Standardising and rationalising reports on implementation of directives on the environment

The European Parliament adopted the own-initiative report drafted by Caroline JACKSON (EPP-ED, UK) on reports relating to environmental directives. (Please refer to the document dated 10/07/02.) On the question of enlargement, Parliament went on to state that, as part of the revision of the 1991 directive, the Commission should draft proposals requiring new Member States publicly to report progress on bringing to an end the transitional arrangements that allow them to delay the full implementation of EU environment law.�