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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), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC
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The environmental statement shall contain at least the elements and shall meet the minimum requirements as set out below:
a clear and unambiguous description of the organisation registering under EMAS and a summary of its activities, products and services and its relationship to any parent organisations as appropriate;
the environmental policy and a brief description of the environmental management system of the organisation;
a description of all the significant direct and indirect environmental aspects which result in significant environmental impacts of the organisation and an explanation of the nature of the impacts as related to these aspects (Annex I.2);
a description of the environmental objectives and targets in relation to the significant environmental aspects and impacts;
a summary of the data available on the performance of the organisation against its environmental objectives and targets with respect to its significant environmental impacts. Reporting shall be on the core indicators and on other relevant existing environmental performance indicators as set out in Section C;
other factors regarding environmental performance including performance against legal provisions with respect to their significant environmental impacts;
a reference to the applicable legal requirements relating to the environment;
the name and accreditation or licence number of the environmental verifier and the date of validation.
The updated environmental statement shall contain at least the elements and shall meet the minimum requirements as set out in points (e) to (h).
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