Table 1 - ELD Assessment Framework Objectives Judgement criteria Evaluation criteria Indicators Sub-indicators General objective To prevent and remedy environmental damage Objectives of the Directive are still relevant Relevance Incidents of damage to environment (E) Biodiversity damage Water damage Soil damage Air damage Other types of damages to the environment Relevance Liability cases for environmental incidents under national administrative, civil and criminal law (U) Administrative law Civil liability law Criminal law The ELD incidents are identified (they are significant) Environmental damage is prevented or remediated Relevance / Effectiveness ELD cases (significant damage) (E) Biodiversity damage Water damage Soil damage General objective To establish a framework of environmental liability based on the ‘polluter-pays' principle, The operators carrying hazardous activities take measures and pay for damages caused Effectiveness / Efficiency where the operator takes action and pays for the damage (U) - Relevance / Effectiveness Defences applied (E) - Relevance / Effectiveness Type of liability (E) Fault based Strict liability (per each ELD Annex III activity) Specific objective Ensure prevention of environmental damages Member States progress towards achieving the objectives set out in the Directive Preventive measures adopted in cases of imminent threat to the environment are adopted and avoided damage Effectiveness Cases where preventive measures applied avoided damage (E) Environmental management systems used Environmental management systems not used Effectiveness Cases where preventive measures applied did not avoid damage (E) Environmental management systems used Environmental management systems not used Specific objective Ensure full remediation of Effectiveness Cases Primary remediation Primary and Complementary remediation
Table 4 – Comparison of National ELD Registers (or other national systems) Country Competent authority Link update date Reported period Research criteria ELD assessment ELD harms category: a/b/c Other harms reported Data format Nº of damages reported Exists map Exists statistics (Dash. Status) Exists metadata Austria Belgium Flemish Government 2013 2012 Null Null Null See text pdf 1 No No No Federal Government ? ? Pg 3 Null Null Water pollution/soil pollution/others pdf 4 No No No Bruxelles Environment 2013 2009 Pg 2 Null Null Null pdf 1 No No No Wallon Government 2013 ? Pg 1 Null Null Null pdf 1 No No No Bulgaria Ministry of the Environment and water 2013 Pg 7-13 ELD a/b/c See text pdf 4 No Yes No Cyprus ? ? Pg 1 ELD a/b See text pdf 2 No No No Republic Czech Environmental Inspection 2016 Null Null Null Null Null Null 0 No No No Czech Environmental Inspection 2017 Null Null Null Null Null Null 0 No No No Environmental Inspection 2016 Null ELD b See text Text inserted in the web page 117 No No No Germany The different environmental and health agencies ? Null ELD/null a/b/c See text pdf 50 No Yes No Denmark Estonia Environmental 2017 2009 – 2016 Null Null Null See text xls 26 No No No
Damages Response 2014 Report in Greek No Yes No 2015 Report in Greek No No No Hungary Ireland Irish Environmental Protection Agency Null Null Null Null Null Null Null Null No No No Environment, Community and Local Government ? Pg 4-7 ELD/Null a/b See text pdf 10 No Yes No The Deputy Permanent Representation of the Italy to the European Union 2013 Pg 15-18 ELD a/b/c Emissions/Other pdf 12 No Yes No Latvia Follows the ELD directive Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development ? Null ELD See database See database Text inserted in the web page 21 No No No Lithuania Ministry of the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania 2013 Pg 3-4 ELD b/c See text pdf 4 No Yes No
In addition, the PDF icon links to the documentation of the selected country fiche detail. forms The user can access a specific section to edit and upload data by clicking on “Upload data” in the home page. This page shows two forms to upload data in ELD: Filling and submitting a form form) and Up-loading a file (massive upload). Once logged, the user is redirected to the Basic Questionnaire when clicking on “Input form”. The Basic Questionnaire contains a form with the minimum data required to report an incident. It includes a field on “Other type of damages” which is only active when “Other damage” option is selected on “Type of damage” field. A complementary questionnaire has been developed to provide additional information is interesting to know but it is not indispensable. The Complete Questionnaire form includes the following information: The “Other type of damage”(1), “Judicial proceedings”(2), “Type claimants”(3) and “Outcome proceedings”(4) texts are enabled only when and they are disabled and their text emptied when other options of their corresponding inputs are selected. The type of damages”(1) field is only active when “Other damage” option is selected on “Type of damage” field and is deactivated and its text deleted if other options are selected on “Type of damage” field. The “Judicial proceedings”(2) text field is only active when “Other (please specify)” option is selected on “Judicial proceedings” field and is deactivated and its text deleted if other options are selected on “Judicial proceedings” field. The “Type claimants”(3) text field is only active when “Other (please specify)” option is on “Type claimants” field and is deactivated and its text deleted if other options are selected on “Type claimants” field. The “Outcome proceedings”(4) text field is only active when “Remediation measures required (please specify which measures)” option is selected on “Outcome proceedings” field and is deactivated and its text deleted if other options are selected on “Outcome proceedings” field. EU ELD A draft guidance document for the user of the ELD Register has been developed and is currently open for comments and suggestions from ELD Government experts and stakeholders.