Course info

EnvStud 730 – European eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)

Content:

Application of the EMAS management system in accordance with applicable regulations and decisions on implementation. The programme ‘Towards Sustainability’ calls for broadening the range of instruments in the field of environmental protection and for using market-mechanisms to commit organisations to adopt a pro-active approach in this field beyond compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements regarding the environment. EMAS should be made available to all organisations having environmental impacts, providing a means for them to manage these impacts and to improve their overall environmental performance. Organisations should be encouraged to participate in EMAS on a voluntary basis and may gain added value in terms of regulatory control, cost savings and public image.

Course Lecturer: Gerhard Berchtold, PhD

ECTS credits: 6

Coursebook:

REGULATION (EC) No 761/2001 OF 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)

COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION

of 7 September 2001

on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community ecomanagement and audit scheme (EMAS)

(notified under document number C(2001) 2503) (Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/680/EC)

COMMISSION DECISION

of 7 September 2001

on guidance for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council allowing voluntary participation by organisations in a Community ecomanagement and audit scheme (EMAS)

(notified under document number C(2001) 2504) (Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/681/EC)