2013/131/EU: Commission Decision of 4 March 2013 establishing the user’s guide se... (32013D0131)
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2013/131/EU: Commission Decision of 4 March 2013 establishing the user’s guide setting out the steps needed to participate in EMAS, under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (notified under document C(2013) 1114) Text with EEA relevance
- COMMISSION DECISION
- of 4 March 2013
- establishing the user’s guide setting out the steps needed to participate in EMAS, under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
- (notified under document C(2013) 1114)
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- (2013/131/EU)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- ANNEX
- User’s guide setting out the steps needed to participate in EMAS, under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. WHAT IS THE ECO-MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME (EMAS)?
- III. COSTS AND BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING EMAS
- Benefits
- Figure 1
- Benefits of implementing EMAS (% all responses)
- More efficiency savings
- Fewer negative incidents
- Better relations with stakeholders
- More market opportunities
- Regulatory relief
- Costs and benefits
- IV. EMAS REGULATION
- 1.
- General
- 1.1.
- Scope
- 1.2.
- Requirements
- Figure 2
- General schedule for EMAS implementation
- 2.
- How to implement EMAS
- 2.1.
- Environmental review
- Figure 3
- Relation between activities, environmental aspects and environmental impacts
- What is the procedure for carrying out an environmental review?
- How should environmental aspects be identified?
- Assessment of environmental aspects
- How to check legal compliance
- 2.2.
- Environmental management system
- 2.2.1.
- General requirements
- 2.2.2.
- Environmental policy
- 2.2.3.
- Planning
- 2.2.3.1. Environmental objectives and targets
- Figure 4
- Relation between objectives, targets and actions
- 2.2.3.2. Environmental programme
- 2.2.4.
- Implementation and operation
- 2.2.4.1. Resources, roles, responsibility and authority
- Competence, training and awareness
- Figure 5
- Flow chart diagram on training within the environmental management system
- 2.2.4.2. Communication
- 2.2.4.3. Documentation and control of documents
- Environmental management manual
- Procedures
- Work instructions
- Managing documents
- Figure 6
- Process to manage documents within an environmental management system
- 2.2.4.4. Operational control
- Figure 7
- Operational control
- 2.2.4.5. Emergency preparedness and response
- Figure 8
- Emergency plans
- 2.2.5.
- Checking
- 2.2.5.1. Monitoring and measurement
- 2.2.5.2. Evaluation of legal compliance
- 2.2.5.3. Non-conformity, corrective and preventive actions
- Corrective and preventive actions
- 2.2.5.4. Control of records
- 2.2.6.
- Internal audit
- General rules
- Internal audit steps
- Figure 9
- Internal audit steps
- 2.2.6.1. Audit programme and audit frequency
- 2.2.6.2. Internal audit activities
- 2.2.6.3. Reporting audit findings and conclusions
- 2.2.7.
- Management review
- Content of management review
- 2.3.
- EMAS environmental statement
- 2.3.1.
- Minimum content for EMAS environmental statement
- 2.3.2.
- Core indicators and other relevant existing environmental performance indicators
- 2.3.2.1. Core indicators
- (i)
- Figure A (input)
- Energy efficiency
- :
- Material efficiency
- :
- Water
- :
- Waste
- :
- Biodiversity
- :
- Emissions
- :
- (ii)
- Figure B (output)
- 2.3.2.2. Core indicators and related elements of flexibility – rationale
- 2.3.2.3. Other relevant environmental performance indicators
- 2.3.2.4. Local accountability
- 2.4.
- Verification and validation procedure
- 2.4.1.
- Who is allowed to verify and validate EMAS?
- 2.4.2.
- What are the tasks of environmental verifiers?
- The first verification
- 2.5.
- Registration procedure
- 2.5.1.
- Which Competent Body does an organisation use?
- 2.5.2.
- Documents and/or requirements for registration
- 2.5.3.
- Conditions to be met prior to/during the EMAS registration process
- 2.5.4.
- Suspension or deletion of organisations from the register
- Figure 10
- EMAS pillars. Registration procedure
- 2.6.
- Substantial changes
- Figure 11
- Flow chart on dealing with substantial changes under EMAS
- 3.
- Use of the EMAS Logo
- What is the EMAS logo?
- 3.1.
- How to use the EMAS Logo
- Figure 12
- EMAS logo
- The use of the EMAS logo for promotional activities and marketing of the scheme
- 3.2.
- How not to use the EMAS logo
- 4.
- How to move from other environmental management systems to EMAS
- 5.
- EMAS III for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Verification and internal audit period
- Verification and validation
- Fees
- Technical and financial support
- ‘EMAS Easy’ Method
- Cluster and step-by-step approach
- ANNEX
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