Article 13 — Verification of compliance and reporting

1. Competent authorities shall verify compliance of economic operators, EU carriers, non-EU carriers and authorised representatives, shippers, and operators, agents and masters of seagoing vessels with the obligations laid down in this Regulation, taking into account, where applicable, the information provided in self-declarations of conformity referred to in Article 5(1) and (2) and collected by certifiers and competent authorities in accordance with Article 6(6) and Article 7(1) in accordance with exemptions granted pursuant to Article 8. The competent authorities shall carry out environmental inspections, including without prior notice, and other verification measures, following a risk-based approach. 2. By 1 January 2030, and every three years thereafter, Member States shall submit a report to the Commission containing qualitative and quantitative information on the implementation of this Regulation during the previous three consecutive calendar years. The information shall include: (a) the number of economic operators per size of enterprise under Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and per economic activity, their installations, and the number of EU carriers and non-EU carriers and the means of transport used by those carriers for transporting plastic pellets; (b) the number of risk management plans and self-declarations notified pursuant to Article 5(1) and 5(2), respectively, the number of certificates notified pursuant to Article 6(6) and the number of economic operators that are registered with EMAS or have implemented an EMS meeting the conditions in Article 8(2); (c) the number of permits granted meeting the conditions pursuant to Article 7; and (d) the number and results of environmental inspections and other verification measures carried out under paragraph 1 of this Article, as well as the number of incidents and accidents reported in accordance with Article 14(1) and the measures taken in the event of non-compliance with the obligations set out in this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall by means of implementing acts lay down a format for the reports referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 24(2). 4. No later than three months after the reporting date referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission shall make publicly available a Union-wide overview of the application of this Regulation, based on the data submitted pursuant to that paragraph.