Reduced reporting and monitoring requirements for EMAS organizations

Activities included in Annexes I.2 and II of Law 20/2009, of December 4, on prevention and environmental control of activities, are subject to an environmental control system every 4 years (Annex I .2) and every 6 years (Annex II), to guarantee the permanent adaptation of the activities to the requirements set forth in their authorisation or environmental license.
Article 71.3 of the Law indicates that EMAS organizations are exempt from periodic control, except for the specific controls of certain emissions in which specific terms have been established. These establishments may be exempt from periodic controls, but must also provide the Administration with information on compliance with the conditions of their authorization or license.
The periodic control can be replaced by the verification carried out by the EMAS verifier. For this purpose, the verifier uses a special document prepared by the General Directorate of Environmental Quality and Climate Change that collects all the relevant information extracted from the management system or the environmental declaration in order to make this exemption compatible with the operation of Law 20/2009. The document itself provides evidence of compliance in relation to the environmental license/permit. This procedure is applied within the renewal of EMAS. This must be submitted together with the updating of the renewal of EMAS to the competent authority.