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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) (revoked)

EU Decision 2013/131 · Adopted 4 March 2013 · Extends to United Kingdom

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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) (revoked)

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Decision revoked (31.12.2020) by The Environment (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/458), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 16; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Contents

  1. 1Article 1 Repealed
  2. 2Article 2 Repealed
  3. Annex I Repealed
  4. IINTRODUCTION Repealed
  5. IIWHAT IS THE ECO-MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME (EMAS)? Repealed
  6. IIICOSTS AND BENEFITS OF IMPLEMENTING EMAS Repealed
  7. Benefits Repealed
  8. Figure 1Benefits of implementing EMAS (% all responses) Repealed
  9. More efficiency savings Repealed
  10. Fewer negative incidents Repealed
  11. Better relations with stakeholders Repealed
  12. More market opportunities Repealed
  13. Regulatory relief Repealed
  14. Costs and benefits Repealed
  15. IVEMAS REGULATION Repealed
  16. 1GENERAL Repealed
  17. 1.1SCOPE Repealed
  18. 1.2REQUIREMENTS Repealed
  19. Figure 2General schedule for EMAS implementation Repealed
  20. 2HOW TO IMPLEMENT EMAS Repealed
  21. 2.1ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW Repealed
  22. Figure 3Relation between activities, environmental aspects and environmental impacts Repealed
  23. What is the procedure for carrying out an environmental review? Repealed
  24. How should environmental aspects be identified? Repealed
  25. Assessment of environmental aspects Repealed
  26. How to check legal compliance Repealed
  27. 2.2ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Repealed
  28. 2.2.1General requirements Repealed
  29. 2.2.2Environmental policy Repealed
  30. 2.2.3Planning Repealed
  31. 2.2.3.1Environmental objectives and targets Repealed
  32. Figure 4Relation between objectives, targets and actions Repealed
  33. 2.2.3.2Environmental programme Repealed
  34. 2.2.4Implementation and operation Repealed
  35. 2.2.4.1Resources, roles, responsibility and authority Repealed
  36. Competence, training and awareness Repealed
  37. Figure 5Flow chart diagram on training within the environmental management system Repealed
  38. 2.2.4.2Communication Repealed
  39. 2.2.4.3Documentation and control of documents Repealed
  40. Environmental management manual Repealed
  41. Procedures Repealed
  42. Work instructions Repealed
  43. Managing documents Repealed
  44. Figure 6Process to manage documents within an environmental management system Repealed
  45. 2.2.4.4Operational control Repealed
  46. Figure 7Operational control Repealed
  47. 2.2.4.5Emergency preparedness and response Repealed
  48. Figure 8Emergency plans Repealed
  49. 2.2.5Checking Repealed
  50. 2.2.5.1Monitoring and measurement Repealed
  51. 2.2.5.2Evaluation of legal compliance Repealed
  52. 2.2.5.3Non-conformity, corrective and preventive actions Repealed
  53. Corrective and preventive actions Repealed
  54. 2.2.5.4Control of records Repealed
  55. 2.2.6Internal audit Repealed
  56. General rules Repealed
  57. Internal audit steps Repealed
  58. Figure 9Internal audit steps Repealed
  59. 2.2.6.1Audit programme and audit frequency Repealed
  60. 2.2.6.2Internal audit activities Repealed
  61. 2.2.6.3Reporting audit findings and conclusions Repealed
  62. 2.2.7Management review Repealed
  63. Content of management review Repealed
  64. 2.3EMAS ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT Repealed
  65. 2.3.1Minimum content for EMAS environmental statement Repealed
  66. (1)A clear and unambiguous description of the organisation registering under EMAS and a summary of its activities, products and services and its relationship to any parent organisations as appropriate Repealed
  67. (2)The environmental policy and a brief description of the organisation's environmental management system Repealed
  68. (3)A description of all the significant direct and indirect environmental aspects which result in significant environmental impacts of the organisation and an explanation of the nature of the impacts as related to these aspects (Annex I.2 of the EMAS Regulation) Repealed
  69. (4)A description of the environmental objectives and targets in relation to the significant environmental aspects and impacts Repealed
  70. (5)A summary of the data available on the performance of the organisation against its environmental objectives and targets with respect to its significant environmental impacts. Reporting shall be on the core indicators and on other relevant existing environmental performance indicators as set out in Section C of Annex IV of the EMAS Regulation Repealed
  71. (6)Other factors regarding environmental performance including performance against legal provisions with respect to their significant environmental impacts Repealed
  72. (7)A reference to the applicable legal requirements relating to the environment Repealed
  73. (8)The name and accreditation or licence number of the environmental verifier and the date of validation Repealed
  74. 2.3.2Core indicators and other relevant existing environmental performance indicators Repealed
  75. 2.3.2.1Core indicators Repealed
  76. (i)Figure A (input) Repealed
  77. Energy: Repealed
  78. Materials: Repealed
  79. Water: Repealed
  80. Waste: Repealed
  81. Land use with regard to biodiversity: Repealed
  82. Emissions: Repealed
  83. (ii)Figure B (output) Repealed
  84. 2.3.2.2Core indicators and related elements of flexibility — rationale Repealed
  85. 2.3.2.3Other relevant environmental performance indicators Repealed
  86. 2.3.2.4Local accountability Repealed
  87. 2.4VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION PROCEDURE Repealed
  88. 2.4.1Who is allowed to verify and validate EMAS? Repealed
  89. Division Repealed
  90. 2.4.2What are the tasks of environmental verifiers? Repealed
  91. 2.4.3Requirements for the utilisation of a sampling method for verification of multisite organisations Repealed
  92. 2.4.3.1General principles Repealed
  93. 2.4.3.2Eligibility criteria for organisations Repealed
  94. 2.4.3.3Economic sectors in which the use of a sampling method can be allowed Repealed
  95. 2.4.4Implementation guidelines regarding the use of a sampling method for the verification of multisite organisations Repealed
  96. 2.4.4.1General principles Repealed
  97. 2.4.4.2The sampling method Repealed
  98. 2.4.5Documentation in the environmental statement of the reasoning behind sampling size and methods Repealed
  99. 2.5REGISTRATION PROCEDURE Repealed
  100. 2.5.1Which Competent Body does an organisation use? Repealed
  101. 2.5.2Documents and/or requirements for registration Repealed
  102. 2.5.3Conditions to be met prior to/during the EMAS registration process Repealed
  103. 2.5.4Suspension or deletion of organisations from the register Repealed
  104. Figure 10EMAS pillars. Registration procedure Repealed
  105. 2.6SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES Repealed
  106. Figure 11Flow chart on dealing with substantial changes under EMAS Repealed
  107. 3USE OF THE EMAS LOGO Repealed
  108. What is the EMAS logo? Repealed
  109. 3.1HOW TO USE THE EMAS LOGO Repealed
  110. Figure 12EMAS logo Repealed
  111. The use of the EMAS logo for promotional activities and marketing of the scheme Repealed
  112. 3.2HOW NOT TO USE THE EMAS LOGO Repealed
  113. 4HOW TO MOVE FROM OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TO EMAS Repealed
  114. 5EMAS III FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMES) Repealed
  115. Verification and internal audit period Repealed
  116. Verification and validation Repealed
  117. Fees Repealed
  118. Technical and financial support Repealed
  119. ‘ EMAS Easy ’ Method Repealed
  120. Cluster and step-by-step approach Repealed
  121. Annex IIAnnex II Repealed