Major industrial accidents regulation in the European Union

This paper describes the background and contents of European Union legislation in the area of prevention of major accidents in fixed industrial installations, especially the famous `Seveso Directive'. The legal basis, aims and obligations of both the old `Seveso I Directive' (82/501/EEC) a...

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Published inJournal of loss prevention in the process industries Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 19 - 28
Main Authors Wettig, Jürgen, Porter, Sam, Kirchsteiger, Christian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 1999
Subjects
Accident prevention
European Union
Industrial accidents
Accident prevention
Industrial accidents
European Union
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Summary:This paper describes the background and contents of European Union legislation in the area of prevention of major accidents in fixed industrial installations, especially the famous `Seveso Directive'. The legal basis, aims and obligations of both the old `Seveso I Directive' (82/501/EEC) and the new `Seveso II Directive' (96/82/EC) are explained in detail with regard to their prescriptions on accident prevention.
ISSN:0950-4230
DOI:10.1016/S0950-4230(98)00034-5