Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE)

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Subject : Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE)

The Annex to this document contains an updated and annotated draft of the above-mentioned

Directive. The revised draft takes account of discussions within the Working Party on the

Environment on 11 May 2005. It contains new or revised Presidency compromise suggestions.

These compromise suggestions relate in particular to Articles 13, 14 and 17. With a view to

reaching a first-reading agreement with the European Parliament, the Presidency has sought to

address delegations concerns on intellectual property rights and cost recovery.

As far as intellectual property rights are concerned, the list of grounds for limiting access set out in

Article 13(1) is now identical to that in Article 4(2) of Directive 2003/4/EC. However, a new

Article 13(3) would ensure the availability of data with transboundary dimension. On cost recovery,

the new Article 17 seeks to set out more clearly the scope of the data sharing obligations and to

clarify the possibility for data providers to recover costs.

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ANNEX

Proposal for a

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE)

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

1.

This Directive lays down general rules aimed at the establishment of an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community, for the purposes of Community environmental

policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.

2.

The infrastructure for spatial information in the Community shall build upon 2

infrastructures for spatial information established and operated by the Member States.

Article 2

1.

This Directive is without prejudice to Directive 2003/4/EC, save where otherwise

provided.

2.

This Directive is without prejudice to Directive 2003/98/EC.

DELETED: parliamentary scrutiny reservation. 2

Many delegations support the inclusion of draft amendment 7, which would add a reference to infrastructure at Community level. Cion argues that it would not be possible to include substantive requirements for the Community Institutions in a Directive. However, a statement in the Council minutes would address this point.

Article 3

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

(1) "infrastructure for spatial information" means metadata, spatial data sets and spatial data services; network services and technologies; agreements on sharing, access and use; and

coordination and monitoring mechanisms, processes and procedures, established, operated

or made available in accordance with this Directive;

(2) "spatial data" means any data with a direct or indirect reference to a specific location or geographical area;

(3) "spatial data set" means an identifiable collection of spatial data;

(4) "spatial data services" means the operations which may be performed, by invoking a computer application, on the spatial data contained in spatial data sets or on the related

metadata;

(5) "spatial object" means an abstract representation of a real-world phenomenon [...] related to a specific location or geographical area;

(6) "metadata" means information describing spatial data sets and spatial data services and making it possible to discover, inventory and use them;

(7) "interoperability" means the possibility for spatial data sets to be combined, and for services to interact, without repetitive manual intervention, in such a way that the result is

coherent and the added value of the data sets and services is enhanced;

(8) "INSPIRE geo portal" means an internet site, or equivalent, providing access to the services referred to in Article 11(1);

(9) "public authority" means:

(a) any government or other public administration, including public advisory bodies, at national, regional or local level,

(b) any natural or legal person performing public administrative functions under national law, including specific duties, activities or services in relation to the environment,

and

public services, relating to the environment under the control of a body or person falling within (a) or (b).

Member States may provide that when bodies or institutions are acting in a judicial or

legislative capacity, they are not to be regarded as public authorities for the purposes of

this Directive;

(10) "third party" means any natural or legal person other than a public authority.

Article 4

1.

This Directive shall cover spatial data sets which fulfil the following conditions:

(a) they are related to an area where a Member State has and/or exercises jurisdictional rights;

(b) they are in electronic format;

Cion: reservation on the phrase "relating to the environment".

(i) a public authority, having been produced or received by a public authority, or 4

being managed or updated by that authority,

(ii) a third party to whom the network has been made available in accordance with

Article 12;

(d) they relate to one or more of the themes listed in Annex I, II or III;

(e) they represent the reference version of the spatial data sets.

[...]

2.

This Directive shall also cover the spatial data services relating to the data contained in the spatial data sets referred to in paragraph 1.
3.

This Directive does not request collection of new spatial data.
4.

In the case of spatial data sets which comply with the condition set out in point (c) of paragraph 1, but in respect of which a third party holds intellectual property rights, the

public authority may take action under this Directive only with the consent of that third

party.

5.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, this Directive shall cover spatial data sets held by or on behalf of a public authority operating at the lowest level of government within a

Member State only if the Member State has laws or regulations requiring their collection or

dissemination.

DELETED wishes to follow the language of Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 2003/98/EC to

excluded spatial data sets and services the supply of which is an activity falling outside the scope of the public task of the public authority concerned.

6.

The technical description of the data themes referred to in Annexes I, II and III may be adapted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2) to take into account

the evolving needs for spatial data in support of Community policies that affect the

environment.

Cion: reservation on the limitation to the technical description of the data themes.

CHAPTER II

METADATA

Article 5

1.

Member States shall ensure that metadata are created for the spatial data sets and services corresponding to the themes listed in Annexes I to III, and that those metadata are kept up

to date.

2.

Metadata shall include information on the following:

(a) the conformity of spatial data sets with the implementing rules referred to in Article 7(1);

(b) conditions applying to access to, and use of, spatial data sets and services and, where

applicable, corresponding fees;

(d) the public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services;

(e) limitations on public access and the reasons for such limitations, in accordance with Article 13.

3.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that metadata are complete and

of a quality sufficient to fulfil the purpose set out in Article 3(6).

4.

Rules for the implementation of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2) and within one year of the date of entry into force of

this Directive. These rules shall take account of relevant, existing international standards

and user requirements.

Article 6

Member States shall create the metadata referred to in Article 5 in accordance with the following

timetable:

(a) not later than 2 years after the date of adoption of implementing rules in accordance with Article 5(4) in the case of the spatial data sets corresponding to the themes listed in

Annexes I and II;

(b) not later than 5 years after the date of adoption of implementing rules in accordance with Article 5(4) in the case of the spatial data sets corresponding to the themes listed in

Annex III.

CHAPTER III

INTEROPERABILITY OF SPATIAL DATA SETS AND SERVICES

Article 7

1.

Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the, interoperability and, where practicable, harmonisation of spatial data sets and services referred to in paragraph 2

shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2). Relevant

user requirements, existing initiatives and international standards in particular in relation to

themes 13, 14 and 15 of Annex III to harmonise spatial data sets [...] shall be taken into

account in the development of the implementing rules.

2.

Before elaborating such rules, the Commission shall provide an analysis of the feasibility and expected costs and benefits. Member states shall, on request, provide the Commission

with assistance necessary to enable it to prepare the analysis. Before proposing such rules,

the Commission shall consult member States within committee referred to in Article 22(1)

on the results of its analysis. The adoption of such rules shall not result in excessive costs

to a member State.

3.

Member States shall ensure that all newly collected or updated spatial data sets and the corresponding spatial data services are brought into conformity with the implementing

rules referred to in paragraph 1 within two years of their adoption, and that other spatial

data sets and services are brought into conformity with the implementing rules within

seven years of their adoption to the extent feasible.

4.

Implementing rules referred to paragraph 1 shall cover the definition and classification of spatial objects relevant to spatial data sets related to the themes listed in Annex I, II or III

and the way in which those spatial data are geo-referenced.

Cion maintains a reservation on this Article.

5.

Natural or legal persons with an interest in the spatial data concerned by virtue of their role in the spatial information infrastructure, including users, producers, added value service

providers or any coordinating body shall be given the opportunity, in accordance with

applicable procedures, to participate in preparatory discussions [...] on the content of the

implementing rules, provided for in paragraph 1, prior to consideration by the Committee.

Article 8

1.

In the case of spatial data sets corresponding to one or more of the themes listed in Annex I or II, the implementing rules provided for in Article 7(1) shall meet the conditions laid

down in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.

2.

The implementing rules shall address the following aspects of spatial data:

(a) solutions to ensure unambiguous identification of spatial objects, to which identifiers under existing national systems can be mapped, in order to ensure interoperability

between them; [...]

(b) the relationship between spatial objects;

policies which may have an impact on the environment;

(d) information on the temporal dimension of the data; (e) updates of the data.

3.

The implementing rules shall be designed to ensure consistency as between items of information which refer to the same location or between items of information which refer

to the same object represented at different scales.

4.

The implementing rules shall be designed to ensure that information derived from different spatial data sets is comparable as regards the aspects referred to in Article 7(3) and in

paragraph 2 of this Article.

Article 9

The implementing rules provided for in Article 7(1) shall be adopted in accordance with the

following timetable:

(a) no later than 2 years after the entry into force of this Directive in the case of the spatial data sets corresponding to the themes listed in Annex I;

(b) no later than 5 years after the entry into force of this Directive in the case of the spatial

data sets corresponding to the themes listed in Annex II or III.

Article 10

1.

Member States shall ensure that any information, including data, codes and technical classifications, needed for compliance with the implementing rules provided for in

Article 7(1) are made available to public authorities or third parties in accordance with

conditions that do not restrict their use for that purpose.

2.

In order to ensure that spatial data relating to a geographical feature the location of which spans the frontier between two or more Member States are coherent, Member States shall,

where appropriate, decide by mutual consent on the depiction and position of such

common features.

CHAPTER IV

NETWORK SERVICES

Article 11

1.

Member States shall establish and operate a network of the following services for the spatial data sets and services for which metadata have been created in accordance with this

Directive:

(a) discovery services making it possible to search for spatial data sets and services on the basis of the content of the corresponding metadata and to display the content of

the metadata;

(b) view services making it possible, as a minimum, to display, navigate, zoom in/out, pan, or overlay viewable spatial data sets and to display legend information and any

relevant content of metadata;

(c) download services, enabling copies of spatial data sets, or parts of such sets, to be downloaded and, where practicable, accessed directly;

(d) transformation services, enabling spatial data sets to be transformed with a view to achieving interoperability;

(e) services allowing spatial data services to be invoked.

Those services shall take into account relevant user requirements and shall be easy to use,

available to the public and accessible via the Internet or any other appropriate means of

telecommunication.

2.

For the purposes of the services referred to in paragraph 1(a), as a minimum the following combination of search criteria shall be implemented:

(a) keywords;

(b) classification of spatial data and services;

(d) degree of conformity with the implementing rules referred to in Article 7; (e) geographical location;

(f) conditions applying to the access to and use of spatial data sets and services;

(g) the public authorities responsible for the establishment, management, maintenance and distribution of spatial data sets and services.

3.

The transformation services referred to in paragraph 1(d) shall be combined with the other services referred to in that paragraph in such a way as to enable all those services to be

operated in conformity with the implementing rules provided for in Article 7.

Article 12

Member States shall ensure that public authorities are given the technical possibility to link their

spatial data sets and services to the network referred to in Article 11(1). This service will also be

made available upon request to third parties whose spatial data sets and services comply with

implementing rules laying down obligations with regard, in particular, to metadata, network

services and interoperability.

Article 13

1.

By way of derogation from Article 4(2) of Directive 2003/4/EC and Article 11(1) of this Directive, Member States may limit public access to spatial data sets and services through

the services referred to in points (b) to (e) of Article 11(1), or to the e-commerce services

referred to in Article 14(2), where such access would adversely affect any of the following:

(a) the confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities, where such confidentiality is provided for by law;

(b) international relations, public security or national defence;

(c) the course of justice, the ability of any person to receive a fair trial or the ability of a public authority to conduct an enquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature;

(d) the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such confidentiality is provided for by national or Community law to protect a legitimate

economic interest, including the public interest in maintaining statistical

confidentiality and tax secrecy;

(e) intellectual property rights

(f) the confidentiality of personal data and/or files relating to a natural person where that person has not consented to the disclosure of the information to the public, where

such confidentiality is provided for by national or Community law;

(g) the interests or protection of any person who supplied the information requested on a voluntary basis without being under, or capable of being put under, a legal obligation

to do so, unless that person has consented to the release of the information

concerned;

(h) the protection of the environment to which such information relates, such as the location of rare species.

2.

The grounds for limiting access, as provided for in paragraph 1, shall be interpreted in a restrictive way, taking into account for the particular case the public interest served by

providing this access. In every particular case, the public interest served by disclosure shall

be weighed against the interest served by the limiting or conditioning the access. Member

States may not, by virtue of paragraph 1(a), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) limit access to

information on emissions into the environment.

However, when paragraph 1(d) or (f) is the grounds for limiting access, the preceding

subparagraph shall apply only when the access referred to in paragraph 1 concerns

environmental information as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive 2003/4/EC.

3.

Where spatial data sets can be used in a wider transboundary dimension context, the public interests served by their disclosure shall be deemed to override the interests served by

limiting or conditioning the access to individual spatial data sets on the grounds referred to

in paragraph 1(e).

Article 14

1.

Member States shall ensure that the services referred to in Article 11(1)(a) and (b) are available to the public free of charge. Data made available through the view services

mentioned in Article 11(1)(b) may be in a form preventing their re-use for commercial

purposes, and a click-licence may be included to restrict the use that can be made of the

data.

2.

Where public authorities levy charges for the services referred to in Article 11(1)(c) or (e), Member States shall ensure that e-commerce services are available. Such services may be

covered by disclaimers, click-licenses or licenses.

Article 15

1.

The Commission shall establish and operate a INSPIRE geo-portal at Community level.
2.

Member States shall provide access to the services referred to in Article 11(1) through the INSPIRE geo-portal referred to in paragraph 1. Member States may also provide access to

those services through their own access points.

DELETED , supported by DELETED, argues that data providers should be able to maintain charges for certain view services (e.g., meteorological data).

Article 16

Rules for the implementation of this Chapter shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure

referred to in Article 22(2), and shall in particular lay down the following:

(a) technical specifications for the services referred to in Articles 11 and 12 and minimum performance criteria for those services, taking account of existing reporting requirements

and recommendations adopted within the framework of environmental Community

legislation, existing e-commerce services and technological progress;

(b) the obligations referred to in Article 12.

CHAPTER V

DATA-SHARING

Article 17

1.

Member States shall adopt measures for the sharing of spatial data sets and services between its public authorities referred to in Article 3(9)(a) and (b). Those measures shall

enable those public authorities [...] to gain access to spatial data sets and services, and to

exchange and use those sets and services, for the purposes of public tasks that may have an

impact on the environment.

2.

The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall preclude any restrictions likely to create, at 8

the point of use, obstacles to the sharing of spatial data sets and services [...].

3.

Without prejudice to paragraph 2, licensing or financial arrangements may be applied, in particular where the spatial data sets are supplied by public authorities upon whom

Member States place a duty to raise revenue.

The Presidency suggests three additional recitals:

(1) "This Directive does not affect the existence or ownership of public sector authorities' intellectual property rights. It requires Member States to exercise these rights in such a way to promote sharing of spatial data sets and services in line with Article 17."; (2) "The mechanisms for sharing spatial data sets and services between government and other public administrations and natural or legal person performing public administrative functions under national law may involve laws, regulations, licensing or financial arrangements or administrative procedures, for instance to protect the financial viability of those public authorities that have a duty placed on them to raise revenue [...]. Where this is the case and where Member States choose to continue to require revenue raising [...] for such public authorities, Member States should bring about all necessary adaptations to these, or to other relevant practices, in order to ensure that they do not have the effect of creating obstacles of a transactional, procedural, legal, institutional or financial nature to the sharing of spatial data sets and services at the point of use."; (3) "The provisions of Articles 13(1)(e) and 17(1) should be implemented and applied in full compliance with the principles relating to the protection of personal data in accordance with Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data.".

4.

Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that the implementation of paragraphs 1 to 3 does not adversely affect the availability of spatial data sets and services.
5.

The arrangements for the sharing of spatial data sets and services provided for in paragraph 1 shall be open to public authorities referred to in Article 3(9)(a) and (b) of other

Member States and to the institutions and bodies of the Community, for the purposes of

public tasks that may have an impact on the environment.

6.

The arrangements for the sharing of spatial data sets and services provided for in paragraph 1 shall be open, on a reciprocal and equivalent basis, to bodies established by

international agreements, to which the Community and Member States are party, for the

performance of tasks that may have an impact on the environment.

7.

By way of derogation from this article, Member States may limit sharing when this would compromise the course of justice, public security, national defence or international

relations.

8.

The institutions and bodies of the Community shall have harmonised conditions for access to spatial data sets and services. Implementing rules governing those conditions shall be

adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

CHAPTER VI

COORDINATION AND COMPLEMENTARY MEASURES

Article 18

Member States shall ensure that appropriate structures and mechanisms for coordinating the

contributions of all those with an interest in their infrastructures for spatial information are

designated.

These structures shall coordinate the contributions of, inter alia, users, producers, added-value

service providers and coordinating bodies, concerning the identification of relevant data sets,

user needs, the provision of information on existing practices and the provision of feedback on

the implementation of this Directive.

Article 19

1.

The Commission shall be responsible for coordinating the infrastructure for spatial information, as referred to in this Directive, in the Community at Community level and

shall be assisted for that purpose by relevant organisations and, in particular, by the

European Environmental Agency.

2.

Each Member State shall designate a contact point, usually a public authority, to be

responsible for contacts with the Commission in relation to this Directive.

Article 20

The implementing rules referred to in this Directive shall take due account of standards adopted

by European standardisation bodies in accordance with the procedure laid down in Directive

98/34/EC, as well as international standards.

CHAPTER VII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 21

1.

Member States shall monitor the implementation and use of their spatial data infrastructures. They shall make the results of this monitoring accessible to the

Commission and to the public on a permanent basis.

2.

No later than three years after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States send to the Commission a report including summary descriptions of:

(a) how public sector providers and users of spatial data sets and services and intermediary bodies are coordinated, and of the relationship with the third parties and

of the organisation of quality assurance, as far as practicable;

(b) the contribution made by public authorities or third parties to the functioning and coordination of the infrastructure for spatial information;

(d) data-sharing agreements between public authorities;

(e) the costs and benefits of implementing this Directive.

3.

Every three years, and starting no later than six years after the entry into force of this Directive, Member States shall send to the Commission a report providing updated

information in relation to the items referred to in paragraph 2.

4.

Detailed rules for the implementation of this Article shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

Article 22

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.
2.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 23

The Commission shall present to the European Parliament and to the Council by 7 years after the

date of entry into force and every six years thereafter a report on the application of this Directive

based, inter alia, on reports from Member States in accordance with Article 21(2) and (3).

Where necessary, the report shall be accompanied by proposals for Community action.

Article 24

1.

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 3 years after its date of entry into force.

When Member States adopt these provisions, they shall contain a reference to this

Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication.

Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 25

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 26

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament

For the Council

The President The President

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Annex I to the ANNEX

S PATIAL DATA THEMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 6( A ), 8(1) AND 9( A )

1.

Coordinate reference systems

Systems for uniquely referencing spatial information in space as a set of coordinates (x,y,z)

and/or latitude and longitude and height, based on a geodetic horizontal and vertical datum

2.

Geographical grid systems

Harmonised multi-resolution grid with a common point of origin and standardised location

and size of grid cells.

3.

Geographical names

Names of areas, regions, localities, cities, suburbs, towns or settlements, or any

geographical or topographical feature of public or historical interest.

4.

Administrative units

Units of administration, dividing areas where Member States have and/or exercise

jurisdictional rights, for local regional and national governance, separated by

administrative boundaries.

5.

Transport networks

Road, rail, air and water transport networks and related infrastructure. Includes links

between different networks. Also includes the trans-European transport network as defined

in Decision 1692/96/EC and future revisions of that decision.

DELETED, supported by DELETED, suggests adding "associated with the contents of this Annex".

Cion, supported by DELETED: it is not appropriate to limit this theme in this way. *

Decision nº 1692/96/EC on Community guidelines for the development of trans-European transport network.

6.

Hydrography

Hydrographic elements, natural [...] and artificial, including marine areas, river basins,

sub-basins, rivers, lakes, transitional waters, aquifers, canals or other water [...] elements.

Where appropriate, according to the definitions in Directive 2000/60/EC and in the form of networks.

7.

Protected sites

Area designated or managed within a framework of international, Community and Member

States' legislation [...] to achieve specific conservation objectives.

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Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy, OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1.

Annex II to the ANNEX

S PATIAL DATA THEMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 6( A ), 8(1) AND 9( B )

1.

Elevation

Digital elevation models for land, ice and ocean surface. Includes terrestrial elevation,

bathymetry and shoreline.

2.

Addresses

Location of properties based on address identifiers, usually by road name, house number,

postal code.

3.

Cadastral parcels Areas defined by cadastral registers or equivalent [...].
4.

Land cover

Physical and biological cover of the earth's surface including artificial surfaces, agricultural

areas, forests, (semi-)natural areas, wetlands, water bodies.

5.

Orthoimagery

Geo-referenced image data of the Earth's surface, from either satellite or airborne sensors.

6.

Geology

Geology characterised according to composition and structure. Includes bedrock and

geomorphology.

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DELETED requests deletion of this theme.

Annex III to the ANNEX

S PATIAL D ATA T HEMES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 6( B ) AND 9( B )

1.

Statistical units

Units for dissemination or use of statistical information [...].

2.

Buildings Geographical location of buildings.
3.

Soil

Soils and subsoil characterised according to depth, texture, structure and content of particles

and organic material, stoniness, erosion, where appropriate mean slope and anticipated water

storage capacity.

4.

Land use

Territory characterised according to its current and future planned functional dimension or

socioeconomic purpose (e.g. residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, forestry,

recreational).

5.

Human health and safety

Geographical distribution of dominance of pathologies (allergies, cancers, respiratory

diseases, etc.), information indicating the effect on health ( biomarkers, decline of fertility

epidemics) or wellbeing of humans (fatigue, stress etc.) linked directly (air pollution,

chemicals, depletion of the ozone layer, noise etc.) or indirectly (food, genetically modified

organisms etc.) to the quality of the environment.

DELETED request deletion of this theme. This paragraph is not consistent with draft amendment 43.

6.

Utilities and governmental services

Includes surface and subsurface utility networks and facilities such as sewage, waste management, energy supply, telecommunication and water supply, administrative and social

governmental services such as, public administrations, civil protection sites, schools and

hospitals.

7.

Environmental monitoring facilities

Location and operation of environmental monitoring facilities includes observation and

measurement of emissions, of the state of environmental media and of other ecosystem

parameters (biodiversity, ecological conditions of vegetation, etc.) by or on behalf of public

authorities.

8.

Production and industrial facilities Industrial production sites, including installations covered by Directive 96/61/EC (IPPC) and

water abstraction facilities, mining, storage sites.

9.

Agricultural and aquaculture facilities

Farming equipment and production facilities (including irrigation systems, greenhouses and

stables).

10.

Population distribution demography

Geographical distribution of people aggregated by grid, region, administrative unit or other

analytical unit.

DELETED suggests: "Surface and subsurface utility networks and facilities such as for

sewage management, waste management, energy supply, telecommunication and water supply. Governmental administrative and social services such as public administrations, schools, hospitals and environmental monitoring facilities".

DELETED have doubts about the need for, and concerns about the scope of, this theme.

Paragraphs 6 and 7 are broadly consistent with draft amendment 44.

DELETED suggests limiting this theme to specific activities with a particular impact on the environment.

11.

Area management/restriction/regulation zones & reporting units

Areas managed, regulated or used for reporting at international, European, national, regional

and local levels. Includes dumping sites, restricted areas around drinking water sources,

nitrate-vulnerable zones, regulated fairways at sea or large inland waters, areas for the

dumping of waste, noise restriction zones, prospecting and mining permit areas, river basin

districts, relevant reporting units and coastal zone management areas.

12.

Natural risk zones

Vulnerable areas characterised according to natural hazards (all atmospheric, hydrologic,

seismic, volcanic and wildfire phenomena that, because of their location, severity, and

frequency, have the potential to seriously affect society), e.g. floods, landslides and

subsidence, avalanches, forest fires, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions.

13.

Atmospheric conditions

Physical conditions in the atmosphere. Includes spatial data based on measurements, on

models or on a combination thereof and includes measurement locations.

14.

Meteorological geographical features

Weather conditions and their measurements; precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration,

wind speed and direction.

15.

Oceanographic geographical features

Physical conditions of oceans (currents, salinity, wave heights, etc.).

16.

Sea regions

Physical conditions of seas and saline water bodies divided into regions and sub-regions with

common characteristics.

DELETED have concerns about the inclusion of paragraphs 13, 14 and 15 in view of the data

already collected at EU and international levels on these subjects and the need to ensure interoperability with existing systems (e.g., the World Meteorological Organisation).

DELETED questioned whether this information could not be fed into an EU level

harmonised system from the existing international organisations.

17.

Bio-geographical regions

Areas of relatively homogeneous ecological conditions with common characteristics.

18.

Habitats and biotopes

Geographical areas characterised by specific ecological conditions, processes, structure, and

(life support) functions that physically support the organisms that live there. Includes

terrestrial and aquatic areas distinguished by geographical, abiotic and biotic features, whether

entirely natural or semi-natural and areas of conservation of Community interest under

Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) and Directive 79/409/EEC (Birds Directive).

19.

Species distribution

Geographical distribution of occurrence of animal and plant species aggregated by grid,

region, administrative unit or other analytical unit.

20.

Energy resources

Energy resources including hydrocarbons, hydropower, bio-energy, solar, wind etc., where relevant including depth/height information on the extent of the resource.

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Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an infrastructure for spatial information in the Community (INSPIRE) - Hoofdinhoud

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publicatiedatum	12-05-2005
kenmerk	8891/05