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Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/113 24.1.2025
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/113
of 23 January 2025
establishing the format for communicating information from Member States on the implementation
of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on the control of major-
accident hazards involving dangerous substances and repealing Commission Implementing
Decision 2014/896/EU
(notified under document C(2025) 376)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012on the control of
major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council
Directive 96/82/EC(1), and in particular Article 21(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Article 21(2) of Directive 2012/18/EU (hereafter ‘the Directive’) requires the Member States to report on the
implementation of that Directive by 30 September 2019, and every four years thereafter, using the specific form set
out in the Annex to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU(2).
(2) The Commission has developed a specific form set out in the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU
defining the set of information to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting on the
implementation of the Directive.
(3) The analysis of the first reporting period, which covered the period from 1 June 2015 to 31 December 2018,
demonstrated that the specific form used by the Member States should be streamlined in order to maximise the
accuracy and comparability of the information provided, for the Commission to better assess the effectiveness of
the prevention of industrial accidents and provide more relevant information to the public. To achieve these
objectives, the specific form should be updated and Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU should be revised
accordingly.
(4) The next reporting period based on this updated form should cover the period between 1 January 2023 and
31 December 2026. Member States should submit this information to the Commission by 30 September 2027.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by
Article 27 of Directive 2012/18/EU,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Member States shall use the report form laid down in the Annex to this Decision(3)when providing the information on the
implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU in accordance with Article 21(2) of that Directive.
(1) OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2012/18/oj.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU of 10 December 2014 establishing the format for communicating information
from Member States on the implementation of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of
major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (notified under document C(2014) 9335) (OJ L 355, 12.12.2014, p. 55, ELI:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2014/896/oj).
(3) Available also at the following website of the European Commission: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/seveso/.
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Article 2
Implementing Decision 2014/896/EU is repealed with effect from 31 December 2026.
References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as reference to this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2027.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 23 January 2025.
For the Commission
Jessika ROSWALL
Member of the Commission
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ANNEX
Establishing the report form of data to be made available by Member States for the purposes of reporting under
Article 21(2) of Directive 2012/18/EU
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
1.1 Indicate when the last update of information on establishments, in view of its inclusion in the eSPIRS
database, took place
Date from eSPIRS (yy/mm/dd):
Free text for Member States considerations on this
topic (max. 6 000words)
2. SAFETY REPORTS (ARTICLE 10 Reporting period
OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)
2.1 Have all upper-tier establishments,
for which this was required during
the reporting period, produced a
safety report? If not, please indicate:
2.1.1 At the end of the
reporting period, how
many upper-tier
establishments have not
produced a safety
report (number of
establishments), while
required?
2.2 Have all upper-tier establishments’
safety reports, for which this was
required during the reporting
period, been updated in the course
of the previous five years? If not,
please indicate:
2.2.1 At the end of the
reporting period, how
many upper-tier
establishments, for which
this was required, have
not updated their safety
report (number of
establishments) within
the five years?
Free text for Member States considerations on this
topic (max. 6 000words)
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3. EMERGENCY PLANS (ARTICLE 12 Reporting period
OF DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)
3.1 At the end of the reporting period,
how many upper-tier
establishments have no external
emergency plan, while required
(number of establishments,
excluding establishments reported
under entry 3.2)?
3.2 At the end of the reporting period,
for how many upper-tier
establishments have the authorities
decided that it was not necessary to
draw up an external emergency
plan (number of establishments,
excluding establishments reported
under entry 3.1)?
3.3 Have external emergency plans
been tested over the last three years
preceding the end of the reporting
period for all upper-tier
establishments? If not, in how
many cases has the external
emergency plan not been tested
(number of cases)?
Free text for Member States considerations on this
topic (max. 6 000words)
4. INFORMATION ON SAFETY Reporting year
MEASURES (ARTICLE 14 AND
ANNEX V OF DIRECTIVE
2012/18/EU)
4.1 Pursuant to Article 14(2) of
Directive 2012/18/EU, has
information on safety measures
and requisite behaviour in the event
of a major accident been made
actively available to the public
during the last five years preceding
the end of the reporting period for
all upper-tier establishments? If
not, for how many upper-tier
establishments has this not been
the case?
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4.2 Over the reporting period, how
many establishments are
considered to have a major accident
potential with transboundary
effects (number of establishments)?
Free text for Member States considerations on this
topic (max. 6 000words)
5. INSPECTIONS (ARTICLE 20 OF Reporting period
DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
5.1 Over the reporting period, how
many lower-tier establishments
required to be inspected (in
compliance with Articles 20(4),
20(6) and 20(8) of Directive
2012/18/EU) have not been
inspected (number of
establishments)?
5.2 Over the reporting period, how
many upper-tier establishments
required to be inspected (in
compliance with Articles 20(4),
20(6) and 20(8) of Directive
2012/18/EU) have not been
inspected (number of
establishments)?
Free text for Member States considerations on this
topic (max. 6 000words)
6. PROHIBITION OF USE, Reporting period
PENALTIES AND OTHER
COERCIVE INSTRUMENTS
(ARTICLES 19 AND 28 OF
DIRECTIVE 2012/18/EU)
6.1 Over the reporting period, for how
many establishments, installations
or storage facilities, or any parts
thereof, has the use or bringing into
use been prohibited (number of
establishments)?
Free text for Member States considerations on this
topic (max. 6 000words)
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7. FURTHER OPTIONAL
INFORMATION
7.1 If relevant, any legislation similar to
Seveso provisions (in terms of
notification of activities,
requirements regarding safety
management, safety reports,
information to the public,
emergency planning and
inspections), legislation (e.g.
General Binding Rules etc.) applied
to installations and activities not
covered by Directive 2012/18/EU
(for example on pipelines, ports,
marshalling yards, offshore
installations, gas exploration,
exploitation of minerals and
hydrocarbons, etc.) and relevant
good practices (free text).
7.1.1 On pipelines (free
text):
7.1.2 On marshalling
yards (free text):
7.1.3 On harbours (free
text):
7.1.4 On temporary
storage (free text):
7.1.5 On offshore
installations, incl.
gasification
platform (free
text):
7.1.6 On gas
exploration (free
text):
7.1.7 On mineral and
hydrocarbons
exploitation (free
text):
7.1.8 On malicious act
(free text):
7.1.9 On batteries (free
text):
7.1.10 On airports (free
text):
7.1.11 On hydrogen (free
text):
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7.1.12 On cyber security
and industrial
safety (free text):
7.1.13 Other (free text):
7.2 Remarks related to the
consequences of different
provisions between upper-tier
establishments and lower-tier
establishments:
7.3 Remarks related to the quality of
implementation and the various
implementation aspects (incl.
domino effects, safety reports,
emergency plans, Land-Use
Planning, safety measures,
inspections, prohibition/penalties
and access to justice):
7.4 Remarks related to implementation
challenges:
7.5 How are lessons learnt promoted
(free text, URL, etc.)?
7.6 Remarks related to implementation
support provided by the European
Commission:
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