
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) No 1112/2014 of 13 October 2014 determining a common format for sharing of information on major hazard indicators by the operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations and a common format for the publication of the information on major hazard indicators by the Member States (Text with EEA relevance) 

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and amending Directive 2004/35/EC, and in particular Articles 23(2) and 24(2) thereof,
Whereas:

(1) Member States are required to ensure that operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations provide the competent authority, as a minimum, with the data on major hazard indicators as specified in Annex IX to Directive 2013/30/EU. That information should enable Member States to provide advanced warning of the potential deterioration of safety and environmentally critical barriers, and should enable them to take preventive action, including in light of their obligations under Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (Marine Strategy Framework Directive).

(2) The information should also demonstrate the overall effectiveness of measures and controls implemented by individual operators and owners, and the industry as a whole, to prevent major accidents and to minimise risks for the environment. In addition, the information and data provided should ensure that the performance of individual operators and owners can be compared within the Member State and the performance of the industry as a whole can be compared between Member States.

(3) The sharing of comparable data between Member States is rendered difficult and unreliable due to the lack of a common data reporting format across all Member States. A common format for the reporting of data by operators and owners to the Member State should provide transparency of the safety and environmental performance of operators and owners and should provide Union-wide comparable information on safety of offshore oil and gas operations and should facilitate dissemination of lessons learned from major accidents and near misses.

(4) To facilitate public confidence in the authority and integrity of offshore oil and gas operations in the Union, Member States should periodically publish the information referred to in point 2 of Annex IX of Directive 2013/30/EU pursuant to Article 24 of Directive 2013/30/EU. A common format and details of information to be made publicly available by the Member States should enable easy cross-border comparison of data.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Safety of Offshore Oil and Gas Operations,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Subject matter and scope
Article 1 
This Regulation specifies common formats in relation to:

((a)) reports from operators and owners of offshore oil and gas installations to  the competent authority in accordance with Annex AI;
((b)) publication of information  by the competent authority in accordance with Annex AI.
Definitions
Article 1A 
In this Regulation—
 “RIDDOR” means—
(a) in relation to Great Britain, the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 ;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 ;
 “SCR” means—
(a) in relation to Great Britain, the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive)
													(Safety Case etc.) Regulations 2015;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive)
													(Safety Case etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 ;
 “competent authority” means the Executive and the Secretary of State acting jointly;
 “the Executive” means—
(a) in relation to Great Britain, the Health and Safety Executive;
(b) in relation to Northern Ireland, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland;
 “major accident”,  “major environmental incident” and  “operator” have the same meanings as in SCR.
Reporting reference and remittance dates
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  Annex AI  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.
Details of information to be shared
Article 3 
Annex I sets out the details of information to be shared in accordance with  point 1 of Annex AI.
Entry into force
Article 4 
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...Done at Brussels, 13 October 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
ANNEX AI
Sharing of information and transparency

 

(1.) The information to be shared by the competent authority and operators and owners shall include information relating to—
(a) unintended release of oil, gas or other hazardous substances, whether or not ignited;
(b) loss of well control requiring actuation of well control equipment, or failure of a well barrier requiring its replacement or repair;
(c) failure of a safety and environmental critical element;
(d) significant loss of structural integrity, or loss of protection against the effects of fire or explosion, or loss of station keeping in relation to a mobile installation;
(e) vessels on collision course and actual vessel collisions with an offshore installation;
(f) helicopter accidents, on or near offshore installations;
(g) any fatal accident;
(h) any serious injuries to 5 or more persons in the same accident;
(i) any evacuation of personnel;
(j) a major environmental incident.

 

(2.) The annual report prepared by the competent authority shall contain as a minimum the following information—
(a) the number, age and location of installations;
(b) the number and type of inspections and investigations carried out, any enforcement actions or convictions;
(c) incident data pursuant to the common reporting system required in this Regulation;
(d) the performance of offshore oil and gas operations in relation to prevention of major accidents and the limiting of consequences of major accidents that do occur.

 

(3.) The information referred to in point 1 shall consist of both factual information and analytical data regarding oil and gas operations, and shall be unambiguous. The information and data provided shall be such that the performance of individual operators and owners in the United Kingdom can be compared within the United Kingdom and the performance of the industry as a whole can be compared between the United Kingdom on the one hand and Member States of the European Union on the other.

 

(4.) The information collected and assembled referred to in point 1 shall enable the competent authority to provide advanced warning of potential deterioration of safety and environmentally critical barriers, and shall enable the competent authority to take preventive action. The information shall also demonstrate the overall effectiveness of measures and controls implemented by individual operators and owners, and industry as a whole, in particular to prevent major accidents and to minimise risks for the environment.
ANNEX I
Common data reporting format for incidents and major accidents in the offshore oil and gas industry
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ANNEX II
Common Publication Format
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