Document ID: 32003D0241

Commission Decision
of 26 March 2003
amending Commission Decision 1999/391/EC of 31 May 1999 concerning the questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (implementation of Council Directive 91/692/EEC)
(notified under document number C(2003) 881)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/241/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control(1), and in particular Article 16 thereof,
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 environment(2),
Whereas:
(1) Article 16(3) of Directive 96/61/EC requires that reports on the implementation of the Directive and its effectiveness compared with other Community environmental instruments be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles 5 and 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC.
(2) Article 16(1) of Directive 96/61/EC provides for the integration of the report on available representative data on limit values with the general implementation report as of 2003.
(3) Article 5 of Directive 91/692/EEC requires that the report be drawn up on the basis of either a questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission with the assistance of the Committee set up in Article 6 of the Directive.
(4) The first report covered the period 2000 to 2002 inclusive.
(5) The second report will cover the period 2003 to 2005 inclusive.
(6) The measures envisaged by this Decision are in accordance with the opinion expressed by the Committee in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Commission Decision 1999/391/EC is amended as follows:
The questionnaire attached to Decision 1999/391/EC is replaced by the questionnaire attached to this Decision.
Article 2
The Member States shall use this questionnaire as a basis for drawing up the report to be submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 5 of Directive 91/692/EEC and Article 16(3) of Directive 96/61/EC covering the period 2003 to 2005.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 March 2003.

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