S.L. 549.63 Art. 33AReporting.

(1) The establishments and undertakings referred to in regulation 19(1) and the establishments and undertakings which act as dealers and brokers of waste, shall submit annual reports to the competent authority within three (3) calendar months of the closing of the reference year.

The competent authority shall specify the format in which such information is to be made available, which format shall contain guidance concerning the presentation, structure and content of the annual report.

(2) The competent authority may carry out, at the expense of the operator, or may request the operator to carry out, an audit to certify that all of the information reported to the competent authority is in conformity with the obligations of these regulations.

(3) The operators referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall submit the audit report referred to in sub-regulation (2), where relevant, together with the annual report referred to in sub-regulation (1).

(4) It shall be the responsibility of all the operators referred to in sub-regulation (1) to retain for a minimum period of five (5) years the annual report referred to sub-regulation (1) from the date of submission.

(5) The competent authority may request that the Regional Councils or the Local Councils, for the purposes of monitoring the systems set up under regulation 10(1), submit a report to the competent authority.

The competent authority shall specify the time-frame and

* OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1 the format in which such information is to be made available.

(6) Without prejudice to the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information, a copy of the reports referred to in sub-regulations (1) and (5) shall be made available in accordance with the Freedom of Access to Information on the Environment Regulations.