Red. anm.: Europaparlaments- og rådsrekommandsjon 2001/331/EF er innlemmet i EØS-avtalen gjennom vedtak 91/2002.

BAKGRUNN (Innledningen til Kommisjonens konsultasjonsdokument, engelsk utgave)

The purpose of this consultation is to collect the views of all relevant stakeholders, at national and EU level, and the public at large on the main concepts for the revision of the current EU framework on environmental inspections.

It builds on previous consultations and seeks to complement them with stakeholders views on ideas for the design of a new horizontal binding instrument on environmental inspections which the Commission, subject to the conduct of a full impact assessment, intends to propose later in 2013. This consultation document:

• Explains the background to a possible future Commission legislative proposal
• Provides information to assist stakeholders who would wish to contribute to the latest public consultation on the initiative

It is divided into sections:

• Section 2 sets out the role of environmental inspections
• Section 3 describes the existing framework on environmental inspections
• Section 4 summarizes the outcome of previous consultations on the subject
• Section 5 explains the questionnaire which forms the basis of the latest public consultation.