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Impact of the Seveso III directive on petroleum distribution terminal operators

IMPACT OF THE SEVESO III DIRECTIVE ON PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION TERMINAL OPERATORS

June 2015

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CONTENTSPage

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.1 Purpose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.2 Background. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.3 Structure of the analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Overview of duties under Seveso III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.1 Operator duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.2 Competent authority (CA) duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.3 Local authority (LA) duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2.4 Land use planning duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

3 Overall structure and contents of Seveso III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4 Classification of dangerous substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.1 General classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.2 Flammable liquids classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4.3 Named substances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 4.4 Aggregation rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

5 Notification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

6 Major accident prevention policy (MAPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

7 Safety management system (SMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

8 Safety report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

9 Emergency plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

10 Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

11 Land-use planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

12 Public information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

13 Public consultation and participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

14 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

15 Access to justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

16 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

17 Correction system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

18 Timetable for implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28


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Contents continued Page

Annexes

Annex A Comparison of Articles between Seveso III and Seveso II. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Annex B Comparison of Annex I categories between Seveso III and Seveso II . . . 77

Annex C New named substances within Seveso III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Annex D Comparison of safety report requirements between Annex II of Seveso III and Annex II of Seveso II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Annex E Comparison of safety management system requirements between Annex III of Seveso III and Seveso II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Annex F Comparison of emergency plan requirements between Annex IV of Seveso III and Seveso II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Annex G Comparison of information to be supplied to the public between Annex V of Seveso III and Seveso II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Annex H Comparison of criteria for notification of a major accident between Annex VI of Seveso III and Seveso II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Annex I Acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102


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FOREWORD

This document has been produced following the adoption by the European Union (EU) of an updated version of the Seveso directive 2012/18/EU. It aims to consider the impact of any changes within the directive on petroleum distribution terminal operators. These changes will be implemented in the United Kingdom (UK) through an updated version of the Control of major accident hazard regulations (COMAH), which will come into effect on the 1 June 2015.

This document has been prepared as an impact analysis and is structured to present detailed comparisons between the full text of the previous Seveso II directive and the new Seveso III directive, along with the likely impact on distribution terminal operators.


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This publication was prepared by Mr James Coull on behalf of the Energy Institute (EI) Distribution and Marketing Committee. It was subsequently reviewed by members of the committee and the EI would like to extend thanks to the following committee members:

Tony Brown F.P.SPeter Davidson UKPIADave de Halle Phillips 66Robert Harris ConsultantIan Goldsworthy ValeroMark Palmer ExxonmobilBarrie Salmon TSA

The EI would also like to record its appreciation of the contribution made by those individuals, companies and organisations that provided comments during review of earlier drafts.


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1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE

An updated version of the Seveso directive has been adopted by the EU and this will be implemented in the UK via the COMAH Regulations during 2015. The updated directive introduces a number of changes and this impact analysis aims to consider the implication of these changes for petroleum distribution terminal operators.

1.2 BACKGROUND

Following a number of significant incidents, in particular the release of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol from a reactor at Seveso in Italy in 1976, the EU developed a directive for the control of major accident hazards (MAHs).

This EU directive, which became known as 'Seveso', was adopted in 1982 and was then implemented in the UK through the Control of industrial major accident hazard regulations (CIMAH) 1984. Seveso II was subsequently released in 1996, and it is currently implemented in the UK through the COMAH Regulations 1999 (as amended).

On the 4 July 2012 the EU directive 2012/18/EU on the control of MAHs involving dangerous substances was adopted. This is more commonly known as Seveso III and will repeal Seveso II in 2015. Seveso III will be implemented in the UK through updated COMAH Regulations which will come into effect on the 1 June 2015.

Seveso III introduces a number of changes and this impact analysis aims to consider the implication of these changes for petroleum distribution terminal operators.

1.3 STRUCTURE OF THE ANALYSIS

The impact analysis is structured so that detailed comparisons between the full text of the existing Seveso II directive and the new Seveso III directive are shown in tables within Annexes A to H. This includes guidance on the likely impact on distribution terminal operators.

Key impacts are then considered in more detail within the body of the report in sections 2 to 18.


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2 OVERVIEW OF DUTIES UNDER SEVESO III

2.1 OPERATOR DUTIES

The key duties for petroleum distribution terminal operators under Seveso III remain largely the same as those under Seveso II, with operators having a duty to:

− Notify the competent authority (CA) of any: − new establishments; − significant changes to processes or inventory; − permanent closures, and − changes of operators or ownership.

− Produce, implement and regularly review a major accident prevention policy (MAPP). − Take all measures necessary to prevent major accidents and limit their consequences. − Demonstrate to the CA that all necessary measures have been taken. − For top-tier sites only, produce a safety report which demonstrates:

− the MAPP and safety management system (SMS) have been implemented; − MAHs have been identified; − all necessary measures have been taken; − adequate safety and reliability in design, construction, operation, and maintenance; − an on-site emergency plan, and − reviewed at least every five years.

− Inform the public likely to be affected by a major accident.

2.2 COMPETENT AUTHORITY (CA) DUTIES

Under Seveso III the CA duties also remain largely the same, with the CA having the duty to:

− identify sites where there is a risk of domino effects; − review and consider the contents of the safety report; − communicate its findings on whether the safety report meets the requirements of

the regulations; − inspect sites and their prevention and mitigation measures; − prohibit activities if prevention and/or mitigation measures are seriously deficient, and − investigate major accidents.

2.3 LOCAL AUTHORITY (LA) DUTIES

Under Seveso III the LAs also retain their duty to:

− Develop and implement off-site emergency plans.

2.4 LAND USE PLANNING DUTIES

Seveso III also still requires land use planning to be considered. There remains a duty to:

− take into account the need to prevent and mitigate major accidents when considering land-use planning issues;

− consult the public when planning permission is wanted for new and modified sites, and − require operators to provide sufficient information to the planning authority.


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3 OVERALL STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF SEVESO III

Seveso III remains largely similar in both structure and content to Seveso II. However, Seveso III does introduce some additional Articles and modifies, to a greater or lesser degree, most of the existing Articles.

A comparison of each of the Articles within the two directives is shown in Annex A which identifies where the changes are considered to have a material impact on petroleum distribution terminal operators. Many of the changes do not have a material impact; however, the following areas are identified as requiring further consideration:

− classification of dangerous substances;

− notification;

− MAPP;

− SMS;

− safety report;

− emergency plans;

− inspections;

− land-use planning;

− public information;

− public consultation and participation;

− confidentiality;

− access to justice;

− penalties, and

− correction system.

These areas are considered in more detail in sections 4 to 17.


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4 CLASSIFICATION OF DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES

4.1 GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

The determination as to whether Seveso applies to a site is dependent on the site's inventory of dangerous substances. A major change within Seveso III is how chemicals are classified when determining whether they are within the scope of the Directive.

Within both Seveso II and Seveso III Annex I of each directive identifies the dangerous substances which fall within the scope of the directive. With regard to Seveso II, Annex I is defined in terms of Directive 1967/548/EEC on the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances, which is more commonly known as the 'Dangerous Substances Directive'.

This has been changed within Seveso III, and Annex I is now defined in terms of Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. This is more commonly known as the CLP Regulations which uses the United Nations Globally Harmonised System (GHS) for classification of chemicals.

CLP and GHS have introduced a number of changes to definitions and this has resulted in a number of key changes within Seveso III as summarised in Table 1.

Table 1: Summary of the changes to the categories of dangerous substances

Categories of dangerous substances Significant changes

Acute toxicity

Categories 1, 2 and 3.

Two new categories which do not align with Seveso II toxic and very toxic categories

Specific target organ toxicity (STOT) single exposure

New category

Flammable aerosols Two new categories

Flammable liquids Changes to the category definitions(see 4.2 for more details)

Self-reactive substances and mixtures, and organic peroxides

Two new categories

Pyrophoric solids New category

Hazardous to the aquatic environment:

Category acute 1 or chronic 1

Category chronic 2

Need to use new 'M-factor' method for mixtures to determine their categories whenever the mixture itself is not tested

Further details of the changes of categories between the Seveso III and Seveso II directives can be found in Annex B.

4.2 FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS CLASSIFICATION

Of the changes identified in 4.1, the most significant impact on petroleum distribution terminal operators will be from the changes to the category definitions for flammable liquids.


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Seveso III uses the following categories:

Category 1 flammable liquid Flash point <23 oC Boiling point ≤35 oC

Category 2 flammable liquid Flash point <23 oC Boiling point >35 oC

Category 3 flammable liquid Flash point ≥23 oC Boiling point ≤60 oC

This is a significant change from Seveso II which in basic terms uses the following categories:

Extremely flammable liquids Flash point <0 oC Boiling point ≤35 oC

Highly flammable liquidsFlash point <21 oC

And not extremely flammable

Flammable liquids Flash point ≥21 oC and ≤55 oC

For sites that store any flammable liquids that do not fall under the named category of petroleum products (see 4.3), these changes may have implications as to whether establishments are classified as upper-tier COMAH, lower-tier COMAH or non-COMAH sites.

For sites that store both named petroleum products and other flammable liquids, determining whether the site is an upper-tier COMAH, lower-tier COMAH or non-COMAH site will require the operator to use the Aggregation Rule (see 4.4 for further details).

4.3 NAMED SUBSTANCES

Seveso III has introduced some new and modified named substances.

Of particular relevance for terminal operators is the named substance 'petroleum products', which has been modified within Seveso III. A comparison of the changes for petroleum products is shown in Table 2.

Table 2: A comparison of the named substance 'petroleum products' within Seveso III and Seveso II

Seveso III Seveso II

Named Substance

Lower-tier

(tonnes)

Upper-tier

(tonnes)Named Substance

Lower-tier

(tonnes)

Upper-tier

(tonnes)

Petroleum products and alternative fuels(a) gasolines and

naphthas(b) kerosenes

(including jet fuels)

2 500 25 000 Petroleum products:(a) gasolines and

naphthas(b) kerosenes

(including jet fuels)

2 500 25 000


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Seveso III Seveso II

Named Substance

Lower-tier

(tonnes)

Upper-tier

(tonnes)

Named Substance

Lower-tier

(tonnes)

Upper-tier

(tonnes)

(c) gas oils (including diesel fuels, home heating oils and gas oil blending streams)

(d) heavy fuel oils (HFO)

(e) alternative fuels serving the same purposes and with similar properties as regards flammability and environmental hazards as the products referred to in points (a) to (d)

2 500 25 000 (c) gas oils (including diesel fuels, home heating oils and gas oil blending streams)

2 500 25 000

The inclusion of HFO within the 'petroleum products' named substance means that it now has to be considered as a named substance, rather than just in terms of its hazardous properties. In particular, HFO had previously been classified as being 'dangerous for the environment' meaning that, under Seveso II, the previous thresholds were significantly lower than they are now that it has been included within 'petroleum products'.

With regard to 'alternative fuels', this change means that these substances fall within the named substance 'petroleum products' and it now has to be considered as a named substance, rather than just in terms of its hazardous properties.

For most terminal operators these two changes will not impact whether their site is an upper tier, lower tier or non-COMAH site. However, for a small number of sites which were on the boundary of a particular threshold and which stored these substances then this may have an important impact.

There are other changes in named substances within Seveso III, although these are not likely to have as significant an impact to terminal operators as the changes to 'petroleum products'.

Further details of the changes in named substances between the Seveso II and Seveso III directives can be found in Annex C.

Table 2: A comparison of the named substance 'petroleum products' within Seveso III and Seveso II (continued)


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4.4 AGGREGATION RULES

Seveso III retains the requirement that where a site has multiple dangerous substances, but no individual dangerous substance is present in a quantity above or equal to the relevant qualifying quantities, then the individual dangerous substances should be aggregated to identify if the establishment meets the criteria for being either an upper-tier or lower-tier site. The calculations required to carry out this aggregation remain the same for Seveso III.

For upper-tier sites it is:

q1/QU1 + q2/QU2 + q3/QU3 + q4/QU4 + q5/QU5 + … is greater than or equal to 1

where:

qx = the quantity of dangerous substance or category x, and

QUX = the relevant qualifying quantity for a dangerous substance or category for upper-tier sites;

and for lower-tier sites it is:

q1/QL1 + q2/QL2 + q3/QL3 + q4/QL4 + q5/QL5 + … is greater than or equal to 1

where:

qx = the quantity of dangerous substance or category x, and

QLX = the relevant qualifying quantity for a dangerous substance or category for lower-tier sites.

The aggregation needs to be carried out three times; once for health hazards, once for physical hazards and once for environmental hazards:

− For the health hazard aggregation, this requires the addition of all the relevant dangerous substances that fall within acute toxicity category 1, 2 or 3 (inhalation route) or STOT SE category 1, together with all dangerous substances falling within section H, entries H1 H2 and H3.

− For the physical hazard aggregation, this requires the addition of all the relevant dangerous substances listed as explosives, flammable gases, flammable aerosols, oxidising gases, flammable liquids, self-reactive substances and mixtures, organic peroxides, pyrophoric liquids and solids, oxidising liquids and solids, together with dangerous substances falling within section P, entries P1 to P8.

− For the environmental hazard aggregation, this requires the addition of all the relevant dangerous substances that fall within hazardous to the aquatic environment acute category 1, chronic category 1 or chronic category 2, together with dangerous substances falling within section E, entries E1 and E2.

If having completed the aggregation any of the results equal or exceed one, then the site will be subject to the requirements of Seveso III.

Seveso III retains the exemption that if dangerous substances are only present in quantities equal to or less than 2 % of the relevant qualifying quantity, they will be ignored for the purposes of calculating the total quantity present if their location within an establishment is such that it cannot act as an initiator of a major accident elsewhere at that establishment.


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Information from a HSE survey has highlighted that some data sheets do not provide suitable data to be able to accurately classify some products. This would be an issue when applying the aggregation rules. Terminal operators should therefore ensure that if they need to apply the aggregation rules, then they obtain suitable and sufficient data to enable them to properly classify the substances being held on their sites.

In practice the impact of the aggregation rules for most distribution terminal operators will be limited. Most terminals' Seveso status is defined by their storage of petroleum products and, as such, the Aggregation Rule will only likely be an issue for sites where the storage of petroleum products is slightly less than the qualifying quantities and where there is also storeage of other dangerous substances.


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5 NOTIFICATION

Under Article 7 of Seveso III (see Annex A), petroleum distribution terminals will still be required to notify the CA if they qualify as a Seveso site and the information previously required under Seveso II will still be required under Seveso III. The CAs for petroleum distribution terminals are typically the HSE and the EA.

In addition, where available, terminals will also be required to notify the CA of: neighbouring establishments; sites that fall outside the scope of Seveso III; areas and developments that could be the source of, or increase the risk or consequences of a major accident, and of domino effects.

Terminals will also have to notify the CA a reasonable period prior to any significant modifications leading to a change in the inventory of dangerous substances. There is also a requirement to notify the CA of changes to the operator, their place of business or the person in charge of the terminal (normally the senior person based at the terminal).

Terminals which have already notified the CA will not have to repeat the process if the information supplied meets the requirements of Seveso III and has not changed.


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6 MAJOR ACCIDENT PREVENTION POLICY (MAPP)

Article 8 of Seveso III (see Annex A) provides more details for the required content of the MAPP than was given in Seveso II, requiring it to include aspects such as the operator's overall aims and principles of action.

Seveso III also changes the time-limits for sending the MAPP to the CA. New establishments will have to send the MAPP to the CA a reasonable period of time prior to the start of construction or operation, or prior to the modifications leading to a change in the inventory of dangerous substances, and, in other cases, a maximum of one year from the date that Seveso III applies.

However, Seveso III does not require existing terminals that have already sent MAPPs to the CA to resubmit them if they already contain the required information. For most terminals it is likely that their existing MAPP will already include the required information.

Seveso III also requires the MAPP to be formally reviewed at least every five years and the updated COMAH Regulations may require the MAPP to be sent to the CA. This will only have an impact on lower-tier terminals as upper-tier sites already do this as part of their safety report submission.


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7 SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SMS)

Article 8 of Seveso III (see Annex A) and Annex III of Seveso III (see Annex E) identify the requirements for SMSs. Many of the requirements remain the same as those within Seveso II; however, there are some additional requirements to:

− detail measures taken to raise awareness for the need for continuous improvement;

− consider subcontracted activities when identifying and evaluating major hazards;

− take into account alarm management;

− take account of information on best practices for operational considerations such as monitoring and control, and ageing plant;

− include performance indicators, and

− consider and incorporate changes indicated by audit and review.

Again, it is likely that many terminal SMSs already cover these areas.


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8 SAFETY REPORT

Within Article 10 of Seveso III (see Annex A) and Annex II of Seveso III (see Annex D), the basic requirement for upper-tier sites to submit a safety report remains. In addition, many of the requirements for the content of the safety report remain the same (see Annex D for more details).

However, there is a new requirement to identify within the safety report neighbouring establishments, as well as sites that fall outside the scope of Seveso III, areas and developments that could be the source of, or increase the risk or consequences of a major accident and of domino effects.

In addition, there is a new requirement that when describing the site's processes the safety report will need to take account of best practices.

Seveso III also requires that the causes of major accident scenarios described in the safety report includes operational causes, external causes (such as domino effects) and natural causes (such as floods). Additionally, the major accident scenarios may involve major accidents to the environment (MATTEs) as well as MAHs.

There is also a new requirement to review past accidents and incidents involving the same substances and processes and consider lessons learned. There will be a need to explicitly refer within the safety report to the specific measures taken to prevent such accidents.

The safety report also has to be reviewed following a major accident at the establishment.

Updated safety reports, or sections of the safety report, will need to be sent to the CA without delay.

Existing upper-tier sites may be required to send updated sections of their existing safety report to the CA by 1 June 2016 to address the changed requirements. However, it is likely that many of the existing safety reports already adequately address these issues and, as such, existing terminals may not have to submit any updated sections.


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9 EMERGENCY PLANS

Article 12 of Seveso III (see Annex A) retains the requirement for upper-tier sites to draw up internal emergency plans and provide information to the CA so that they can draw up external plans. The requirements for the emergency plan remain largely the same within Seveso III (See Annex F).

However, Seveso III now specifically requires arrangements for off-site mitigatory action for the major accident scenarios and also for domino effects. Seveso III also expands the requirement to provide information to include neighbouring establishments and sites that fall outside the scope of Seveso III.

Existing upper-tier sites may be required to update their emergency plans by 1 June 2016. However, in many cases the information contained within existing plans already complies with the Seveso III requirements and, as such no update will be required as long as there have not been any significant changes since the submission of the latest safety report.


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10 INSPECTIONS

Within Seveso III, CA inspections will, in general, continue with the current inspection system, with the frequency of site visits based on the site's risk/hazard profile.

The CA needs to develop inspection plans and programmes for the routine inspection of sites. The frequency for inspection will be at least every year for upper-tier establishments and every three years for lower-tier establishments, unless the CA has drawn up an inspection programme based on a systematic appraisal of MAHs of the establishments concerned. This programme will need to take into account the potential impact of the site on human health and the environment and the site's record regarding compliance with the Seveso requirements. Relevant findings of inspections under other EU legislation should also be taken into account.

As before under Seveso II, non-routine inspections will also be carried out by the CA to investigate serious complaints, serious accidents and near misses, incidents and occurrences of non-compliance.

Inspections will need to be sufficient to ensure that the operator can demonstrate that:

− they have taken appropriate measures to prevent major accidents;

− they have provided appropriate means for limiting the consequences of major accidents, on-site and off-site;

− the information in the safety report, or other submitted report, adequately reflects the conditions in the site, and

− the required information has been supplied to the public.

One change from Seveso II to Seveso III is that conclusions from inspections will be communicated to the terminal within four months. There is also a requirement for re-inspection within six months if important non-compliance with Seveso III is identified.

There is also a requirement within Seveso III for inspections to be coordinated with other EU legislation inspections where possible. This may mean that a site receives fewer inspections, although in practice this may prove problematic for the CA to coordinate.


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11 LAND-USE PLANNING

With regard to land-use planning, Seveso III retains similar requirements to those within Seveso II.

However, in addition, Seveso III introduces an additional requirement that lower-tier terminals may be requested by the CA to provide sufficient information on their risks for land-use planning purposes. In practice, some lower-tier terminals have already had to provide details for use in land-use planning decisions and, as such, this new requirement formalises within Seveso III practices that may already have been undertaken within the UK.


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12 PUBLIC INFORMATION

Within Seveso III Article 14 (see Annex A) and Annex V (see Annex G), the public information requirements have changed versus Seveso II. The Directive has been updated in line with the Aarhus Convention on public information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice on environmental matters (see http://ec.europa.eu/environment/aarhus/). This aims to improve the level and quality of information, particularly for people likely to be affected by a major accident. This convention requires a more active provision of information rather than just providing it on request, with information also needing to be made available electronically and be kept permanently up to date.

A significant change for distribution terminal operators is that lower-tier sites will have a requirement to provide information to the public. In Seveso II this was only a requirement for upper-tier sites. As a result, all establishments (lower and upper-tier) will be required to provide:

− name of operator and the address of site;

− confirmation that site is subject to the regulations and has been notified to CA;

− simple description of activities undertaken;

− common names or generic hazard classifications of dangerous substances and a description of their key dangerous characteristics;

− general information about how the public will be warned and the appropriate behaviour required in the event of a major accident (or where the information can be accessed electronically);

− date of the last inspection by the CA and where more detailed information about the inspection and the related inspection plan can be obtained, and

− details of where further information can be obtained.

In addition, within Seveso III there is a requirement for upper-tier sites (only) to provide:

− general information on the nature of MAHs, including their effects on human health and the environment and a summary of the main types of major accident scenarios and the control measures;

− confirmation that the operator has made adequate on-site arrangements to deal with major accidents including liaison with the emergency services;

− appropriate information from the external emergency plan including advice to cooperate with instructions from emergency services, and

− indication of whether the site is close to the boundary with another Member State.

A key change within Seveso III is the need for upper-tier sites to make the safety report available on request. There are, however, provisions for a summarised non-technical report to be made available instead if the CA agrees that the full report should not be made available following a request from the operator on the grounds of confidentiality (see section 14). However, initial indications from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is that there will be a strong presumption to make information available to the public. The HSE is working with the security services on the implications of this change.


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13 PUBLIC CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION

Seveso III Article 15 (see Annex A) introduces a requirement that the public is given an early opportunity to express their opinion on specific individual projects which fall under the land-use planning requirements. This covers:

− planning for new establishments;

− significant modifications to establishments, and

− new developments around establishments where the siting or developments may increase the risk or consequences of a major accident.

This requires the public to be informed of the following information as soon as it can reasonably be provided:

− the subject of the specific project;

− where applicable, the fact that a project is subject to an environmental impact assessment;

− details of the CA responsible for taking the decision, from which relevant information can be obtained and to which comments or questions can be submitted and details of the time schedule for transmitting comments or questions;

− the nature of possible decisions or, where there is one, the draft decision;

− an indication of the times and places where, or means by which, the relevant information will be made available, and

− details of the arrangements for public participation and consultation.

Seveso III also requires that the public has access to the main reports and advice issued to the CA at the time when the public was informed and also other relevant information that becomes available after the public was informed.

The public will also have the right to express comments and opinions to the CA and have these taken into account in the decision-making.

The CA will have to make available to the public the content of the decision, the reasons on which it is based, the results of the consultation and how they were taken into account.

This consultation can impact distribution terminals in several ways. If the operator is planning to construct a new establishment or carry out significant modifications to an existing site, there will be increased requirements to provide information to enable the public to participate in the decision-making. In the case of new developments being proposed close to an existing terminal, the terminal will need to consider whether the planned development will increase the likelihood or consequences of a major accident from their perspective and this information is likely to be passed on to the public. This could have an impact on how neighbours view the risks presented by an existing terminal.


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14 CONFIDENTIALITY

Article 22 of Seveso III (see Annex A) states that disclosure of information may be refused if the operator has requested not to disclose certain parts of the safety report or the inventory of dangerous substances for reasons provided in Article 4 of Directive 2003/4/EC. This directive covers the public access to environmental information and the reasons listed are that:

− The information requested is not held by the public authority.

− The request is manifestly unreasonable.

− The request is formulated in too general a manner.

− The request concerns material in the course of completion or unfinished documents or data.

− The request concerns internal communications, taking into account the public interest served by disclosure.

− Where disclosure of the information would adversely affect: − the confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities, where such

confidentiality is provided for by law; − international relations, public security or national defence; − the course of justice, the ability of any person to receive a fair trial or the ability

of a public authority to conduct an enquiry of a criminal or disciplinary nature; − the confidentiality of commercial or industrial information where such

confidentiality is provided for by national or Community law to protect a legitimate economic interest, including the public interest in maintaining statistical confidentiality and tax secrecy;

− intellectual property rights; − the confidentiality of personal data and/or files relating to a natural person

where that person has not consented to the disclosure of the information to the public, where such confidentiality is provided for by national or Community law;

− the interests or protection of any person who supplied the information requested on a voluntary basis without being under, or capable of being put under, a legal obligation to do so, unless that person has consented to the release of the information concerned, and

− the protection of the environment to which such information relates, such as the location of rare species.

Directive 2003/4/EC highlights that the grounds for refusal shall be interpreted in a restrictive way, taking into account for the particular case the public interest served by disclosure. In every case, the public interest served by disclosure will be weighed against the interest served by the refusal. In addition, the reasons that a request can be refused are even more limited where the request relates to information on emissions into the environment.

Requested information shall also be made available in part where it is possible to separate out confidential information. It is likely that terminals will be required to separate out non-confidential information.


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15 ACCESS TO JUSTICE

Under Seveso III Article 23 (see Annex A), there will need to be arrangements for administrative and judicial reviews to allow for challenges to be made with regard to the CA not disclosing information to the public (see section 12) and in relation to public participation in planning matters (see section 13).

This requirement is likely to result in a greater degree of disclosure to the public and more public involvement in planning decisions. This could have implications for petroleum distribution terminals in respect of security and confidentiality.


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16 PENALTIES

There was no requirement for penalties within Seveso II, but Seveso III Article 28 (see Annex A) introduces a new requirement for Member States to determine penalties for infringements of the Seveso III directive. However, Seveso III does not specify what these penalties should or could be.


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17 CORRECTION SYSTEM

Article 4 of Seveso III (see Annex A) enables a Member State to notify the European Commission of any substances it considers not to have major accident potential. If the Commission finds that it is impossible in practice for a particular dangerous substance to create a major accident under both normal and abnormal conditions that can reasonably be foreseen, then legislation can be proposed to the European Parliament and the Council to exclude the substance from scope of the directive.


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18 TIMETABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVESO III AND AMENDED COMAH REGULATIONS

26 June 2012 Seveso III adopted by European Council and European Parliament

2012 – 2014 Formal consultation on revised version of COMAH

February 2014 Heavy fuel oils amendment to COMAH Regulations 1999

March 2015 (approx.)

Revised guidance including replacement for L111 to be issued

1 June 2015 New COMAH Regulations to come into force

1 June 2015 Revision of CLP to incorporate GHS comes into effect


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AN

NEX

AC

OM

PAR

ISO

N O

F A

RTI

CLE

S B

ETW

EEN

SEV

ESO

III A

ND

SEV

ESO

II

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Cha

nges

may

hav

e a

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

1. S

ub

ject

mat

ter

This

Dire

ctiv

e la

ys d

own

rule

s fo

r th

e pr

even

tion

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

whi

ch in

volv

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es

and

the

limita

tion

of t

heir

cons

eque

nces

for

hum

an

heal

th a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t, w

ith a

vie

w t

o en

surin

g a

high

leve

l of

prot

ectio

n th

roug

hout

the

Uni

on in

a

cons

iste

nt a

nd e

ffec

tive

man

ner.

1. A

im

This

Dire

ctiv

e is

aim

ed a

t th

e pr

even

tion

of m

ajor

ac

cide

nts

whi

ch in

volv

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es a

nd

the

limita

tion

of t

heir

cons

eque

nces

for

man

and

the

en

viro

nmen

t, w

ith a

vie

w t

o en

surin

g hi

gh le

vels

of

prot

ectio

n th

roug

hout

the

Com

mun

ity in

a c

onsi

sten

t an

d ef

fect

ive

man

ner.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

2. S

cop

e

1.

This

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all a

pply

to

esta

blis

hmen

ts a

s de

fined

in

Art

icle

3(1

).

2.

This

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all n

ot a

pply

to

any

of t

he f

ollo

win

g:

(a)

mili

tary

est

ablis

hmen

ts, i

nsta

llatio

ns o

r st

orag

e fa

cilit

ies;

(b)

haza

rds

crea

ted

by io

nisi

ng r

adia

tion

orig

inat

ing

from

sub

stan

ces;

(c)

the

tran

spor

t of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s an

d di

rect

ly r

elat

ed in

term

edia

te t

empo

rary

sto

rage

by

roa

d, r

ail,

inte

rnal

wat

erw

ays,

sea

or

air,

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

ts c

over

ed b

y th

is

Dire

ctiv

e, in

clud

ing

load

ing

and

unlo

adin

g an

d tr

ansp

ort

to a

nd f

rom

ano

ther

mea

ns o

f tr

ansp

ort

at d

ocks

, wha

rves

or

mar

shal

ling

yard

s;

2. S

cop

e

1.

The

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all a

pply

to

esta

blis

hmen

ts w

here

da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es a

re p

rese

nt in

qua

ntiti

es

equa

l to

or in

exc

ess

of t

he q

uant

ities

list

ed in

A

nnex

I, P

arts

1 a

nd 2

, col

umn

2, w

ith t

he e

xcep

tion

of A

rtic

les

9, 1

1 an

d 13

whi

ch s

hall

appl

y to

any

es

tabl

ishm

ent

whe

re d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces

are

pres

ent

in q

uant

ities

equ

al t

o or

in e

xces

s of

the

qu

antit

ies

liste

d in

Ann

ex I,

Par

ts 1

and

2, c

olum

n 3.

For

the

purp

oses

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e, t

he 'p

rese

nce

of d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces'

sha

ll m

ean

the

actu

al

or a

ntic

ipat

ed p

rese

nce

of s

uch

subs

tanc

es in

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent,

or

the

pres

ence

of

thos

e w

hich

it is

be

lieve

d m

ay b

e ge

nera

ted

durin

g lo

ss o

f co

ntro

l of

an in

dust

rial c

hem

ical

pro

cess

, in

quan

titie

s eq

ual

to o

r in

exc

ess

of t

he t

hres

hold

s in

Par

ts 1

and

2 o

f A

nnex

I.

The

excl

usio

ns li

sted

w

ithin

Sev

eso

III a

re

cove

red

in A

rtic

le 4

of

Seve

so II

.

The

Seve

so II

defi

nitio

n of

'pre

senc

e of

da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es'

is c

over

ed in

Sev

eso

III

Art

icle

3.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.


30

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(d)

the

tran

spor

t of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

pi

pelin

es, i

nclu

ding

pum

ping

sta

tions

, out

side

es

tabl

ishm

ents

cov

ered

by

this

Dire

ctiv

e;

(e)

the

expl

oita

tion,

nam

ely

the

expl

orat

ion,

ex

trac

tion

and

proc

essi

ng, o

f m

iner

als

in m

ines

an

d qu

arrie

s, in

clud

ing

by m

eans

of

bore

hole

s;

(f)

the

off

shor

e ex

plor

atio

n an

d ex

ploi

tatio

n of

m

iner

als,

incl

udin

g hy

droc

arbo

ns;

(g)

the

stor

age

of g

as a

t un

derg

roun

d of

fsho

re s

ites

incl

udin

g bo

th d

edic

ated

sto

rage

site

s an

d si

tes

whe

re e

xplo

ratio

n an

d ex

ploi

tatio

n of

min

eral

s,

incl

udin

g hy

droc

arbo

ns a

re a

lso

carr

ied

out,

and

(h)

was

te la

nd-fi

ll si

tes,

incl

udin

g un

derg

roun

d w

aste

sto

rage

.

Not

with

stan

ding

poi

nts

(e) a

nd (h

) of

the

first

su

bpar

agra

ph, o

nsho

re u

nder

grou

nd g

as s

tora

ge

in n

atur

al s

trat

a, a

quife

rs, s

alt

cavi

ties

and

disu

sed

min

es a

nd c

hem

ical

and

the

rmal

pro

cess

ing

oper

atio

ns a

nd s

tora

ge r

elat

ed t

o th

ose

oper

atio

ns

whi

ch in

volv

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es, a

s w

ell a

s op

erat

iona

l tai

lings

dis

posa

l fac

ilitie

s, in

clud

ing

taili

ng p

onds

or

dam

s, c

onta

inin

g da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es s

hall

be in

clud

ed w

ithin

the

sco

pe o

f th

is

Dire

ctiv

e.

2.

The

prov

isio

ns o

f th

is D

irect

ive

shal

l app

ly w

ithou

t pr

ejud

ice

to C

omm

unity

pro

visi

ons

conc

erni

ng t

he

wor

king

env

ironm

ent,

and

, in

part

icul

ar, w

ithou

t pr

ejud

ice

to C

ounc

il D

irect

ive

89/3

91/E

EC o

f 12

Jun

e 19

89 o

n th

e in

trod

uctio

n of

mea

sure

s to

enc

oura

ge

impr

ovem

ents

in t

he s

afet

y an

d he

alth

of

wor

kers

at

wor

k.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


31

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

3. D

efin

itio

ns

For

the

purp

oses

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e th

e fo

llow

ing

defin

ition

s sh

all a

pply

:

1.

'est

ablis

hmen

t' m

eans

the

who

le lo

catio

n un

der

the

cont

rol o

f an

ope

rato

r w

here

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s ar

e pr

esen

t in

one

or

mor

e in

stal

latio

ns, i

nclu

ding

co

mm

on o

r re

late

d in

fras

truc

ture

s or

act

iviti

es;

esta

blis

hmen

ts a

re e

ither

low

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

ts o

r up

per-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

ts;

2.

'low

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

t' m

eans

an

esta

blis

hmen

t w

here

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s ar

e pr

esen

t in

qu

antit

ies

equa

l to

or in

exc

ess

of t

he q

uant

ities

lis

ted

in C

olum

n 2

of P

art

1 or

in C

olum

n 2

of

Part

2 o

f A

nnex

I, b

ut le

ss t

han

the

quan

titie

s lis

ted

in C

olum

n 3

of P

art

1 or

in C

olum

n 3

of P

art

2 of

A

nnex

I, w

here

app

licab

le u

sing

the

sum

mat

ion

rule

la

id d

own

in n

ote

4 to

Ann

ex I;

3.

'upp

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

t' m

eans

an

esta

blis

hmen

t w

here

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s ar

e pr

esen

t in

qu

antit

ies

equa

l to

or in

exc

ess

of t

he q

uant

ities

lis

ted

in C

olum

n 3

of P

art

1 or

in C

olum

n 3

of P

art

2 of

Ann

ex I,

whe

re a

pplic

able

usi

ng t

he s

umm

atio

n ru

le la

id d

own

in n

ote

4 to

Ann

ex I;

4.

'nei

ghbo

urin

g es

tabl

ishm

ent'

mea

ns a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

that

is lo

cate

d in

suc

h pr

oxim

ity t

o an

othe

r es

tabl

ishm

ent

so a

s to

incr

ease

the

ris

k or

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent;

3. D

efin

itio

ns

For

the

purp

oses

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e:

1.

'est

ablis

hmen

t' s

hall

mea

n th

e w

hole

are

a un

der

the

cont

rol o

f an

ope

rato

r w

here

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s ar

e pr

esen

t in

one

or

mor

e in

stal

latio

ns, i

nclu

ding

co

mm

on o

r re

late

d in

fras

truc

ture

s or

act

iviti

es;

2.

'inst

alla

tion'

sha

ll m

ean

a te

chni

cal u

nit

with

in a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

in w

hich

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s ar

e pr

oduc

ed, u

sed,

han

dled

or

stor

ed. I

t sh

all i

nclu

de

all t

he e

quip

men

t, s

truc

ture

s, p

ipew

ork,

mac

hine

ry,

tool

s, p

rivat

e ra

ilway

sid

ings

, doc

ks, u

nloa

ding

qua

ys

serv

ing

the

inst

alla

tion,

jett

ies,

war

ehou

ses

or s

imila

r st

ruct

ures

, floa

ting

or o

ther

wis

e, n

eces

sary

for

the

op

erat

ion

of t

he in

stal

latio

n;

3.

'ope

rato

r' s

hall

mea

n an

y in

divi

dual

or

corp

orat

e bo

dy w

ho o

pera

tes

or h

olds

an

esta

blis

hmen

t or

in

stal

latio

n or

, if

prov

ided

for

by

natio

nal l

egis

latio

n,

has

been

giv

en d

ecis

ive

econ

omic

pow

er in

the

te

chni

cal o

pera

tion

ther

eof;

4.

'dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

' sha

ll m

ean

a su

bsta

nce,

m

ixtu

re o

r pr

epar

atio

n lis

ted

in A

nnex

1, P

art

1, o

r fu

lfilli

ng t

he c

riter

ia la

id d

own

in A

nnex

1, P

art

2,

and

pres

ent

as a

raw

mat

eria

l, pr

oduc

t, b

y-pr

oduc

t,

resi

due

or in

term

edia

te, i

nclu

ding

tho

se s

ubst

ance

s w

hich

it is

rea

sona

ble

to s

uppo

se m

ay b

e ge

nera

ted

in t

he e

vent

of

acci

dent

;

Add

ition

al d

efini

tions

ar

e co

nsid

ered

not

to

mat

eria

lly im

pact

te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

How

ever

cha

nges

re

fer

to A

nnex

I of

Se

veso

III w

hich

m

akes

cha

nges

to

the

clas

sific

atio

n of

da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es.

See

sect

ion

4 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

an

d

An

nex

es B

an

d C

fo

r m

ore

det

ails

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


32

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

5.

'new

est

ablis

hmen

t' m

eans

:

(a)

an e

stab

lishm

ent

that

ent

ers

into

ope

ratio

n or

is

cons

truc

ted,

on

or a

fter

1 J

une

2015

; or

(b)

a si

te o

f op

erat

ion

that

fal

ls w

ithin

the

sco

pe

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e, o

r a

low

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

t th

at b

ecom

es a

n up

per-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

t or

vi

ce v

ersa

, on

or a

fter

1 J

une

2015

due

to

mod

ifica

tions

to

its in

stal

latio

ns o

r ac

tiviti

es

resu

lting

in a

cha

nge

in it

s in

vent

ory

of

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

;

6.

'exi

stin

g es

tabl

ishm

ent'

mea

ns a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

that

on

31 M

ay 2

015

falls

with

in t

he s

cope

of

Dire

ctiv

e 96

/82/

EC a

nd f

rom

1 J

une

2015

fal

ls w

ithin

th

e sc

ope

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e w

ithou

t ch

angi

ng it

s cl

assi

ficat

ion

as a

low

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

t or

upp

er-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

t;

7.

'oth

er e

stab

lishm

ent'

mea

ns a

site

of

oper

atio

n th

at f

alls

with

in t

he s

cope

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e, o

r a

low

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

t th

at b

ecom

es a

n up

per-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

t or

vic

e ve

rsa,

on

or a

fter

1 J

une

2015

fo

r re

ason

s ot

her

than

tho

se r

efer

red

to in

poi

nt 5

;

8.

'inst

alla

tion'

mea

ns a

tec

hnic

al u

nit

with

in a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

and

whe

ther

at

or b

elow

gro

und

leve

l, in

whi

ch d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces

are

prod

uced

, use

d,

hand

led

or s

tore

d; it

incl

udes

all

the

equi

pmen

t,

stru

ctur

es, p

ipew

ork,

mac

hine

ry, t

ools

, priv

ate

railw

ay s

idin

gs, d

ocks

, unl

oadi

ng q

uays

ser

ving

the

in

stal

latio

n, je

ttie

s, w

areh

ouse

s or

sim

ilar

stru

ctur

es,

float

ing

or o

ther

wis

e, n

eces

sary

for

the

ope

ratio

n of

th

at in

stal

latio

n;

5.

'maj

or a

ccid

ent'

sha

ll m

ean

an o

ccur

renc

e su

ch a

s a

maj

or e

mis

sion

, fire

, or

expl

osio

n re

sulti

ng f

rom

un

cont

rolle

d de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

cou

rse

of t

he

oper

atio

n of

any

est

ablis

hmen

t co

vere

d by

thi

s D

irect

ive,

and

lead

ing

to s

erio

us d

ange

r to

hum

an

heal

th a

nd/o

r th

e en

viro

nmen

t, im

med

iate

or

dela

yed,

insi

de o

r ou

tsid

e th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent,

and

in

volv

ing

one

or m

ore

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

;

6.

'haz

ard'

sha

ll m

ean

the

intr

insi

c pr

oper

ty o

f a

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce

or p

hysi

cal s

ituat

ion,

with

a

pote

ntia

l for

cre

atin

g da

mag

e to

hum

an h

ealth

and

/or

the

env

ironm

ent;

7.

'ris

k' s

hall

mea

n th

e lik

elih

ood

of a

spe

cific

eff

ect

occu

rrin

g w

ithin

a s

peci

fied

perio

d or

in s

peci

fied

circ

umst

ance

s, a

nd

8.

'sto

rage

' sha

ll m

ean

the

pres

ence

of

a qu

antit

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es o

f w

areh

ousi

ng, d

epos

iting

in s

afe

cust

ody

or k

eepi

ng

in s

tock

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


33

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

9.

'ope

rato

r' m

eans

any

nat

ural

or

lega

l per

son

who

op

erat

es o

r co

ntro

ls a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

or in

stal

latio

n or

, whe

re p

rovi

ded

for

by n

atio

nal l

egis

latio

n, t

o w

hom

the

dec

isiv

e ec

onom

ic o

r de

cisi

on-m

akin

g po

wer

ove

r th

e te

chni

cal f

unct

ioni

ng o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

or in

stal

latio

n ha

s be

en d

eleg

ated

;

10. '

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce'

mea

ns a

sub

stan

ce o

r m

ixtu

re

cove

red

by P

art

1 or

list

ed in

Par

t 2

of A

nnex

I,

incl

udin

g in

the

for

m o

f a

raw

mat

eria

l, pr

oduc

t, b

y-

prod

uct,

res

idue

or

inte

rmed

iate

;

11. '

mix

ture

' mea

ns a

mix

ture

or

solu

tion

com

pose

d of

tw

o or

mor

e su

bsta

nces

;

12. '

pres

ence

of

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

' mea

ns t

he a

ctua

l or

ant

icip

ated

pre

senc

e of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

or o

f da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es w

hich

it

is r

easo

nabl

e to

for

esee

may

be

gene

rate

d du

ring

loss

of

cont

rol o

f th

e pr

oces

ses,

incl

udin

g st

orag

e ac

tiviti

es, i

n an

y in

stal

latio

n w

ithin

the

est

ablis

hmen

t,

in q

uant

ities

equ

al t

o or

exc

eedi

ng t

he q

ualif

ying

qu

antit

ies

set

out

in P

art

1 or

Par

t 2

of A

nnex

I;

13. '

maj

or a

ccid

ent'

mea

ns a

n oc

curr

ence

suc

h as

a

maj

or e

mis

sion

, fire

or

expl

osio

n re

sulti

ng f

rom

un

cont

rolle

d de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

cou

rse

of t

he

oper

atio

n of

any

est

ablis

hmen

t co

vere

d by

thi

s D

irect

ive,

and

lead

ing

to s

erio

us d

ange

r to

hum

an

heal

th o

r th

e en

viro

nmen

t, im

med

iate

or

dela

yed,

in

side

or

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

t an

d in

volv

ing

one

or m

ore

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

;

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


34

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

14. '

haza

rd' m

eans

the

intr

insi

c pr

oper

ty o

f a

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce

or p

hysi

cal s

ituat

ion,

with

a p

oten

tial

for

crea

ting

dam

age

to h

uman

hea

lth o

r th

e en

viro

nmen

t;

15. '

risk'

mea

ns t

he li

kelih

ood

of a

spe

cific

eff

ect

occu

rrin

g w

ithin

a s

peci

fied

perio

d or

in s

peci

fied

circ

umst

ance

s;

16. '

stor

age'

mea

ns t

he p

rese

nce

of a

qua

ntity

of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es o

f w

areh

ousi

ng, d

epos

iting

in s

afe

cust

ody

or k

eepi

ng

in s

tock

;

17. '

the

publ

ic' m

eans

one

or

mor

e na

tura

l or

lega

l pe

rson

s an

d, in

acc

orda

nce

with

nat

iona

l law

or

prac

tice,

the

ir as

soci

atio

ns, o

rgan

isat

ions

or

grou

ps;

18. '

the

publ

ic c

once

rned

' mea

ns t

he p

ublic

aff

ecte

d or

like

ly t

o be

aff

ecte

d by

, or

havi

ng a

n in

tere

st

in, t

he t

akin

g of

a d

ecis

ion

on a

ny o

f th

e m

atte

rs

cove

red

by A

rtic

le 1

5(1)

; for

the

pur

pose

s of

th

is d

efini

tion,

non

-gov

ernm

enta

l org

anis

atio

ns

prom

otin

g en

viro

nmen

tal p

rote

ctio

n an

d m

eetin

g an

y ap

plic

able

req

uire

men

ts u

nder

nat

iona

l law

sha

ll be

dee

med

to

have

an

inte

rest

, and

19. '

insp

ectio

n' m

eans

all

actio

ns, i

nclu

ding

site

vis

its,

chec

ks o

f in

tern

al m

easu

res,

sys

tem

s an

d re

port

s an

d fo

llow

-up

docu

men

ts, a

nd a

ny n

eces

sary

fol

low

-up,

un

dert

aken

by

or o

n be

half

of t

he C

A t

o ch

eck

and

prom

ote

com

plia

nce

of e

stab

lishm

ents

with

the

re

quire

men

ts o

f th

is D

irect

ive.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


35

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

4. E

xclu

sio

ns

This

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all n

ot a

pply

to

the

follo

win

g:

(a)

mili

tary

est

ablis

hmen

ts, i

nsta

llatio

ns o

r st

orag

e fa

cilit

ies;

(b)

haza

rds

crea

ted

by io

nisi

ng r

adia

tion;

(c)

the

tran

spor

t of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s an

d in

term

edia

te t

empo

rary

sto

rage

by

road

, rai

l, in

tern

al

wat

erw

ays,

sea

or

air,

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

ts

cove

red

by t

his

Dire

ctiv

e, in

clud

ing

load

ing

and

unlo

adin

g an

d tr

ansp

ort

to a

nd f

rom

ano

ther

mea

ns

of t

rans

port

at

dock

s, w

harv

es o

r m

arsh

allin

g ya

rds;

(d)

the

tran

spor

t of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

pip

elin

es,

incl

udin

g pu

mpi

ng s

tatio

ns, o

utsi

de e

stab

lishm

ents

co

vere

d by

thi

s D

irect

ive;

(e)

the

expl

oita

tion

(exp

lora

tion,

ext

ract

ion

and

proc

essi

ng) o

f m

iner

als

in m

ines

, qua

rrie

s, o

r by

m

eans

of

bore

hole

s, w

ith t

he e

xcep

tion

of c

hem

ical

an

d th

erm

al p

roce

ssin

g op

erat

ions

and

sto

rage

re

late

d to

tho

se o

pera

tions

whi

ch in

volv

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es, a

s de

fined

in A

nnex

I;

(f)

the

off

shor

e ex

plor

atio

n an

d ex

ploi

tatio

n of

m

iner

als,

incl

udin

g hy

droc

arbo

ns, a

nd

(g)

was

te la

nd-fi

ll si

tes,

with

the

exc

eptio

n of

op

erat

iona

l tai

lings

dis

posa

l fac

ilitie

s, in

clud

ing

taili

ng p

onds

or

dam

s, c

onta

inin

g da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

es a

s de

fined

in A

nnex

I, in

par

ticul

ar w

hen

used

in c

onne

ctio

n w

ith t

he c

hem

ical

and

the

rmal

pr

oces

sing

of

min

eral

s.

With

in S

eves

o III

ex

clus

ions

are

incl

uded

w

ithin

Art

icle

2.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


36

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

4. A

sses

smen

t o

f M

AH

s fo

r a

par

ticu

lar

dan

ger

ou

s su

bst

ance

1.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll as

sess

, whe

re a

ppro

pria

te o

r in

an

y ev

ent

on t

he b

asis

of

a no

tifica

tion

by a

Mem

ber

Stat

e in

acc

orda

nce

with

par

agra

ph 2

, whe

ther

it

is im

poss

ible

in p

ract

ice

for

a pa

rtic

ular

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

e co

vere

d by

Par

t 1

or li

sted

in P

art

2 of

A

nnex

I, t

o ca

use

a re

leas

e of

mat

ter

or e

nerg

y th

at

coul

d cr

eate

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t un

der

both

nor

mal

an

d ab

norm

al c

ondi

tions

whi

ch c

an r

easo

nabl

y be

fo

rese

en. T

hat

asse

ssm

ent

shal

l tak

e in

to a

ccou

nt

the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in p

arag

raph

3, a

nd

shal

l be

base

d on

one

or

mor

e of

the

fol

low

ing

char

acte

ristic

s:

(a)

the

phys

ical

for

m o

f th

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e un

der

norm

al p

roce

ssin

g or

han

dlin

g co

nditi

ons

or in

an

unpl

anne

d lo

ss o

f co

ntai

nmen

t;

(b)

the

inhe

rent

pro

pert

ies

of t

he d

ange

rous

su

bsta

nce,

in p

artic

ular

tho

se r

elat

ed t

o di

sper

sive

beh

avio

ur in

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t sc

enar

io, s

uch

as m

olec

ular

mas

s an

d sa

tura

ted

vapo

ur p

ress

ure,

and

(c)

the

max

imum

con

cent

ratio

n of

the

sub

stan

ces

in

the

case

of

mix

ture

s.

For

the

purp

oses

of

the

first

sub

para

grap

h, t

he

cont

ainm

ent

and

gene

ric p

acki

ng o

f th

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e sh

ould

, whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, a

lso

be t

aken

in

to a

ccou

nt, i

nclu

ding

in p

artic

ular

whe

re c

over

ed

unde

r sp

ecifi

c U

nion

legi

slat

ion.

This

cha

nge

enab

les

the

Com

mis

sion

to

excl

ude

a su

bsta

nce

liste

d in

Ann

ex I

if it

asse

sses

tha

t it

does

no

t pr

esen

t a

MA

H.

See

sect

ion

17

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re d

etai

ls

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


37

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

Whe

re a

Mem

ber

Stat

e co

nsid

ers

that

a d

ange

rous

su

bsta

nce

does

not

pre

sent

a M

AH

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith p

arag

raph

1, i

t sh

all n

otify

the

Com

mis

sion

to

geth

er w

ith s

uppo

rtin

g ju

stifi

catio

n, in

clud

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in p

arag

raph

3.

3.

For

the

purp

oses

of

para

grap

hs 1

and

2, i

nfor

mat

ion

nece

ssar

y fo

r as

sess

ing

the

heal

th, p

hysi

cal a

nd

envi

ronm

enta

l haz

ard

prop

ertie

s of

the

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

e co

ncer

ned

shal

l inc

lude

:

(a)

a co

mpr

ehen

sive

list

of

prop

ertie

s ne

cess

ary

to

asse

ss t

he d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ce's

pot

entia

l for

ca

usin

g ph

ysic

al, h

ealth

or

envi

ronm

enta

l har

m;

(b) p

hysi

cal a

nd c

hem

ical

pro

pert

ies

(for

inst

ance

m

olec

ular

mas

s, s

atur

ated

vap

our

pres

sure

, in

here

nt t

oxic

ity, b

oilin

g po

int,

rea

ctiv

ity,

visc

osity

, sol

ubili

ty a

nd o

ther

rel

evan

t pr

oper

ties)

;

(c)

heal

th a

nd p

hysi

cal h

azar

d pr

oper

ties

(for

in

stan

ce r

eact

ivity

, flam

mab

ility

and

tox

icity

, to

geth

er w

ith a

dditi

onal

fac

tors

suc

h as

mod

e of

at

tack

on

the

body

, inj

ury

to f

atal

ity r

atio

, lon

g-te

rm e

ffec

ts a

nd o

ther

pro

pert

ies

as r

elev

ant)

;

(d)

envi

ronm

enta

l haz

ard

prop

ertie

s (f

or in

stan

ce

ecot

oxic

ity, p

ersi

sten

ce, b

io-a

ccum

ulat

ion,

po

tent

ial f

or lo

ng-r

ange

env

ironm

enta

l tra

nspo

rt

and

othe

r pr

oper

ties

as r

elev

ant)

;

(e)

whe

re a

vaila

ble,

the

Uni

on c

lass

ifica

tion

of t

he

subs

tanc

e or

mix

ture

, and

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


38

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(f)

info

rmat

ion

abou

t su

bsta

nce-

spec

ific

oper

atin

g co

nditi

ons

(for

inst

ance

tem

pera

ture

, pre

ssur

e an

d ot

her

cond

ition

s as

rel

evan

t) u

nder

whi

ch

the

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce

is s

tore

d, u

sed

and/

or m

ay b

e pr

esen

t in

the

eve

nt o

f fo

rese

eabl

e ab

norm

al o

pera

tions

or

an a

ccid

ent

such

as

fire.

4.

Follo

win

g th

e as

sess

men

t re

ferr

ed t

o in

par

agra

ph

1, t

he C

omm

issi

on s

hall,

if a

ppro

pria

te, p

rese

nt a

le

gisl

ativ

e pr

opos

al t

o th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t an

d to

the

Cou

ncil

to e

xclu

de t

he d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ce

conc

erne

d fr

om t

he s

cope

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e.

5. G

ener

al o

blig

atio

ns

of

the

op

erat

or

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

oper

ator

is

oblig

ed t

o ta

ke a

ll ne

cess

ary

mea

sure

s to

pre

vent

m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

nd t

o lim

it th

eir

cons

eque

nces

for

hu

man

hea

lth a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

oper

ator

is

requ

ired

to p

rove

to

the

CA

ref

erre

d to

in A

rtic

le

6, a

t an

y tim

e, in

par

ticul

ar f

or t

he p

urpo

ses

of

insp

ectio

ns a

nd c

ontr

ols

refe

rred

to

in A

rtic

le 2

0,

that

the

ope

rato

r ha

s ta

ken

all n

eces

sary

mea

sure

s as

spe

cifie

d in

thi

s D

irect

ive.

5. G

ener

al o

blig

atio

ns

of

the

op

erat

or

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

oper

ator

is

oblig

ed t

o ta

ke a

ll m

easu

res

nece

ssar

y to

pre

vent

m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

nd t

o lim

it th

eir

cons

eque

nces

for

m

an a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

oper

ator

is

requ

ired

to p

rove

to

the

CA

ref

erre

d to

in A

rtic

le

16, h

erei

naft

er r

efer

red

to a

s th

e 'C

A',

at a

ny t

ime,

in

par

ticul

ar f

or t

he p

urpo

ses

of t

he in

spec

tions

an

d co

ntro

ls r

efer

red

to in

Art

icle

18,

tha

t he

has

ta

ken

all t

he m

easu

res

nece

ssar

y as

spe

cifie

d in

thi

s D

irect

ive.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


39

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

6. C

A

1.

With

out

prej

udic

e to

the

ope

rato

r's

resp

onsi

bilit

ies,

M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll se

t up

or

appo

int

the

CA

or

aut

horit

ies

resp

onsi

ble

for

carr

ying

out

the

du

ties

laid

dow

n in

thi

s D

irect

ive

('the

CA

') an

d, if

ne

cess

ary,

bod

ies

to a

ssis

t th

e C

A a

t te

chni

cal l

evel

. M

embe

r St

ates

whi

ch s

et u

p or

app

oint

mor

e th

an

one

CA

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t th

e pr

oced

ures

for

car

ryin

g ou

t th

eir

dutie

s ar

e fu

lly c

oord

inat

ed.

2.

The

CA

s an

d th

e C

omm

issi

on s

hall

coop

erat

e in

ac

tiviti

es in

sup

port

of

impl

emen

tatio

n of

thi

s D

irect

ive,

invo

lvin

g st

akeh

olde

rs a

s ap

prop

riate

.

3.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

CA

s ac

cept

eq

uiva

lent

info

rmat

ion

subm

itted

by

oper

ator

s in

ac

cord

ance

with

oth

er r

elev

ant

Uni

on le

gisl

atio

n,

whi

ch f

ulfil

s an

y of

the

req

uire

men

ts o

f th

is

Dire

ctiv

e, f

or t

he p

urpo

ses

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e. In

suc

h ca

ses

the

CA

s sh

all e

nsur

e th

at t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e ar

e co

mpl

ied

with

.

CA

cov

ered

in A

rtic

le

16 w

ithin

Sev

eso

II.

Seve

so II

I req

uire

s th

at

whe

re t

here

are

mor

e th

an o

ne C

A t

hen

proc

edur

es f

or c

arry

ing

out

thei

r du

ties

shal

l be

'ful

ly c

oord

inat

ed'.

CA

s w

ill be

requ

ired

to a

ccep

t equ

ival

ent

info

rmat

ion

subm

itted

in

acc

orda

nce

with

oth

er

rele

vant

legi

slatio

n,

whi

ch fu

lfils

any

of th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f thi

s D

irect

ive

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


40

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

7. N

oti

fica

tio

n

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire t

he o

pera

tor

to s

end

a no

tifica

tion

to t

he C

A c

onta

inin

g th

e fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion:

(a)

the

nam

e an

d/or

tra

de n

ame

of t

he o

pera

tor

and

the

full

addr

ess

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

conc

erne

d;

(b)

the

regi

ster

ed p

lace

of

busi

ness

of

the

oper

ator

, w

ith t

he f

ull a

ddre

ss;

(c)

the

nam

e an

d po

sitio

n of

the

per

son

in c

harg

e of

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent,

if d

iffer

ent

from

poi

nt (a

);

(d)

info

rmat

ion

suffi

cien

t to

iden

tify

the

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

and

cat

egor

y of

sub

stan

ces

invo

lved

or

like

ly t

o be

pre

sent

;

(e)

the

quan

tity

and

phys

ical

for

m o

f th

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e or

sub

stan

ces

conc

erne

d;

(f)

the

act

ivity

or

prop

osed

act

ivity

of

the

inst

alla

tion

or s

tora

ge f

acili

ty, a

nd

(g)

the

imm

edia

te e

nviro

nmen

t of

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent,

and

fac

tors

like

ly t

o ca

use

a m

ajor

ac

cide

nt o

r to

agg

rava

te t

he c

onse

quen

ces

ther

eof

incl

udin

g, w

here

ava

ilabl

e, d

etai

ls o

f ne

ighb

ourin

g es

tabl

ishm

ents

, of

site

s th

at f

all

outs

ide

the

scop

e of

thi

s D

irect

ive,

are

as a

nd

deve

lopm

ents

tha

t co

uld

be t

he s

ourc

e of

or

incr

ease

the

ris

k or

con

sequ

ence

s of

a m

ajor

ac

cide

nt a

nd o

f do

min

o ef

fect

s.

6. N

oti

fica

tio

n

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire t

he o

pera

tor

to s

end

the

CA

a n

otifi

catio

n w

ithin

the

fol

low

ing

time-

limits

:

(a)

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

tim

e pr

ior

to t

he s

tart

of

cons

truc

tion

or

oper

atio

n;

(b)

for

exi

stin

g es

tabl

ishm

ents

, one

yea

r fr

om t

he

date

laid

dow

n in

Art

icle

24

(1),

and

(c)

for

est

ablis

hmen

ts w

hich

sub

sequ

ently

fal

l w

ithin

the

sco

pe o

f th

is D

irect

ive,

with

in t

hree

m

onth

s af

ter

the

date

on

whi

ch t

his

Dire

ctiv

e ap

plie

s to

the

est

ablis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned,

as

laid

do

wn

in t

he fi

rst

subp

arag

raph

of

Art

icle

2(1

).

2.

The

notifi

catio

n re

quire

d by

par

agra

ph 1

sha

ll co

ntai

n th

e fo

llow

ing

deta

ils:

(a)

the

nam

e or

tra

de n

ame

of t

he o

pera

tor

and

the

full

addr

ess

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

conc

erne

d;

(b)

the

regi

ster

ed p

lace

of

busi

ness

of

the

oper

ator

, w

ith t

he f

ull a

ddre

ss;

(c)

the

nam

e or

pos

ition

of

the

pers

on in

cha

rge

of

the

esta

blis

hmen

t, if

diff

eren

t fr

om (a

);

(d)

info

rmat

ion

suffi

cien

t to

iden

tify

the

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

or

cate

gory

of

subs

tanc

es in

volv

ed;

(e)

the

quan

tity

and

phys

ical

for

m o

f th

e da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e or

sub

stan

ces

invo

lved

;

(f)

the

act

ivity

or

prop

osed

act

ivity

of

the

inst

alla

tion

or s

tora

ge f

acili

ty, a

nd

Add

ition

al

requ

irem

ent

to

notif

y de

tails

of

neig

hbou

ring

esta

blis

hmen

ts, s

ites

that

fal

l out

side

th

e sc

ope

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e, a

reas

and

de

velo

pmen

ts t

hat

coul

d be

the

sou

rce

of o

r in

crea

se t

he r

isk

or c

onse

quen

ces

of a

m

ajor

acc

iden

t an

d of

do

min

o ef

fect

s.

Als

o in

clud

es t

he

need

to

notif

y pr

ior

to m

odifi

catio

ns

lead

ing

to a

cha

nge

of in

vent

ory

of

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

.

See

sect

ion

5 o

f th

is

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re

det

ails

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


41

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

The

notifi

catio

n or

its

upda

te s

hall

be s

ent

to t

he C

A

with

in t

he f

ollo

win

g tim

e-lim

its:

(a)

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

tim

e pr

ior

to t

he s

tart

of

cons

truc

tion

or

oper

atio

n, o

r pr

ior

to t

he m

odifi

catio

ns le

adin

g to

a c

hang

e in

the

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

es, a

nd

(b)

for

all o

ther

cas

es, o

ne y

ear

from

the

dat

e fr

om

whi

ch t

his

Dire

ctiv

e ap

plie

s to

the

est

ablis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned.

3.

Para

grap

hs 1

and

2 s

hall

not

appl

y if

the

oper

ator

ha

s al

read

y se

nt a

not

ifica

tion

to t

he C

A u

nder

th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f na

tiona

l leg

isla

tion

befo

re 1

Ju

ne 2

015,

and

the

info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d th

erei

n co

mpl

ies

with

par

agra

ph 1

and

has

rem

aine

d un

chan

ged.

4.

The

oper

ator

sha

ll in

form

the

CA

in a

dvan

ce o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

even

ts:

(a)

any

sign

ifica

nt in

crea

se o

r de

crea

se in

the

qu

antit

y or

sig

nific

ant

chan

ge in

the

nat

ure

or p

hysi

cal f

orm

of

the

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce

pres

ent,

as

indi

cate

d in

the

not

ifica

tion

prov

ided

by

the

ope

rato

r pu

rsua

nt t

o pa

ragr

aph

1, o

r a

sign

ifica

nt c

hang

e in

the

pro

cess

es e

mpl

oyin

g it;

(b)

mod

ifica

tion

of a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

or a

n in

stal

latio

n w

hich

cou

ld h

ave

sign

ifica

nt

cons

eque

nces

in t

erm

s of

MA

Hs;

(c)

the

perm

anen

t cl

osur

e of

the

est

ablis

hmen

t or

its

deco

mm

issi

onin

g, o

r

(d)

chan

ges

in t

he in

form

atio

n re

ferr

ed t

o in

poi

nts

(a),

(b) o

r (c

) of

para

grap

h 1.

(g)

the

imm

edia

te e

nviro

nmen

t of

the

est

ablis

hmen

t (e

lem

ents

liab

le t

o ca

use

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t or

to

aggr

avat

e th

e co

nseq

uenc

es t

here

of).

3.

In t

he c

ase

of e

xist

ing

esta

blis

hmen

ts f

or

whi

ch t

he o

pera

tor

has

alre

ady

prov

ided

all

the

info

rmat

ion

unde

r pa

ragr

aph

2 to

the

CA

und

er

the

requ

irem

ents

of

natio

nal l

aw a

t th

e da

te o

f en

try

into

for

ce o

f th

is D

irect

ive,

not

ifica

tion

unde

r pa

ragr

aph

1 is

not

req

uire

d.

4.

In t

he e

vent

of:

(a)

any

sig

nific

ant

incr

ease

in t

he q

uant

ity o

r si

gnifi

cant

cha

nge

in t

he n

atur

e or

phy

sica

l for

m

of t

he d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ce p

rese

nt, a

s in

dica

ted

in t

he n

otifi

catio

n pr

ovid

ed b

y th

e op

erat

or

purs

uant

to

para

grap

h 2,

or

any

chan

ge in

the

pr

oces

ses

empl

oyin

g it;

(b)

mod

ifica

tion

of a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

or a

n in

stal

latio

n w

hich

cou

ld h

ave

sign

ifica

nt

repe

rcus

sion

s on

MA

Hs,

or

(c)

per

man

ent

clos

ure

of t

he in

stal

latio

n, t

he

oper

ator

sha

ll im

med

iate

ly in

form

the

CA

of

the

chan

ge in

the

situ

atio

n.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


42

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

8. M

APP

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire t

he o

pera

tor

to d

raw

up

a d

ocum

ent

in w

ritin

g se

ttin

g ou

t th

e M

APP

an

d to

ens

ure

that

it is

pro

perly

impl

emen

ted.

The

M

APP

sha

ll be

des

igne

d to

ens

ure

a hi

gh le

vel o

f pr

otec

tion

of h

uman

hea

lth a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t. It

sh

all b

e pr

opor

tiona

te t

o th

e M

AH

s. It

sha

ll in

clud

e th

e op

erat

or's

ove

rall

aim

s an

d pr

inci

ples

of

actio

n,

the

role

and

res

pons

ibili

ty o

f m

anag

emen

t, a

s w

ell

as t

he c

omm

itmen

t to

war

ds c

ontin

uous

ly im

prov

ing

the

cont

rol o

f M

AH

s an

d en

surin

g a

high

leve

l of

prot

ectio

n.

2.

The

MA

PP s

hall

be d

raw

n up

and

, whe

re r

equi

red

by n

atio

nal l

aw, s

ent

to t

he C

A w

ithin

the

fol

low

ing

time-

limits

:

(a)

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

tim

e pr

ior

to t

he s

tart

of

cons

truc

tion

or

oper

atio

n, o

r pr

ior

to t

he m

odifi

catio

ns le

adin

g to

a c

hang

e in

the

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

es;

(b)

for

all o

ther

cas

es, o

ne y

ear

from

the

dat

e fr

om

whi

ch t

his

Dire

ctiv

e ap

plie

s to

the

est

ablis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned.

3.

Para

grap

hs 1

and

2 s

hall

not

appl

y if

the

oper

ator

ha

s al

read

y es

tabl

ishe

d th

e M

APP

and

, whe

re

requ

ired

by n

atio

nal l

aw, s

ent

it to

the

CA

bef

ore

1 Ju

ne 2

015,

and

the

info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d th

erei

n co

mpl

ies

with

par

agra

ph 1

and

has

rem

aine

d un

chan

ged.

7. M

APP

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire t

he o

pera

tor

to d

raw

up

a do

cum

ent

sett

ing

out

his

MA

PP a

nd t

o en

sure

tha

t it

is p

rope

rly im

plem

ente

d. T

he M

APP

est

ablis

hed

by

the

oper

ator

sha

ll be

des

igne

d to

gua

rant

ee a

hig

h le

vel o

f pr

otec

tion

for

man

and

the

env

ironm

ent

by a

ppro

pria

te m

eans

, str

uctu

res

and

man

agem

ent

syst

ems.

1a. F

or e

stab

lishm

ents

whi

ch s

ubse

quen

tly f

all w

ithin

th

e sc

ope

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e, t

he d

ocum

ent

refe

rred

to

in p

arag

raph

1 s

hall

be d

raw

n up

with

out

dela

y,

but

at a

ll ev

ents

with

in t

hree

mon

ths

afte

r th

e da

te

on w

hich

thi

s D

irect

ive

appl

ies

to t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

conc

erne

d, a

s la

id d

own

in t

he fi

rst

subp

arag

raph

of

Art

icle

2(1

).

2.

The

docu

men

t m

ust

take

acc

ount

of

the

prin

cipl

es

cont

aine

d in

Ann

ex II

I and

be

mad

e av

aila

ble

to

the

CA

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es o

f, a

mon

gst

othe

r th

ings

, im

plem

enta

tion

of A

rtic

les

5 (2

) and

18.

3.

This

Art

icle

sha

ll no

t ap

ply

to t

he e

stab

lishm

ents

re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

9.

Prov

ides

mor

e de

tails

of

wha

t th

e M

APP

sh

ould

con

tain

.

Seve

so II

I pro

vide

s m

ore

deta

ils f

or w

hat

the

MA

PP s

houl

d co

ver,

and

chan

ges

the

time-

limits

for

se

ndin

g th

e M

APP

to

the

CA

.

It al

so r

equi

res

the

MA

PP t

o be

for

mal

ly

revi

ewed

at

leas

t ev

ery

five

year

s an

d th

e up

date

d M

APP

sen

t to

th

e C

A.

It al

so s

tate

s th

at

the

MA

PP s

houl

d be

pro

port

iona

te t

o th

e ha

zard

s an

d th

e co

mpl

exity

of

the

orga

nisa

tion

and

activ

ities

.

See

sect

ion

6 o

f th

is

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re

det

ails

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


43

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

4.

With

out

prej

udic

e to

Art

icle

11,

the

ope

rato

r sh

all

perio

dica

lly r

evie

w a

nd w

here

nec

essa

ry u

pdat

e th

e M

APP

, at

leas

t ev

ery

five

year

s. W

here

req

uire

d by

na

tiona

l law

the

upd

ated

MA

PP s

hall

be s

ent

to t

he

CA

with

out

dela

y.

5.

The

MA

PP s

hall

be im

plem

ente

d by

app

ropr

iate

m

eans

, str

uctu

res

and

by a

SM

S, in

acc

orda

nce

with

Ann

ex II

I, pr

opor

tiona

te t

o th

e M

AH

s, a

nd t

he

com

plex

ity o

f th

e or

gani

satio

n or

the

act

iviti

es o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent.

For

low

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

ts,

the

oblig

atio

n to

impl

emen

t th

e M

APP

may

be

fulfi

lled

by o

ther

app

ropr

iate

mea

ns, s

truc

ture

s an

d m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

s, p

ropo

rtio

nate

to

MA

Hs,

ta

king

into

acc

ount

the

prin

cipl

es s

et o

ut in

Ann

ex

III.

9. D

om

ino

eff

ects

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

CA

, usi

ng

the

info

rmat

ion

rece

ived

fro

m t

he o

pera

tors

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith A

rtic

les

7 an

d 10

, or

follo

win

g a

requ

est

for

addi

tiona

l inf

orm

atio

n fr

om t

he C

A, o

r th

roug

h in

spec

tions

pur

suan

t to

Art

icle

20,

iden

tifies

al

l low

er-t

ier

and

uppe

r-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

or

grou

ps

of e

stab

lishm

ents

whe

re t

he r

isk

or c

onse

quen

ces

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

may

be

incr

ease

d be

caus

e of

th

e ge

ogra

phic

al p

ositi

on a

nd t

he p

roxi

mity

of

such

es

tabl

ishm

ents

, and

the

ir in

vent

orie

s of

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

es.

8. D

om

ino

eff

ect

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

theC

A, u

sing

th

e in

form

atio

n re

ceiv

ed f

rom

the

ope

rato

rs

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith A

rtic

les

6 an

d 9,

iden

tifies

es

tabl

ishm

ents

or

grou

ps o

f es

tabl

ishm

ents

whe

re

the

likel

ihoo

d an

d th

e po

ssib

ility

or

cons

eque

nces

of

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t m

ay b

e in

crea

sed

beca

use

of t

he

loca

tion

and

the

prox

imity

of

such

est

ablis

hmen

ts,

and

thei

r in

vent

orie

s of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


44

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

Whe

re t

he C

A h

as a

dditi

onal

info

rmat

ion

to t

hat

prov

ided

by

the

oper

ator

pur

suan

t to

poi

nt (g

) of

Art

icle

7(1

), it

shal

l mak

e th

is in

form

atio

n av

aila

ble

to t

hat

oper

ator

, if

it is

nec

essa

ry f

or t

he a

pplic

atio

n of

thi

s A

rtic

le.

3.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

oper

ator

s of

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ents

iden

tified

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

para

grap

h 1:

(a)

exch

ange

sui

tabl

e in

form

atio

n to

ena

ble

thos

e es

tabl

ishm

ents

to

take

acc

ount

of

the

natu

re

and

exte

nt o

f th

e ov

eral

l haz

ard

of a

maj

or

acci

dent

in t

heir

MA

PP, S

MSs

, saf

ety

repo

rts

and

inte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s, a

s ap

prop

riate

, and

(b)

coop

erat

e in

info

rmin

g th

e pu

blic

and

ne

ighb

ourin

g si

tes

that

fal

l out

side

the

sco

pe o

f th

is D

irect

ive,

and

in s

uppl

ying

info

rmat

ion

to

the

auth

ority

res

pons

ible

for

the

pre

para

tion

of

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es m

ust

ensu

re t

hat

in t

he c

ase

of t

he

esta

blis

hmen

ts t

hus

iden

tified

:

(a)

suita

ble

info

rmat

ion

is e

xcha

nged

in a

n ap

prop

riate

man

ner

to e

nabl

e th

ese

esta

blis

hmen

ts t

o ta

ke a

ccou

nt o

f th

e na

ture

an

d ex

tent

of

the

over

all h

azar

d of

a M

APP

s,

SMSs

, saf

ety

repo

rts

and

inte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s, a

nd

(b)

prov

isio

n is

mad

e fo

r co

oper

atio

n in

info

rmin

g th

e pu

blic

and

in s

uppl

ying

info

rmat

ion

to t

he

auth

ority

res

pons

ible

for

the

pre

para

tion

of

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s.

10. S

afet

y re

po

rt

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire t

he o

pera

tor

of a

n up

per-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

t to

pro

duce

a s

afet

y re

port

fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es o

f:

(a)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at a

MA

PP a

nd a

SM

S fo

r im

plem

entin

g it

have

bee

n pu

t in

to e

ffec

t in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

info

rmat

ion

set

out

in

Ann

ex II

I;

(b)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at M

AH

s an

d po

ssib

le m

ajor

ac

cide

nt s

cena

rios

have

bee

n id

entifi

ed a

nd

that

the

nec

essa

ry m

easu

res

have

bee

n ta

ken

to p

reve

nt s

uch

acci

dent

s an

d to

lim

it th

eir

cons

eque

nces

for

hum

an h

ealth

and

the

en

viro

nmen

t;

9. S

afet

y re

po

rt

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire t

he o

pera

tor

to p

rodu

ce

a sa

fety

rep

ort

for

the

purp

oses

of:

(a)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at a

MA

PP a

nd a

SM

S fo

r im

plem

entin

g it

have

bee

n pu

t in

to e

ffec

t in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

info

rmat

ion

set

out

in

Ann

ex II

I;

(b)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at M

AH

s ha

ve b

een

iden

tified

an

d th

at t

he n

eces

sary

mea

sure

s ha

ve b

een

take

n to

pre

vent

suc

h ac

cide

nts

and

to li

mit

thei

r co

nseq

uenc

es f

or m

an a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t;

Exis

ting

uppe

r-tie

r si

tes

may

hav

e to

sen

d up

date

d se

ctio

ns o

f th

eir

exis

ting

safe

ty-

repo

rt t

o th

e C

A b

y 1

June

201

6

Safe

ty r

epor

ts w

ill

have

to

be r

evie

wed

fo

llow

ing

a m

ajor

ac

cide

nt a

t th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


45

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(c)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at a

dequ

ate

safe

ty a

nd

relia

bilit

y ha

ve b

een

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt in

th

e de

sign

, con

stru

ctio

n, o

pera

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

of

any

inst

alla

tion,

sto

rage

fac

ility

, eq

uipm

ent

and

infr

astr

uctu

re c

onne

cted

with

its

oper

atio

n w

hich

are

link

ed t

o M

AH

s in

side

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent;

(d)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at in

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

have

bee

n dr

awn

up a

nd s

uppl

ying

info

rmat

ion

to e

nabl

e th

e ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

an t

o be

dr

awn

up, a

nd

(e)

prov

idin

g su

ffici

ent

info

rmat

ion

to t

he C

A t

o en

able

dec

isio

ns t

o be

mad

e re

gard

ing

the

sitin

g of

new

act

iviti

es o

r de

velo

pmen

ts a

roun

d ex

istin

g es

tabl

ishm

ents

.

2.

The

safe

ty r

epor

t sh

all c

onta

in a

t le

ast

the

data

an

d in

form

atio

n lis

ted

in A

nnex

II. I

t sh

all n

ame

the

rele

vant

org

anis

atio

ns in

volv

ed in

the

dra

win

g up

of

the

repo

rt.

3.

The

safe

ty r

epor

t sh

all b

e se

nt t

o th

e C

A w

ithin

the

fo

llow

ing

time-

limits

:

(a)

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

tim

e pr

ior

to t

he s

tart

of

cons

truc

tion

or

oper

atio

n, o

r pr

ior

to t

he m

odifi

catio

ns le

adin

g to

a c

hang

e in

the

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

es;

(b)

for

exis

ting

uppe

r-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, 1 J

une

2016

, and

(c)

for

othe

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, tw

o ye

ars

from

the

da

te f

rom

whi

ch t

his

Dire

ctiv

e ap

plie

s to

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent

conc

erne

d.

(c)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at a

dequ

ate

safe

ty a

nd

relia

bilit

y ha

ve b

een

inco

rpor

ated

into

the

de

sign

, con

stru

ctio

n, o

pera

tion

and

mai

nten

ance

of

any

inst

alla

tion,

sto

rage

fac

ility

, equ

ipm

ent

and

infr

astr

uctu

re c

onne

cted

with

its

oper

atio

n w

hich

are

link

ed t

o M

AH

s in

side

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent;

(d)

dem

onst

ratin

g th

at in

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

have

bee

n dr

awn

up a

nd s

uppl

ying

info

rmat

ion

to e

nabl

e th

e ex

tern

al p

lan

to b

e dr

awn

up in

or

der

to t

ake

the

nece

ssar

y m

easu

res

in t

he

even

t of

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t, a

nd

(e)

prov

idin

g su

ffici

ent

info

rmat

ion

to t

he C

As

to

enab

le d

ecis

ions

to

be m

ade

in t

erm

s of

the

si

ting

of n

ew a

ctiv

ities

or

deve

lopm

ents

aro

und

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts.

2.

The

safe

ty r

epor

t sh

all c

onta

in a

t le

ast

the

data

an

d in

form

atio

n lis

ted

in A

nnex

II. I

t sh

all n

ame

the

rele

vant

org

anis

atio

ns in

volv

ed in

the

dra

win

g up

of

the

repo

rt. I

t sh

all a

lso

cont

ain

an u

pdat

ed

inve

ntor

y of

the

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s pr

esen

t in

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent.

Saf

ety

repo

rts,

or

part

s of

rep

orts

, or

any

othe

r eq

uiva

lent

rep

orts

pro

duce

d in

res

pons

e to

oth

er le

gisl

atio

n, m

ay b

e co

mbi

ned

to f

orm

a

sing

le s

afet

y re

port

for

the

pur

pose

s of

thi

s A

rtic

le,

whe

re s

uch

a fo

rmat

obv

iate

s th

e un

nece

ssar

y du

plic

atio

n of

info

rmat

ion

and

the

repe

titio

n of

w

ork

by t

he o

pera

tor

or C

A, o

n co

nditi

on t

hat

all

the

requ

irem

ents

of

this

Art

icle

are

com

plie

d w

ith.

Upd

ated

saf

ety

repo

rts

or p

arts

of

the

safe

ty

repo

rt w

ill h

ave

to

be s

ent

to t

he C

A

with

out

dela

y.

See

sect

ion

8 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

an

d

An

nex

D f

or

mo

re

det

ails

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


46

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

4.

Para

grap

hs 1

, 2 a

nd 3

sha

ll no

t ap

ply

if th

e op

erat

or

has

alre

ady

sent

the

saf

ety

repo

rt t

o th

e C

A u

nder

th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f na

tiona

l law

bef

ore

1 Ju

ne

2015

, and

the

info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d th

erei

n co

mpl

ies

with

par

agra

phs

1 an

d 2

and

has

rem

aine

d un

chan

ged.

In o

rder

to

com

ply

with

par

agra

phs

1 an

d 2,

the

ope

rato

r sh

all s

ubm

it an

y ch

ange

d pa

rts

of t

he s

afet

y re

port

in t

he f

orm

at a

gree

d by

the

CA

, su

bjec

t to

the

tim

e-lim

its r

efer

red

to in

par

agra

ph 3

.

5.

With

out

prej

udic

e to

Art

icle

11,

the

ope

rato

r sh

all

perio

dica

lly r

evie

w a

nd w

here

nec

essa

ry u

pdat

e th

e sa

fety

rep

ort

at le

ast

ever

y fiv

e ye

ars.

The

oper

ator

sha

ll al

so r

evie

w a

nd w

here

nec

essa

ry

upda

te t

he s

afet

y re

port

fol

low

ing

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t at

its

esta

blis

hmen

t, a

nd a

t an

y ot

her

time

at t

he

initi

ativ

e of

the

ope

rato

r or

at

the

requ

est

of t

he C

A,

whe

re ju

stifi

ed b

y ne

w f

acts

or

by n

ew t

echn

olog

ical

kn

owle

dge

abou

t sa

fety

mat

ters

, inc

ludi

ng

know

ledg

e ar

isin

g fr

om a

naly

sis

of a

ccid

ents

or,

as

far

as p

ossi

ble,

'nea

r m

isse

s', a

nd b

y de

velo

pmen

ts

in k

now

ledg

e co

ncer

ning

the

ass

essm

ent

of h

azar

ds.

The

upda

ted

safe

ty r

epor

t or

upd

ated

par

ts t

here

of s

hall

be s

ent

to t

he C

A w

ithou

t de

lay.

6.

Befo

re t

he o

pera

tor

com

men

ces

cons

truc

tion

or

oper

atio

n, o

r in

the

cas

es r

efer

red

to in

poi

nts

(b)

and

(c) o

f pa

ragr

aph

3 an

d in

par

agra

ph 5

of

this

A

rtic

le, t

he C

A s

hall

with

in a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

re

ceip

t of

the

rep

ort

com

mun

icat

e th

e co

nclu

sion

s of

its

exa

min

atio

n of

the

saf

ety

repo

rt t

o th

e op

erat

or

and,

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, i

n ac

cord

ance

with

Art

icle

19

, pro

hibi

t th

e br

ingi

ng in

to u

se, o

r th

e co

ntin

ued

use,

of

the

esta

blis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned.

3.

The

safe

ty r

epor

t pr

ovid

ed f

or in

par

agra

ph 1

sha

ll be

sen

t to

the

CA

with

in t

he f

ollo

win

g tim

e lim

its:

–

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

tim

e pr

ior

to t

he s

tart

of

cons

truc

tion

or o

f op

erat

ion;

–

for

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts n

ot p

revi

ousl

y co

vere

d by

Dire

ctiv

e 82

/ 501

/EEC

, thr

ee y

ears

fr

om t

he d

ate

laid

dow

n in

Art

icle

24

(1);

–

for

othe

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, tw

o ye

ars

from

the

da

te la

id d

own

in A

rtic

le 2

4 (1

);

–

for

esta

blis

hmen

ts w

hich

sub

sequ

ently

fal

l w

ithin

the

sco

pe o

f th

is D

irect

ive,

with

out

dela

y, b

ut a

t al

l eve

nts

with

in o

ne y

ear

afte

r th

e da

te o

n w

hich

thi

s D

irect

ive

appl

ies

to t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned,

as

laid

dow

n in

the

fir

st s

ubpa

ragr

aph

of A

rtic

le 2

(1),

and

–

in t

he c

ase

of t

he p

erio

dic

revi

ews

prov

ided

for

in

para

grap

h 5,

with

out

dela

y.

4.

Befo

re t

he o

pera

tor

com

men

ces

cons

truc

tion

or

oper

atio

n, o

r in

the

cas

es r

efer

red

to in

the

sec

ond,

th

ird, f

ourt

h an

d fif

th in

dent

s of

par

agra

ph 3

, the

C

A s

hall

with

in a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

rec

eipt

of

the

repo

rt:

–

com

mun

icat

e th

e co

nclu

sion

s of

its

exam

inat

ion

of t

he s

afet

y re

port

to

the

oper

ator

, if

nece

ssar

y af

ter

requ

estin

g fu

rthe

r in

form

atio

n, o

r

–

proh

ibit

the

brin

ging

into

use

, or

the

cont

inue

d us

e, o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

conc

erne

d, in

ac

cord

ance

with

the

pow

ers

and

proc

edur

es la

id

dow

n in

Art

icle

17.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


47

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

5.

The

safe

ty r

epor

t sh

all b

e pe

riodi

cally

rev

iew

ed a

nd

whe

re n

eces

sary

upd

ated

:

–

at le

ast

ever

y fiv

e ye

ars,

and

–

at a

ny o

ther

tim

e at

the

initi

ativ

e of

the

ope

rato

r or

the

req

uest

of

the

CA

, whe

re ju

stifi

ed b

y ne

w f

acts

or

to t

ake

acco

unt

of n

ew t

echn

ical

kn

owle

dge

abou

t sa

fety

mat

ters

, for

exa

mpl

e ar

isin

g fr

om a

naly

sis

of a

ccid

ents

or,

as f

ar a

s po

ssib

le, '

near

mis

ses'

, and

of

deve

lopm

ents

in

kno

wle

dge

conc

erni

ng t

he a

sses

smen

t of

ha

zard

s.

6.

(a)

Whe

re it

is d

emon

stra

ted

to t

he s

atis

fact

ion

of t

he C

A t

hat

part

icul

ar s

ubst

ance

s pr

esen

t at

the

est

ablis

hmen

t, o

r an

y pa

rt t

here

of, a

re

in a

sta

te in

capa

ble

of c

reat

ing

a M

AH

, the

n th

e M

embe

r St

ate

may

, in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith t

he

crite

ria r

efer

red

to in

sub

para

grap

h (b

), lim

it th

e in

form

atio

n re

quire

d in

saf

ety

repo

rts

to t

hose

m

atte

rs w

hich

are

rel

evan

t to

the

pre

vent

ion

of r

esid

ual M

AH

s an

d th

e lim

itatio

n of

the

ir co

nseq

uenc

es f

or m

an a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t.

(b)

Befo

re t

his

Dire

ctiv

e is

bro

ught

into

app

licat

ion,

th

e C

omm

issi

on, a

ctin

g in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

pr

oced

ure

laid

dow

n in

Art

icle

16

of D

irect

ive

82/5

01/E

EC, s

hall

esta

blis

h ha

rmon

ised

crit

eria

fo

r th

e de

cisi

on b

y th

e C

A t

hat

an e

stab

lishm

ent

is in

a s

tate

inca

pabl

e of

cre

atin

g a

MA

H w

ithin

th

e m

eani

ng o

f su

bpar

agra

ph (a

). Su

bpar

agra

ph

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


48

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(b)

Shal

l not

be

appl

icab

le u

ntil

thos

e cr

iteria

hav

e be

en e

stab

lishe

d.

(c)

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

CA

co

mm

unic

ates

a li

st o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ents

co

ncer

ned

to t

he C

omm

issi

on, g

ivin

g re

ason

s.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll fo

rwar

d th

e lis

ts a

nnua

lly

to t

he C

omm

ittee

ref

erre

d to

in A

rtic

le 2

2.

(d)

The

Com

mis

sion

is in

vite

d to

rev

iew

by

31

Dec

embe

r 20

06 in

clo

se c

oope

ratio

n w

ith t

he

Mem

ber

Stat

es, t

he e

xist

ing

Gui

danc

e on

the

pr

epar

atio

n of

a s

afet

y re

port

11. M

od

ifica

tio

n o

f an

inst

alla

tio

n, a

n

esta

blis

hm

ent

or

a st

ora

ge

faci

lity

In t

he e

vent

of

the

mod

ifica

tion

of a

n in

stal

latio

n,

esta

blis

hmen

t, s

tora

ge f

acili

ty, o

r pr

oces

s or

of

the

natu

re o

r ph

ysic

al f

orm

or

quan

tity

of d

ange

rous

su

bsta

nces

whi

ch c

ould

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

con

sequ

ence

s fo

r M

AH

s, o

r co

uld

resu

lt in

a lo

wer

-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ent

beco

min

g an

upp

er-t

ier

esta

blis

hmen

t or

vic

e ve

rsa,

M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t th

e op

erat

or r

evie

ws,

an

d w

here

nec

essa

ry u

pdat

es t

he n

otifi

catio

n, t

he

MA

PP, t

he S

MS

and

the

safe

ty r

epor

t an

d in

form

s th

e C

A o

f th

e de

tails

of

thos

e up

date

s in

adv

ance

of

that

m

odifi

catio

n.

10. M

od

ifica

tio

n o

f an

inst

alla

tio

n, a

n

esta

blis

hm

ent

or

a st

ora

ge

faci

lity

In t

he e

vent

of

the

mod

ifica

tion

of a

n in

stal

latio

n,

esta

blis

hmen

t, s

tora

ge f

acili

ty o

r pr

oces

s, o

r of

the

na

ture

or

quan

tity

of d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces

whi

ch c

ould

ha

ve s

igni

fican

t re

perc

ussi

ons

on M

AH

s, t

he M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t th

e op

erat

or:

–

revi

ews

and

whe

re n

eces

sary

rev

ises

the

MA

PP,

and

the

man

agem

ent

syst

ems

and

proc

edur

es

refe

rred

to

in A

rtic

les

7 an

d 9;

–

revi

ews,

and

whe

re n

eces

sary

rev

ises

, the

saf

ety

repo

rt a

nd in

form

s th

e C

A r

efer

red

to in

Art

icle

16

of

the

deta

ils o

f su

ch r

evis

ion

in a

dvan

ce o

f su

ch m

odifi

catio

n.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


49

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

12. E

mer

gen

cy p

lan

s

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat,

for

all

uppe

r-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

:

(a)

the

oper

ator

dra

ws

up a

n in

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

an f

or t

he m

easu

res

to b

e ta

ken

insi

de t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t;

(b)

the

oper

ator

sup

plie

s th

e ne

cess

ary

info

rmat

ion

to t

he C

A, t

o en

able

the

latt

er t

o dr

aw u

p ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

ans,

and

(c)

the

auth

oriti

es d

esig

nate

d fo

r th

at p

urpo

se

by t

he M

embe

r St

ate

draw

up

an e

xter

nal

emer

genc

y pl

an f

or t

he m

easu

res

to b

e ta

ken

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

t w

ithin

tw

o ye

ars

follo

win

g re

ceip

t of

the

nec

essa

ry in

form

atio

n fr

om t

he o

pera

tor

purs

uant

to

poin

t (b

).

2.

Ope

rato

rs s

hall

com

ply

with

the

obl

igat

ions

set

ou

t in

poi

nts

(a) a

nd (b

) of

para

grap

h 1

with

in t

he

follo

win

g tim

e-lim

its:

(a)

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d of

tim

e pr

ior

to t

he s

tart

of

oper

atio

n, o

r pr

ior

to

the

mod

ifica

tions

lead

ing

to a

cha

nge

in t

he

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s;

(b)

for

exis

ting

uppe

r-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, by

1 Ju

ne

2016

unl

ess

the

inte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

dra

wn

up u

nder

the

req

uire

men

ts o

f na

tiona

l law

be

fore

tha

t da

te, a

nd t

he in

form

atio

n co

ntai

ned

ther

ein,

and

the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in p

oint

(b

) of

para

grap

h 1,

com

plie

s w

ith t

his

Art

icle

and

ha

s re

mai

ned

unch

ange

d;

(c)

for

othe

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, tw

o ye

ars

from

the

da

te f

rom

whi

ch t

his

Dire

ctiv

e ap

plie

s to

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent

conc

erne

d.

11. E

mer

gen

cy p

lan

s

1. M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t, f

or a

ll es

tabl

ishm

ents

to

whi

ch A

rtic

le 9

app

lies:

(a)

The

oper

ator

dra

ws

up a

n in

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

an f

or t

he m

easu

res

to b

e ta

ken

insi

de t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t:

–

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, p

rior

to c

omm

enci

ng

oper

atio

n;

–

for

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts n

ot p

revi

ousl

y co

vere

d by

Dire

ctiv

e 82

/501

/EEC

, thr

ee y

ears

fr

om t

he d

ate

laid

dow

n in

Art

icle

24

(1);

–

for

othe

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, tw

o ye

ars

from

the

da

te la

id d

own

in A

rtic

le 2

4 (1

), an

d

–

for

esta

blis

hmen

ts w

hich

sub

sequ

ently

fal

l w

ithin

the

sco

pe o

f th

is D

irect

ive,

with

out

dela

y, b

ut a

t al

l eve

nts

with

in o

ne y

ear

afte

r th

e da

te o

n w

hich

thi

s D

irect

ive

appl

ies

to t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned,

as

laid

dow

n in

the

fir

st s

ubpa

ragr

aph

of A

rtic

le 2

(1).

(b)

The

oper

ator

sup

plie

s to

the

CA

s, t

o en

able

the

la

tter

to

draw

up

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s,

the

nece

ssar

y in

form

atio

n w

ithin

the

fol

low

ing

perio

ds o

f tim

e:

–

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts, p

rior

to t

he s

tart

of

oper

atio

n;

–

for

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts n

ot p

revi

ousl

y co

vere

d by

Dire

ctiv

e 82

/501

/EEC

, thr

ee y

ears

fr

om t

he d

ate

laid

dow

n in

Art

icle

24

(1);

–

for

othe

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, tw

o ye

ars

from

the

da

te la

id d

own

in A

rtic

le 2

4 (1

);

Exis

ting

uppe

r-tie

r si

tes

may

hav

e to

upd

ate

thei

r em

erge

ncy

plan

s by

1 J

une

2016

.

See

sect

ion

8 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

an

d

An

nex

F f

or

mo

re

det

ails

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


50

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

3.

The

emer

genc

y pl

ans

shal

l be

esta

blis

hed

with

the

fo

llow

ing

obje

ctiv

es:

(a)

cont

aini

ng a

nd c

ontr

ollin

g in

cide

nts

so a

s to

m

inim

ise

the

effe

cts,

and

to

limit

dam

age

to

hum

an h

ealth

, the

env

ironm

ent

and

prop

erty

;

(b)

impl

emen

ting

the

nece

ssar

y m

easu

res

to p

rote

ct

hum

an h

ealth

and

the

env

ironm

ent

from

the

ef

fect

s of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

;

(c)

com

mun

icat

ing

the

nece

ssar

y in

form

atio

n to

th

e pu

blic

and

to

the

serv

ices

or

auth

oriti

es

conc

erne

d in

the

are

a, a

nd

(d)

prov

idin

g fo

r th

e re

stor

atio

n an

d cl

ean-

up o

f th

e en

viro

nmen

t fo

llow

ing

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t.

Emer

genc

y pl

ans

shal

l con

tain

the

info

rmat

ion

set

out

in

Ann

ex IV

.

4.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

inte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s pr

ovid

ed f

or in

thi

s D

irect

ive

are

draw

n up

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith t

he p

erso

nnel

w

orki

ng in

side

the

est

ablis

hmen

t, in

clud

ing

long

-te

rm r

elev

ant

subc

ontr

acte

d pe

rson

nel.

5.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

publ

ic

conc

erne

d is

giv

en e

arly

opp

ortu

nity

to

give

its

opin

ion

on e

xter

nal e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

whe

n th

ey a

re

bein

g es

tabl

ishe

d or

sub

stan

tially

mod

ified

.

–

for

esta

blis

hmen

ts w

hich

sub

sequ

ently

fal

l w

ithin

the

sco

pe o

f th

is D

irect

ive,

with

out

dela

y, b

ut a

t al

l eve

nts

with

in o

ne y

ear

afte

r th

e da

te o

n w

hich

thi

s D

irect

ive

appl

ies

to t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned,

as

laid

dow

n in

the

fir

st s

ubpa

ragr

aph

of A

rtic

le 2

(1).

(c)

The

auth

oriti

es d

esig

nate

d fo

r th

at p

urpo

se

by t

he M

embe

r St

ate

draw

up

an e

xter

nal

emer

genc

y pl

an f

or t

he m

easu

res

to b

e ta

ken

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

t.

2.

The

emer

genc

y pl

ans

mus

t be

est

ablis

hed

with

the

ob

ject

ives

of:

(a)

con

tain

ing

and

cont

rolli

ng in

cide

nts

so a

s to

m

inim

ise

the

effe

cts

and

to li

mit

dam

age

to

man

, the

env

ironm

ent

and

prop

erty

;

(b)

im

plem

entin

g th

e m

easu

res

nece

ssar

y to

pr

otec

t m

an a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t fr

om t

he

effe

cts

of m

ajor

acc

iden

ts;

(c)

com

mun

icat

ing

the

nece

ssar

y in

form

atio

n to

th

e pu

blic

and

to

the

serv

ices

or

auth

oriti

es

conc

erne

d in

the

are

a, a

nd

(d)

pro

vidi

ng f

or t

he r

esto

ratio

n an

d cl

ean-

up o

f th

e en

viro

nmen

t fo

llow

ing

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t.

Emer

genc

y pl

ans

shal

l con

tain

the

info

rmat

ion

set

out

in A

nnex

IV.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


51

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

6.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

inte

rnal

and

ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

are

revi

ewed

, tes

ted

and,

whe

re n

eces

sary

, upd

ated

by

the

oper

ator

s an

d de

sign

ated

aut

horit

ies

resp

ectiv

ely

at s

uita

ble

inte

rval

s of

no

long

er t

han

thre

e ye

ars.

The

rev

iew

sh

all t

ake

into

acc

ount

cha

nges

occ

urrin

g in

the

es

tabl

ishm

ents

con

cern

ed o

r w

ithin

the

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

con

cern

ed, n

ew t

echn

ical

kno

wle

dge

and

know

ledg

e co

ncer

ning

the

res

pons

e to

maj

or

acci

dent

s.

With

reg

ard

to e

xter

nal e

mer

genc

y pl

ans,

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

take

into

acc

ount

the

nee

d to

fac

ilita

te

enha

nced

coo

pera

tion

in c

ivil

prot

ectio

n as

sist

ance

in

maj

or e

mer

genc

ies.

7.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

emer

genc

y pl

ans

are

put

into

eff

ect

with

out

dela

y by

the

ope

rato

r an

d, if

nec

essa

ry, b

y th

e C

A d

esig

nate

d fo

r th

is

purp

ose

whe

n a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

occu

rs o

r w

hen

an

unco

ntro

lled

even

t oc

curs

whi

ch b

y its

nat

ure

coul

d re

ason

ably

be

expe

cted

to

lead

to

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t.

8.

The

CA

may

dec

ide,

giv

ing

reas

ons

for

thei

r de

cisi

on,

in v

iew

of

the

info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d in

the

saf

ety

repo

rt, t

hat

the

requ

irem

ent

to p

rodu

ce a

n ex

tern

al

emer

genc

y pl

an u

nder

par

agra

ph 1

sha

ll no

t ap

ply.

3.

With

out

prej

udic

e to

the

obl

igat

ions

of

the

CA

s,

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

inte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

s pr

ovid

ed f

or in

thi

s D

irect

ive

are

draw

n up

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith t

he p

erso

nnel

w

orki

ng in

side

the

est

ablis

hmen

t, in

clud

ing

long

-te

rm r

elev

ant

subc

ontr

acte

d pe

rson

nel,

and

that

th

e pu

blic

is c

onsu

lted

on e

xter

nal e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

whe

n th

ey a

re e

stab

lishe

d or

upd

ated

.

4.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

inte

rnal

and

ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

are

revi

ewed

, tes

ted

and,

whe

re n

eces

sary

, rev

ised

and

upd

ated

by

the

oper

ator

s an

d de

sign

ated

aut

horit

ies

at s

uita

ble

inte

rval

s of

no

long

er t

han

thre

e ye

ars.

The

rev

iew

sh

all t

ake

into

acc

ount

cha

nges

occ

urrin

g in

the

es

tabl

ishm

ents

con

cern

ed o

r w

ithin

the

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

con

cern

ed, n

ew t

echn

ical

kno

wle

dge

and

know

ledg

e co

ncer

ning

the

res

pons

e to

maj

or

acci

dent

s.

4a. W

ith r

egar

d to

ext

erna

l em

erge

ncy

plan

s, M

embe

r St

ates

sho

uld

take

into

acc

ount

the

nee

d to

fac

ilita

te

enha

nced

coo

pera

tion

in c

ivil

prot

ectio

n as

sist

ance

in

maj

or e

mer

genc

ies.

5.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

emer

genc

y pl

ans

are

put

into

eff

ect

with

out

dela

y by

the

ope

rato

r an

d, if

nec

essa

ry, b

y th

e C

A d

esig

nate

d fo

r th

is

purp

ose:

–

whe

n a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

occu

rs, o

r

–

whe

n an

unc

ontr

olle

d ev

ent

occu

rs w

hich

by

its

natu

re c

ould

rea

sona

bly

be e

xpec

ted

to le

ad t

o a

maj

or a

ccid

ent.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


52

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

6.

The

CA

may

dec

ide,

giv

ing

reas

ons

for

its d

ecis

ion,

in

vie

w o

f th

e in

form

atio

n co

ntai

ned

in t

he s

afet

y re

port

, tha

t th

e re

quire

men

t to

pro

duce

an

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

und

er p

arag

raph

1 s

hall

not

appl

y.

13. L

and

-use

pla

nn

ing

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

obje

ctiv

es

of p

reve

ntin

g m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

nd li

miti

ng t

he

cons

eque

nces

of

such

acc

iden

ts f

or h

uman

hea

lth

and

the

envi

ronm

ent

are

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt in

the

ir la

nd-u

se p

olic

ies

or o

ther

rel

evan

t po

licie

s. T

hey

shal

l pu

rsue

tho

se o

bjec

tives

thr

ough

con

trol

s on

:

(a)

the

sitin

g of

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts;

(b)

mod

ifica

tions

to

esta

blis

hmen

ts c

over

ed b

y A

rtic

le 1

1, a

nd

(c)

new

dev

elop

men

ts in

clud

ing

tran

spor

t ro

utes

, lo

catio

ns o

f pu

blic

use

and

res

iden

tial a

reas

in

the

vici

nity

of

esta

blis

hmen

ts, w

here

the

siti

ng o

r de

velo

pmen

ts m

ay b

e th

e so

urce

of

or in

crea

se

the

risk

or c

onse

quen

ces

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

thei

r la

nd-u

se

or o

ther

rel

evan

t po

licie

s an

d th

e pr

oced

ures

for

im

plem

entin

g th

ose

polic

ies

take

acc

ount

of

the

need

, in

the

long

ter

m:

(a)

to m

aint

ain

appr

opria

te s

afet

y di

stan

ces

betw

een

esta

blis

hmen

ts c

over

ed b

y th

is D

irect

ive

and

resi

dent

ial a

reas

, bui

ldin

gs a

nd a

reas

of

publ

ic

use,

rec

reat

iona

l are

as, a

nd, a

s fa

r as

pos

sibl

e,

maj

or t

rans

port

rou

tes;

(b)

to p

rote

ct a

reas

of

part

icul

ar n

atur

al s

ensi

tivity

or

inte

rest

in t

he v

icin

ity o

f es

tabl

ishm

ents

, whe

re

appr

opria

te t

hrou

gh a

ppro

pria

te s

afet

y di

stan

ces

or o

ther

rel

evan

t m

easu

res,

and

12. L

and

-use

pla

nn

ing

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

obje

ctiv

es

of p

reve

ntin

g m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

nd li

miti

ng t

he

cons

eque

nces

of

such

acc

iden

ts a

re t

aken

into

ac

coun

t in

the

ir la

nd-u

se p

olic

ies

and/

or o

ther

re

leva

nt p

olic

ies.

The

y sh

all p

ursu

e th

ose

obje

ctiv

es

thro

ugh

cont

rols

on:

(a)

the

sitin

g of

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts;

(b)

mod

ifica

tions

to

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts c

over

ed

by A

rtic

le 1

0, a

nd

(c)

new

dev

elop

men

ts s

uch

as t

rans

port

link

s,

loca

tions

fre

quen

ted

by t

he p

ublic

and

re

side

ntia

l are

as in

the

vic

inity

of

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts, w

here

the

siti

ng o

r de

velo

pmen

ts a

re s

uch

as t

o in

crea

se t

he r

isk

or c

onse

quen

ces

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

thei

r la

nd-u

se a

nd/o

r ot

her

rele

vant

pol

icie

s an

d th

e pr

oced

ures

for

im

plem

entin

g th

ose

polic

ies

take

acc

ount

of

the

need

, in

the

long

ter

m, t

o m

aint

ain

appr

opria

te

dist

ance

s be

twee

n es

tabl

ishm

ents

cov

ered

by

this

Dire

ctiv

e an

d re

side

ntia

l are

as, b

uild

ings

and

ar

eas

of p

ublic

use

, maj

or t

rans

port

rou

tes

as

far

as p

ossi

ble,

rec

reat

iona

l are

as a

nd a

reas

of

part

icul

ar n

atur

al s

ensi

tivity

or

inte

rest

and

, in

the

case

of

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts, o

f th

e ne

ed

for

addi

tiona

l tec

hnic

al m

easu

res

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith A

rtic

le 5

so

as n

ot t

o in

crea

se t

he r

isks

to

peop

le.

Low

er-t

ier

term

inal

s m

ay b

e re

ques

ted

by

the

CA

to

prov

ide

suffi

cien

t in

form

atio

n fo

r la

nd-u

se p

lann

ing

purp

oses

.

See

sect

ion

11

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re d

etai

ls.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


53

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(c)

in t

he c

ase

of e

xist

ing

esta

blis

hmen

ts, t

o ta

ke

addi

tiona

l tec

hnic

al m

easu

res

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Art

icle

5 s

o as

not

to

incr

ease

the

ris

ks t

o hu

man

he

alth

and

the

env

ironm

ent.

3.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

all C

As

and

plan

ning

aut

horit

ies

resp

onsi

ble

for

deci

sion

s in

thi

s ar

ea s

et u

p ap

prop

riate

con

sulta

tion

proc

edur

es

to f

acili

tate

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

pol

icie

s es

tabl

ishe

d un

der

para

grap

h 1.

The

pro

cedu

res

shal

l be

desi

gned

to

ensu

re t

hat

oper

ator

s pr

ovid

e su

ffici

ent

info

rmat

ion

on t

he r

isks

aris

ing

from

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent

and

that

tec

hnic

al a

dvic

e on

tho

se

risks

is a

vaila

ble,

eith

er o

n a

case

-by-

case

or

on a

ge

neric

bas

is, w

hen

deci

sion

s ar

e ta

ken.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

oper

ator

s of

low

er-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

ts p

rovi

de, a

t th

e re

ques

t of

the

C

A, s

uffic

ient

info

rmat

ion

on t

he r

isks

aris

ing

from

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

nece

ssar

y fo

r la

nd-u

se p

lann

ing

purp

oses

.

4.

The

requ

irem

ents

of

para

grap

hs 1

, 2 a

nd 3

of

this

A

rtic

le s

hall

appl

y w

ithou

t pr

ejud

ice

to t

he p

rovi

sion

s of

Dire

ctiv

e 20

11/9

2/EU

of

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent

and

of t

he C

ounc

il of

13

Dec

embe

r 20

11 o

n th

e as

sess

men

t of

the

eff

ects

of

cert

ain

publ

ic a

nd

priv

ate

proj

ects

on

the

envi

ronm

ent

(1),

Dire

ctiv

e 20

01/4

2/EC

of

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent

and

of t

he

Cou

ncil

of 2

7 Ju

ne 2

001

on t

he a

sses

smen

t of

the

ef

fect

s of

cer

tain

pla

ns a

nd p

rogr

amm

es o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t (2

) and

oth

er r

elev

ant

Uni

on le

gisl

atio

n.

Mem

ber

Stat

es m

ay p

rovi

de f

or c

oord

inat

ed o

r jo

int

proc

edur

es in

ord

er t

o fu

lfil t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of

this

Art

icle

and

the

req

uire

men

ts o

f th

at le

gisl

atio

n,

inte

r al

ia, t

o av

oid

dupl

icat

ion

of a

sses

smen

t or

co

nsul

tatio

ns.

1a. T

he C

omm

issi

on is

invi

ted

by 3

1 D

ecem

ber

2006

, in

clos

e co

oper

atio

n w

ith t

he M

embe

r St

ates

, to

draw

up

gui

delin

es d

efini

ng a

tec

hnic

al d

atab

ase

incl

udin

g ris

k da

ta a

nd r

isk

scen

ario

s, t

o be

use

d fo

r as

sess

ing

the

com

patib

ility

bet

wee

n th

e es

tabl

ishm

ents

co

vere

d by

thi

s D

irect

ive

and

the

area

s de

scrib

ed

in p

arag

raph

1. T

he d

efini

tion

of t

his

data

base

sha

ll as

far

as

poss

ible

tak

e ac

coun

t of

the

eva

luat

ions

m

ade

by t

he C

As,

the

info

rmat

ion

obta

ined

fro

m

oper

ator

s an

d al

l oth

er r

elev

ant

info

rmat

ion

such

as

the

soci

oeco

nom

ic b

enefi

ts o

f de

velo

pmen

t an

d th

e m

itiga

ting

effe

cts

of e

mer

genc

y pl

ans.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

all C

As

and

plan

ning

aut

horit

ies

resp

onsi

ble

for

deci

sion

s in

thi

s ar

ea s

et u

p ap

prop

riate

con

sulta

tion

proc

edur

es t

o fa

cilit

ate

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

pol

icie

s es

tabl

ishe

d un

der

para

grap

h 1.

The

pro

cedu

res

shal

l be

desi

gned

to

ensu

re t

hat

tech

nica

l adv

ice

on t

he r

isks

ar

isin

g fr

om t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

is a

vaila

ble,

eith

er o

n a

case

-by-

case

or

on a

gen

eric

bas

is, w

hen

deci

sion

s ar

e ta

ken.

est

ablis

hmen

t is

ava

ilabl

e, e

ither

on

a ca

se-b

y-ca

se o

r on

a g

ener

ic b

asis

, whe

n de

cisi

ons

are

take

n.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


54

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

14. I

nfo

rmat

ion

to

th

e p

ub

lic

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in A

nnex

V is

per

man

ently

ava

ilabl

e to

th

e pu

blic

, inc

ludi

ng e

lect

roni

cally

. The

info

rmat

ion

shal

l be

kept

upd

ated

, whe

re n

eces

sary

, inc

ludi

ng in

th

e ev

ent

of m

odifi

catio

ns c

over

ed b

y A

rtic

le 1

1.

2.

For

uppe

r-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

also

ens

ure

that

:

(a)

all p

erso

ns li

kely

to

be a

ffec

ted

by a

maj

or

acci

dent

rec

eive

reg

ular

ly a

nd in

the

mos

t ap

prop

riate

for

m, w

ithou

t ha

ving

to

requ

est

it, c

lear

and

inte

lligi

ble

info

rmat

ion

on s

afet

y m

easu

res

and

requ

isite

beh

avio

ur in

the

eve

nt o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent;

(b)

the

safe

ty r

epor

t is

mad

e av

aila

ble

to t

he p

ublic

up

on r

eque

st s

ubje

ct t

o A

rtic

le 2

2(3)

; whe

re

Art

icle

22(

3) a

pplie

s, a

n am

ende

d re

port

, for

in

stan

ce in

the

for

m o

f a

non-

tech

nica

l sum

mar

y,

whi

ch s

hall

incl

ude

at le

ast

gene

ral i

nfor

mat

ion

on M

AH

s an

d on

pot

entia

l eff

ects

on

hum

an

heal

th a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t in

the

eve

nt o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent,

sha

ll be

mad

e av

aila

ble,

and

(c)

the

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s is

mad

e av

aila

ble

to t

he p

ublic

upo

n re

ques

t su

bjec

t to

A

rtic

le 2

2(3)

.

13. I

nfo

rmat

ion

on

saf

ety

mea

sure

s

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

info

rmat

ion

on

safe

ty m

easu

res

and

on t

he r

equi

site

beh

avio

ur in

th

e ev

ent

of a

n ac

cide

nt is

sup

plie

d re

gula

rly a

nd

in t

he m

ost

appr

opria

te f

orm

, with

out

thei

r ha

ving

to

req

uest

it, t

o al

l per

sons

and

all

esta

blis

hmen

ts

serv

ing

the

publ

ic (s

uch

as s

choo

ls a

nd h

ospi

tals

) lia

ble

to b

e af

fect

ed b

y a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

orig

inat

ing

in a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

cove

red

by A

rtic

le 9

. The

in

form

atio

n sh

all b

e re

view

ed e

very

thr

ee y

ears

an

d, w

here

nec

essa

ry, r

epea

ted

and

upda

ted,

at

leas

t if

ther

e is

any

mod

ifica

tion

with

in t

he m

eani

ng

of A

rtic

le 1

0. It

sha

ll al

so b

e m

ade

perm

anen

tly

avai

labl

e to

the

pub

lic. T

he m

axim

um p

erio

d be

twee

n th

e re

petit

ion

of t

he in

form

atio

n to

the

pu

blic

sha

ll, in

any

cas

e, b

e no

long

er t

han

five

year

s. S

uch

info

rmat

ion

shal

l con

tain

, at

leas

t, t

he

info

rmat

ion

liste

d in

Ann

ex V

.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall,

with

res

pect

to

the

poss

ibili

ty

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

with

tra

nsbo

unda

ry e

ffec

ts

orig

inat

ing

in a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

unde

r A

rtic

le 9

, pr

ovid

e su

ffici

ent

info

rmat

ion

to t

he p

oten

tially

af

fect

ed M

embe

r St

ates

so

that

all

rele

vant

pr

ovis

ions

con

tain

ed in

Art

icle

s 11

, 12

and

this

A

rtic

le c

an b

e ap

plie

d, w

here

app

licab

le, b

y th

e af

fect

ed M

embe

r St

ate.

This

ext

ends

the

in

form

atio

n th

at

shou

ld b

e pr

ovid

ed t

o th

e pu

blic

.

Feed

back

fro

m t

he

HSE

sug

gest

s th

at

it is

like

ly t

hat

mor

e in

form

atio

n (s

uch

as t

he f

ull s

afet

y re

port

or

amen

ded

safe

ty r

epor

t an

d th

e in

vent

ory

of

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

) w

ill n

eed

to b

e m

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

pub

lic

on r

eque

st.

See

sect

ion

12

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n a

nd

A

nn

ex G

fo

r m

ore

d

etai

ls.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


55

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

The

info

rmat

ion

to b

e su

pplie

d un

der

poin

t (a

) of

the

firs

t su

bpar

agra

ph o

f th

is p

arag

raph

sha

ll in

clud

e at

leas

t th

e in

form

atio

n re

ferr

ed t

o in

A

nnex

V. T

hat

info

rmat

ion

shal

l lik

ewis

e be

sup

plie

d to

all

build

ings

and

are

as o

f pu

blic

use

, inc

ludi

ng

scho

ols

and

hosp

itals

and

to

all n

eigh

bour

ing

esta

blis

hmen

ts in

the

cas

e of

est

ablis

hmen

ts

cove

red

by A

rtic

le 9

. Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re

that

the

info

rmat

ion

is s

uppl

ied

at le

ast

ever

y fiv

e ye

ars

and

perio

dica

lly r

evie

wed

and

whe

re n

eces

sary

, up

date

d, in

clud

ing

in t

he e

vent

of

mod

ifica

tions

co

vere

d by

Art

icle

11.

3.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall,

with

res

pect

to

the

poss

ibili

ty

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

with

tra

nsbo

unda

ry e

ffec

ts

orig

inat

ing

in a

n up

per-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

t, p

rovi

de

suffi

cien

t in

form

atio

n to

the

pot

entia

lly a

ffec

ted

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

o th

at a

ll re

leva

nt p

rovi

sion

s co

ntai

ned

in A

rtic

les

12 a

nd 1

3 an

d in

thi

s A

rtic

le

can

be a

pplie

d, w

here

app

licab

le, b

y th

e po

tent

ially

af

fect

ed M

embe

r St

ates

.

4.

Whe

re t

he M

embe

r St

ate

conc

erne

d ha

s de

cide

d th

at a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

clos

e to

the

ter

ritor

y of

an

othe

r M

embe

r St

ate

is in

capa

ble

of c

reat

ing

a M

AH

bey

ond

its b

ound

ary

for

the

purp

oses

of

Art

icle

12(

8) a

nd is

not

the

refo

re r

equi

red

to p

rodu

ce

an e

xter

nal e

mer

genc

y pl

an u

nder

Art

icle

12(

1), i

t sh

all i

nfor

m t

he o

ther

Mem

ber

Stat

e of

its

reas

oned

de

cisi

on.

3.

Whe

re t

he M

embe

r St

ate

conc

erne

d ha

s de

cide

d th

at a

n es

tabl

ishm

ent

clos

e to

the

ter

ritor

y of

an

othe

r M

embe

r St

ate

is in

capa

ble

of c

reat

ing

a M

AH

bey

ond

its b

ound

ary

for

the

purp

oses

of

Art

icle

11

(6) a

nd is

not

the

refo

re r

equi

red

to p

rodu

ce a

n ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

an u

nder

Art

icle

11

(1),

it sh

all

so in

form

the

oth

er M

embe

r St

ate.

4.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

safe

ty r

epor

t is

m

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

pub

lic. T

he o

pera

tor

may

ask

th

e C

A n

ot t

o di

sclo

se t

o th

e pu

blic

cer

tain

par

ts o

f th

e re

port

, for

rea

sons

of

indu

stria

l, co

mm

erci

al o

r pe

rson

al c

onfid

entia

lity,

pub

lic s

ecur

ity o

r na

tiona

l de

fenc

e. In

suc

h ca

ses,

on

the

appr

oval

of

the

CA

, th

e op

erat

or s

hall

supp

ly t

o th

e au

thor

ity a

nd m

ake

avai

labl

e to

the

pub

lic a

n am

ende

d re

port

exc

ludi

ng

thos

e m

atte

rs.

5.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

publ

ic is

abl

e to

gi

ve it

s op

inio

n in

the

fol

low

ing

case

s:

–

plan

ning

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts c

over

ed b

y A

rtic

le 9

;

–

mod

ifica

tions

to

exis

ting

esta

blis

hmen

ts u

nder

A

rtic

le 1

0, w

here

suc

h m

odifi

catio

ns a

re s

ubje

ct

to o

blig

atio

ns p

rovi

ded

for

in t

his

Dire

ctiv

e as

to

plan

ning

, and

–

deve

lopm

ents

aro

und

such

exi

stin

g es

tabl

ishm

ents

.

6.

In t

he c

ase

of e

stab

lishm

ents

sub

ject

to

the

prov

isio

ns o

f A

rtic

le 9

, Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re

that

the

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s pr

ovid

ed

for

in A

rtic

le 9

(2) i

s m

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

pub

lic

subj

ect

to t

he p

rovi

sion

s of

par

agra

ph 4

of

this

A

rtic

le a

nd A

rtic

le 2

0.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


56

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

15. P

ub

lic c

on

sult

atio

n a

nd

par

tici

pat

ion

in

dec

isio

n-m

akin

g

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

publ

ic

conc

erne

d is

giv

en a

n ea

rly o

ppor

tuni

ty t

o gi

ve it

s op

inio

n on

spe

cific

indi

vidu

al p

roje

cts

rela

ting

to:

(a)

plan

ning

for

new

est

ablis

hmen

ts p

ursu

ant

to

Art

icle

13;

(b)

sign

ifica

nt m

odifi

catio

ns t

o es

tabl

ishm

ents

und

er

Art

icle

11,

whe

re s

uch

mod

ifica

tions

are

sub

ject

to

obl

igat

ions

pro

vide

d fo

r in

Art

icle

13,

and

(c)

new

dev

elop

men

ts a

roun

d es

tabl

ishm

ents

whe

re

the

sitin

g or

dev

elop

men

ts m

ay in

crea

se t

he r

isk

or c

onse

quen

ces

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

purs

uant

to

Art

icle

13.

2.

With

reg

ard

to t

he s

peci

fic in

divi

dual

pro

ject

s re

ferr

ed t

o in

par

agra

ph 1

, the

pub

lic s

hall

be

info

rmed

by

publ

ic n

otic

es o

r ot

her

appr

opria

te

mea

ns, i

nclu

ding

ele

ctro

nic

med

ia w

here

ava

ilabl

e,

of t

he f

ollo

win

g m

atte

rs e

arly

in t

he p

roce

dure

for

th

e ta

king

of

a de

cisi

on o

r, at

the

late

st, a

s so

on a

s th

e in

form

atio

n ca

n re

ason

ably

be

prov

ided

:

(a)

the

subj

ect

of t

he s

peci

fic p

roje

ct;

(b)

whe

re a

pplic

able

, the

fac

t th

at a

pro

ject

is

sub

ject

to

a na

tiona

l or

tran

sbou

ndar

y en

viro

nmen

tal i

mpa

ct a

sses

smen

t or

to

cons

ulta

tions

bet

wee

n M

embe

r St

ates

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith A

rtic

le 1

4(3)

;

New

Art

icle

with

in

Seve

so II

I whi

ch

requ

ires

that

the

pu

blic

are

con

sulte

d w

hen

ther

e ar

e ne

w

esta

blis

hmen

ts,

chan

ges

to

esta

blis

hmen

ts

or d

evel

opm

ents

cl

ose

to e

xist

ing

esta

blis

hmen

ts.

See

sect

ion

13

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re d

etai

ls.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


57

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(c)

det

ails

of

the

CA

res

pons

ible

for

tak

ing

the

deci

sion

, fro

m w

hich

rel

evan

t in

form

atio

n ca

n be

obt

aine

d an

d to

whi

ch c

omm

ents

or

ques

tions

can

be

subm

itted

, and

det

ails

of

the

time

sche

dule

for

tra

nsm

ittin

g co

mm

ents

or

ques

tions

;

(d)

the

natu

re o

f po

ssib

le d

ecis

ions

or,

whe

re t

here

is

one

, the

dra

ft d

ecis

ion;

(e)

an in

dica

tion

of t

he t

imes

and

pla

ces

whe

re, o

r m

eans

by

whi

ch, t

he r

elev

ant

info

rmat

ion

will

be

mad

e av

aila

ble,

and

(f)

det

ails

of

the

arra

ngem

ents

for

pub

lic

part

icip

atio

n an

d co

nsul

tatio

n m

ade

purs

uant

to

para

grap

h 7

of t

his

Art

icle

.

3.

With

reg

ard

to t

he s

peci

fic in

divi

dual

pro

ject

s re

ferr

ed t

o in

par

agra

ph 1

, Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat,

with

in a

ppro

pria

te t

ime-

fram

es, t

he

follo

win

g is

mad

e av

aila

ble

to t

he p

ublic

con

cern

ed:

(a)

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith n

atio

nal l

egis

latio

n, t

he

mai

n re

port

s an

d ad

vice

issu

ed t

o th

e C

A a

t th

e tim

e w

hen

the

publ

ic c

once

rned

was

info

rmed

pu

rsua

nt t

o pa

ragr

aph

2;

(b)

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he p

rovi

sion

s of

Dire

ctiv

e 20

03/4

/EC

of

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent

and

of

the

Cou

ncil

of 2

8 Ja

nuar

y 20

03 o

n pu

blic

acc

ess

to e

nviro

nmen

tal i

nfor

mat

ion

(1),

info

rmat

ion

othe

r th

an t

hat

refe

rred

to

in p

arag

raph

2 o

f th

is A

rtic

le w

hich

is r

elev

ant

for

the

deci

sion

in

que

stio

n an

d w

hich

onl

y be

com

es a

vaila

ble

afte

r th

e pu

blic

con

cern

ed w

as in

form

ed in

ac

cord

ance

with

tha

t pa

ragr

aph.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


58

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

4.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

publ

ic

conc

erne

d is

ent

itled

to

expr

ess

com

men

ts a

nd

opin

ions

to

the

CA

bef

ore

a de

cisi

on is

tak

en o

n a

spec

ific

indi

vidu

al p

roje

ct a

s re

ferr

ed t

o in

par

agra

ph

1, a

nd t

hat

the

resu

lts o

f th

e co

nsul

tatio

ns h

eld

purs

uant

to

para

grap

h 1

are

duly

tak

en in

to a

ccou

nt

in t

he t

akin

g of

a d

ecis

ion.

5.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

whe

n th

e re

leva

nt

deci

sion

s ar

e ta

ken,

the

CA

sha

ll m

ake

avai

labl

e to

th

e pu

blic

:

(a)

the

cont

ent

of t

he d

ecis

ion

and

the

reas

ons

on w

hich

it is

bas

ed, i

nclu

ding

any

sub

sequ

ent

upda

tes,

and

(b)

the

resu

lts o

f th

e co

nsul

tatio

ns h

eld

befo

re t

he

deci

sion

was

tak

en a

nd a

n ex

plan

atio

n of

how

th

ey w

ere

take

n in

to a

ccou

nt in

tha

t de

cisi

on.

6.

Whe

re g

ener

al p

lans

or

prog

ram

mes

are

bei

ng

esta

blis

hed

rela

ting

to t

he m

atte

rs r

efer

red

to in

po

ints

(a) o

r (c

) of

para

grap

h 1,

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

publ

ic is

giv

en e

arly

and

eff

ectiv

e op

port

uniti

es t

o pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

ir pr

epar

atio

n an

d m

odifi

catio

n or

rev

iew

usi

ng t

he p

roce

dure

s se

t ou

t in

Art

icle

2(2

) of

Dire

ctiv

e 20

03/3

5/EC

of

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent

and

of t

he C

ounc

il of

26

May

20

03 p

rovi

ding

for

pub

lic p

artic

ipat

ion

in r

espe

ct o

f th

e dr

awin

g up

of

cert

ain

plan

s an

d pr

ogra

mm

es

rela

ting

to t

he e

nviro

nmen

t (2

).

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


59

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

iden

tify

the

publ

ic e

ntitl

ed

to p

artic

ipat

e fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es o

f th

is p

arag

raph

, in

clud

ing

rele

vant

non

-gov

ernm

enta

l org

anis

atio

ns

mee

ting

any

rele

vant

req

uire

men

ts im

pose

d un

der

natio

nal l

aw, s

uch

as t

hose

pro

mot

ing

envi

ronm

enta

l pr

otec

tion.

Thi

s pa

ragr

aph

shal

l not

app

ly t

o pl

ans

and

prog

ram

mes

for

whi

ch a

pub

lic p

artic

ipat

ion

proc

edur

e is

car

ried

out

unde

r D

irect

ive

2001

/42/

EC.

7.

The

deta

iled

arra

ngem

ents

for

info

rmin

g th

e pu

blic

an

d co

nsul

ting

the

publ

ic c

once

rned

sha

ll be

de

term

ined

by

the

Mem

ber

Stat

es.

Reas

onab

le t

ime-

fram

es f

or t

he d

iffer

ent

phas

es s

hall

be p

rovi

ded,

allo

win

g su

ffici

ent

time

for

info

rmin

g th

e pu

blic

and

for

the

pub

lic c

once

rned

to

prep

are

and

part

icip

ate

effe

ctiv

ely

in e

nviro

nmen

tal d

ecis

ion-

mak

ing

subj

ect

to t

he p

rovi

sion

s of

thi

s A

rtic

le.

16. I

nfo

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d b

y th

e o

per

ato

r an

d

acti

on

s to

be

take

n f

ollo

win

g a

maj

or

acci

den

t

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat,

as

soon

as

prac

ticab

le

follo

win

g a

maj

or a

ccid

ent,

the

ope

rato

r sh

all b

e re

quire

d, u

sing

the

mos

t ap

prop

riate

mea

ns, t

o:

(a)

Info

rm t

he C

A.

(b)

Prov

ide

the

CA

with

the

fol

low

ing

info

rmat

ion

as

soon

as

it be

com

es a

vaila

ble:

–

the

circ

umst

ance

s of

the

acc

iden

t;

–

the

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

invo

lved

;

–

the

data

ava

ilabl

e fo

r as

sess

ing

the

effe

cts

of t

he

acci

dent

on

hum

an h

ealth

, the

env

ironm

ent

and

prop

erty

, and

–

the

emer

genc

y m

easu

res

take

n.

14. I

nfo

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d b

y th

e o

per

ato

r fo

llow

ing

a m

ajo

r ac

cid

ent

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat,

as

soon

as

prac

ticab

le f

ollo

win

g a

maj

or a

ccid

ent,

the

ope

rato

r sh

all b

e re

quire

d, u

sing

the

mos

t ap

prop

riate

mea

ns,

to:

(a)

Info

rm t

he C

A;

(b)

Prov

ide

the

CA

with

the

fol

low

ing

info

rmat

ion

as

soon

as

it be

com

es a

vaila

ble:

–

the

circ

umst

ance

s of

the

acc

iden

t;

–

the

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

invo

lved

;

–

the

data

ava

ilabl

e fo

r as

sess

ing

the

effe

cts

of t

he

acci

dent

on

man

and

the

env

ironm

ent,

and

–

the

emer

genc

y m

easu

res

take

n.

CA

req

uire

men

ts

deta

iled

with

in A

rtic

le

17 o

f Se

veso

III.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


60

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(c)

Info

rm t

he C

A o

f th

e st

eps

envi

sage

d to

:

–

miti

gate

the

med

ium

-ter

m a

nd lo

ng-t

erm

eff

ects

of

the

acc

iden

t, a

nd

–

prev

ent

any

recu

rren

ce o

f su

ch a

n ac

cide

nt.

(d) U

pdat

e th

e in

form

atio

n pr

ovid

ed if

fur

ther

in

vest

igat

ion

reve

als

addi

tiona

l fac

ts w

hich

alte

r th

at in

form

atio

n or

the

con

clus

ions

dra

wn.

(c)

Info

rm t

he C

A o

f th

e st

eps

envi

sage

d:

–

to a

llevi

ate

the

med

ium

- an

d lo

ng-t

erm

eff

ects

of

the

acci

dent

, and

–

to p

reve

nt a

ny r

ecur

renc

e of

suc

h an

acc

iden

t.

(d)

Upd

ate

the

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

if f

urth

er

inve

stig

atio

n re

veal

s ad

ditio

nal f

acts

whi

ch a

lter

that

info

rmat

ion

or t

he c

oncl

usio

ns d

raw

n.

2. M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll re

quire

the

CA

:

(a)

to e

nsur

e th

at a

ny u

rgen

t, m

ediu

m-

and

long

-te

rm m

easu

res

whi

ch m

ay p

rove

nec

essa

ry a

re

take

n;

(b)

to c

olle

ct, b

y in

spec

tion,

inve

stig

atio

n or

oth

er

appr

opria

te m

eans

, the

info

rmat

ion

nece

ssar

y fo

r a

full

anal

ysis

of

the

tech

nica

l, or

gani

satio

nal

and

man

ager

ial a

spec

ts o

f th

e m

ajor

acc

iden

t;

(c)

to t

ake

appr

opria

te a

ctio

n to

ens

ure

that

the

op

erat

or t

akes

any

nec

essa

ry r

emed

ial m

easu

res,

an

d

(d)

to m

ake

reco

mm

enda

tions

on

futu

re p

reve

ntiv

e m

easu

res.

17. A

ctio

n t

o b

e ta

ken

by

the

CA

fo

llow

ing

a m

ajo

r ac

cid

ent

Follo

win

g a

maj

or a

ccid

ent,

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

requ

ire

the

CA

to:

(a)

ensu

re t

hat

any

urge

nt, m

ediu

m-t

erm

and

long

-te

rm m

easu

res

whi

ch m

ay p

rove

nec

essa

ry a

re

take

n;

New

Art

icle

but

mos

t re

quire

men

ts w

ere

prev

ious

ly w

ithin

Se

vso

II A

rtic

le 1

4.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


61

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(b)

colle

ct, b

y in

spec

tion,

inve

stig

atio

n or

oth

er

appr

opria

te m

eans

, the

info

rmat

ion

nece

ssar

y fo

r a

full

anal

ysis

of

the

tech

nica

l, or

gani

satio

nal

and

man

ager

ial a

spec

ts o

f th

e ac

cide

nt;

(c)

tak

e ap

prop

riate

act

ion

to e

nsur

e th

at t

he

oper

ator

tak

es a

ny n

eces

sary

rem

edia

l mea

sure

s;

(d)

mak

e re

com

men

datio

ns o

n fu

ture

pre

vent

ive

mea

sure

s, a

nd

(e)

info

rm t

he p

erso

ns li

kely

to

be a

ffec

ted,

of

the

acci

dent

whi

ch h

as o

ccur

red

and,

whe

re

rele

vant

, of

the

mea

sure

s un

dert

aken

to

miti

gate

its

con

sequ

ence

s.

How

ever

, Sev

eso

III

does

intr

oduc

e th

e re

quire

men

t fo

r th

e C

A t

o in

form

the

pe

rson

s lik

ely

to

be a

ffec

ted,

of

the

acci

dent

and

the

m

easu

res

unde

rtak

en

to m

itiga

te it

s co

nseq

uenc

es.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

18. I

nfo

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d b

y th

e M

emb

er

Stat

es f

ollo

win

g a

maj

or

acci

den

t

1.

For

the

purp

ose

of p

reve

ntio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

, Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

info

rm t

he

Com

mis

sion

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

mee

ting

the

crite

ria

of A

nnex

VI w

hich

hav

e oc

curr

ed w

ithin

the

ir te

rrito

ry. T

hey

shal

l pro

vide

it w

ith t

he f

ollo

win

g de

tails

:

(a)

the

Mem

ber

Stat

e, t

he n

ame

and

addr

ess

of t

he

auth

ority

res

pons

ible

for

the

rep

ort;

(b)

the

date

, tim

e an

d pl

ace

of t

he a

ccid

ent,

in

clud

ing

the

full

nam

e of

the

ope

rato

r an

d th

e ad

dres

s of

the

est

ablis

hmen

t in

volv

ed;

(c)

a b

rief

desc

riptio

n of

the

circ

umst

ance

s of

the

ac

cide

nt, i

nclu

ding

the

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

volv

ed, a

nd t

he im

med

iate

eff

ects

on

hum

an

heal

th a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t;

15. I

nfo

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d b

y th

e M

emb

er

Stat

es t

o t

he

Co

mm

issi

on

1.

For

the

purp

ose

of p

reve

ntio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

of m

ajor

acc

iden

ts, M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll in

form

th

e C

omm

issi

on a

s so

on a

s pr

actic

able

of

maj

or

acci

dent

s m

eetin

g th

e cr

iteria

of

Ann

ex V

I whi

ch

have

occ

urre

d w

ithin

the

ir te

rrito

ry. T

hey

shal

l pr

ovid

e it

with

the

fol

low

ing

deta

ils:

(a)

the

Mem

ber

Stat

e, t

he n

ame

and

addr

ess

of t

he

auth

ority

res

pons

ible

for

the

rep

ort;

(b)

the

date

, tim

e an

d pl

ace

of t

he m

ajor

acc

iden

t,

incl

udin

g th

e fu

ll na

me

of t

he o

pera

tor

and

the

addr

ess

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

invo

lved

;

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


62

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

(d)

a br

ief

desc

riptio

n of

the

em

erge

ncy

mea

sure

s ta

ken

and

of t

he im

med

iate

pre

caut

ions

ne

cess

ary

to p

reve

nt r

ecur

renc

e, a

nd

(e)

the

resu

lts o

f th

eir

anal

ysis

and

re

com

men

datio

ns.

2.

The

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in p

arag

raph

1 o

f th

is

Art

icle

sha

ll be

pro

vide

d as

soo

n as

pra

ctic

able

and

at

the

late

st w

ithin

one

yea

r of

the

dat

e of

the

ac

cide

nt, u

sing

the

dat

abas

e re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

21

(4).

Whe

re o

nly

prel

imin

ary

info

rmat

ion

unde

r po

int

(e) o

f pa

ragr

aph

1 ca

n be

pro

vide

d w

ithin

th

is t

ime-

limit

for

incl

usio

n in

the

dat

abas

e, t

he

info

rmat

ion

shal

l be

upda

ted

once

the

res

ults

of

furt

her

anal

ysis

and

rec

omm

enda

tions

are

ava

ilabl

e.

Repo

rtin

g of

the

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in p

oint

(e)

of p

arag

raph

1 b

y M

embe

r St

ates

may

be

dela

yed

to a

llow

for

the

com

plet

ion

of ju

dici

al p

roce

edin

gs

whe

re s

uch

repo

rtin

g m

ay a

ffec

t th

ose

proc

eedi

ngs.

3.

For

the

purp

oses

of

prov

idin

g th

e in

form

atio

n re

ferr

ed t

o in

par

agra

ph 1

of

this

Art

icle

by

Mem

ber

Stat

es, a

rep

ort

form

sha

ll be

est

ablis

hed

in t

he f

orm

of

impl

emen

ting

acts

. Tho

se im

plem

entin

g ac

ts s

hall

be a

dopt

ed in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

exa

min

atio

n pr

oced

ure

refe

rred

to

in A

rtic

le 2

7(2)

.

4.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

info

rm t

he C

omm

issi

on o

f th

e na

me

and

addr

ess

of a

ny b

ody

whi

ch m

ight

hav

e re

leva

nt in

form

atio

n on

maj

or a

ccid

ents

and

whi

ch

is a

ble

to a

dvis

e th

e C

As

of o

ther

Mem

ber

Stat

es

whi

ch h

ave

to in

terv

ene

in t

he e

vent

of

such

an

acci

dent

.

(c)

a br

ief

desc

riptio

n of

the

circ

umst

ance

s of

the

ac

cide

nt, i

nclu

ding

the

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

volv

ed, a

nd t

he im

med

iate

eff

ects

on

man

and

th

e en

viro

nmen

t, a

nd

(d)

a br

ief

desc

riptio

n of

the

em

erge

ncy

mea

sure

s ta

ken

and

of t

he im

med

iate

pre

caut

ions

ne

cess

ary

to p

reve

nt r

ecur

renc

e.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall,

as

soon

as

the

info

rmat

ion

prov

ided

for

in A

rtic

le 1

4 is

col

lect

ed, i

nfor

m t

he

Com

mis

sion

of

the

resu

lt of

the

ir an

alys

is a

nd

reco

mm

enda

tions

usi

ng a

rep

ort

form

est

ablis

hed

and

kept

und

er r

evie

w t

hrou

gh t

he p

roce

dure

re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

22.

Rep

ortin

g of

thi

s in

form

atio

n by

Mem

ber

Stat

es m

ay b

e de

laye

d on

ly

to a

llow

for

the

com

plet

ion

of le

gal p

roce

edin

gs

whe

re s

uch

repo

rtin

g is

liab

le t

o af

fect

tho

se

proc

eedi

ngs.

3.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

info

rm t

he C

omm

issi

on o

f

the

nam

e an

d ad

dres

s of

any

bod

y w

hich

mig

ht

have

rel

evan

t in

form

atio

n on

maj

or a

ccid

ents

and

w

hich

is a

ble

to a

dvis

e th

e C

As

of o

ther

Mem

ber

Stat

es w

hich

hav

e to

inte

rven

e in

the

eve

nt o

f su

ch

an a

ccid

ent.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


63

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

16. C

A

With

out

prej

udic

e to

the

ope

rato

r's

resp

onsi

bilit

ies,

M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll se

t up

or

appo

int

the

CA

or

auth

oriti

es r

espo

nsib

le f

or c

arry

ing

out

the

dutie

s la

id

dow

n in

thi

s D

irect

ive

and,

if n

eces

sary

, bod

ies

to a

ssis

t th

e C

A o

r au

thor

ities

at

tech

nica

l lev

el.

Now

cov

ered

by

Art

icle

6 w

ithin

Sev

eso

III.

19. P

roh

ibit

ion

of

use

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

proh

ibit

the

use

or b

ringi

ng

into

use

of

any

esta

blis

hmen

t, in

stal

latio

n or

sto

rage

fa

cilit

y, o

r an

y pa

rt t

here

of w

here

the

mea

sure

s ta

ken

by t

he o

pera

tor

for

the

prev

entio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

of m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

re s

erio

usly

defi

cien

t.

To t

his

end,

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall,

inte

r al

ia, t

ake

into

ac

coun

t se

rious

fai

lure

s to

tak

e th

e ne

cess

ary

actio

ns

iden

tified

in t

he in

spec

tion

repo

rt.

Mem

ber

Stat

es m

ay p

rohi

bit

the

use

or b

ringi

ng

into

use

of

any

esta

blis

hmen

t, in

stal

latio

n or

sto

rage

fa

cilit

y, o

r an

y pa

rt t

here

of if

the

ope

rato

r ha

s no

t su

bmitt

ed t

he n

otifi

catio

n, r

epor

ts o

r ot

her

info

rmat

ion

requ

ired

by t

his

Dire

ctiv

e w

ithin

the

sp

ecifi

ed p

erio

d.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

oper

ator

s m

ay

appe

al a

gain

st a

pro

hibi

tion

orde

r by

a C

A u

nder

pa

ragr

aph

1 to

an

appr

opria

te b

ody

dete

rmin

ed b

y na

tiona

l law

and

pro

cedu

res.

17. P

roh

ibit

ion

of

use

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

proh

ibit

the

use

or b

ringi

ng

into

use

of

any

esta

blis

hmen

t, in

stal

latio

n or

st

orag

e fa

cilit

y, o

r an

y pa

rt t

here

of w

here

the

m

easu

res

take

n by

the

ope

rato

r fo

r th

e pr

even

tion

and

miti

gatio

n of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

are

ser

ious

ly

defic

ient

. Mem

ber

Stat

es m

ay p

rohi

bit

the

use

or

brin

ging

into

use

of

any

esta

blis

hmen

t, in

stal

latio

n or

sto

rage

fac

ility

, or

any

part

the

reof

if t

he o

pera

tor

has

not

subm

itted

the

not

ifica

tion,

rep

orts

or

othe

r in

form

atio

n re

quire

d by

thi

s D

irect

ive

with

in t

he

spec

ified

per

iod.

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

oper

ator

s m

ay

appe

al a

gain

st a

pro

hibi

tion

orde

r by

a C

A u

nder

pa

ragr

aph

1 to

an

appr

opria

te b

ody

dete

rmin

ed b

y na

tiona

l law

and

pro

cedu

res.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


64

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

20. I

nsp

ecti

on

s

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

CA

s or

gani

se a

sy

stem

of

insp

ectio

ns.

2.

Insp

ectio

ns s

hall

be a

ppro

pria

te t

o th

e ty

pe o

f es

tabl

ishm

ent

conc

erne

d. T

hey

shal

l not

be

depe

nden

t up

on r

ecei

pt o

f th

e sa

fety

rep

ort

or a

ny

othe

r re

port

sub

mitt

ed. T

hey

shal

l be

suffi

cien

t fo

r a

plan

ned

and

syst

emat

ic e

xam

inat

ion

of t

he s

yste

ms

bein

g em

ploy

ed a

t th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent,

whe

ther

of

a te

chni

cal,

orga

nisa

tiona

l or

man

ager

ial n

atur

e, s

o as

to

ens

ure

in p

artic

ular

tha

t:

(a)

the

oper

ator

can

dem

onst

rate

tha

t he

has

tak

en

appr

opria

te m

easu

res,

in c

onne

ctio

n w

ith t

he

vario

us a

ctiv

ities

of

the

esta

blis

hmen

t, t

o pr

even

t m

ajor

acc

iden

ts;

(b)

the

oper

ator

can

dem

onst

rate

tha

t he

has

pr

ovid

ed a

ppro

pria

te m

eans

for

lim

iting

the

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f m

ajor

acc

iden

ts, o

n-si

te a

nd

off-

site

;

(c)

the

data

and

info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d in

the

sa

fety

rep

ort,

or

any

othe

r re

port

sub

mitt

ed,

adeq

uate

ly r

eflec

ts t

he c

ondi

tions

in t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t, a

nd

(d)

info

rmat

ion

has

been

sup

plie

d to

the

pub

lic

purs

uant

to

Art

icle

14.

3.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

all e

stab

lishm

ents

ar

e co

vere

d by

an

insp

ectio

n pl

an a

t na

tiona

l, re

gion

al o

r lo

cal l

evel

and

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t th

is

plan

is r

egul

arly

rev

iew

ed a

nd, w

here

app

ropr

iate

, up

date

d.

18. I

nsp

ecti

on

s

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat

the

CA

s or

gani

se a

sy

stem

of

insp

ectio

ns o

r ot

her

mea

sure

s of

con

trol

ap

prop

riate

to

the

type

of

esta

blis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned.

Th

ose

insp

ectio

ns o

r co

ntro

l mea

sure

s sh

all n

ot

be d

epen

dent

upo

n re

ceip

t of

the

saf

ety

repo

rt

or a

ny o

ther

rep

ort

subm

itted

. Suc

h in

spec

tions

or

oth

er c

ontr

ol m

easu

res

shal

l be

suffi

cien

t fo

r a

plan

ned

and

syst

emat

ic e

xam

inat

ion

of t

he s

yste

ms

bein

g em

ploy

ed a

t th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent,

whe

ther

of

a te

chni

cal,

orga

nisa

tiona

l or

man

ager

ial n

atur

e, s

o as

to

ens

ure

in p

artic

ular

:

(a)

that

the

ope

rato

r ca

n de

mon

stra

te t

hat

he h

as

take

n ap

prop

riate

mea

sure

s, in

con

nect

ion

with

the

var

ious

act

iviti

es in

volv

ed in

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent,

to

prev

ent

maj

or a

ccid

ents

;

(b)

that

the

ope

rato

r ca

n de

mon

stra

te t

hat

he h

as

prov

ided

app

ropr

iate

mea

ns f

or li

miti

ng t

he

cons

eque

nces

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

, on

site

and

off

si

te;

(c)

that

the

dat

a an

d in

form

atio

n co

ntai

ned

in t

he

safe

ty r

epor

t, o

r an

y ot

her

repo

rt s

ubm

itted

, ad

equa

tely

refl

ects

the

con

ditio

ns in

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent,

and

(d)

that

info

rmat

ion

has

been

sup

plie

d to

the

pub

lic

purs

uant

to

Art

icle

13

(1).

Seve

so II

I req

uire

s in

spec

tions

of

uppe

r-tie

r si

tes

at le

ast

ever

y ye

ar a

nd lo

wer

-tie

r si

tes

at le

ast

ever

y th

ree

year

s un

less

the

C

A h

as d

raw

n up

an

insp

ectio

n pr

ogra

mm

e ba

sed

on a

sys

tem

atic

ap

prai

sal o

f M

AH

s of

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ents

co

ncer

ned.

Resu

lts o

f ins

pect

ions

w

ill h

ave

to b

e co

mm

unic

ated

with

in

four

mon

ths

to th

e op

erat

or.

If a

serio

us n

on-

com

plia

nce

is

iden

tified

a r

epea

t in

spec

tion

shal

l be

carr

ied

out

with

in s

ix

mon

ths.

Insp

ectio

ns s

houl

d be

coo

rdin

ated

with

ot

her

legi

slat

ion

whe

re

poss

ible

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


65

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

Each

insp

ectio

n pl

an s

hall

incl

ude

the

follo

win

g:

(a)

a ge

nera

l ass

essm

ent

of r

elev

ant

safe

ty is

sues

;

(b)

the

geog

raph

ical

are

a co

vere

d by

the

insp

ectio

n pl

an;

(c)

a lis

t of

the

est

ablis

hmen

ts c

over

ed b

y th

e pl

an;

(d)

a lis

t of

gro

ups

of e

stab

lishm

ents

with

pos

sibl

e do

min

o ef

fect

s pu

rsua

nt t

o A

rtic

le 9

;

(e)

a lis

t of

est

ablis

hmen

ts w

here

par

ticul

ar e

xter

nal

risks

or

haza

rd s

ourc

es c

ould

incr

ease

the

ris

k or

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent;

(f)

pro

cedu

res

for

rout

ine

insp

ectio

ns, i

nclu

ding

the

pr

ogra

mm

es f

or s

uch

insp

ectio

ns p

ursu

ant

to

para

grap

h 4;

(g)

proc

edur

es f

or n

on-r

outin

e in

spec

tions

pur

suan

t to

par

agra

ph 6

, and

(h)

prov

isio

ns o

n th

e co

-ope

ratio

n be

twee

n di

ffer

ent

insp

ectio

n au

thor

ities

.

4.

Base

d on

the

insp

ectio

n pl

ans

refe

rred

to

in

para

grap

h 3,

the

CA

sha

ll re

gula

rly d

raw

up

prog

ram

mes

for

rou

tine

insp

ectio

ns f

or a

ll es

tabl

ishm

ents

incl

udin

g th

e fr

eque

ncy

of s

ite v

isits

fo

r di

ffer

ent

type

s of

est

ablis

hmen

ts.

The

perio

d be

twee

n tw

o co

nsec

utiv

e si

te v

isits

sha

ll no

t ex

ceed

one

yea

r fo

r up

per-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

ts

and

thre

e ye

ars

for

low

er-

tier

esta

blis

hmen

ts, u

nles

s th

e C

A h

as d

raw

n up

an

insp

ectio

n pr

ogra

mm

e ba

sed

on a

sys

tem

atic

app

rais

al o

f M

AH

s of

the

es

tabl

ishm

ents

con

cern

ed.

2.

The

syst

em o

f in

spec

tion

spec

ified

in p

arag

raph

1

shal

l com

ply

with

the

fol

low

ing

cond

ition

s:

(a)

ther

e sh

all b

e a

prog

ram

me

of in

spec

tions

for

all

esta

blis

hmen

ts. U

nles

s th

e C

A h

as e

stab

lishe

d a

prog

ram

me

of in

spec

tions

bas

ed u

pon

a sy

stem

atic

app

rais

al o

f M

AH

s of

the

par

ticul

ar

esta

blis

hmen

t co

ncer

ned,

the

pro

gram

me

shal

l en

tail

at le

ast

one

on-s

ite in

spec

tion

mad

e by

th

e C

A e

very

12

mon

ths

of e

ach

esta

blis

hmen

t co

vere

d by

Art

icle

9;

(b)

follo

win

g ea

ch in

spec

tion,

a r

epor

t sh

all b

e pr

epar

ed b

y th

e C

A, a

nd

(c)

whe

re n

eces

sary

, eve

ry in

spec

tion

carr

ied

out

by t

he C

A s

hall

be f

ollo

wed

up

with

the

m

anag

emen

t of

the

est

ablis

hmen

t, w

ithin

a

reas

onab

le p

erio

d fo

llow

ing

the

insp

ectio

n.

3.

The

CA

may

req

uire

the

ope

rato

r to

pro

vide

any

ad

ditio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion

nece

ssar

y to

allo

w t

he

auth

ority

ful

ly t

o as

sess

the

pos

sibi

lity

of a

maj

or

acci

dent

and

to

dete

rmin

e th

e sc

ope

of p

ossi

ble

incr

ease

d pr

obab

ility

and

/or

aggr

avat

ion

of m

ajor

ac

cide

nts,

to

perm

it th

e pr

epar

atio

n of

an

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

, and

to

take

sub

stan

ces

into

ac

coun

t w

hich

, due

to

thei

r ph

ysic

al f

orm

, par

ticul

ar

cond

ition

s or

loca

tion,

may

req

uire

add

ition

al

cons

ider

atio

n.

Ove

rall

the

impa

ct t

o te

rmin

als

is li

kely

to

be

limite

d.

See

sect

ion

10

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re d

etai

ls.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


66

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

5.

The

syst

emat

ic a

ppra

isal

of

the

haza

rds

of t

he

esta

blis

hmen

ts c

once

rned

sha

ll be

bas

ed o

n at

leas

t th

e fo

llow

ing

crite

ria:

(a)

the

pote

ntia

l im

pact

s of

the

est

ablis

hmen

ts

conc

erne

d on

hum

an h

ealth

and

the

en

viro

nmen

t, a

nd

(b)

the

reco

rd o

f co

mpl

ianc

e w

ith t

he r

equi

rem

ents

of

thi

s D

irect

ive.

Whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, r

elev

ant

findi

ngs

of in

spec

tions

ca

rrie

d ou

t un

der

othe

r U

nion

legi

slat

ion

shal

l als

o be

tak

en in

to a

ccou

nt.

6.

Non

-rou

tine

insp

ectio

ns s

hall

be c

arrie

d ou

t to

in

vest

igat

e se

rious

com

plai

nts,

ser

ious

acc

iden

ts a

nd

'nea

r m

isse

s', i

ncid

ents

and

occ

urre

nces

of

non-

com

plia

nce

as s

oon

as p

ossi

ble.

7.

With

in f

our

mon

ths

afte

r ea

ch in

spec

tion,

the

CA

sh

all c

omm

unic

ate

the

conc

lusi

ons

of t

he in

spec

tion

and

all t

he n

eces

sary

act

ions

iden

tified

to

the

oper

ator

. The

CA

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t th

e op

erat

or

take

s al

l tho

se n

eces

sary

act

ions

with

in a

rea

sona

ble

perio

d af

ter

rece

ipt

of t

he c

omm

unic

atio

n.

8.

If an

insp

ectio

n ha

s id

entifi

ed a

n im

port

ant

case

of

non-

com

plia

nce

with

thi

s D

irect

ive,

an

addi

tiona

l in

spec

tion

shal

l be

carr

ied

out

with

in s

ix m

onth

s.

9.

Insp

ectio

ns s

hall,

whe

re p

ossi

ble,

be

coor

dina

ted

with

insp

ectio

ns u

nder

oth

er U

nion

legi

slat

ion

and

com

bine

d w

here

app

ropr

iate

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


67

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

10. M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll en

cour

age

the

CA

s to

pro

vide

m

echa

nism

s an

d to

ols

for

exch

angi

ng e

xper

ienc

e an

d co

nsol

idat

ing

know

ledg

e, a

nd t

o pa

rtic

ipat

e in

su

ch m

echa

nism

s at

Uni

on le

vel w

here

app

ropr

iate

.

11. M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll en

sure

tha

t op

erat

ors

prov

ide

the

CA

s w

ith a

ll ne

cess

ary

assi

stan

ce t

o en

able

th

ose

auth

oriti

es t

o ca

rry

out

any

insp

ectio

n an

d to

gat

her

any

info

rmat

ion

nece

ssar

y fo

r th

e pe

rfor

man

ce o

f th

eir

dutie

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es o

f th

is D

irect

ive.

In p

artic

ular

, to

allo

w t

he a

utho

ritie

s to

ful

ly a

sses

s th

e po

ssib

ility

of

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t an

d to

det

erm

ine

the

scop

e of

pos

sibl

e in

crea

sed

prob

abili

ty o

r ag

grav

atio

n of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

, to

prep

are

an e

xter

nal e

mer

genc

y pl

an a

nd t

o ta

ke

into

acc

ount

sub

stan

ces

whi

ch, d

ue t

o th

eir

phys

ical

fo

rm, p

artic

ular

con

ditio

ns o

r lo

catio

n, m

ay r

equi

re

addi

tiona

l con

side

ratio

n.

21. I

nfo

rmat

ion

sys

tem

an

d e

xch

ang

es

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es a

nd t

he C

omm

issi

on s

hall

exch

ange

in

form

atio

n on

the

exp

erie

nce

acqu

ired

with

reg

ard

to t

he p

reve

ntio

n of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

and

the

lim

itatio

n of

the

ir co

nseq

uenc

es. T

his

info

rmat

ion

shal

l con

cern

, in

part

icul

ar, t

he f

unct

ioni

ng o

f th

e m

easu

res

prov

ided

for

in t

his

Dire

ctiv

e.

2.

By 3

0 Se

ptem

ber

2019

, and

eve

ry f

our

year

s th

erea

fter

, Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

prov

ide

the

Com

mis

sion

with

a r

epor

t on

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

th

is D

irect

ive.

19. I

nfo

rmat

ion

sys

tem

an

d e

xch

ang

es

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es a

nd t

he C

omm

issi

on s

hall

exch

ange

in

form

atio

n on

the

exp

erie

nce

acqu

ired

with

reg

ard

to t

he p

reve

ntio

n of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

and

the

lim

itatio

n of

the

ir co

nseq

uenc

es. T

his

info

rmat

ion

shal

l con

cern

, in

part

icul

ar, t

he f

unct

ioni

ng o

f th

e m

easu

res

prov

ided

for

in t

his

Dire

ctiv

e.

1a. F

or e

stab

lishm

ents

cov

ered

by

this

Dire

ctiv

e, M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll su

pply

the

Com

mis

sion

with

at

leas

t th

e fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion:

(a)

the

nam

e or

tra

de n

ame

of t

he o

pera

tor

and

the

full

addr

ess

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

conc

erne

d, a

nd

(b)

the

activ

ity o

r ac

tiviti

es o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent.

With

in S

eves

o II

the

info

rmat

ion

is m

ade

avai

labl

e to

cer

tain

st

akeh

olde

rs. W

ithin

Se

veso

III t

his

is

chan

ged

to t

he p

ublic

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


68

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

3.

For

esta

blis

hmen

ts c

over

ed b

y th

is D

irect

ive,

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

supp

ly t

he C

omm

issi

on w

ith a

t le

ast

the

follo

win

g in

form

atio

n:

(a)

the

nam

e or

tra

de n

ame

of t

he o

pera

tor

and

the

full

addr

ess

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

conc

erne

d, a

nd

(b)

the

activ

ity o

r ac

tiviti

es o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll se

t up

and

kee

p up

to

date

a

data

base

con

tain

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

supp

lied

by

the

Mem

ber

Stat

es. A

cces

s to

the

dat

abas

e sh

all b

e re

stric

ted

to p

erso

ns a

utho

rised

by

the

Com

mis

sion

or

the

CA

s of

the

Mem

ber

Stat

es.

4.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll se

t up

and

kee

p at

the

di

spos

al o

f M

embe

r St

ates

a d

atab

ase

cont

aini

ng, i

n pa

rtic

ular

, det

ails

of

the

maj

or a

ccid

ents

whi

ch h

ave

occu

rred

with

in t

he t

errit

ory

of M

embe

r St

ates

, for

th

e pu

rpos

e of

:

(a)

the

rapi

d di

ssem

inat

ion

of t

he in

form

atio

n su

pplie

d by

Mem

ber

Stat

es p

ursu

ant

to A

rtic

le

18(1

) and

(2) a

mon

g al

l CA

s;

(b)

dist

ribut

ion

to C

As

of a

n an

alys

is o

f th

e ca

uses

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

and

the

less

ons

lear

ned

from

th

em;

(c)

supp

ly o

f in

form

atio

n to

CA

s on

pre

vent

ive

mea

sure

s, a

nd

(d)

prov

isio

n of

info

rmat

ion

on o

rgan

isat

ions

abl

e to

pro

vide

adv

ice

or r

elev

ant

info

rmat

ion

on t

he

occu

rren

ce, p

reve

ntio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

of m

ajor

ac

cide

nts.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll se

t up

and

kee

p up

to

date

a

data

base

con

tain

ing

the

info

rmat

ion

supp

lied

by

the

Mem

ber

Stat

es. A

cces

s to

the

dat

abas

e sh

all b

e re

serv

ed t

o pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

by

the

Com

mis

sion

or

the

CA

s of

the

Mem

ber

Stat

es.

2.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll se

t up

and

kee

p at

the

di

spos

al o

f M

embe

r St

ates

a r

egis

ter

and

info

rmat

ion

syst

em c

onta

inin

g, in

par

ticul

ar, d

etai

ls o

f th

e m

ajor

ac

cide

nts

whi

ch h

ave

occu

rred

with

in t

he t

errit

ory

of

Mem

ber

Stat

es, f

or t

he p

urpo

se o

f:

(a)

the

rapi

d di

ssem

inat

ion

of t

he in

form

atio

n su

pplie

d by

Mem

ber

Stat

es p

ursu

ant

to A

rtic

le

15 (1

) am

ong

all C

As;

(b)

dist

ribut

ion

to C

As

of a

n an

alys

is o

f th

e ca

uses

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

and

the

less

ons

lear

ned

from

th

em;

(c)

supp

ly o

f in

form

atio

n to

CA

s on

pre

vent

ive

mea

sure

s, a

nd

(d)

prov

isio

n of

info

rmat

ion

on o

rgan

isat

ions

abl

e to

pro

vide

adv

ice

or r

elev

ant

info

rmat

ion

on t

he

occu

rren

ce, p

reve

ntio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

of m

ajor

ac

cide

nts.

The

regi

ster

and

info

rmat

ion

syst

em s

hall

cont

ain,

at

leas

t: (a)

the

info

rmat

ion

supp

lied

by M

embe

r St

ates

in

com

plia

nce

with

Art

icle

15

(1);

(b)

an a

naly

sis

of t

he c

ause

s of

the

acc

iden

ts;

(c)

the

less

ons

lear

ned

from

the

acc

iden

ts, a

nd

(d)

the

prev

entiv

e m

easu

res

nece

ssar

y to

pre

vent

a

recu

rren

ce.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


69

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

5.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll, b

y 1

Janu

ary

2015

, ado

pt

impl

emen

ting

acts

to

esta

blis

h th

e fo

rmat

s fo

r co

mm

unic

atin

g th

e in

form

atio

n re

ferr

ed t

o in

pa

ragr

aphs

2 a

nd 3

of

this

Art

icle

fro

m M

embe

r St

ates

and

the

rel

evan

t da

taba

ses

refe

rred

to

in

para

grap

hs 3

and

4. T

hose

impl

emen

ting

acts

sha

ll be

ado

pted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he e

xam

inat

ion

proc

edur

e re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

27(

2).

6.

The

data

base

s re

ferr

ed t

o in

par

agra

ph 4

sha

ll co

ntai

n, a

t le

ast:

(a)

the

info

rmat

ion

supp

lied

by M

embe

r St

ates

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith A

rtic

le 1

8(1)

and

(2);

(b)

an a

naly

sis

of t

he c

ause

s of

the

acc

iden

ts;

(c)

the

less

ons

lear

ned

from

the

acc

iden

ts, a

nd

(d)

the

prev

entiv

e m

easu

res

nece

ssar

y to

pre

vent

a

recu

rren

ce.

7.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll m

ake

publ

icly

ava

ilabl

e th

e no

n-co

nfide

ntia

l par

t of

the

dat

a.

3.

With

out

prej

udic

e to

Art

icle

20,

acc

ess

to t

he r

egis

ter

and

info

rmat

ion

syst

em s

hall

be o

pen

to g

over

nmen

t de

part

men

ts o

f th

e M

embe

r St

ates

, ind

ustr

y or

tr

ade

asso

ciat

ions

, tra

de u

nion

s, n

on-g

over

nmen

tal

orga

nisa

tions

in t

he fi

eld

of t

he p

rote

ctio

n of

the

en

viro

nmen

t an

d ot

her

inte

rnat

iona

l or

rese

arch

or

gani

satio

ns w

orki

ng in

the

fiel

d.

4.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

prov

ide

the

Com

mis

sion

with

a

thre

e-ye

arly

rep

ort

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he p

roce

dure

la

id d

own

in C

ounc

il D

irect

ive

91/6

92/E

EC o

f 23

D

ecem

ber

1991

sta

ndar

disi

ng a

nd r

atio

nalis

ing

repo

rts

on t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of c

erta

in D

irect

ives

re

latin

g to

the

env

ironm

ent

(1) f

or e

stab

lishm

ents

co

vere

d by

Art

icle

s 6

and

9. T

he C

omm

issi

on s

hall

publ

ish

a su

mm

ary

of t

his

info

rmat

ion

ever

y th

ree

year

s.

22. A

cces

s to

info

rmat

ion

an

d c

on

fid

enti

alit

y

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re, i

n th

e in

tere

sts

of

tran

spar

ency

, tha

t th

e C

A is

req

uire

d to

mak

e an

y in

form

atio

n he

ld p

ursu

ant

to t

his

Dire

ctiv

e av

aila

ble

to a

ny n

atur

al o

r le

gal p

erso

n w

ho s

o re

ques

ts in

ac

cord

ance

with

Dire

ctiv

e 20

03/4

/EC

.

20. C

on

fid

enti

alit

y

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re, i

n th

e in

tere

sts

of

tran

spar

ency

, tha

t th

e C

As

are

requ

ired

to m

ake

info

rmat

ion

rece

ived

pur

suan

t to

thi

s D

irect

ive

avai

labl

e to

any

nat

ural

or

lega

l per

son

who

so

requ

ests

. Inf

orm

atio

n ob

tain

ed b

y th

e C

As

or t

he

Com

mis

sion

may

, whe

re n

atio

nal p

rovi

sion

s so

re

quire

, be

kept

con

fiden

tial i

f it

calls

into

que

stio

n:

Seve

so II

I res

tric

ts t

he

circ

umst

ance

s un

der

whi

ch in

form

atio

n ca

n be

kep

t co

nfide

ntia

l.

See

sect

ion

14

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re d

etai

ls.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


70

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

Dis

clos

ure

of a

ny in

form

atio

n re

quire

d un

der

this

D

irect

ive,

incl

udin

g un

der

Art

icle

14,

may

be

refu

sed

or r

estr

icte

d by

the

CA

whe

re t

he c

ondi

tions

laid

do

wn

in A

rtic

le 4

of

Dire

ctiv

e 20

03/4

/EC

are

ful

fille

d.

3.

Dis

clos

ure

of t

he c

ompl

ete

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in p

oint

s (b

) and

(c) o

f A

rtic

le 1

4(2)

hel

d by

the

C

A m

ay b

e re

fuse

d by

tha

t C

A, w

ithou

t pr

ejud

ice

to p

arag

raph

2 o

f th

is A

rtic

le, i

f th

e op

erat

or h

as

requ

este

d no

t to

dis

clos

e ce

rtai

n pa

rts

of t

he s

afet

y re

port

or

the

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s fo

r th

e re

ason

s pr

ovid

ed f

or in

Art

icle

4 o

f D

irect

ive

2003

/4/E

C.

The

CA

may

als

o de

cide

for

the

sam

e re

ason

s th

at

cert

ain

part

s of

the

rep

ort

or in

vent

ory

shal

l not

be

disc

lose

d. In

suc

h ca

ses,

and

on

appr

oval

of

that

au

thor

ity, t

he o

pera

tor

shal

l sup

ply

to t

he C

A a

n am

ende

d re

port

or

inve

ntor

y ex

clud

ing

thos

e pa

rts.

(a)

the

confi

dent

ialit

y of

the

del

iber

atio

ns o

f th

e C

As

and

the

Com

mis

sion

;

(b)

the

confi

dent

ialit

y of

inte

rnat

iona

l rel

atio

ns a

nd

natio

nal d

efen

ce;

(c)

publ

ic s

ecur

ity;

(d)

the

confi

dent

ialit

y of

pre

limin

ary

inve

stig

atio

n pr

ocee

ding

s or

of

curr

ent

lega

l pro

ceed

ings

;

(e)

com

mer

cial

and

indu

stria

l sec

rets

, inc

ludi

ng

inte

llect

ual p

rope

rty;

(f)

pers

onal

dat

a an

d/or

file

s, a

nd

(g)

data

sup

plie

d by

a t

hird

par

ty if

tha

t pa

rty

asks

fo

r th

em t

o be

kep

t co

nfide

ntia

l.

2.

This

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all n

ot p

recl

ude

the

conc

lusi

on b

y a

Mem

ber

Stat

e of

agr

eem

ents

with

thi

rd c

ount

ries

on

the

exch

ange

of

info

rmat

ion

to w

hich

it is

priv

y at

in

tern

al le

vel.

23. A

cces

s to

just

ice

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

ensu

re t

hat:

(a)

any

appl

ican

t re

ques

ting

info

rmat

ion

purs

uant

to

poi

nts

(b) o

r (c

) of

Art

icle

14(

2) o

r A

rtic

le

22(1

) of

this

Dire

ctiv

e is

abl

e to

see

k a

revi

ew in

ac

cord

ance

with

Art

icle

6 o

f D

irect

ive

2003

/4/

EC o

f th

e ac

ts o

r om

issi

ons

of a

CA

in r

elat

ion

to

such

a r

eque

st, a

nd

(b)

in t

heir

resp

ectiv

e na

tiona

l leg

al s

yste

m,

mem

bers

of

the

publ

ic c

once

rned

hav

e ac

cess

to

the

rev

iew

pro

cedu

res

set

up in

Art

icle

11

of

Dire

ctiv

e 20

11/9

2/EU

for

cas

es s

ubje

ct t

o A

rtic

le

15(1

) of

this

Dire

ctiv

e.

New

Art

icle

whi

ch

requ

ires

publ

ic t

o be

ab

le t

o se

ek a

rev

iew

of

cer

tain

CA

act

s or

om

issi

ons.

See

sect

ion

15

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

furt

her

det

ails

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


71

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

24. G

uid

ance

The

Com

mis

sion

may

dev

elop

gui

danc

e on

saf

ety

dist

ance

and

dom

ino

effe

cts.

New

Art

icle

whi

ch

mea

ns t

hat

new

gu

idan

ce m

ay b

e de

velo

ped

by t

he

Com

mis

sion

whi

ch

may

hav

e a

futu

re

impa

ct o

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s.

25. A

men

dm

ent

of

An

nex

es

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll be

em

pow

ered

to

adop

t de

lega

ted

acts

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith A

rtic

le 2

6 in

ord

er

to a

dapt

Ann

exes

II t

o V

I to

tech

nica

l pro

gres

s. S

uch

adap

tatio

ns s

hall

not

resu

lt in

sub

stan

tial c

hang

es in

the

ob

ligat

ions

of

the

Mem

ber

Stat

es a

nd t

he o

pera

tors

as

laid

dow

n in

thi

s D

irect

ive.

New

Art

icle

. Cha

nges

co

nsid

ered

to

have

no

imm

edia

te m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

, bu

t fu

ture

cha

nges

co

uld

have

an

impa

ct.

26. E

xerc

ise

of

the

del

egat

ion

1.

The

pow

er t

o ad

opt

dele

gate

d ac

ts is

con

ferr

ed o

n th

e C

omm

issi

on s

ubje

ct t

o th

e co

nditi

ons

laid

dow

n in

thi

s A

rtic

le.

2.

The

pow

er t

o ad

opt

dele

gate

d ac

ts r

efer

red

to in

A

rtic

le 2

5 sh

all b

e co

nfer

red

on t

he C

omm

issi

on

for

a pe

riod

of fi

ve y

ears

fro

m 1

3 A

ugus

t 20

12.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll dr

aw u

p a

repo

rt in

res

pect

of

the

del

egat

ion

of p

ower

no

late

r th

an n

ine

mon

ths

befo

re t

he e

nd o

f th

e fiv

e-ye

ar p

erio

d. T

he

dele

gatio

n of

pow

er s

hall

be t

acitl

y ex

tend

ed f

or

perio

ds o

f an

iden

tical

dur

atio

n, u

nles

s th

e Eu

rope

an

Parli

amen

t or

the

Cou

ncil

oppo

ses

such

ext

ensi

on

not

late

r th

an f

our

mon

ths

befo

re t

he e

nd o

f ea

ch

perio

d.

New

Art

icle

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


72

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

3.

The

dele

gatio

n of

pow

er r

efer

red

to in

Art

icle

25

may

be

revo

ked

at a

ny t

ime

by t

he E

urop

ean

Parli

amen

t or

by

the

Cou

ncil.

A d

ecis

ion

to r

evok

e sh

all p

ut a

n en

d to

the

del

egat

ion

of t

he p

ower

sp

ecifi

ed in

tha

t de

cisi

on. I

t sh

all t

ake

effe

ct t

he

day

follo

win

g th

e pu

blic

atio

n of

the

dec

isio

n in

the

O

ffici

al J

ourn

al o

f th

e Eu

rope

an U

nion

or

at a

late

r da

te s

peci

fied

ther

ein.

It s

hall

not

affe

ct t

he v

alid

ity

of a

ny d

eleg

ated

act

s al

read

y in

for

ce.

4.

As

soon

as

it ad

opts

a d

eleg

ated

act

, the

C

omm

issi

on s

hall

notif

y it

sim

ulta

neou

sly

to t

he

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent

and

to t

he C

ounc

il.

5.

A d

eleg

ated

act

ado

pted

pur

suan

t to

Art

icle

25

shal

l en

ter i

nto

forc

e on

ly if

no

obje

ctio

n ha

s be

en e

xpre

ssed

ei

ther

by

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent o

r the

Cou

ncil

with

in

a pe

riod

of tw

o m

onth

s of

not

ifica

tion

of th

at a

ct to

th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t and

the

Cou

ncil

or if

, bef

ore

the

expi

ry o

f tha

t per

iod,

the

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent a

nd

the

Cou

ncil

have

bot

h in

form

ed th

e C

omm

issio

n th

at

they

will

not

obj

ect.

That

per

iod

shal

l be

exte

nded

by

two

mon

ths

at th

e in

itiat

ive

of th

e Eu

rope

an P

arlia

men

t or

of t

he C

ounc

il.

21. T

erm

s o

f re

fere

nce

of

the

Co

mm

itte

e

The

mea

sure

s re

quire

d to

ada

pt t

he c

riter

ia r

efer

red

to in

Art

icle

9 (6

) (b)

and

Ann

exes

II t

o V

I to

tech

nica

l pr

ogre

ss a

nd t

o dr

aw u

p th

e re

port

for

m r

efer

red

to in

A

rtic

le 1

5 (2

) sha

ll be

ado

pted

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith t

he

proc

edur

e la

id d

own

in A

rtic

le 2

2.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


73

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

27. C

om

mit

tee

pro

ced

ure

1.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll be

ass

iste

d by

the

Com

mitt

ee

esta

blis

hed

by D

irect

ive

96/8

2/EC

. Tha

t C

omm

ittee

is

a co

mm

ittee

with

in t

he m

eani

ng o

f Re

gula

tion

(EU

) N

o 18

2/20

11.

2.

Whe

re r

efer

ence

is m

ade

to t

his

para

grap

h, A

rtic

le 5

of

Reg

ulat

ion

(EU

) No

182/

2011

sha

ll ap

ply.

22. C

om

mit

tee

1.

The

Com

mis

sion

sha

ll be

ass

iste

d by

a c

omm

ittee

.

2.

Whe

re r

efer

ence

is m

ade

to t

his

Art

icle

, Art

icle

s 5

and

7 of

Dec

isio

n 19

99/4

68/E

C s

hall

appl

y,

havi

ng r

egar

d to

the

pro

visi

ons

of A

rtic

le 8

the

reof

. Th

e pe

riod

laid

dow

n in

Art

icle

5(6

) of

Dec

isio

n 19

99/4

68/E

C s

hall

be s

et a

t th

ree

mon

ths.

3.

The

Com

mitt

ee s

hall

adop

t its

rul

es o

f pr

oced

ure.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

23. R

epea

l of

Dir

ecti

ve 8

2/50

1/EE

C

1.

Dire

ctiv

e 82

/501

/EEC

sha

ll be

rep

eale

d 24

mon

ths

afte

r th

e en

try

into

for

ce o

f th

is D

irect

ive.

2.

Not

ifica

tions

, em

erge

ncy

plan

s an

d in

form

atio

n fo

r th

e pu

blic

pre

sent

ed o

r dr

awn

up p

ursu

ant

to

Dire

ctiv

e 82

/501

/EEC

sha

ll re

mai

n in

for

ce u

ntil

such

tim

e as

the

y ar

e re

plac

ed u

nder

the

cor

resp

ondi

ng

prov

isio

ns o

f th

is D

irect

ive.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

24. I

mp

lem

enta

tio

n

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

brin

g in

to f

orce

the

law

s,

regu

latio

ns a

nd a

dmin

istr

ativ

e pr

ovis

ions

nec

essa

ry

to c

ompl

y w

ith t

his

Dire

ctiv

e no

t la

ter

than

24

mon

ths

afte

r its

ent

ry in

to f

orce

. The

y sh

all f

orth

with

in

form

the

Com

mis

sion

the

reof

. Whe

n M

embe

r St

ates

ado

pt t

hese

mea

sure

s, t

hey

shal

l con

tain

a

refe

renc

e to

thi

s D

irect

ive

or s

hall

be a

ccom

pani

ed

by s

uch

refe

renc

e on

the

occ

asio

n of

the

ir of

ficia

l pu

blic

atio

n. T

he m

etho

ds o

f m

akin

g su

ch r

efer

ence

sh

all b

e la

id d

own

by M

embe

r St

ates

.

With

in S

eves

o III

thi

s is

co

vere

d in

Art

icle

31.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


74

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

com

mun

icat

e to

the

C

omm

issi

on t

he m

ain

prov

isio

ns o

f do

mes

tic la

w

whi

ch t

hey

adop

t in

the

fiel

d go

vern

ed b

y th

is

Dire

ctiv

e.

28. P

enal

ties

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

dete

rmin

e pe

nalti

es a

pplic

able

to

infr

inge

men

ts o

f th

e na

tiona

l pro

visi

ons

adop

ted

purs

uant

to

this

Dire

ctiv

e. T

he p

enal

ties

thus

pro

vide

d fo

r sh

all b

e ef

fect

ive,

pro

port

iona

te a

nd d

issu

asiv

e.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

notif

y th

ose

prov

isio

ns t

o th

e C

omm

issi

on b

y 1

June

201

5 an

d sh

all n

otify

it w

ithou

t de

lay

of a

ny s

ubse

quen

t am

endm

ent

affe

ctin

g th

em.

New

art

icle

whi

ch

intr

oduc

es t

he

requ

irem

ent

for

pena

lties

for

in

frin

gem

ents

to

the

CO

MA

H R

egul

atio

ns.

See

sect

ion

16

of

this

pu

blic

atio

n f

or

mo

re d

etai

ls.

29. R

epo

rtin

g a

nd

rev

iew

1.

By 3

0 Se

ptem

ber

2020

, and

eve

ry f

our

year

s th

erea

fter

, the

Com

mis

sion

, on

the

basi

s of

in

form

atio

n su

bmitt

ed b

y M

embe

r St

ates

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith A

rtic

le 1

8 an

d A

rtic

le 2

1(2)

and

of

info

rmat

ion

held

in d

atab

ases

, as

refe

rred

to

in

Art

icle

21(

3) a

nd (4

), an

d ta

king

into

acc

ount

the

im

plem

enta

tion

of A

rtic

le 4

, sha

ll su

bmit

to t

he

Euro

pean

Par

liam

ent

and

to t

he C

ounc

il a

repo

rt

on t

he im

plem

enta

tion

and

effic

ient

fun

ctio

ning

of

thi

s D

irect

ive,

incl

udin

g in

form

atio

n on

maj

or

acci

dent

s th

at h

ave

occu

rred

with

in t

he U

nion

and

th

eir

pote

ntia

l im

pact

upo

n th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e. T

he C

omm

issi

on s

hall

incl

ude

in t

he

first

of

thos

e re

port

s an

ass

essm

ent

of t

he n

eed

to

amen

d th

e sc

ope

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e. A

ny r

epor

t m

ay,

whe

re a

ppro

pria

te, b

e ac

com

pani

ed b

y a

legi

slat

ive

prop

osal

.

New

Art

icle

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no im

med

iate

. m

ater

ial i

mpa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s.

How

ever

, rep

ort

may

rec

omm

end

futu

re a

men

dmen

ts,

in p

artic

ular

re

gard

ing

finan

cial

re

spon

sibi

litie

s an

d in

sura

nce

for

maj

or

acci

dent

s.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


75

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

In t

he c

onte

xt o

f re

leva

nt U

nion

legi

slat

ion,

the

C

omm

issi

on m

ay e

xam

ine

the

need

to

addr

ess

the

issu

e of

fina

ncia

l res

pons

ibili

ties

of t

he o

pera

tor

in

rela

tion

to m

ajor

acc

iden

ts, i

nclu

ding

issu

es r

elat

ed

to in

sura

nce.

30. A

men

dm

ent

of

Dir

ecti

ve 9

6/82

/EC

In D

irect

ive

96/8

2/EC

, the

wor

ds '(

d) H

FOs'

are

add

ed t

o th

e he

adin

g 'p

etro

leum

pro

duct

s' in

Par

t 1

of A

nnex

I.

Am

ends

Sev

eso

II to

in

clud

e H

FOs

with

in

petr

oleu

m p

rodu

cts.

Th

is c

hang

e is

alre

ady

in p

lace

. No

furt

her

impl

icat

ions

for

te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

31. T

ran

spo

siti

on

1.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

brin

g in

to f

orce

the

law

s,

regu

latio

ns a

nd a

dmin

istr

ativ

e pr

ovis

ions

nec

essa

ry

to c

ompl

y w

ith t

his

Dire

ctiv

e by

31

May

201

5. T

hey

shal

l app

ly t

hose

mea

sure

s fr

om 1

Jun

e 20

15.

Not

with

stan

ding

the

firs

t su

bpar

agra

ph, M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll br

ing

into

for

ce t

he la

ws,

reg

ulat

ions

an

d ad

min

istr

ativ

e pr

ovis

ions

nec

essa

ry t

o co

mpl

y w

ith A

rtic

le 3

0 of

thi

s D

irect

ive

by 1

4 Fe

brua

ry 2

014.

Th

ey s

hall

appl

y th

ose

mea

sure

s fr

om 1

5 Fe

brua

ry

2014

. The

y sh

all f

orth

with

com

mun

icat

e to

the

C

omm

issi

on t

he t

ext

of t

hose

pro

visi

ons.

Whe

n M

embe

r St

ates

ado

pt t

hose

pro

visi

ons,

the

y sh

all c

onta

in a

ref

eren

ce t

o th

is D

irect

ive

or b

e ac

com

pani

ed b

y su

ch a

ref

eren

ce o

n th

e oc

casi

on

of t

heir

offic

ial p

ublic

atio

n. M

embe

r St

ates

sha

ll de

term

ine

how

suc

h re

fere

nce

is t

o be

mad

e.

With

in S

eves

o II

this

is

cove

red

in A

rtic

le 2

4.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


76

Seve

so II

I Art

icle

Seve

so II

Art

icle

Imp

act

of

chan

ges

w

ith

in t

he

Art

icle

s

2.

Mem

ber

Stat

es s

hall

com

mun

icat

e to

the

C

omm

issi

on t

he t

ext

of t

he m

ain

prov

isio

ns o

f na

tiona

l law

whi

ch t

hey

adop

t in

the

fiel

d co

vere

d by

th

is D

irect

ive.

32. R

epea

l

1.

Dire

ctiv

e 96

/82/

EC is

rep

eale

d w

ith e

ffec

t fr

om 1

Ju

ne 2

015.

2.

Refe

renc

es t

o th

e re

peal

ed D

irect

ive

shal

l be

cons

true

d as

ref

eren

ces

to t

his

Dire

ctiv

e an

d sh

all b

e re

ad in

acc

orda

nce

with

the

cor

rela

tion

tabl

e se

t ou

t in

Ann

ex V

II.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

33. E

ntr

y in

to f

orc

e

This

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all e

nter

into

for

ce o

n th

e 20

th d

ay

follo

win

g th

at o

f its

pub

licat

ion

in t

he O

ffici

al jo

urna

l of

the

Euro

pean

Uni

on.

25. E

ntr

y in

to f

orc

e

This

Dire

ctiv

e sh

all e

nter

into

for

ce o

n th

e 20

th d

ay

follo

win

g th

at o

f its

pub

licat

ion

in t

he O

ffici

al jo

urna

l of

the

Euro

pean

Com

mun

ities

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

34. A

dd

ress

ees

This

Dire

ctiv

e is

add

ress

ed t

o th

e M

embe

r St

ates

.

26. A

dd

ress

ee

This

Dire

ctiv

e is

add

ress

ed t

o th

e M

embe

r St

ates

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

Art

icle

s b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


77

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ateg

ory

Low

er

tier

(To

nn

es)

Up

per

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

sN

o.

Cat

ego

ryLo

wer

ti

er(T

on

nes

)

Top

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

s

P3a

Flam

mab

le

aero

sols

150

(net

)50

0 (n

et)

'Fla

mm

able

' aer

osol

s ca

tego

ry 1

or

2,

cont

aini

ng fl

amm

able

ga

ses

cate

gory

1 o

r 2

or fl

amm

able

liqu

ids

cate

gory

1

New

cat

egor

y

P3b

Flam

mab

le

aero

sols

5 00

0 (n

et)

50 0

00

(net

)'F

lam

mab

le' a

eros

ols

cate

gory

1 o

r 2,

not

co

ntai

ning

flam

mab

le

gase

s ca

tego

ry 1

or

2 no

r fla

mm

able

liqu

ids

cate

gory

1

New

cat

egor

y

P4O

xidi

sing

gase

s50

200

Oxi

disi

ng g

ases

, cat

egor

y 1

3O

xidi

sing

5020

0

P5a

Flam

mab

le

liqui

ds10

50Fl

amm

able

liqu

ids,

ca

tego

ry 1

, or

flam

mab

le

liqui

ds c

ateg

ory

2 or

3

mai

ntai

ned

at a

tem

pera

ture

ab

ove

thei

r boi

ling

poin

t, or

ot

her

liqui

ds w

ith a

flas

h po

int ≤

60

°C,

mai

ntai

ned

at a

te

mpe

ratu

re a

bove

the

ir bo

iling

poi

nt.

8 (als

o se

e P2

)

Extr

emel

y fla

mm

able

1050

Liqu

id s

ubst

ance

s an

d pr

epar

atio

ns

whi

ch h

ave

a fla

sh

poin

t lo

wer

tha

n 0

ºC a

nd t

he

boili

ng p

oint

(or,

in t

he c

ase

of a

bo

iling

ran

ge, t

he

initi

al b

oilin

g po

int)

of

whi

ch a

t no

rmal

pr

essu

re is

less

than

or

equ

al to

35

ºC

(risk

phr

ase

R 12

,

Co

mp

aris

on

of

An

nex

I ca

teg

ori

es b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


81

Seve

so II

ISe

veso

II

No

.C

ateg

ory

Low

er

tier

(To

nn

es)

Up

per

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

sN

o.

Cat

ego

ryLo

wer

ti

er(T

on

nes

)

Top

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

s

(EC

) No

1272

/200

8:

Cat

egor

y 1

flash

poi

nt

<23

o C a

nd b

oilin

g po

int

≤35

o C

Cat

egor

y 2

flash

poi

nt

<23

o C a

nd b

oilin

g po

int

>35

o C

Cat

egor

y 3

flash

poi

nt

≥23o C

and

boi

ling

poin

t ≤6

0 o C

first

inde

nt)

flam

mab

le a

nd

high

ly fl

amm

able

liq

uid

subs

tanc

es

and

prep

arat

ions

m

aint

aine

d at

a

tem

pera

ture

abo

ve

thei

r bo

iling

poi

nt.

P5b

Flam

mab

le

liqui

ds50

200

Flam

mab

le li

quid

s ca

tego

ry

2 or

3 w

here

par

ticul

ar

proc

essi

ng c

ondi

tions

, su

ch a

s hi

gh p

ress

ure

or

high

tem

pera

ture

, may

cr

eate

MA

Hs,

or

othe

r liq

uids

with

a fl

ash

poin

t ≤

60 °

C w

here

par

ticul

ar

proc

essi

ng c

ondi

tions

, su

ch a

s hi

gh p

ress

ure

or

high

tem

pera

ture

, may

cr

eate

MA

Hs.

(EC

) No

1272

/200

8:

Cat

egor

y 2

flash

poi

nt

<23

o C a

nd b

oilin

g po

int

>35

o C

Cat

egor

y 3

flash

poi

nt

≥23

o C a

nd b

oilin

g po

int

≤60

o C

7a (als

o se

e Se

veso

III

P7)

Hig

hly

flam

mab

le50

200

Subs

tanc

es a

nd

prep

arat

ions

w

hich

hav

e a

flash

po

int

low

er t

han

55 º

C a

nd w

hich

re

mai

n liq

uid

unde

r pr

essu

re,

whe

re p

artic

ular

pr

oces

sing

co

nditi

ons,

suc

h as

hig

h pr

essu

re o

r hi

gh t

empe

ratu

re,

may

cre

ate

MA

Hs

Co

mp

aris

on

of

An

nex

I ca

teg

ori

es b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


82

Seve

so II

ISe

veso

II

No

.C

ateg

ory

Low

er

tier

(To

nn

es)

Up

per

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

sN

o.

Cat

ego

ryLo

wer

ti

er(T

on

nes

)

Top

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

s

P5c

Flam

mab

le

liqui

ds5

000

50 0

00Fl

amm

able

liqu

ids,

ca

tego

ries

2 or

3 n

ot

cove

red

by P

5a a

nd P

5b.

(EC

) No

1272

/200

8:

Cat

egor

y 2

flash

poi

nt

<23

o C a

nd b

oilin

g po

int

>35

o C

Cat

egor

y 3

flash

poi

nt

≥23

o C a

nd b

oilin

g po

int

≤60

o C

6Fl

amm

able

5 00

050

000

Flam

mab

le li

quid

s:

subs

tanc

es a

nd

prep

arat

ions

hav

ing

a fla

sh p

oint

equ

al

to o

r gr

eate

r th

an

21 º

C a

nd le

ss

than

or

equa

l to

55 º

C (r

isk

phra

se

R 10

), su

ppor

ting

com

bust

ion

7bH

ighl

y fla

mm

able

5 00

050

000

Subs

tanc

es a

nd

prep

arat

ions

ha

ving

a fl

ash

poin

t lo

wer

tha

n 21

ºC

and

whi

ch

are

not

extr

emel

y fla

mm

able

(ris

k ph

rase

R 1

1,

seco

nd in

dent

)

P6a

Self-

reac

tive

subs

tanc

es

and

mix

ture

s an

d or

gani

c pe

roxi

des

1050

Self-

reac

tive

subs

tanc

es

and

mix

ture

s, T

ype

A o

r B

or o

rgan

ic p

erox

ides

, Typ

e A

or

B

New

cat

egor

y

Co

mp

aris

on

of

An

nex

I ca

teg

ori

es b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


83

Seve

so II

ISe

veso

II

No

.C

ateg

ory

Low

er

tier

(To

nn

es)

Up

per

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

sN

o.

Cat

ego

ryLo

wer

ti

er(T

on

nes

)

Top

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

s

P6b

Self-

reac

tive

subs

tanc

es

and

mix

ture

s an

d or

gani

c pe

roxi

des

5020

0Se

lf-re

activ

e su

bsta

nces

an

d m

ixtu

res,

typ

e C

, D, E

or

F o

r or

gani

c pe

roxi

des,

ty

pe C

, D, E

, or

F

New

cat

egor

y

P7Py

roph

oric

liq

uids

and

so

lids

5020

0Py

roph

oric

liqu

ids,

ca

tego

ry 1

Pyro

phor

ic s

olid

s, c

ateg

ory

1

7a (als

o se

e Se

veso

III

P5b

)

Hig

hly

flam

mab

le50

200

New

cat

egor

y fo

r so

lids.

subs

tanc

es a

nd

prep

arat

ions

whi

ch

may

bec

ome

hot

and

final

ly c

atch

fir

e in

con

tact

with

ai

r at

am

bien

t te

mpe

ratu

re

with

out

any

inpu

t of

ene

rgy

(ris

k ph

rase

R 1

7),

Envi

ron

men

tal h

azar

ds

P8O

xidi

sing

liq

uids

and

so

lids

5020

0O

xidi

sing

liqu

ids,

cat

egor

y 1,

2 o

r 3,

or

oxid

isin

g so

lids,

cat

egor

y 1,

2 o

r 3

3O

xidi

sing

5020

0

E1H

azar

dous

to

the

aqua

tic

envi

ronm

ent

in c

ateg

ory

acut

e 1

or

chro

nic

1

5020

09

(i)R5

0: 'V

ery

toxi

c to

aq

uatic

or

gani

sms'

(in

clud

ing

R50/

53)

100

200

Co

mp

aris

on

of

An

nex

I ca

teg

ori

es b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


84

Seve

so II

ISe

veso

II

No

.C

ateg

ory

Low

er

tier

(To

nn

es)

Up

per

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

sN

o.

Cat

ego

ryLo

wer

ti

er(T

on

nes

)

Top

ti

er(T

on

nes

)N

ote

s

E2H

azar

dous

to

the

aqua

tic

envi

ronm

ent

in c

ateg

ory

chro

nic

2

200

500

9 (ii

)R5

1/53

: 'To

xic

to a

quat

ic

orga

nism

s;

may

cau

se

long

ter

m

adve

rse

effe

cts

in

the

aqua

tic

envi

ronm

ent'

200

500

Oth

er h

azar

ds

O1

Subs

tanc

es

or m

ixtu

res

with

haz

ard

stat

emen

t EU

H01

4

100

500

EUH

014

= r

eact

s vi

olen

tly

with

wat

er10

(i)

R14:

'Rea

cts

viol

ently

w

ith w

ater

' (in

clud

ing

R14/

15)

100

500

O2

Subs

tanc

es a

nd

mix

ture

s w

hich

in

con

tact

with

w

ater

em

it fla

mm

able

ga

ses,

cat

egor

y 1

100

500

New

cat

egor

y

O3

Subs

tanc

es

or m

ixtu

res

with

haz

ard

stat

emen

t EU

H02

9

5020

0EU

H02

9 =

con

tact

with

w

ater

libe

rate

s to

xic

gas

10 (i

i)R2

9: 'i

n co

ntac

t with

w

ater

, lib

erat

es

toxi

c ga

s'

5020

0

Co

mp

aris

on

of

An

nex

I ca

teg

ori

es b

etw

een

Sev

eso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


85

ANNEX CNEW NAMED SUBSTANCES WITHIN SEVESO III

Named substance Lower tier (Tonnes)

Upper tier (Tonnes)

7. Arsenic pentoxide, arsenic (V) acid and/or salts 1 2

8. Arsenic trioxide, arsenious (III) acid and/or salts 0,1

34. Petroleum products and alternative fuels

(a) gasolines and naphthas

(b) kerosenes (including jet fuels)

(c) gas oils (including diesel fuels, home heating oils and gas oil blending streams)

Note (a) (b) and (c) already named substances

(d) HFOs

(e) alternative fuels serving the same purposes and with similar properties as regards flammability and environmental hazards as the products referred to in points (a) to (d)

2 500 25 000

35. Anhydrous ammonia 50 200

36. Boron trifluoride 5 20

37. Hydrogen sulphide 5 20

38. Piperidine 50 200

39. Bis(2-dimethylaminoethyl) (methyl)amin 50 200

40. 3-(2-Ethylhexyloxy) propylamin 50 200

41. Mixtures of sodium hypochlorite classified as aquatic acute category 1 containing less than 5 % active chlorine and not classified under any of the other hazard categories.

200 500

42. Propylamine (see note 21) 500 2 000

43. Tert-butyl acrylate 200 500

44. 2-Methyl-3-butenenitrile 500 2 000

45. Tetrahydro-3,5-dimethyl-1,3,5,-thiadiazine-2-thione (Dazomet) 100 200

46. Methyl acrylate 500 2 000

47. 3-Methylpyridine 500 2 000

48. 1-Bromo-3-chloropropane 500 2 000


86

AN

NEX

DC

OM

PAR

ISO

N O

F SA

FETY

REP

OR

T R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

BET

WEE

N A

NN

EX II

OF

SEV

ESO

III A

ND

A

NN

EX II

OF

SEV

ESO

II

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Cha

nges

may

hav

e a

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Seve

so II

I An

nex

II m

inim

um

safe

ty re

po

rt re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

An

nex

II m

inim

um

saf

ety

rep

ort

req

uir

emen

tsC

om

men

ts

1. In

form

atio

n o

n t

he

man

agem

ent

syst

em a

nd

on

th

e o

rgan

isat

ion

of

the

esta

blis

hm

ent

wit

h a

vie

w t

o

maj

or

acci

den

t p

reve

nti

on

.

This

info

rmat

ion

shal

l con

tain

the

ele

men

ts in

dica

ted

in

Ann

ex II

I.

1. In

form

atio

n o

n t

he

man

agem

ent

syst

em a

nd

on

th

e o

rgan

isat

ion

of

the

esta

blis

hm

ent

wit

h a

vie

w t

o

maj

or

acci

den

t p

reve

nti

on

.

This

info

rmat

ion

shal

l con

tain

the

ele

men

ts g

iven

in

Ann

ex II

I.

No

chan

ges.

2. P

rese

nta

tio

n o

f th

e en

viro

nm

ent

of

the

esta

blis

hm

ent:

(a)

desc

riptio

n of

the

est

ablis

hmen

t an

d its

en

viro

nmen

t in

clud

ing

the

geog

raph

ical

loca

tion,

m

eteo

rolo

gica

l, ge

olog

ical

, hyd

rogr

aphi

c co

nditi

ons

and,

if n

eces

sary

, its

his

tory

;

(b)

iden

tifica

tion

of in

stal

latio

ns a

nd o

ther

act

iviti

es o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

whi

ch c

ould

pre

sent

a M

AH

;

(c)

on t

he b

asis

of

avai

labl

e in

form

atio

n, id

entifi

catio

n of

nei

ghbo

urin

g es

tabl

ishm

ents

, as

wel

l as

site

s th

at f

all o

utsi

de t

he s

cope

of

this

Dire

ctiv

e, a

reas

an

d de

velo

pmen

ts t

hat

coul

d be

the

sou

rce

of,

or in

crea

se t

he r

isk

or c

onse

quen

ces

of a

maj

or

acci

dent

and

of

dom

ino

effe

cts,

and

(d)

desc

riptio

n of

are

as w

here

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t m

ay

occu

r.

2. P

rese

nta

tio

n o

f th

e en

viro

nm

ent

of

the

esta

blis

hm

ent

(a)

desc

riptio

n of

the

site

and

its

envi

ronm

ent

incl

udin

g th

e ge

ogra

phic

al lo

catio

n,

met

erol

ogic

al, g

eolo

gica

l, hy

drog

raph

ic c

ondi

tions

an

d, if

nec

essa

ry, i

ts h

isto

ry;

(b)

iden

tifica

tion

of in

stal

latio

ns a

nd o

ther

act

iviti

es

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

whi

ch c

ould

pre

sent

a M

AH

, an

d

(c)

desc

riptio

n of

are

as w

here

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t m

ay

occu

r.

New

req

uire

men

t to

iden

tify

neig

hbou

ring

esta

blis

hmen

ts

etc.

tha

t ca

n in

crea

se t

he r

isk

or

cons

eque

nce

of a

m

ajor

acc

iden

t.

See

sect

ion

8 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.


87

Seve

so II

I An

nex

II m

inim

um

safe

ty re

po

rt re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

An

nex

II m

inim

um

saf

ety

rep

ort

req

uir

emen

tsC

om

men

ts

3. D

escr

ipti

on

of

the

inst

alla

tio

n:

(a)

Des

crip

tion

of t

he m

ain

activ

ities

and

pro

duct

s of

the

par

ts o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

whi

ch a

re

impo

rtan

t fr

om t

he p

oint

of

view

of

safe

ty,

sour

ces

of m

ajor

acc

iden

t ris

ks a

nd c

ondi

tions

un

der

whi

ch s

uch

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t co

uld

happ

en, t

oget

her

with

a d

escr

iptio

n of

pro

pose

d pr

even

tive

mea

sure

s.

(b)

Des

crip

tion

of p

roce

sses

, in

part

icul

ar t

he

oper

atin

g m

etho

ds; w

here

app

licab

le, t

akin

g in

to

acco

unt

avai

labl

e in

form

atio

n on

bes

t pr

actic

es.

(c)

Des

crip

tion

of d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces.

–

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

clud

ing:

(i)

the

iden

tifica

tion

of d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces:

ch

emic

al n

ame,

CA

S nu

mbe

r, na

me

acco

rdin

g to

IUPA

C n

omen

clat

ure,

and

(ii)

the

max

imum

qua

ntity

of

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

pre

sent

or

likel

y to

be

pres

ent;

–

phys

ical

, che

mic

al, t

oxic

olog

ical

cha

ract

eris

tics

and

indi

catio

n of

the

haz

ards

, bot

h im

med

iate

an

d de

laye

d fo

r hu

man

hea

lth a

nd t

he

envi

ronm

ent,

and

–

phys

ical

and

che

mic

al b

ehav

iour

und

er

norm

al c

ondi

tions

of

use

or u

nder

for

esee

able

ac

cide

ntal

con

ditio

ns.

3. D

escr

ipti

on

of

the

inst

alla

tio

n

(a)

Des

crip

tion

of t

he m

ain

activ

ities

and

pro

duct

s of

the

par

ts o

f th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent

whi

ch a

re

impo

rtan

t fr

om t

he p

oint

of

view

of

safe

ty,

sour

ces

of m

ajor

acc

iden

t ris

ks a

nd c

ondi

tions

un

der

whi

ch s

uch

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t co

uld

happ

en, t

oget

her

with

a d

escr

iptio

n of

pro

pose

d pr

even

tive

mea

sure

s.

(b)

Des

crip

tion

of p

roce

sses

, in

part

icul

ar t

he

oper

atin

g m

etho

ds.

(c)

Des

crip

tion

of d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces:

–

inve

ntor

y of

dan

gero

us s

ubst

ance

s in

clud

ing:

(i)

the

iden

tifica

tion

of d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces:

ch

emic

al n

ame,

CA

S nu

mbe

r, na

me

acco

rdin

g to

IUPA

C n

omen

clat

ure,

and

(ii)

the

max

imum

qua

ntity

of

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

pre

sent

or

likel

y to

be

pres

ent;

–

phys

ical

, che

mic

al, t

oxic

olog

ical

cha

ract

eris

tics

and

indi

catio

n of

the

haz

ards

, bot

h im

med

iate

an

d de

laye

d fo

r m

an a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t,

and

–

phys

ical

and

che

mic

al b

ehav

iour

und

er

norm

al c

ondi

tions

of

use

or u

nder

for

esee

able

ac

cide

ntal

con

ditio

ns.

New

req

uire

men

t to

ta

ke a

ccou

nt o

f be

st

prac

tices

.

See

sect

ion

8 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

safe

ty r

epo

rt r

equ

irem

ents

bet

wee

n A

nn

ex II

of

Seve

so II

I an

d A

nn

ex II

of

Seve

so II

(co

nti

nu

ed)


88

Seve

so II

I An

nex

II m

inim

um

safe

ty re

po

rt re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

An

nex

II m

inim

um

saf

ety

rep

ort

req

uir

emen

tsC

om

men

ts

4. Id

enti

fica

tio

n a

nd

acc

iden

tal r

isks

an

alys

is a

nd

p

reve

nti

on

met

ho

ds:

(a)

Det

aile

d de

scrip

tion

of t

he p

ossi

ble

maj

or a

ccid

ent

scen

ario

s an

d th

eir

prob

abili

ty o

r th

e co

nditi

ons

unde

r w

hich

the

y oc

cur

incl

udin

g a

sum

mar

y of

th

e ev

ents

whi

ch m

ay p

lay

a ro

le in

trig

gerin

g ea

ch o

f th

ese

scen

ario

s, t

he c

ause

s be

ing

inte

rnal

or

ext

erna

l to

the

inst

alla

tion;

incl

udin

g in

pa

rtic

ular

:

–

oper

atio

nal c

ause

s;

–

exte

rnal

cau

ses,

suc

h as

tho

se r

elat

ed t

o do

min

o ef

fect

s, s

ites

that

fal

l out

side

the

sco

pe

of t

his

Dire

ctiv

e, a

reas

and

dev

elop

men

ts t

hat

coul

d be

the

sou

rce

of, o

r in

crea

se t

he r

isk

or

cons

eque

nces

of

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t, a

nd

–

natu

ral c

ause

s, f

or e

xam

ple

eart

hqua

kes

or

flood

s;

(b)

Ass

essm

ent

of t

he e

xten

t an

d se

verit

y of

the

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f id

entifi

ed m

ajor

acc

iden

ts

incl

udin

g m

aps,

imag

es o

r, as

app

ropr

iate

, eq

uiva

lent

des

crip

tions

, sho

win

g ar

eas

whi

ch a

re

likel

y to

be

affe

cted

by

such

acc

iden

ts a

risin

g fr

om

the

esta

blis

hmen

t.

(c)

Revi

ew o

f pa

st a

ccid

ents

and

inci

dent

s w

ith

the

sam

e su

bsta

nces

and

pro

cess

es u

sed,

co

nsid

erat

ion

of le

sson

s le

arne

d fr

om t

hese

, and

ex

plic

it re

fere

nce

to s

peci

fic m

easu

res

take

n to

pr

even

t su

ch a

ccid

ents

.

(d)

Des

crip

tion

of t

echn

ical

par

amet

ers

and

equi

pmen

t us

ed f

or t

he s

afet

y of

inst

alla

tions

.

4. Id

enti

fica

tio

n a

nd

acc

iden

tal r

isks

an

alys

is a

nd

p

reve

nti

on

met

ho

ds

(a)

Det

aile

d de

scrip

tion

of t

he p

ossi

ble

maj

or a

ccid

ent

scen

ario

s an

d th

eir

prob

abili

ty o

r th

e co

nditi

ons

unde

r w

hich

the

y oc

cur

incl

udin

g a

sum

mar

y of

th

e ev

ents

whi

ch m

ay p

lay

a ro

le in

trig

gerin

g ea

ch o

f th

ese

scen

ario

s, t

he c

ause

s be

ing

inte

rnal

or

ext

erna

l to

the

inst

alla

tion.

(b)

Ass

essm

ent

of t

he e

xten

t an

d se

verit

y of

the

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f id

entifi

ed m

ajor

acc

iden

ts

incl

udin

g m

aps,

imag

es o

r, as

app

ropr

iate

, eq

uiva

lent

des

crip

tions

, sho

win

g ar

eas

whi

ch a

re

liabl

e to

be

affe

cted

by

such

acc

iden

ts a

risin

g fr

om t

he e

stab

lishm

ent,

sub

ject

to

the

prov

isio

ns

of A

rtic

les

13(4

) and

20.

(c)

Des

crip

tion

of t

echn

ical

par

amet

ers

and

equi

pmen

t us

ed f

or t

he s

afet

y of

inst

alla

tions

.

Mor

e de

tails

re

quire

d re

gard

ing

the

caus

es o

f m

ajor

ac

cide

nt s

cena

rios.

Add

ition

al

requ

irem

ent

to

cons

ider

pas

t ac

cide

nts

and

inci

dent

s.

See

sect

ion

8 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

safe

ty r

epo

rt r

equ

irem

ents

bet

wee

n A

nn

ex II

of

Seve

so II

I an

d A

nn

ex II

of

Seve

so II

(co

nti

nu

ed)


89

Seve

so II

I An

nex

II m

inim

um

safe

ty re

po

rt re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

An

nex

II m

inim

um

saf

ety

rep

ort

req

uir

emen

tsC

om

men

ts

5. M

easu

res

of

pro

tect

ion

an

d in

terv

enti

on

to

lim

it

the

con

seq

uen

ces

of

a m

ajo

r ac

cid

ent:

(a)

desc

riptio

n of

the

equ

ipm

ent

inst

alle

d in

the

pla

nt

to li

mit

the

cons

eque

nces

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

for

hu

man

hea

lth a

nd e

nviro

nmen

t, in

clud

ing

for

exam

ple

dete

ctio

n/pr

otec

tion

syst

ems,

tec

hnic

al

devi

ces

for

limiti

ng t

he s

ize

of a

ccid

enta

l rel

ease

s,

incl

udin

g: w

ater

spr

ay; v

apou

r sc

reen

s; e

mer

genc

y ca

tch

pots

or

colle

ctio

n ve

ssel

s; s

hut-

off-

val

ves;

in

ertin

g sy

stem

s, a

nd fi

re w

ater

ret

entio

n;

(b)

orga

nisa

tion

of a

lert

and

inte

rven

tion;

(c)

desc

riptio

n of

mob

ilisa

ble

reso

urce

s, in

tern

al o

r ex

tern

al, a

nd

(d)

desc

riptio

n of

any

tec

hnic

al a

nd n

on-t

echn

ical

m

easu

res

rele

vant

for

the

red

uctio

n of

the

impa

ct

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent.

5. M

easu

res

of

pro

tect

ion

an

d in

terv

enti

on

to

lim

it

the

con

seq

uen

ces

of

an A

ccid

ent

(a)

desc

riptio

n of

the

equ

ipm

ent

inst

alle

d in

the

pla

nt

to li

mit

the

cons

eque

nces

of

maj

or a

ccid

ents

;

(b)

orga

nisa

tion

of a

lert

and

inte

rven

tion;

(c)

desc

riptio

n of

mob

ilisa

ble

reso

urce

s, in

tern

al o

r ex

tern

al, a

nd

(d)

sum

mar

y of

ele

men

ts d

escr

ibed

in a

, b a

nd c

ab

ove

nece

ssar

y fo

r dr

awin

g up

the

inte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

pre

pare

d in

com

plia

nce

with

A

rtic

le 1

1.

Incl

udes

exa

mpl

es

of t

ypic

al p

rote

ctio

n an

d m

itiga

tion

mea

sure

s.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

op

erat

ors.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

safe

ty r

epo

rt r

equ

irem

ents

bet

wee

n A

nn

ex II

of

Seve

so II

I an

d A

nn

ex II

of

Seve

so II

(co

nti

nu

ed)


90

AN

NEX

EC

OM

PAR

ISO

N O

F SM

S R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

BET

WEE

N A

NN

EX II

I OF

SEV

ESO

III A

ND

SEV

ESO

II

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Cha

nges

may

hav

e a

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Seve

so II

I SM

S re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

SM

S re

qu

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

For

the

purp

ose

of im

plem

entin

g th

e op

erat

or's

SM

S,

acco

unt

shal

l be

take

n of

the

fol

low

ing

elem

ents

:

(a)

The

SMS

shal

l be

prop

ortio

nate

to

the

haza

rds,

in

dust

rial a

ctiv

ities

and

com

plex

ity o

f th

e or

gani

satio

n in

the

est

ablis

hmen

t an

d be

bas

ed

on a

sses

smen

t of

the

ris

ks; i

t sh

ould

incl

ude

the

part

of

the

gene

ral m

anag

emen

t sy

stem

w

hich

incl

udes

the

org

anis

atio

nal s

truc

ture

, re

spon

sibi

litie

s, p

ract

ices

, pro

cedu

res,

pro

cess

es

and

reso

urce

s fo

r de

term

inin

g an

d im

plem

entin

g th

e M

APP

.

(b)

The

follo

win

g is

sues

sha

ll be

add

ress

ed b

y th

e SM

S:

For

the

purp

ose

of im

plem

entin

g th

e op

erat

or's

MA

PP

and

SMS

acco

unt

shal

l be

take

n of

the

fol

low

ing

elem

ents

. The

req

uire

men

ts la

id d

own

in t

he d

ocum

ent

refe

rred

to

in A

rtic

le 7

sho

uld

be p

ropo

rtio

nate

to

the

MA

Hs

pres

ente

d by

the

est

ablis

hmen

t:

(a)

The

MA

PP s

houl

d be

est

ablis

hed

in w

ritin

g an

d sh

ould

incl

ude

the

oper

ator

's o

vera

ll ai

ms

and

prin

cipl

es o

f ac

tion

with

res

pect

to

the

cont

rol o

f M

AH

s.

(b)

The

SMS

shou

ld in

clud

e th

e pa

rt o

f th

e ge

nera

l man

agem

ent

syst

em w

hich

incl

udes

th

e or

gani

satio

nal s

truc

ture

, res

pons

ibili

ties,

pr

actic

es, p

roce

dure

s, p

roce

sses

and

res

ourc

es f

or

dete

rmin

ing

and

impl

emen

ting

the

MA

PP.

(c)

The

follo

win

g is

sues

sha

ll be

add

ress

ed b

y th

e SM

S:

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

op

erat

ors.

(i)

orga

nisa

tion

and

pers

onne

l – t

he r

oles

and

re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

per

sonn

el in

volv

ed in

the

m

anag

emen

t of

maj

or h

azar

ds a

t al

l lev

els

in t

he

orga

nisa

tion,

tog

ethe

r w

ith t

he m

easu

res

take

n to

rai

se a

war

enes

s of

the

nee

d fo

r co

ntin

uous

im

prov

emen

t. T

he id

entifi

catio

n of

tra

inin

g ne

eds

of s

uch

pers

onne

l and

the

pro

visi

on o

f th

e tr

aini

ng s

o id

entifi

ed. T

he in

volv

emen

t of

em

ploy

ees

and

of s

ubco

ntra

cted

per

sonn

el

wor

king

in t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

whi

ch a

re im

port

ant

from

the

poi

nt o

f vi

ew o

f sa

fety

;

(i)

orga

nisa

tion

and

pers

onne

l – t

he r

oles

and

re

spon

sibi

litie

s of

per

sonn

el in

volv

ed in

the

m

anag

emen

t of

maj

or h

azar

ds a

t al

l lev

els

in

the

orga

nisa

tion.

The

iden

tifica

tion

of t

rain

ing

need

s of

suc

h pe

rson

nel a

nd t

he p

rovi

sion

of

the

trai

ning

so

iden

tified

. The

invo

lvem

ent

of

empl

oyee

s an

d of

sub

cont

ract

ed p

erso

nnel

w

orki

ng in

the

est

ablis

hmen

t;

Add

ition

al

requ

irem

ent

to

deta

il m

easu

res

take

n to

rai

se

awar

enes

s fo

r th

e ne

ed f

or c

ontin

uous

im

prov

emen

t.

See

sect

ion

7 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.


91

Seve

so II

I SM

S re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

SM

S re

qu

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

(ii)

iden

tifica

tion

and

eval

uatio

n of

maj

or h

azar

ds –

ad

optio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

dure

s fo

r sy

stem

atic

ally

iden

tifyi

ng m

ajor

haz

ards

aris

ing

from

nor

mal

and

abn

orm

al o

pera

tion

incl

udin

g su

bcon

trac

ted

activ

ities

whe

re a

pplic

able

and

the

as

sess

men

t of

the

ir lik

elih

ood

and

seve

rity;

(ii)

iden

tifica

tion

and

eval

uatio

n of

maj

or h

azar

ds –

ad

optio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

dure

s fo

r sy

stem

atic

ally

iden

tifyi

ng m

ajor

haz

ards

aris

ing

from

nor

mal

and

abn

orm

al o

pera

tion

and

the

asse

ssm

ent

of t

heir

likel

ihoo

d an

d se

verit

y;

Add

ition

al

requ

irem

ent

to c

onsi

der

subc

ontr

acte

d ac

tiviti

es w

hen

iden

tifyi

ng a

nd

eval

uatin

g m

ajor

ha

zard

s.

See

sect

ion

7 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.

(iii)

ope

ratio

nal c

ontr

ol –

ado

ptio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

dure

s an

d in

stru

ctio

ns

for

safe

ope

ratio

n, in

clud

ing

mai

nten

ance

, of

pla

nt, p

roce

sses

and

equ

ipm

ent,

and

for

al

arm

man

agem

ent

and

tem

pora

ry s

topp

ages

; ta

king

into

acc

ount

ava

ilabl

e in

form

atio

n on

be

st p

ract

ices

for

mon

itorin

g an

d co

ntro

l, w

ith a

vie

w t

o re

duci

ng t

he r

isk

of s

yste

m

failu

re; m

anag

emen

t an

d co

ntro

l of

the

risks

as

soci

ated

with

age

ing

equi

pmen

t in

stal

led

in

the

esta

blis

hmen

t an

d co

rros

ion;

inve

ntor

y of

th

e es

tabl

ishm

ent'

s eq

uipm

ent,

str

ateg

y an

d m

etho

dolo

gy f

or m

onito

ring

and

cont

rol o

f th

e co

nditi

on o

f th

e eq

uipm

ent;

app

ropr

iate

fol

low

-up

act

ions

and

any

nec

essa

ry c

ount

erm

easu

res;

(iii)

ope

ratio

nal c

ontr

ol –

ado

ptio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

dure

s an

d in

stru

ctio

ns f

or

safe

ope

ratio

n, in

clud

ing

mai

nten

ance

, of

plan

t,

proc

esse

s, e

quip

men

t an

d te

mpo

rary

sto

ppag

es;

New

req

uire

men

t to

ta

ke in

to a

ccou

nt

alar

m m

anag

emen

t,

and

info

rmat

ion

on b

est

prac

tices

fo

r su

ch t

hing

s as

m

onito

ring

and

cont

rol,

and

agei

ng

plan

t.

See

sect

ion

7 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.

(iv)

man

agem

ent

of c

hang

e –

adop

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

cedu

res

for

plan

ning

m

odifi

catio

ns t

o, o

r th

e de

sign

of

new

in

stal

latio

ns, p

roce

sses

or

stor

age

faci

litie

s;

(iv)

man

agem

ent

of c

hang

e –

adop

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

cedu

res

for

plan

ning

m

odifi

catio

ns t

o, o

r th

e de

sign

of

new

in

stal

latio

ns, p

roce

sses

or

stor

age

faci

litie

s;

No

chan

ges

Co

mp

aris

on

of

SMS

req

uir

emen

ts b

etw

een

An

nex

III o

f Se

veso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


92

Seve

so II

I SM

S re

qu

irem

ents

Seve

so II

SM

S re

qu

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

(v)

plan

ning

for

em

erge

ncie

s –

adop

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

cedu

res

to id

entif

y fo

rese

eabl

e em

erge

ncie

s by

sys

tem

atic

ana

lysi

s,

to p

repa

re, t

est

and

revi

ew e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

to

resp

ond

to s

uch

emer

genc

ies

and

to p

rovi

de

spec

ific

trai

ning

for

the

sta

ff c

once

rned

. Suc

h tr

aini

ng s

hall

be g

iven

to

all p

erso

nnel

wor

king

in

the

est

ablis

hmen

t, in

clud

ing

rele

vant

su

bcon

trac

ted

pers

onne

l;

(v)

plan

ning

for

em

erge

ncie

s –

adop

tion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

cedu

res

to id

entif

y fo

rese

eabl

e em

erge

ncie

s by

sys

tem

atic

ana

lysi

s,

to p

repa

re, t

est

and

revi

ew e

mer

genc

y pl

ans

to

resp

ond

to s

uch

emer

genc

ies

and

to p

rovi

de

spec

ific

trai

ning

for

the

sta

ff c

once

rned

. Suc

h tr

aini

ng s

hall

be g

iven

to

all p

erso

nnel

wor

king

in

the

est

ablis

hmen

t, in

clud

ing

rele

vant

su

bcon

trac

ted

pers

onne

l;

No

chan

ges

(vi)

mon

itorin

g pe

rfor

man

ce –

ado

ptio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

dure

s fo

r th

e on

goin

g as

sess

men

t of

com

plia

nce

with

the

obj

ectiv

es

set

by t

he o

pera

tor'

s M

APP

and

SM

S, a

nd

the

mec

hani

sms

for

inve

stig

atio

n an

d ta

king

co

rrec

tive

actio

n in

cas

e of

non

-com

plia

nce.

The

pr

oced

ures

sha

ll co

ver

the

oper

ator

's s

yste

m

for

repo

rtin

g m

ajor

acc

iden

ts o

r 'n

ear

mis

ses'

, pa

rtic

ular

ly t

hose

invo

lvin

g fa

ilure

of

prot

ectiv

e m

easu

res,

and

the

ir in

vest

igat

ion

and

follo

w-u

p on

the

bas

is o

f le

sson

s le

arnt

. The

pro

cedu

res

coul

d al

so in

clud

e pe

rfor

man

ce in

dica

tors

suc

h as

sa

fety

per

form

ance

indi

cato

rs (S

PIs)

and

/or

othe

r re

leva

nt in

dica

tors

, and

(vi)

mon

itorin

g pe

rfor

man

ce –

ado

ptio

n an

d im

plem

enta

tion

of p

roce

dure

s fo

r th

e on

goin

g as

sess

men

t of

com

plia

nce

with

the

obj

ectiv

es

set

by t

he o

pera

tor'

s M

APP

and

SM

S, a

nd

the

mec

hani

sms

for

inve

stig

atio

n an

d ta

king

co

rrec

tive

actio

n in

cas

e of

non

-com

plia

nce.

The

pr

oced

ures

sho

uld

cove

r th

e op

erat

or's

sys

tem

fo

r re

port

ing

maj

or a

ccid

ents

of

near

mis

ses,

pa

rtic

ular

ly t

hose

invo

lvin

g fa

ilure

of

prot

ectiv

e m

easu

res,

and

the

ir in

vest

igat

ion

and

follo

w-u

p on

the

bas

is o

f le

sson

s le

arnt

, and

New

req

uire

men

t to

incl

ude

perf

orm

ance

in

dica

tors

to

mon

itor

perf

orm

ance

.

See

sect

ion

7 o

f th

is p

ub

licat

ion

.

(vii)

aud

it an

d re

view

– a

dopt

ion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

cedu

res

for

perio

dic

syst

emat

ic a

sses

smen

t of

the

MA

PP a

nd t

he e

ffec

tiven

ess

and

suita

bilit

y of

the

SM

S; t

he d

ocum

ente

d re

view

of

per

form

ance

of

the

polic

y an

d SM

S an

d its

up

datin

g by

sen

ior

man

agem

ent,

incl

udin

g co

nsid

erat

ion

and

inco

rpor

atio

n of

nec

essa

ry

chan

ges

indi

cate

d by

the

aud

it an

d re

view

.

(vii)

aud

it an

d re

view

– a

dopt

ion

and

impl

emen

tatio

n of

pro

cedu

res

for

perio

dic

syst

emat

ic a

sses

smen

t of

the

MA

PP a

nd t

he e

ffec

tiven

ess

and

suita

bilit

y of

the

SM

S; t

he d

ocum

ente

d re

view

of

per

form

ance

of

the

polic

y an

d SM

S an

d its

up

datin

g by

sen

ior

man

agem

ent.

Als

o ne

ed t

o co

nsid

er a

nd

inco

rpor

ate

chan

ges

indi

cate

d by

aud

it an

d re

view

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

op

erat

ors.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

SMS

req

uir

emen

ts b

etw

een

An

nex

III o

f Se

veso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


93

AN

NEX

FC

OM

PAR

ISO

N O

F EM

ERG

ENC

Y P

LAN

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS B

ETW

EEN

AN

NEX

IV O

F SE

VES

O II

I AN

D

SEV

ESO

II

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Cha

nges

may

hav

e a

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Seve

so II

I em

erg

ency

pla

n r

equ

irem

ents

Seve

so II

em

erg

ency

pla

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

1. In

tern

al e

mer

gen

cy p

lan

s:

(a)

Nam

es o

r po

sitio

ns o

f pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

to

set

emer

genc

y pr

oced

ures

in m

otio

n an

d th

e pe

rson

in c

harg

e of

and

coo

rdin

atin

g th

e on

-si

te m

itiga

tory

act

ion.

1. In

tern

al e

mer

gen

cy p

lan

s

(a)

Nam

es o

r po

sitio

ns o

f pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

to

set

emer

genc

y pr

oced

ures

in m

otio

n an

d th

e pe

rson

in c

harg

e of

and

coo

rdin

atin

g th

e on

-si

te m

itiga

tory

act

ion.

No

chan

ges

(b)

Nam

e or

pos

ition

of

the

pers

on w

ith

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r lia

isin

g w

ith t

he a

utho

rity

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

.

(b)

Nam

e or

pos

ition

of

the

pers

on w

ith

resp

onsi

bilit

y fo

r lia

isin

g w

ith t

he a

utho

rity

resp

onsi

ble

for

the

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

.

No

chan

ges

(c)

For

fore

seea

ble

cond

ition

s or

eve

nts

whi

ch

coul

d be

sig

nific

ant

in b

ringi

ng a

bout

a m

ajor

ac

cide

nt, a

des

crip

tion

of t

he a

ctio

n w

hich

sh

ould

be

take

n to

con

trol

the

con

ditio

ns

or e

vent

s an

d to

lim

it th

eir

cons

eque

nces

, in

clud

ing

a de

scrip

tion

of t

he s

afet

y eq

uipm

ent

and

the

reso

urce

s av

aila

ble.

(c)

For

fore

seea

ble

cond

ition

s or

eve

nts

whi

ch

coul

d be

sig

nific

ant

in b

ringi

ng a

bout

a m

ajor

ac

cide

nt, a

des

crip

tion

of t

he a

ctio

n w

hich

sh

ould

be

take

n to

con

trol

the

con

ditio

ns

or e

vent

s an

d to

lim

it th

eir

cons

eque

nces

, in

clud

ing

a de

scrip

tion

of t

he s

afet

y eq

uipm

ent

and

the

reso

urce

s av

aila

ble.

No

chan

ges

(d)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or li

miti

ng t

he r

isks

to

pers

ons

on s

ite in

clud

ing

how

war

ning

s ar

e to

be

give

n an

d th

e ac

tions

per

sons

are

exp

ecte

d to

tak

e on

rec

eipt

of

a w

arni

ng.

(d)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or li

miti

ng t

he r

isks

to

pers

ons

on s

ite in

clud

ing

how

war

ning

s ar

e to

be

give

n an

d th

e ac

tions

per

sons

are

exp

ecte

d to

tak

e on

rec

eipt

of

a w

arni

ng.

No

chan

ges


94

Seve

so II

I em

erg

ency

pla

n r

equ

irem

ents

Seve

so II

em

erg

ency

pla

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

(e)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

ear

ly w

arni

ng

of t

he in

cide

nt t

o th

e au

thor

ity r

espo

nsib

le

for

sett

ing

the

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

in

mot

ion,

the

typ

e of

info

rmat

ion

whi

ch

shou

ld b

e co

ntai

ned

in a

n in

itial

war

ning

and

th

e ar

rang

emen

ts f

or t

he p

rovi

sion

of

mor

e de

taile

d in

form

atio

n as

it b

ecom

es a

vaila

ble.

(e)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

ear

ly w

arni

ng

of t

he in

cide

nt t

o th

e au

thor

ity r

espo

nsib

le

for

sett

ing

the

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

in

mot

ion,

the

typ

e of

info

rmat

ion

whi

ch

shou

ld b

e co

ntai

ned

in a

n in

itial

war

ning

and

th

e ar

rang

emen

ts f

or t

he p

rovi

sion

of

mor

e de

taile

d in

form

atio

n as

it b

ecom

es a

vaila

ble.

No

chan

ges

(f)

Whe

re n

eces

sary

, arr

ange

men

ts f

or t

rain

ing

staf

f in

the

dut

ies

they

will

be

expe

cted

to

perf

orm

and

, as

appr

opria

te, c

oord

inat

ing

this

w

ith o

ff-s

ite e

mer

genc

y se

rvic

es.

(f)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or t

rain

ing

staf

f in

the

dut

ies

they

will

be

expe

cted

to

perf

orm

, and

whe

re

nece

ssar

y co

ordi

natin

g th

is w

ith o

ff-s

ite

emer

genc

y se

rvic

es.

No

chan

ges

(g)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

ass

ista

nce

with

of

f-si

te m

itiga

tory

act

ion.

(g)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

ass

ista

nce

with

of

f-si

te m

itiga

tory

act

ion.

No

chan

ges

2. E

xter

nal

em

erg

ency

pla

ns:

(a)

Nam

es o

r po

sitio

ns o

f pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

to

set

emer

genc

y pr

oced

ures

in m

otio

n an

d of

pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

to

take

cha

rge

of a

nd

coor

dina

te o

ff-s

ite a

ctio

n.

2. E

xter

nal

em

erg

ency

pla

ns

(a)

Nam

es o

r po

sitio

ns o

f pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

to

set

emer

genc

y pr

oced

ures

in m

otio

n an

d of

pe

rson

s au

thor

ised

to

take

cha

rge

of a

nd

coor

dina

te o

ffsi

te a

ctio

n.

No

chan

ges

(b)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or r

ecei

ving

ear

ly w

arni

ng o

f in

cide

nts

and

aler

t an

d ca

ll-ou

t pr

oced

ures

.(b

) A

rran

gem

ents

for

rec

eivi

ng e

arly

war

ning

of

inci

dent

s an

d al

ert

and

callo

ut p

roce

dure

s.N

o ch

ange

s

(c)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or c

oord

inat

ing

reso

urce

s ne

cess

ary

to im

plem

ent

the

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

.

(c)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or c

oord

inat

ing

reso

urce

s ne

cess

ary

to im

plem

ent

the

exte

rnal

em

erge

ncy

plan

.

No

chan

ges

(d)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

ass

ista

nce

with

on

-site

miti

gato

ry a

ctio

n.(d

) A

rran

gem

ents

for

pro

vidi

ng a

ssis

tanc

e w

ith

on-s

ite m

itiga

tory

act

ion.

No

chan

ges

Co

mp

aris

on

of

emer

gen

cy p

lan

req

uir

emen

ts b

etw

een

An

nex

IV o

f Se

veso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


95

Seve

so II

I em

erg

ency

pla

n r

equ

irem

ents

Seve

so II

em

erg

ency

pla

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

(e)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or o

ff-s

ite m

itiga

tory

act

ion,

in

clud

ing

resp

onse

s to

maj

or a

ccid

ent

scen

ario

s as

set

out

in t

he s

afet

y re

port

and

co

nsid

erin

g po

ssib

le d

omin

o ef

fect

s, in

clud

ing

thos

e ha

ving

an

impa

ct o

n th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

(e)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or o

ff-s

ite m

itiga

tory

act

ion.

Expa

nds

the

requ

irem

ent

to in

clud

e m

ajor

acc

iden

t sc

enar

ios

and

dom

ino

effe

cts.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to

have

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dis

trib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s.

(f)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

the

pub

lic a

nd

any

neig

hbou

ring

esta

blis

hmen

ts o

r si

tes

that

fal

l out

side

the

sco

pe o

f th

is D

irect

ive

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith A

rtic

le 9

with

spe

cific

in

form

atio

n re

latin

g to

the

acc

iden

t an

d th

e be

havi

our

whi

ch s

houl

d be

ado

pted

.

(f)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or p

rovi

ding

the

pub

lic w

ith

spec

ific

info

rmat

ion

rela

ting

to t

he a

ccid

ent

and

the

beha

viou

r w

hich

it s

houl

d ad

opt.

Expa

nds

the

requ

irem

ent

to p

rovi

de in

form

atio

n to

incl

ude

neig

hbou

ring

esta

blis

hmen

ts a

nd s

ites

that

fal

l out

side

the

sco

pe

of t

he D

irect

ive.

See

sect

ion

9 o

f th

is

pu

blic

atio

n.

(g)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or t

he p

rovi

sion

of

info

rmat

ion

to t

he e

mer

genc

y se

rvic

es o

f ot

her

Mem

ber

Stat

es in

the

eve

nt o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

with

po

ssib

le t

rans

boun

dary

con

sequ

ence

s.

(g)

Arr

ange

men

ts f

or t

he p

rovi

sion

of

info

rmat

ion

to t

he e

mer

genc

y se

rvic

es o

f ot

her

Mem

ber

Stat

es in

the

eve

nt o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent

with

po

ssib

le t

rans

boun

dary

con

sequ

ence

s.

No

chan

ges

Co

mp

aris

on

of

emer

gen

cy p

lan

req

uir

emen

ts b

etw

een

An

nex

IV o

f Se

veso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


96

AN

NEX

GC

OM

PAR

ISO

N O

F IN

FOR

MA

TIO

N T

O B

E SU

PPLI

ED T

O T

HE

PUB

LIC

BET

WEE

N A

NN

EX V

OF

SEV

ESO

III A

ND

SEV

ESO

II

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Cha

nges

may

hav

e a

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Seve

so II

I pu

blic

info

rmat

ion

req

uir

emen

tsSe

veso

II p

ub

lic in

form

atio

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

PAR

T 1

For

all e

stab

lishm

ents

cov

ered

by

this

Dire

ctiv

e:

Cov

ers

both

upp

er a

nd

low

er-t

ier

site

s.

See

sect

ion

12

of

this

p

ub

licat

ion

.

1.

Nam

e or

tra

de n

ame

of t

he o

pera

tor

and

the

full

addr

ess

of t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

conc

erne

d.1.

N

ame

of o

pera

tor

and

addr

ess

of t

he

esta

blis

hmen

t.C

hang

es c

onsi

dere

d to

ha

ve n

o m

ater

ial i

mpa

ct

on d

istr

ibut

ion

term

inal

op

erat

ors.

2.

Iden

tifica

tion,

by

posi

tion

held

, of

the

pers

on

givi

ng t

he in

form

atio

n.N

o re

quire

men

t to

iden

tify

the

pers

on g

ivin

g th

e in

form

atio

n.

2.

Con

firm

atio

n th

at t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

is s

ubje

ct

to t

he r

egul

atio

ns a

nd/o

r ad

min

istr

ativ

e pr

ovis

ions

impl

emen

ting

this

Dire

ctiv

e an

d th

at

the

notifi

catio

n re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

7(1

) or

the

safe

ty r

epor

t re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

10(

1) h

as b

een

subm

itted

to

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

rity.

3.

Con

firm

atio

n th

at t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

is s

ubje

ct t

o th

e re

gula

tions

and

/or

adm

inis

trat

ive

prov

isio

ns

impl

emen

ting

this

Dire

ctiv

e an

d th

at t

he

notifi

catio

n re

ferr

ed t

o in

Art

icle

6 (3

), or

the

sa

fety

rep

ort

refe

rred

to

in A

rtic

le 9

(1) h

as b

een

subm

itted

to

the

com

pete

nt a

utho

rity.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to

have

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dis

trib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s.

3.

An

expl

anat

ion

in s

impl

e te

rms

of t

he a

ctiv

ity o

r ac

tiviti

es u

nder

take

n at

the

est

ablis

hmen

t.4.

A

n ex

plan

atio

n in

sim

ple

term

s of

the

act

ivity

or

activ

ities

und

erta

ken

at t

he e

stab

lishm

ent.

No

chan

ges


97

Seve

so II

I pu

blic

info

rmat

ion

req

uir

emen

tsSe

veso

II p

ub

lic in

form

atio

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

4.

The

com

mon

nam

es o

r, in

the

cas

e of

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

es c

over

ed b

y Pa

rt 1

of

Ann

ex I,

the

ge

neric

nam

es o

r th

e ha

zard

cla

ssifi

catio

n of

the

re

leva

nt d

ange

rous

sub

stan

ces

invo

lved

at

the

esta

blis

hmen

t w

hich

cou

ld g

ive

rise

to a

maj

or

acci

dent

, with

an

indi

catio

n of

the

ir pr

inci

pal

dang

erou

s ch

arac

teris

tics

in s

impl

e te

rms.

5.

The

com

mon

nam

es o

r, in

the

cas

e of

dan

gero

us

subs

tanc

es c

over

ed b

y Pa

rt 2

of

Ann

ex I,

the

ge

neric

nam

es o

r th

e ge

nera

l dan

ger

clas

sific

atio

n of

the

sub

stan

ces

and

prep

arat

ions

invo

lved

at

the

esta

blis

hmen

t w

hich

cou

ld g

ive

rise

to a

maj

or

acci

dent

, with

an

indi

catio

n of

the

ir pr

inci

pal

dang

erou

s ch

arac

teris

tics.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to

have

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dis

trib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s.

6.

Gen

eral

info

rmat

ion

rela

ting

to t

he n

atur

e of

the

m

ajor

acc

iden

t ha

zard

s, in

clud

ing

thei

r po

tent

ial

effe

cts

on t

he p

opul

atio

n an

d th

e en

viro

nmen

t.

Cov

ered

in A

nnex

V P

art

2 se

ctio

n1 w

ithin

Sev

eso

III

5.

Gen

eral

info

rmat

ion

abou

t ho

w t

he p

ublic

co

ncer

ned

will

be

war

ned,

if n

eces

sary

; ade

quat

e in

form

atio

n ab

out

the

appr

opria

te b

ehav

iour

in t

he

even

t of

a m

ajor

acc

iden

t or

indi

catio

n of

whe

re

that

info

rmat

ion

can

be a

cces

sed

elec

tron

ical

ly.

7.

Ade

quat

e in

form

atio

n on

how

the

pop

ulat

ion

conc

erne

d w

ill b

e w

arne

d an

d ke

pt in

form

ed in

th

e ev

ent

of a

maj

or a

ccid

ent.

Act

ions

to

be t

aken

is

cove

red

in s

ectio

n 8

of

Seve

so II

.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to

have

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dis

trib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s

6.

The

date

of

the

last

site

vis

it in

acc

orda

nce

with

Art

icle

20(

4), o

r re

fere

nce

to w

here

tha

t in

form

atio

n ca

n be

acc

esse

d el

ectr

onic

ally

; in

form

atio

n on

whe

re m

ore

deta

iled

info

rmat

ion

abou

t th

e in

spec

tion

and

the

rela

ted

insp

ectio

n pl

an c

an b

e ob

tain

ed u

pon

requ

est,

sub

ject

to

the

requ

irem

ents

of

Art

icle

22.

New

req

uire

men

t to

pr

ovid

e da

te o

f la

st v

isit.

See

sect

ion

12

of

this

p

ub

licat

ion

.

8.

Ade

quat

e in

form

atio

n on

the

act

ions

the

po

pula

tion

conc

erne

d sh

ould

tak

e an

d on

the

be

havi

our

they

sho

uld

adop

t in

the

eve

nt o

f a

maj

or a

ccid

ent.

See

Ann

ex V

Par

t 1

sect

ion

5 of

Sev

eso

III.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

info

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d t

o t

he

pu

blic

bet

wee

n A

nn

ex V

of

Seve

so II

I an

d S

eves

o II

(co

nti

nu

ed)


98

Seve

so II

I pu

blic

info

rmat

ion

req

uir

emen

tsSe

veso

II p

ub

lic in

form

atio

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

9.

Con

firm

atio

n th

at t

he o

pera

tor

is r

equi

red

to m

ake

adeq

uate

arr

ange

men

ts o

n si

te, i

n pa

rtic

ular

liai

son

with

the

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

, to

deal

with

maj

or

acci

dent

s an

d to

min

imis

e th

eir

effe

cts.

Cov

ered

in A

nnex

V P

art

2 se

ctio

n 2

with

in S

eves

o III

10. A

ref

eren

ce t

o th

e ex

tern

al e

mer

genc

y pl

an

draw

n up

to

cope

with

any

off

site

eff

ects

fro

m a

n ac

cide

nt. T

his

shou

ld in

clud

e ad

vice

to

coop

erat

e w

ith a

ny in

stru

ctio

ns o

r re

ques

ts f

rom

the

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

at

the

time

of a

n ac

cide

nt.

Cov

ered

in A

nnex

V P

art

2 se

ctio

n 3

with

in S

eves

o III

7.

Det

ails

of

whe

re f

urth

er r

elev

ant

info

rmat

ion

can

be o

btai

ned,

sub

ject

to

the

requ

irem

ents

of

Art

icle

22

.

11. D

etai

ls o

f w

here

fur

ther

rel

evan

t in

form

atio

n ca

n be

obt

aine

d, s

ubje

ct t

o th

e re

quire

men

ts o

f co

nfide

ntia

lity

laid

dow

n in

nat

iona

l leg

isla

tion.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to

have

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dis

trib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s

PAR

T 2

For

uppe

r-tie

r es

tabl

ishm

ents

, in

addi

tion

to t

he

info

rmat

ion

refe

rred

to

in P

art

1 of

thi

s A

nnex

:

1.

Gen

eral

info

rmat

ion

rela

ting

to t

he n

atur

e of

the

m

ajor

acc

iden

t ha

zard

s, in

clud

ing

thei

r po

tent

ial

effe

cts

on h

uman

hea

lth a

nd t

he e

nviro

nmen

t an

d su

mm

ary

deta

ils o

f th

e m

ain

type

s of

maj

or

acci

dent

sce

nario

s an

d th

e co

ntro

l mea

sure

s to

ad

dres

s th

em.

See

Ann

ex V

sec

tion

6 of

Se

veso

II.

2.

Con

firm

atio

n th

at t

he o

pera

tor

is r

equi

red

to m

ake

adeq

uate

arr

ange

men

ts o

n si

te, i

n pa

rtic

ular

liai

son

with

the

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

, to

deal

with

maj

or

acci

dent

s an

d to

min

imis

e th

eir

effe

cts.

See

Ann

ex V

sec

tion

9 of

Se

veso

II.

Co

mp

aris

on

of

info

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d t

o t

he

pu

blic

bet

wee

n A

nn

ex V

of

Seve

so II

I an

d S

eves

o II

(co

nti

nu

ed)


99

Seve

so II

I pu

blic

info

rmat

ion

req

uir

emen

tsSe

veso

II p

ub

lic in

form

atio

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

3.

App

ropr

iate

info

rmat

ion

from

the

ext

erna

l em

erge

ncy

plan

dra

wn

up t

o co

pe w

ith a

ny o

ff-

site

eff

ects

fro

m a

n ac

cide

nt. T

his

shou

ld in

clud

e ad

vice

to

coop

erat

e w

ith a

ny in

stru

ctio

ns o

r re

ques

ts f

rom

the

em

erge

ncy

serv

ices

at

the

time

of a

n ac

cide

nt.

See

Ann

ex V

sec

tion

10 o

f Se

veso

II.

4.

Whe

re a

pplic

able

, ind

icat

ion

whe

ther

the

es

tabl

ishm

ent

is c

lose

to

the

terr

itory

of

anot

her

Mem

ber

Stat

e w

ith t

he p

ossi

bilit

y of

a m

ajor

ac

cide

nt w

ith t

rans

boun

dary

eff

ects

und

er t

he

Con

vent

ion

of t

he U

nite

d N

atio

ns E

cono

mic

C

omm

issi

on f

or E

urop

e on

the

Tra

nsbo

unda

ry

Effe

cts

of In

dust

rial A

ccid

ents

.

New

req

uire

men

t to

co

nsid

er t

rans

boun

dary

ef

fect

s.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to

have

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dis

trib

utio

n te

rmin

al

oper

ator

s

Co

mp

aris

on

of

info

rmat

ion

to

be

sup

plie

d t

o t

he

pu

blic

bet

wee

n A

nn

ex V

of

Seve

so II

I an

d S

eves

o II

(co

nti

nu

ed)


100

AN

NEX

HC

OM

PAR

ISO

N O

F C

RIT

ERIA

FO

R N

OTI

FIC

ATI

ON

OF

A M

AJO

R A

CC

IDEN

T B

ETW

EEN

AN

NEX

VI O

F SE

VES

O II

I AN

D S

EVES

O II

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Cha

nges

may

hav

e a

mat

eria

l im

pact

on

dist

ribut

ion

term

inal

ope

rato

rs.

Seve

so II

I no

tifi

cati

on

req

uir

emen

tsSe

veso

II n

oti

fica

tio

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

I.

Any

maj

or a

ccid

ent

cove

red

by p

arag

raph

1 o

r ha

ving

at

leas

t on

e of

the

con

sequ

ence

s de

scrib

ed

in p

arag

raph

s 2,

3, 4

and

5 m

ust

be n

otifi

ed t

o th

e C

omm

issi

on.

I.

Any

acc

iden

t co

vere

d by

par

agra

ph 1

or

havi

ng

at le

ast

one

of t

he c

onse

quen

ces

desc

ribed

in

para

grap

hs 2

, 3, 4

and

5 m

ust

be n

otifi

ed t

o th

e C

omm

issi

on.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

1.

Dan

ger

ou

s su

bst

ance

s in

volv

ed

Any

fire

or

expl

osio

n or

acc

iden

tal d

isch

arge

of

a da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e in

volv

ing

a qu

antit

y of

at

leas

t 5

% o

f th

e qu

alify

ing

quan

tity

laid

dow

n in

col

umn

3 of

Par

t 1

or in

col

umn

3 of

Par

t 2

of A

nnex

I.

1.

Sub

stan

ces

invo

lved

Any

fire

or

expl

osio

n or

acc

iden

tal d

isch

arge

of

a da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e in

volv

ing,

a q

uant

ity o

f at

leas

t 5

% o

f th

e qu

alify

ing

quan

tity

laid

dow

n in

col

umn

3 of

A

nnex

I.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

2. In

jury

to

per

son

s an

d d

amag

e to

rea

l est

ate:

(a)

a de

ath;

(b)

six

pers

ons

inju

red

with

in t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

and

hosp

italis

ed f

or a

t le

ast

24 h

ours

;

(c)

one

pers

on o

utsi

de t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

hosp

italis

ed f

or a

t le

ast

24 h

ours

;

(d)

dwel

ling(

s) o

utsi

de t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

dam

aged

an

d un

usab

le a

s a

resu

lt of

the

acc

iden

t;

(e)

the

evac

uatio

n or

con

finem

ent

of p

erso

ns f

or

mor

e th

an t

wo

hour

s (p

erso

ns ×

hou

rs):

the

valu

e is

at

leas

t 50

0, a

nd

(f)

the

inte

rrup

tion

of d

rinki

ng w

ater

, ele

ctric

ity,

gas

or t

elep

hone

ser

vice

s fo

r m

ore

than

2 h

ours

(p

erso

ns ×

hou

rs):

the

valu

e is

at

leas

t 1

000.

2. In

jury

to

per

son

s an

d d

amag

e to

rea

l est

ate

An

acci

dent

dire

ctly

invo

lvin

g a

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce

and

givi

ng r

ise

to o

ne o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

even

ts:

(a)

a de

ath;

(b)

six

pers

ons

inju

red

with

in t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

and

hosp

italis

ed f

or a

t le

ast

24 h

ours

;

(c)

one

pers

on o

utsi

de t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

hosp

italis

ed f

or a

t le

ast

24 h

ours

;

(d)

dwel

ling(

s) o

utsi

de t

he e

stab

lishm

ent

dam

aged

an

d un

usab

le a

s a

resu

lt of

the

acc

iden

t;

(e)

the

evac

uatio

n or

con

finem

ent

of p

erso

ns f

or

mor

e th

an t

wo

hour

s (p

erso

ns ×

hou

rs):

the

valu

e is

at

leas

t 50

0, a

nd

(f)

the

inte

rrup

tion

of d

rinki

ng w

ater

, ele

ctric

ity, g

as

or t

elep

hone

ser

vice

s fo

r m

ore

than

tw

o ho

urs

(per

sons

× h

ours

): th

e va

lue

is a

t le

ast

1 00

0.

Con

sequ

ence

s no

lo

nger

hav

e to

dire

ctly

in

volv

e a

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors


101

Seve

so II

I no

tifi

cati

on

req

uir

emen

tsSe

veso

II n

oti

fica

tio

n r

equ

irem

ents

Co

mm

ents

3. Im

med

iate

dam

age

to t

he

envi

ron

men

t:

(a)

Perm

anen

t or

long

-ter

m d

amag

e to

ter

rest

rial

habi

tats

:

–

0,5

ha o

r m

ore

of a

hab

itat

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

or c

onse

rvat

ion

impo

rtan

ce p

rote

cted

by

legi

slat

ion,

and

–

10 o

r m

ore

hect

ares

of

mor

e w

ides

prea

d ha

bita

t, in

clud

ing

agric

ultu

ral l

and.

(b)

Sign

ifica

nt o

r lo

ng-t

erm

dam

age

to f

resh

wat

er

and

mar

ine

habi

tats

:

–

10 k

m o

r m

ore

of r

iver

or

cana

l;

–

1 ha

or

mor

e of

a la

ke o

r po

nd;

–

2 ha

or

mor

e of

del

ta, a

nd

–

2 ha

or

mor

e of

a c

oast

line

or o

pen

sea.

(c)

Sign

ifica

nt d

amag

e to

an

aqui

fer

or

unde

rgro

und

wat

er:

–

1 ha

or

mor

e.

3. Im

med

iate

dam

age

to t

he

envi

ron

men

t

(a)

perm

anen

t or

long

-ter

m d

amag

e to

ter

rest

rial

habi

tats

:

(b)

0,5

ha o

r m

ore

of a

hab

itat

of e

nviro

nmen

tal

or c

onse

rvat

ion

impo

rtan

ce p

rote

cted

by

legi

slat

ion;

(c)

10 o

r m

ore

hect

ares

of

mor

e w

ides

prea

d ha

bita

t, in

clud

ing

agric

ultu

ral l

and;

(d)

sign

ifica

nt o

r lo

ng-t

erm

dam

age

to f

resh

wat

er

and

mar

ine

habi

tats

;

(e)

10 k

m o

r m

ore

of r

iver

or

cana

l;

(f)

1 h

a or

mor

e of

a la

ke o

r po

nd;

(g)

2 ha

or

mor

e of

del

ta;

(h)

2 ha

or

mor

e of

a c

oast

line

or o

pen

sea;

(i)

sign

ifica

nt d

amag

e to

an

aqui

fer

or

unde

rgro

und

wat

er, a

nd

(j)

1 ha

or

mor

e.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

4. D

amag

e to

pro

per

ty:

(a)

dam

age

to p

rope

rty

in t

he e

stab

lishm

ent:

at

leas

t EU

R 2

000

000,

and

(b)

dam

age

to p

rope

rty

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

t:

at le

ast

EUR

500

000.

4. D

amag

e to

pro

per

ty

–

dam

age

to p

rope

rty

in t

he e

stab

lishm

ent:

at

leas

t EC

U 2

mill

ion,

and

–

dam

age

to p

rope

rty

outs

ide

the

esta

blis

hmen

t:

at le

ast

ECU

0,5

mill

ion.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

5. C

ross

-bo

rder

dam

age

Any

maj

or a

ccid

ent

dire

ctly

invo

lvin

g a

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nce

givi

ng r

ise

to e

ffec

ts o

utsi

de t

he t

errit

ory

of

the

Mem

ber

Stat

e co

ncer

ned.

5. C

ross

-bo

rder

dam

age

Any

acc

iden

t di

rect

ly in

volv

ing

a da

nger

ous

subs

tanc

e gi

ving

ris

e to

eff

ects

out

side

the

ter

ritor

y of

the

M

embe

r St

ate

conc

erne

d.

Cha

nges

con

side

red

to h

ave

no m

ater

ial

impa

ct o

n di

strib

utio

n te

rmin

al o

pera

tors

II. A

ccid

ents

or

'nea

r m

isse

s' w

hich

Mem

ber

Stat

es

rega

rd a

s be

ing

of p

artic

ular

tec

hnic

al in

tere

st

for

prev

entin

g m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

nd li

miti

ng t

heir

cons

eque

nces

and

whi

ch d

o no

t m

eet

the

quan

titat

ive

crite

ria a

bove

sho

uld

be n

otifi

ed t

o th

e C

omm

issi

on.

II. A

ccid

ents

or

'nea

r m

isse

s' w

hich

Mem

ber

Stat

es

rega

rd a

s be

ing

of p

artic

ular

tec

hnic

al in

tere

st

for

prev

entin

g m

ajor

acc

iden

ts a

nd li

miti

ng t

heir

cons

eque

nces

and

whi

ch d

o no

t m

eet

the

quan

titat

ive

crite

ria a

bove

sho

uld

be n

otifi

ed t

o th

e C

omm

issi

on.

No

chan

ges

Co

mp

aris

on

of

crit

eria

fo

r n

oti

fica

tio

n o

f a

maj

or

acci

den

t b

etw

een

An

nex

VI o

f Se

veso

III a

nd

Sev

eso

II (

con

tin

ued

)


102

ANNEX IAcronyms

CA competent authority

CIMAH control of industrial major accident hazards

CLPRegulation (EC) 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures

COMAH control of major accident hazards

EA Environment Agency

EI Energy Institute

EU European Union

GHS United Nations Globally Harmonised System for classification of chemicals

HFO heavy fuel oil

HSE Health and Safety Executive

LA Local Authority

MAH major accident hazards

MAPP major accident prevention policy

MATTE major accident to the environment

SEVESO II common name for EU directive 96/82/EC

SEVESO III common name for EU directive 2012/18/EU

SMS safety management system

STOT specific target organ toxicity

UK United Kingdom

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