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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1995-308/annex-I/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1995/308",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 July 1995 on the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on the protection and use of transboundary watercourses and international lakes (95/308/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1995-308",
  "path": "annex/I/annex/II",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": "Annex II",
  "heading": "GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES",
  "text": "1.\nIn selecting for individual cases the most appropriate combination of measures which may constitute the best environmental practice, the following graduated range of measures should be considered:\n(a) provision of information and education to the public and to users about the environmental consequences of the choice of particular activities and products, their use and ultimate disposal;\n(b) the development and application of codes of good environmental practice which cover all aspects of the product's life;\n(c) labels informing users of environmental risks related to a product, its use and ultimate disposal;\n(d) collection and disposal systems available to the public;\n(e) recycling, recovery and reuse;\n(f) application of economic instruments to activities, products or groups of products;\n(g) a system of licensing, which involves a range of restrictions or a ban.\n2.\nIn determining what combination of measures constitute best environmental practices, in general or in indivudual cases, particular consideration should be given to:\n(a) the environmental hazard of:\n(i) the product;\n(ii) the product's production;\n(iii) the product's use;\n(iv) the product's ultimate disposal;\n(b) substitution by less polluting processes or substances;\n(c) scale of use;\n(d) potential environmental benefit or penalty of substitute materials or activities;\n(e) advances and changes in scientific knowledge and understanding;\n(f) time limits for implementation;\n(g) social and economic implications.\n3.\nIt therefore follows that best environmental practices for a particular source sill change with time in the light of technological advances, economic and social factors, as well as in the light of changes in scientific knowledge and understanding.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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  "version": "current",
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