The site becomes registered on the official list of registered sites once the competent authority has received a validated environmental statement and registration fee. The information to be provided to the competent body at the time of application for registration is as follows:

• name of company
• name and location of site
• brief description of the activities at the site
• the validated environmental statement
• name and address of the verifier who validated the statement
• deadline for submission of the next validated environmental statement
• brief description of the environmental management system
• description of the auditing programme established for the site.

The list of registered sites is given to the European Commission which publishes a list of all registered sites in Europe each year in its Official Journal. The complete list is available from the official EMAS Helpdesk - www.emas.lu/

The competent body for EMAS also has the power to de-register a site from the official register if:

• a company fails to submit a verified statement within three months of it being required
• the site is no longer complying with the requirements of the regulation
• an enforcement authority reports that the site has breached an environmental regulatory requirement.

The Institute of Environmental Assessment (IEA) has recently taken over from the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions as the competent body background=/envENVMAN5/course/images/back/back.jpg for registering sites to EMAS. The IEA is an independent, non-profit making organisation with a membership drawn from industry, environmental consultancies, local authorities and educational establishments. It was established in 1990, to improve standards of environmental assessment and auditing.