In order to be registered with community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), economic operators are required to comply with environmental legislation, including this Regulation. Consequently, economic operators which are registered with EMAS should be considered compliant with the requirements laid down in this Regulation provided that an environmental verifier has verified that requirements laid down in this Regulation have been included in their environmental management system and implemented. Such economic operators should therefore be exempted from the obligations of certification and notification to competent authorities when renewing self-declarations and updating the risk management plan. In addition to the exemption provided for operators registered with EMAS and for the purpose of decreasing the burden on other high-integrity systems, it should be possible for economic operators that prepare and implement other environmental management systems for each installation to be exempted from compliance in this Regulation upon meeting certain criteria as laid down in this Regulation.
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