Prefilled templates
Article 5
1. From the reporting year 2028, the Commission assisted by the European Environment Agency, shall make available to the Member States prefilled electronic reporting templates for the information set out in Annex I, through the harmonised electronic reporting tool. Those templates shall be based on the data reported by Member States for the reporting year 2027. In subsequent years, the prefilling will be based on the most recent information validated or otherwise reported by Member States. From the reporting year 2028, Member States may choose one of the following methods: (a) to verify and, if necessary, update the prefilled templates and submit them to the Commission; (b) to complete the templates without using the prefilled version. 2. From the reporting year 2027, the Commission assisted by the European Environment Agency, shall allocate each installation to a River Basin District based on the reported coordinates of the installation and the most recent valid River Basin District codes in the Water Information System for Europe (‘WISE’).