Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/113 of 23 January 2025 establishing the format for communicating information from Member States on the implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU (notified under document C(2025) 376)
Date: 2025-01-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, activity report, application of EU law, dangerous substance, exchange of information, industrial accident, industrial hazard, technical specification








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/113


24.1.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/113
of 23 January 2025
         
establishing the format for communicating information from Member States on the implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU


(notified under document C(2025) 376)




THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC (1), and in particular Article 21(5) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 21(2) of Directive 2012/18/EU (hereafter ‘the Directive’) requires the Member States to report on the implementation of that Directive by 30 September 2019, and every four years thereafter, using the specific form set out in the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU (2).












(2)


The Commission has developed a specific form set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU defining the set of information to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting on the implementation of the Directive.












(3)


The analysis of the first reporting period, which covered the period from 1 June 2015 to 31 December 2018, demonstrated that the specific form used by the Member States should be streamlined in order to maximise the accuracy and comparability of the information provided, for the Commission to better assess the effectiveness of the prevention of industrial accidents and provide more relevant information to the public. To achieve these objectives, the specific form should be updated and Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU should be revised accordingly.












(4)


The next reporting period based on this updated form should cover the period between 1 January 2023 and 31 December 2026. Member States should submit this information to the Commission by 30 September 2027.












(5)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 27 of Directive 2012/18/EU,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Member States shall use the report form laid down in the Annex to this Decision (3) when providing the information on the implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU in accordance with Article 21(2) of that Directive.


Article 2
Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU is repealed with effect from 31 December 2026.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as reference to this Decision.


Article 3
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2027.


Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 23 January 2025.


For the Commission

Jessika ROSWALL
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            
OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2012/18/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU of 10 December 2014 establishing the format for communicating information from Member States on the implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (notified under document C(2014) 9335) (OJ L 355, 12.12.2014, p. 55, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2014/896/oj).

(3)  Available also at the following website of the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seveso/.




ANNEX
Establishing the report form of data to be made available by Member States for the purposes of reporting under Article 21(2) of Directive 2012/18/EU













1.


GENERAL INFORMATION


 




1.1


Indicate when the last update of information on establishments, in view of its inclusion in the eSPIRS database, took place




 


Date from eSPIRS (yy/mm/dd):


 




Free text for Member States considerations on this topic (max. 6 000  words)


 




2.


SAFETY REPORTS (ARTICLE 10 OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)


Reporting period




2.1


Have all upper-tier establishments, for which this was required during the reporting period, produced a safety report? If not, please indicate:


 




 


2.1.1


At the end of the reporting period, how many upper-tier establishments have not produced a safety report (number of establishments), while required?


 




2.2


Have all upper-tier establishments’ safety reports, for which this was required during the reporting period, been updated in the course of the previous five years? If not, please indicate:


 




 


2.2.1


At the end of the reporting period, how many upper-tier establishments, for which this was required, have not updated their safety report (number of establishments) within the five years?


 




Free text for Member States considerations on this topic (max. 6 000  words)


 




3.


EMERGENCY PLANS (ARTICLE 12 OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)


Reporting period




 




3.1


At the end of the reporting period, how many upper-tier establishments have no external emergency plan, while required (number of establishments, excluding establishments reported under entry 3.2)?


 




3.2


At the end of the reporting period, for how many upper-tier establishments have the authorities decided that it was not necessary to draw up an external emergency plan (number of establishments, excluding establishments reported under entry 3.1)?


 




3.3


Have external emergency plans been tested over the last three years preceding the end of the reporting period for all upper-tier establishments? If not, in how many cases has the external emergency plan not been tested (number of cases)?


 




Free text for Member States considerations on this topic (max. 6 000  words)


 




4.


INFORMATION ON SAFETY MEASURES (ARTICLE 14 AND ANNEX V OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)


Reporting year




 




4.1


Pursuant to Article 14(2) of Directive 2012/18/EU, has information on safety measures and requisite behaviour in the event of a major accident been made actively available to the public during the last five years preceding the end of the reporting period for all upper-tier establishments? If not, for how many upper-tier establishments has this not been the case?


 




4.2


Over the reporting period, how many establishments are considered to have a major accident potential with transboundary effects (number of establishments)?


 




Free text for Member States considerations on this topic (max. 6 000  words)


 




5.


INSPECTIONS (ARTICLE 20 OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)


Reporting period




Year 1


Year 2


Year 3


Year 4




5.1


Over the reporting period, how many lower-tier establishments required to be inspected (in compliance with Articles 20(4), 20(6) and 20(8) of Directive 2012/18/EU) have not been inspected (number of establishments)?


 




5.2


Over the reporting period, how many upper-tier establishments required to be inspected (in compliance with Articles 20(4), 20(6) and 20(8) of Directive 2012/18/EU) have not been inspected (number of establishments)?


 




Free text for Member States considerations on this topic (max. 6 000  words)


 




6.


PROHIBITION OF USE, PENALTIES AND OTHER COERCIVE INSTRUMENTS (ARTICLES 19 AND 28 OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)


Reporting period




 




 




6.1


Over the reporting period, for how many establishments, installations or storage facilities, or any parts thereof, has the use or bringing into use been prohibited (number of establishments)?


 




Free text for Member States considerations on this topic (max. 6 000  words)


 




7.


FURTHER OPTIONAL INFORMATION


 




7.1


If relevant, any legislation similar to Seveso provisions (in terms of notification of activities, requirements regarding safety management, safety reports, information to the public, emergency planning and inspections), legislation (e.g. General Binding Rules etc.) applied to installations and activities not covered by Directive 2012/18/EU (for example on pipelines, ports, marshalling yards, offshore installations, gas exploration, exploitation of minerals and hydrocarbons, etc.) and relevant good practices (free text).


 




 


7.1.1


On pipelines (free text):


 




 


7.1.2


On marshalling yards (free text):


 




 


7.1.3


On harbours (free text):


 




 


7.1.4


On temporary storage (free text):


 




 


7.1.5


On offshore installations, incl. gasification platform (free text):


 




 


7.1.6


On gas exploration (free text):


 




 


7.1.7


On mineral and hydrocarbons exploitation (free text):


 




 


7.1.8


On malicious act (free text):


 




 


7.1.9


On batteries (free text):


 




 


7.1.10


On airports (free text):


 




 


7.1.11


On hydrogen (free text):


 




 


7.1.12


On cyber security and industrial safety (free text):


 




 


7.1.13


Other (free text):


 




7.2


Remarks related to the consequences of different provisions between upper-tier establishments and lower-tier establishments:


 




7.3


Remarks related to the quality of implementation and the various implementation aspects (incl. domino effects, safety reports, emergency plans, Land-Use Planning, safety measures, inspections, prohibition/penalties and access to justice):


 




7.4


Remarks related to implementation challenges:


 




7.5


How are lessons learnt promoted (free text, URL, etc.)?


 




7.6


Remarks related to implementation support provided by the European Commission:


 







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/113/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)