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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.The eco-management and audit scheme and its objectives

  3. Article 2.Definitions

  4. Article 3.Participation in EMAS

  5. Article 4.Accreditation system

  6. Article 5.Competent bodies

  7. Article 6.Registration of organisations

  8. Article 7.List of registered organisations and environmental verifiers

  9. Article 8.Logo

  10. Article 9.Relationship with European and international standards

  11. Article 10.Relationship with other environmental legislation in the Community

  12. Article 11.Promotion of organisations' participation, in particular of small and medium-sized enterprises

  13. Article 12.Information

  14. Article 13.Infringements

  15. Article 14.Committee

  16. Article 15.Revision

  17. Article 16.Costs and fees

  18. Article 17.Repeal of Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93

  19. Article 18.Entry into force

  20. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      1. A. ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

        1. I-A. Environmental management system requirements

          1. I-A.1. General requirements

          2. I-A.2. Environmental policy

          3. I-A.3. Planning

            1. I-A.3.1. Environmental aspects

            2. I-A.3.2. Legal and other requirements

            3. I-A.3.3. Objectives, targets and programme(s)

          4. I-A.4. Implementation and operation

            1. I-A.4.1. Resources, roles, responsibility and authority

            2. I-A.4.2. Competence, training and awareness

            3. I-A.4.3. Communication

            4. I-A.4.4. Documentation

            5. I-A.4.5. Control of documents

            6. I-A.4.6. Operational control

            7. I-A.4.7. Emergency preparedness and response

          5. I-A.5. Checking

            1. I-A.5.1. Monitoring and measurement

            2. I-A.5.2. Evaluation of compliance

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              2. I-A.5.2.2. . . . . . . . . . ....

            3. I-A.5.3. Non-conformity, corrective action and preventive action

            4. I-A.5.4. Control of records

            5. I-A.5.5. Internal audit

          6. I-A.6. Management review

      2. LIST OF NATIONAL STANDARD BODIES

      3. B. ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY ORGANISATIONS IMPLEMENTING EMAS

        1. 1. Legal compliance

        2. 2. Performance

        3. 3. External communication and relations

        4. 4. Employee involvement

    2. ANNEX II

      REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING

      1. 2.1. General requirements

      2. 2.2. Objectives

      3. 2.3. Scope

      4. 2.4. Organisation and resources

      5. 2.5. Planning and preparation for an audit

      6. 2.6. Audit activities

      7. 2.7. Reporting audit findings and conclusions

      8. 2.8. Audit follow-up

      9. 2.9. Audit frequency

    3. ANNEX III

      ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT

      1. 3.1. Introduction

      2. 3.2. Environmental statement

      3. 3.3. Criteria for environmental performance reporting

      4. 3.4. Maintenance of publicly available information

      5. 3.5. Publication of information

      6. 3.6. Public availability

      7. 3.7. Local accountability

    4. ANNEX IV

      Logo

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    5. ANNEX V

      ACCREDITATION, SUPERVISION AND FUNCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFIERS

      1. 5.1. General

      2. 5.2. Requirements for the accreditation of environmental verifiers

        1. 5.2.1. The following competence constitutes the minimum requirements with which an...

        2. 5.2.2. Scope of accreditation

        3. 5.2.3. Additional requirements for the accreditation of individual environmental verifiers performing...

      3. 5.3. Supervision of environmental verifiers

        1. 5.3.1. Supervision of environmental verifiers carried out by the accreditation body...

        2. 5.3.2. Supervision of environmental verifiers performing verification activities in a Member...

      4. 5.4. The function of environmental verifiers

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        3. 5.4.3. Legal compliance

        4. 5.4.4. Organisation definition

      5. 5.5. Conditions for the environmental verifier to perform his/her activities

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        4. 5.5.4. The environmental verifier shall prepare a report for the organisation's...

      6. 5.6. Verification frequency

    6. ANNEX VI

      ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS

      1. 6.1. General

      2. 6.2. Direct environmental aspects

      3. 6.3. Indirect environmental aspects

      4. 6.4. Significance

    7. ANNEX VII

      ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW

      1. 7.1. General

      2. 7.2. Requirements

    8. ANNEX VIII

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