(8)In line with the Commission’s conclusions in its report on progress in implementing Regulation (EC) No 166/2006, published on 13 December 2017, in June 2021, the Commission, supported by the European Environment Agency (the ‘Agency’), developed an Industrial Emissions Portal (the ‘Portal’) to replace the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register, with the aim of improving synergies with reporting carried out under Directive 2010/75/EU.