Legislative texts
EMAS Regulation
In 2009 the EMAS Regulation was revised and modified for the second time leading to the EMAS III Regulation.
Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) was published on 22 December 2009 and entered into force on 11 January 2010.
- New EMAS III Regulation in all Community languages
NACE Regulation
List of NACE codes
EMAS registered sites are classified according to NACE codes. These codes represent the statistical classification of economic activities within the European Community.
On 1 January 2008, the classification changed considerably when NACE Regulation 1893/2006 (Rev. 2) had to be implemented fully. The changes have affected the classification of organisations and the scopes of verifiers, as well as statistics.
The impact of the Rev. 2 on EMAs has been described in a note to the Members of the Committee established under Regulation (EC) 761/2001.
See a full list of NACE codes in PDF
or HTML:
Download the Regulation 1893/2006 (Rev. 2) in the following EU languages : BG, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, ES, FI, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, SV
Comparison table
A comparison table explains how NACE codes had to be transferred from NACE Regulation Rev. 1.1 to Rev. 2. The Member States are requested to use only the new classification as of January 1st, 2008.
The comparison table can be found here.
To learn more about the NACE Regulation Rev.2.
EUROSTAT has set up a platform for the implementation process of the NACE Regulation Rev. 2.
You can also visit EUROSTAT's dedicated website where you can download all usefull documents.
EMAS Archives
16 July 2008. Commission proposal to revise EMAS
- The proposal to revise EMAS
- Impact Assessment for a regulation revising the European Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
- Questions and answers on the proposal to revise EMAS
- Presentation on the EMAS revision
Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/2006 on the recognition of ISO 14001:2004
The Commission Regulation (EC) No 196/2006 of 3 February 2006 amends Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council taking account of the European Standard EN ISO 14001:2004.
It repeals the Decision 97/265/EC on the Standard EN ISO 14001:1996.
The Commission Regulation was published in the Official Journal L 32 page 4 of 4 February 2006 (available in all languages apart from BG, MT, RO). EN
Commission Decision 2006/193/EC on the use of the EMAS Logo on tertiary packaging
This Commission Decision allows the use of the EMAS logo (versions 1 and 2) on transport and tertiary packaging of EMAS registered organisations. The Decision 2006/193/EC has been published on Official Journal L 70 of 9 March 2006 and can be consulted on page 63 in all EU languages.
BG, CS, DA, DE, ES, ET, EL, EN, FI, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, SV,
MT and RO not available.
Commission Recommendation on environmental performance indicators
Commission Recommendation (EC) No 2003/532/EC of 10 July 2003 gives guidance in the selection and use of environmental performance indicators in EMAS. Standard indicators enable benchmarking among organisations attributed to the same sector. This decision was published in the Official Journal L 184 page 19 on 25 July 2003.
Download the Recommendation in these languages (192 kb each) : ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV
NACE Regulation Rev. 1.1.
A full NACE code list can be found in Council Regulation No 3037/90 of 09/10/1990, OJ L 293 of 24 October 1990, as amended by the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 761/93 of 24 March 1993 and the Commission Regulation (EEC) No 29/2002. This Regulation is also referred to as Revision (Rev.) 1.1.
See a full list of NACE codes in PDF or HTML:
Download the Regulation 29/2002 (Rev. 1.1) in the following EU languages : CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, ES, FI, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, SV
Commission Decision
Decision (EC) No 681/2001 on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme has been published in Official Journal L247 of 17 September 2001 on page 24 in all EU languages of the EU 15.
Download each guidance document in graphical version
Commission Recommendation
Recommendation (EC) 680/2001 of 7 September on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 (7/9/2001) of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme. This recommendation was published in the Official Journal L 247 page 1 on 17 September 2001 in all EU languages of the EU 15.
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EMAS II in the EEA
Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS). This regulation was published in the Official Journal L 114 page 1 on 24 April 2001 in all EU languages.
On 4 December 2002 a corrigendum to the EMAS Regulation was published
in the Official Journal L327 on page 10 and is available in all EU
languages.
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 16/2003 of 31 January 2003
amending Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement published in the Official
Journal L94 of 10 April 2003, page 73 in all EU languages.
EMAS: the first Regulation
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 of 29 June 1993 allowing voluntary participation by companies in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme. This regulation was published in the Official Journal L168 of 10 July 1993, page 1-18 in the folowing EU languages: ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT.