Article 1

F2Appropriate authorities outside England and the competent authority in England must provide the information set out in the Annex F3to the Secretary of the State in accordance with this Decision.

The information set out in the Annex shall be first submitted for the reporting year F42020, unless otherwise stated in that Annex.

The administrative information set out in Sections 1 to 4 of the Annex shall be submitted to the F5Secretary of State, at the latest, by 30 September of the following reporting year.

The thematic information set out in Sections 5 to 10 of the Annex shall be submitted to the F5Secretary of State, at the latest, by 30 November of the following reporting year.

Article 2

This Decision shall be reviewed by 31 December 2024, at the latest, with a view to assessing the feasibility of progressing towards the objective of earlier public availability of F6United Kingdom-PRTR data. This review shall include an exchange of information between the F7appropriate authorities on national best practices and available techniques and tools allowing earlier reporting.

F8Article 3

1

For the purpose of this Decision a reference to a provision of a Directive is to be read as a reference to that provision in so far as it has been transposed into the law of any part of the United Kingdom.

2

In this Decision—

  • “appropriate authority” means—

    1. a

      in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

    2. b

      in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

    3. c

      in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

    4. d

      in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

  • “competent authority” means the national authority or authorities, or any other competent body or bodies, designated by the appropriate authority.

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Done at Brussels, 23 September 2019.

For the Commission

Karmenu Vella

Member of the Commission