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Environment Management Act.

Pays/Territoire
Autriche
Type du document
Législation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part I, No. 96, 7 August 2001, pp. 1381-1394.
Titre complet
Federal Act on supplementary regulations regarding the environment.
Sujet
Environnement gén.
Mot clé
EIA Inspection Autorisation/permis Lutte contre la pollution Éco-audit Planification environnementale
Aire géographique
Alpes, Europe, EUROPE ET ASIE CENTRALE, Pays de l'union européenne, Europe du ouest
Résumé

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.

Texte intégral
Allemand
Site web
www.ris.bka.gv.at

Références - Législation

Implemente

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.

Législation | Union européenne | 1993

Mot clé: Éco-audit, Inspection, Entité non-gouvernementale, Collecte de données/déclarations

Source: FAO, FAOLEX