22 of the
Directive,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Whereas:

(1)

Article 14 of Directive 96/82/EC requires the Member
States to ensure that, as soon as practicable following a
major accident, the operator shall be required to inform
the competent authorities. Article 15(1) of the Directive
requires the Member States to inform the Commission as
soon as practicable of major accidents within their
territory meeting the criteria of Annex VI
to the
Directive. Article 15(2) of
the Directive provides that
the Member States shall, as soon as the information
pursuant to Article 14 has been collected,
inform the
Commission of their analysis of the accident and recom­
mendations on future preventive measures.

(1) OJ L 10, 14.1.1997, p. 13.

Article 1

For the purposes of Article 15(2) of Directive 96/82/EC on the
dangerous
control
substances,
in the
Annex to this Decision is hereby adopted.

hazards
the major accident report

involving
form set out

of major-accident

Article 2

With effect from 1 December 2008, the Member States shall
provide reports containing information in accordance with the
Annex, using the register and information system pursuant to
Article 19(2) of Directive 96/82/EC.

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Article 3

Article 6

The definitive application of the major accident report form set
out in the Annex shall be preceded by a test phase of 5 months,
starting on 1 December 2008.

Member States’
available to the competent authorities.

reports shall only contain the information

Article 4

the test phase shows the necessity to amend the major
If
accident
the present
Decision shall be amended in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 22 of the Directive.

in the Annex,

form set out

report

Article 5

Confidential
Commission Decision 2001/844/EC,
29 November
2001
procedures (1).

information shall be handled in accordance with
Euratom of
of
rules

amending

internal

ECSC,

its

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 7

Done at Brussels, 2 December 2008.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 317, 3.12.2001, p. 1.

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ANNEX

Information to be provided in accordance with Article 15(2) of Directive 96/82/EC
(Where reference is made to the register and information system, this is the Commission’s Major Accident Reporting
System electronic database, available at http://mahbsrv.jrc.it)

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