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The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme. Performance, credibility, transparency. EMAS Workshop: Revision of EMAS M. A. Barrecheguren. European Commission. DG ENV. G2 Bucharest, 25-26 June 2008. Community legislation in force:

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The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme

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  1. The European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme Performance, credibility, transparency EMAS Workshop: Revision of EMAS M. A. Barrecheguren. European Commission. DG ENV. G2 Bucharest, 25-26 June 2008

  2. Community legislation in force: Regulation (EC) No 761/2001of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2001 allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community Eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) EMAS

  3. REVISION PROCESS EP – Council agreement 1st draft Revision 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Commission adoption New EMAS III External evaluation • Stakeholder workshop: 11-12 December 2006 • Internet Stakeholders Consultation: December-February 2007 • COM Impact Assessment: June 2007 • 1st Draft text: October 2007 • COM Inter-Service Consultation: March-May 2007 • Commission proposal: July 2008

  4. REVISION PROCESS Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) & SustainableIndustrial Policy (SIP) Action Plan a c c o m p a n i e d b y RevisedEcolabelRegulation RevisedEMASRegulation Commission Communication on the implementation of National strategies for Green public procurement – target setting in the field of Green public procurement

  5. BACKGROUND • EU Voluntary Scheme set-up ‘95 (revised ‘01) • 5th & 6th EAP: alternative to command-and-control legislation • Engage organisations in improving environmental performances • Set ‘the’ benchmark / system of reference Current EMAS Requirements: . = ISO14001 EMS . + legal compliance . + performance improvement . + public reporting . + employee participation Current EMAS situation: .6000+ registrations . Overall registrations at all high . 68% SMEs . Main sectors: chemicals & food processing . Growing: Pu. Auth. & Tourism

  6. PILLARS FOR REVISION (I) • Reinforcement through strengthening rules on: • Legal compliance • Performance improvement by introducing use of core performance indicators • Raise attractiveness to participating organisations • Allow registration outside EU, corporate registration and cluster approach of organisations for registration • Reducing administrative burden • Improve EMAS promotion, technical assistance • Increase incentives at Member States and EU level • Review rules for use of logo and reporting

  7. PILLARS FOR REVISION (II) • Increase its user-friendliness • Completely redraft existing Regulation • Incorporate main elements of the existing non-binding EMAS guidelines in the Regulation, (legal certainty - clarity of requirements) • Align harmonisation, verification, registration procedures

  8. Thank you for your attention M.A. Barrecheguren

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