Chemical Accidents (Seveso II) - Implementation
Administrative co-operation
A coherent implementation and consistent application of the
provisions of the Seveso II Directive throughout the Community
requires close co-operation among the competent authorities
of all Member States and the European Commission. The forum
for such an administrative co-operation is the so-called Committee
of Competent Authorities (CCA) which consists of representatives
of the Member States and the Commission services. The work
of the CCA is based upon consensus. It discusses all issues
concerning the implementation of the Seveso II Directive and
gives guidance as to its practical application.
Guidance documents
In order to assist Member States with the interpretation
of certain provisions of the Seveso II Directive, the Commission
in co-operation with Member States has elaborated the following
guidance documents that are available from the Major-Accident Hazards Bureau (MAHB):
New Guidance Documents:
Both documents were adopted by the Commission on 7 June 2007
(Decision C(2007)2371) and are available in English, French
and German on the following Webpage: http://mahbsrv.jrc.it/
Further Guidance:
- Guidelines on a Major Accident Prevention Policy and Safety
Management System
- Explanations and Guidelines on harmonised criteria for
dispensations
- General Guidance for the content of information to the
public
- Guidance on Inspections
Furthermore, a series of answers to frequently asked questions
(Q&A’s), which have also been agreed upon by the CCA,
is published and regularly updated on the MAHB website.
The above guidance documents and Q&A’s have no legal
status. However, they provide valuable guidance to industrial
operators as well as to enforcement authorities, taking into
account the fact that they represent the unanimous view of
all Member States.
Reporting on the implementation of Seveso II
Commission Report
Every three years, the Commission publishes a summary of
the information provided by the Member States on the implementation
of the directive. Member States provide the Commission with
a three-yearly report for upper-tier establishments covered
by Articles 6 and 9 in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Council Directive 91/692/EEC (OJ No L 377 of 31 December 1991)
of 23 December 1991 on the basis of a questionnaire.
 Report 2006- 2008
The European Commission adopted on 9 August 2010 a report assessing the progress made with the implementation of the Seveso II Directive. The reportC(2010) 5422 final summarises the information provided by 27 Member States for the period 2006-2008.
The Report is available in all official languages:
                     
Member States country reports
The full reports from the 27 Member States and Norway for the period 2006-2008 can be found here.
Previous Reports
Report 2003-2005
The full reports from the 25 Member States concerned for
the period 2003-2005 can be found here:
Member State contributions 2001-2002(zip File).
Report 2000-2002
The previous report, published in 2004 and covering the period
2000-2002, and the 15 old EU Member States, is also available:
(pdf ~140Kb)
The full reports from Member States for the period 2000-2002:
Member State contributions (zip File).
Voluntary Report for the year 2003 for EU-10 and Bulgaria:
Questionnaire (pdf ~ 17Kb)
Summary (pdf ~ 41Kb)
Contributions (zip file ~ 1Mb)
In the framework of the Seveso I Directive (82/501/EEC), previous reports had been drawn up
to assess the progress made with the implementation of the
directive. The first report about the implementation of the
original Seveso Directive was published by the Commission
in 1988 (COM (88) 261 final). The report related to the period 1997-1999
was published on 31 January 2002 (OJ C 028, 31/01/2002).
Questionnaire
According to Article 19.4 of the Seveso II Directive, Member States have to provide the Commission with a report every 3 years on the application of the directive on the basis of a questionnaire.
The questionnaire for the period 2012-2014, available in 22 languages, has been adopted by the Commission and notified to the Member States on 30 June 2011, Document C(2011)4598 final. The questionnaire is published below:
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