
Article 1 
This Regulation specifies common formats in relation to:

((a)) reports from operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations to competent authorities of Member States in accordance with Article 23 of Directive 2013/30/EU;
((b)) publication of information by Member States in accordance with Article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Article 2 

1. Operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations shall submit the report referred to in Article 1(a) within 10 working days of the event.
2. The reporting period for information referred to in Article 1(b) shall be each year from 1 January until 31 December, starting as of the calendar year 2016. The common publication format shall be used to publish the information required in Article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU on the website of the competent authority not later than 1 June of the year following the reporting period
3. The formats set out in Annexes I and II shall be used for the reports and publication referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1 respectively.
Article 3 
Annex I sets out the details of information to be shared in accordance with point 2 of Annex IX of Directive 2013/30/EU.
Article 4 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.Done at Brussels, 13 October 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX I

a.. The details of information to be shared are in relation to point 2 of Annex IX to Directive 2013/30/EU on the safety of offshore oil and gas operations and in particular to the risk of a major accident as defined within that Directive.
b.. Annex IX, point 2, to Directive 2013/30/EUcontains leading and lagging key performance indicators (KPI's) in order to provide a good picture about offshore oil and gas safety within a Member State and in the European Union, but some of the KPI's have a warning function like failures of safety and environmental critical elements (SECE) and fatalities.
c.. Pursuant to Article 3, paragraph 4, of the Council Directive 92/91/EEC, the employer shall, without delay, report to the competent authorities any serious and/or fatal occupational accidents and situations of serious danger. This data shall be used by the competent authority to report the information required under Annex IX, point 2, letters (g) and (h) of Directive 2013/30/EU.

ANNEX II
