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dossier	COM(2023)639 - Wijziging van de Richtlijnen 1999/2/EG, 2000/14/EG, 2011/24/EU en 2014/53/EU wat betreft bepaalde rapportagevereisten op het ...
document	COM(2023)639
datum	17 oktober 2023

(1)Reporting requirements play a key role in ensuring proper monitoring and correct enforcement of legislation. However, it is important to streamline those requirements, in order to ensure that they fulfil the purpose for which they were intended and to limit the administrative burden.

(2)In its Communication on ‘Long-term competitiveness of the EU: looking beyond 2030’ 13 , the Commission has committed to rationalise and simplify reporting requirements, with the ultimate aim to reduce such burdens by 25%, without undermining the related policy objectives.

(3)Directive 1999/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 14 , Directive 2000/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 15 , Directive 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and Council 16 and Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 17 contain a number of reporting requirements in the fields of food and food ingredients, outdoor noise, patients’ rights, and radio equipment.

(4)In accordance with Article 7(3) of Directive 1999/2/EC, Member States are to report annually to the Commission the results of official checks that they have carried out in ionising irradiation facilities and checks carried out at the product marketing stage. Article 7(4) of Directive 1999/2/EC provides that the Commission is to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union a report based on the information provided every year by Member States. Articles 113 and 114 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council 18 provide that that each Member State is to submit to the Commission, by 31 August every year, a report setting out the outcome of official controls performed in the previous year under its multi-annual national control plan (‘MANCP’). The MANCP covers, inter alia, the scope of Directive 1999/2/EC. In addition, Article 114 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 provides that the Commission is to make available every year to the public an annual report on the operation of official controls in Member States taking into account the annual reports submitted by Member States in accordance with Article 113 of that Regulation. Since the annual reporting obligations laid down in Articles 113 and 114 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 already ensure enforcement and monitoring of legislation on irradiated foods and food ingredients, the similar annual reporting obligation currently laid down in Directive 1999/2/EC should be deleted in order to reduce administrative burden for competent authorities and the Commission.

(5)In accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2000/14/EC, manufacturers, or their authorised representatives, are to send a copy of the EC declaration of conformity for equipment for use outdoors falling within the scope of that Directive to the Member States’ authorities and to the Commission. The Commission is to collect the data and publish relevant information periodically.

(6)Consumers can find the relevant information regarding the noise emissions of equipment covered by Directive 2000/14/EC directly on the equipment, as Article 4(1) of that Directive provides for a mandatory noise marking on the equipment. Therefore, the obligations on Member States and the Commission laid down in Article 16 of Directive 2000/14/EC to provide documentation and to collect and publish data are superfluous and should, in the interest of rationality and in order to limit the administrative burden of companies and of authorities, be deleted.

(7)In accordance with Article 20(1), point (a), of Directive 2000/14/EC, the Commission is to submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a review of the noise data collected in accordance with Article 16 of that Directive. Since such noise data will no longer be collected, that obligation should also be deleted.

(8)In accordance with Article 20(1) of Directive 2011/24/EU, the Commission is to submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the operation of that Directive every three years. That report heavily draws on the reporting and contributions of national competent authorities. The European Reference Networks established under Directive 2011/24/EU are to be evaluated every five years as set out in Article 14(1) of Commission Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU 19 . In order to align the reporting and evaluation requirements and to reduce the administrative burden for the Commission and for the Member States that are requested to provide information on the implementation of Directive 2011/24/EU, the frequency of the reporting by the Commission should be changed to every five years. Considering that the most recent report on the operation of Directive 2011/24/EU was published in 2022, the next report should be published in 2027.

(9)In accordance with Article 47(1) of Directive 2014/53/EU, Member States are to submit to the Commission regular reports on the application of that Directive at least every two years. The frequency of that mandatory reporting is higher than necessary. In the interest of rationality and in order to limit the administrative burden of Member States, the frequency of the mandatory reporting by Member States should be changed to every five years, so that it corresponds to the Commission’s obligation under Article 47(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU to report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the operation of that Directive. This will also provide the Commission with the information necessary for the assessment it is to carry out when adopting delegated acts under Article 5(2) of Directive 2014/53/EU specifying which categories of radio equipment are concerned by the registration requirement and allow the Commission to use the information from Member States’ reports more efficiently.

(10)Directives 1999/2/EC, 2000/14/EC, 2011/24/EU and 2014/53/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.