# Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Decision 2019/61 ยท adopted 19 December 2018 Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory text Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Relevant legal background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## How to understand and use this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## How SRDs should be taken into account by EMAS-registered organisations: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Structure of the Sectoral Reference Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 BEST ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SECTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 Best environmental management practices for sustainable offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.1 Managing and minimising energy use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.2 Managing and minimising water use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.3 Managing and minimising waste production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.4 Minimising the consumption of office paper and consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.5 Minimising the environmental impact of commuting and business travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.6 Minimising the environmental impact of canteens and coffee bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1.7 Minimising the environmental impact of the organisation of meetings and events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Best environmental management practices for sustainable energy and climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Policy BEMPs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.1 Establishing an inventory of energy use and emissions of the territory of the municipality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.2 Establishing and implementing a municipal energy and climate action plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.3 Establishing and implementing a strategy for climate change adaptation within the territory of the municipality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs regarding direct operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.4 Implementing energy-efficient street lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.5 Improving the energy efficiency of public buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.6 Improving the energy efficiency of social housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.7 Achieving energy efficiency in public buildings through energy performance contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.8 Improving the energy performance of existing public buildings through monitoring, energy management and fostering of behavioural change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.9 Implementing district heating and/or district cooling networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.10 Implementing on-site renewables and mini-combined heat and power (CHP) systems in public buildings and social housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs regarding the regulatory and planning role of municipalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.11 Setting higher energy efficiency standards and renewable energy requirements in land use planning for newbuilds and buildings undergoing major renovations through local building regulations, urban planning and building permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## BEMPs on the influence of municipalities on their territory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.12 Exemplary role of the public sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.13 Information and advice services on energy efficiency and renewable energy for citizens and businesses and set up of public-private partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2.14 Thermographic surveying of the built environment in the territory of the municipality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 Best environmental management practices for mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.1 Enacting a sustainable urban mobility plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.2 Fostering cycling and walking through cycling infrastructure, bike-sharing schemes and promotion of walking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.3 Implementing a large-scale car-sharing scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.4 Integrated ticketing for public transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.5 Improving the uptake of electric vehicles in urban areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.6 Fostering passenger intermodality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.7 Implementing a congestion charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.8 Limiting free parking spaces in cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.9 Implementation of logistics service centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4 Best environmental management practices for land use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.1 Limiting urban sprawl into green spaces and agricultural land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.2 Reducing the urban heat island effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4.3 Requiring low-impact water drainage in sealed soils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5 Best environmental management practices for green urban areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.1 Establishing and implementing a local biodiversity strategy and action plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.2 Creating blue-green networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.3 Fostering the deployment of green roofs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.5.4 Giving new environmental value to derelict green areas and fringe areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.6 Best environmental management practices for local ambient air quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.6.1 Improving local ambient air quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.7 Best environmental management practices for noise pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.7.1 Monitoring, mapping and reducing noise pollution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.8 Best environmental management practices for waste management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.8.1 Taking into account the EMAS Sectoral Reference Document for the waste management sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.9 Best environmental management practices for water supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.9.1 Deploying full water metering at the household/final user level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.9.2 Minimising water leakages from the water distribution system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10 Best environmental management practices for waste water management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.1 Energy-efficient waste water treatment achieving full nitrifying conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.2 Minimising waste water emissions with special consideration of micropollutants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.3 Anaerobic digestion of sludge and optimal energy recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.4 Drying and incineration of sludge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.5 Promoting the use of reclaimed water from waste water treatment effluents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.6 Retention and treatment of overflows from combined sewer systems and of storm water from separate sewer systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.10.7 Sustainable urban drainage system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.11 Best environmental management practices for green public procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.11.1 Systematically including environmental criteria in all public procurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.12 Best environmental management practices for environmental education and dissemination of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.12.1 Environmental education and information for citizens and businesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Applicability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 RECOMMENDED SECTOR-SPECIFIC KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/61 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-61 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.