Regulation (EC) No. 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No. 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC.

This Regulation establishes a European Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), allowing voluntary participation by organizations located inside or outside the Community. The objective of EMAS, as an important instrument of the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy Action Plan, is to promote continuous improvements in the environmental performance of organizations by the establishment and implementation of environmental management systems by organizations, the systematic, objective and periodic evaluation of the performance of such systems, the provision of information on environmental performance, an open dialogue with the public and other interested parties and the active involvement of employees in organizations and appropriate training.
The text of the Regulation is composed of the following Chapters: I) General provisions; II) Registration of organizations; III) Obligations of registered organizations; IV) Rules applicable to competent bodies; V) Environmental verifiers; VI) Accreditation and licensing bodies; VII) Rules applicable to Member States; VIII) Rules applicable to the Commission; IX) Final provisions.