1. First ECENA Plenary Meeting Zagreb, 19-20 January 2006 Agenda Item 5 Guidance for Reporting on IPPC Directive Implementation and RMCEI Implementation Ruslan Zhechkov ECENA Secretariat

2. Background It responds to the decision at the First BERCEN Plenary Meeting in Budapest, September, 2002 It will highlight and address common difficulties It will streamline the process of transfer of lessons learned and best practices It will be a tool for measuring achieved progress It will help countries get prepared for reporting to the EC in the future Following the reporting countries may receive important recommendations from the Commission

3. IPPC Reporting/Countries Without National IPPC Laws Based on Commission Decision 2003/241/EC on the IPPC Questionnaire Linked to the process of ECENA Peer Reviews Plans for transposition and implementation should be clarified (current projects, etc.) Follows answer to the questionnaire in terms of planned or suggested actions

4. IPPC Reporting/Countries With National IPPC Laws Based on Commission Decision 2003/241/EC on the IPPC Questionnaire Linked to the process of ECENA Peer Reviews Answers should be focused and concrete Same numbering as in questionnaire Explanation when information is missing

5. RMCEI Reporting Based on IMPEL Guidance on Point VIII of Recommendation 2001/331/EC Linked to the process of ECENA Peer Reviews

6. VIII. Reporting on environmental inspection activities in general (2) Such reports should be available to the public and should include in particular the following information: (a) data about the staffing and other resources of the inspecting authorities; (b) details of the inspecting authority's role and performance in the establishment and implementation of relevant plan(s) for inspections; (c) summary details of the environmental inspections carried out, including the number of site visits made, the proportion of controlled installations inspected (by type) and estimated length of time before all controlled installations of that type have been inspected; (d) brief data on the degree of compliance by controlled installations with EC legal requirements as appears from inspections carried out; (e) a summary, including numbers, of the actions taken as a result of serious complaints, accidents, incidents and occurrences of non- compliance; (f) an evaluation of the success or failure of the plans for inspections as applicable to the inspecting body, with any recommendations for future plans.

7. Suggestions Start with filling in Annex B of the IMPEL Guidance specifying the national legislation implementing the EC legal requirements listed in Annex A A separate pro-forma for Annex C including the tables has to be filled in for each national legislation implementing the EC legal requirements A separate pro-forma for Annex C should not be filled in for each EC Directive Guidance for filling in Tables 1-5 is included in each table