da evidentira, primerja in oceni podatke o stanju okolja, sestavi strokovna poročila o kakovosti, občutljivosti in obremenitvah okolja na ozemlju Skupnosti, zagotovi enotna merila presoje podatkov o okolju, ki jih je treba uporabiti v vseh državah članicah, da razvija in vzdržuje referenčni center za informacije o okolju.
to record, collate and assess data on the state of the environment, to draw up expert reports on the quality, sensitivity and pressures on the environment within the territory of the Community, to provide uniform assessment criteria for environmental data to be applied in all Member States, to develop further and maintain a reference centre of information on the environment.