Environment Management Act. Country/Territory Austria Document type Legislation Date 2001 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleFederal Act on supplementary regulations regarding the environment. Subject Environment gen. Keyword EIA Inspection Authorization/permit Pollution control Environmental audit Environmental planning Policy/planning Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Act lays down, inter alia, implementing measures for the nomination of environmental experts provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1836/93 allowing voluntary participation by companies in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme. Such accredited environmental verifier has the duty to assure (a) whether the environmental policy has been established; (b) whether an environmental management system and programme are in place and operational at the site; (c) whether the environmental review and audit are carried out in accordance with the relevant requirements; (d) whether the data and information in the environmental statement are reliable and whether the statement adequately covers all the significant environmental issues of relevance to the site. Article 1 of the present Act establishes that, according to this Act, environmental experts include both environmental organizations and individuals. Article 2 lists the requirements concerning accreditation of environmental verifiers. Thereafter, the Act deals also with topics such as: conditions required for members of an expert team, accreditation of environmental experts by the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management, application procedures; supervision of experts, dissemination of information or data; experts of other member states, revocation of accreditation, register of authorized experts, administrative procedures, penalties etc. The Act consists of 34 articles divided into 4 chapters. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 of 29 June 1993 allowing voluntary participation by companies in the industrial sector in a Community eco-management and audit scheme. Legislation | European Union | 1993 Keyword: Environmental audit, Inspection, Non-governmental entity, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Environmental Management Systems Ordinance. Legislation | Austria | 2012 Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Liability/compensation, Registration, Environmental audit, Energy conservation/energy production, Environmental planning, Gender, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Federal Act amending the Environment Management Act 2001. Legislation | Austria | 2004 Keyword: EIA, Inspection, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Environmental audit, Environmental planning, Policy/planning Source: FAO, FAOLEX