Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation  of certain Directives relating to the environment (91/692/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article  130s thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas some Community Directives relating to the environment require the Member States to  establish a report on the measures taken to implement them; whereas the Commission drafts a  consolidated report; whereas other Community Directives relating to the environment call for no  such reports;
Whereas the existing provisions on the establishment of reports stipulate different intervals  between reports and set different requirements for their content;
Whereas such an obligation should be introduced to enable the Member States and the Commission  alike to assess the progress made in implementing these Directives throughout the Community's  territory and, at the same time, to provide the general public with a source of information on this  subject;
Whereas the existing provisions should therefore be harmonized to make them more consistent and  more complete on a sectoral basis;
Whereas the interval at which the Member States submit these reports to the Commission should be  fixed at three years, with a one-year interval between sectors; whereas the reports are to be drawn  up on the basis of a questionnaire produced by the Commission with the assistance of a committee  and sent to Member States six months before the start of the period referred to by the report;  whereas the Commission is to publish a consolidated report on the sector concerned within nine  months of Member States' submission of their respective reports;
Whereas, in particular, the report on the implementation of Council Directive 76/160/EEC of 8  December 1975 concerning the quality of bathing water (4), as last amended by the 1985 Act of  Accession, should appear annually and in sufficient time to inform the public of the quality of  bathing water for the most recent period.
Whereas the measures which need to be taken by Member States do not entail the adoption of  legislation or regulations since the drawing-up of reports on the implementation of Community  Directives does not at present require the adoption of such provisions by Member States,