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Environment Management Act.

País/Territorio
Austria
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
2001
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part I, No. 96, 7 August 2001, pp. 1381-1394.
Título completo
Federal Act on supplementary regulations regarding the environment.
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
EIA Inspección Autorización/permiso Control de la contaminación Auditoría ambiental Planificación ambiental
Área geográphica
Alpes, Europa, EUROPA Y CENTRAL ASIA, Países de la Unión Europea, Europa Occidental
Resumen

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.

Texto completo
Alemán
Página web
www.ris.bka.gv.at

Referencias - Legislación

Implementa

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.

Legislación | Unión Europea | 1993

Palabra clave: Auditoría ambiental, Inspección, Entidad no gubernamental, Recopilación de datos/informes

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX