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Act transposing the Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 3, 13 January 2017, pp. 47-67.
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Environment gen.
Keyword
Hazards Enforcement/compliance Pollution control Hazardous substances Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The present Act implements the Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directive 96/82/EC. In particular, the Act introduces substantial amendments to the Hazardous Incident Ordinance in its version of 8 June 2005. The Act amends the following: article 18 on Authorization proceedings according to the Federal Immission Protection Act; Part IV on Reporting procedure, final provisions; the Annex IIIon Safety Management System; article 2 on Definition of terms; article 8 on Concepts to avoid accidents; article 8a on Information of the public is added ; article 11 on Extensive information of the public; article 15 on Domino effect; article 17 on Surveying pland and surveying programme; article 20 on Transitional provisions; article 21 on Penalties. Also the Annex is reworded. The text consists of 4 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.bgbl.de

References - Legislation

Amends

Hazardous Incident Ordinance - 12th Federal Emission Protection Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2000 (2017)

Keyword: Hazards, Enforcement/compliance, Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX