Article 1 
The purpose of this Directive is to rationalize and improve on a sectoral basis the provisions on the transmission of information and the publication of reports concerning certain Community Directives on the protection of the environment, without prejudice to the provisions of the first indent of Article 155 of the Treaty.
Article 2 
1. The provisions listed in Annex I shall be replaced by the following: ‘At intervals of three years the Member States shall send information to the Commission on the implementation of this Directive, in the form of a sectoral report which shall also cover other pertinent Community Directives. This report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC ( 5 ). The questionaire or outline shall be sent to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report. The report shall be sent to the Commission within nine months of the end of the three-year period covered by it. The first report shall cover the period from 1993 to 1995 inclusive. The Commission shall publish a Community report on the implementation of the Directive within nine months of receiving the reports from the Member States.’ 2. The text set out in paragraph 1 shall be inserted into the Directives listed in Annex II as there indicated.
Article 3 
Article 13 of Directive 76/160/EEC shall be replaced by the following: 
‘Article 13
Every year, and for the first time by 31 December 1993, the Member States shall send to the Commission a report on the implementation of this Directive in the current year. The report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC ( 6 ). The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report. The report shall be made to the Commission before the end of the year in question.
The Commission shall publish a Community report on the implementation of the Directive within four months of receiving the reports from the Member States.’
Article 4 
1. The provisions listed in Annex III shall be replaced by the following: ‘At intervals of three years the Member States shall send information to the Commission on the implementation of this Directive, in the form of a sectoral report which shall also cover other pertinent Community Directives. This report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC ( 7 ). The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report. The report shall be sent to the Commission within nine months of the end of the three-year period covered by it. The first report shall cover the period from 1994 to 1996 inclusive. The Commission shall publish a Community report on the implementation of the Directive within nine months of receiving the reports from the Member States.’ 2. The text set out in paragraph 1 shall be inserted into the Directive listed in Annex IV as there indicated. 3. The following text shall be inserted into the Directives listed in Annex V as there indicated: ‘The Commission shall each year communicate to the Member States the information it has received pursuant to this Article.’
Article 5 
The provisions listed in Annex VI shall be replaced by the following: ‘At intervals of three years Member States shall send information to the Commission on the implementation of this Directive, in the form of a sectoral report which shall also cover other pertinent Community Directives. The report shall be drawn up on the basis other of a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC ( 8 ). The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the report. The report shall be made to the Commission within nine months of the end of the three-year period covered by it. The first report shall cover the period 1995 to 1997 inclusive. The Commission shall publish a Community report on the implementation of the Directive within nine months of receiving the reports from the Member States.’
Article 6 
1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. 2. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC ( 9 ) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month. 3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 7 
1. The Member States shall take such measures as are needed to comply with the provisions of: — Articles 2 and 3 by 1 January 1993 at the latest, — Article 4 by 1 January 1994 at the latest, — Article 5 by 1 January 1995 at the latest. They shall immediately notify the Commission of the measures taken. 2. The existing provisions of the various Directives which have been amended by new provisions shall remain in force until the dates mentioned in the first subparagraph 1. 3. When Member States adopt the measures referred to in paragraph 1, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
Article 8 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.