THE EUROPEAN UNION’S ECO - MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME Recent trends and facts Art.14 Committee Luxemburg, 29-30 June 2006

EMAS Statistics Organisations and Sites

Decrease in Germany Slowing Down May 03: 2414 May 04: 2068 May 05: 1595 May 06: 1473

Growing Figures of Organisations in Spain and Italy 564 486 258 121 84

Trends per country, part I 61 47 42 36 18 21 20 The revision of the EMAS Regulation included extending participation to all sectors of economic activity. EN ISO 14001 has also been adopted as the environmental management system required by EMAS, so that progressing from EN EN ISO 14001 to EMAS will be smoother and not entail duplication. Different options have been introduced for the communication of environmental information to stakeholders and to facilitate this the EMAS logo has been introduced. Changes to the EMAS Regulation include the active involvement of employees in the implementation of EMAS. Member States have a new role to play to inform, promote and develop incentives (e.g. regulatory benefits, tax incentives,…) The role of the environmental statement has been strengthened to improve the transparency of communication of environmental performance between registered organisations and their stakeholders and the public. 17

Trends per country, part II

Trends in Industry Sectors 2001-2006

Trends in Service Sectors 2001 – 2006

Distribution of Sectors per Country May 2006

Distribution of Sectors per Country May 2006