The European Parliament adopted by 619 votes to 19, with 26 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of environment policy and thereby amending Directives 86/278/EEC, 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU, Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010 and Council Regulations (EC) Nos 338/97 and 2173/2005.
The position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure.
The regulation would aim to modernise information management and ensure a more coherent approach to the legislative acts falling within its scope by simplifying the communication of environmental information in order to reduce the administrative burden, improving the database for future assessments and increasing transparency in the public interest, taking into account circumstances in each case.
The data and the process of their rapid and complete communication by Member States are essential to enable the Commission to monitor, review and evaluate the performance of the legislation in the light of its objectives, which will serve as a basis for future assessments of environmental legislation.
Regulations (EC) No 166/2006, (EU) No 995/2010, (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005, and Directives 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC, 2010/63/EU and 86/278/EEC would be amended accordingly.