European Environment Agency, European information and observation (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90)

In its re-examined proposal, the Commission accepts 3 out of 9 amendments approved at the second reading by the European Parliament. The amendments aim to : - ensure that the environmental information is reliable and comparable; - clarify the intention of the original Commission proposal on membership of the Bureau of the Agency Management Board to ensure that the Commission and Parliament, as well as the Member States are represented; - accept a reference to development and maintenance of a reference centre. All other amendments were rejected (in particular regarding the advice that the Agency gives to the Member States, the freedom of access to information, the evaluation of the environmental policy by the Agency, advice on monitoring systems, expressing the will of Member States to avoid any binding legal requirement on them to provide information to the Agency, the evaluation by the Agency in relation to Community environmental policy).�