9.3.2006 Official Journal of the European Union L 70/65 COMMISSION DECISION of 2 March 2006 establishing a questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (notified under document number C(2006) 598) (Text with EEA relevance) (2006/194/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (1), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) The questionnaire to be used by the Member States for the purpose of drawing up the reports on the implemen- tation of Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control should aim at ascer- taining a detailed account of the application by the Member States of the chief measures laid down in that Directive. (20  In view of experience gained in the implementation of Directive 96/61/EC and in the use of previous question- naires, as set out in Commission Decision 1999/391/EC of 31 May 1999 concerning the questionnaire relating to Council Directive 96/61/EC  concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC) (implementation of Council Directive 91/692/EEC) (?), the questionnaire for the period 2006 to 2008 needs to be adapted. For the sake of clarity Decision 1999/391/EC should be replaced. () OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Regu- lation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1). () O] L 148, 15.6.1999, p. 39. Decision as amended by Decision 2003/241/EC (O] L 89, 5.4.2003, p. 17). (3)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab- lished in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC (), HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The questionnaire as set out in the Annex to this Decision related to Directive 96/61/EC is hereby established. The Member States shall use that questionnaire as a basis for drawing up the report to be submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 16(3) of Directive 96/61/EC covering the period from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2008. Article 2 Decision 1999/391/EC is hereby repealed. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 2 March 2006. For the Commission Stavros DIMAS Member of the Commission L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48. Directive as amende Regulation ) O] L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48 ded by Regul (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (O] L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).