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The EEC Directives on Environmental Hazards

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Environmental Impact Assessment

Part of the book series: Eurocourses ((EUEI,volume 1))

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Hazards to the environment are presented by a multiplicity of natural phenomena and human activities. The paper is restricted to the description of directives aimed at controlling hazards linked with the processing, storage and use of dangerous substances. In particular the so-called “Seveso” Directive, for which application experience already exists, is discussed extensively: attention is focused on some particular critical problems such as “information to the public” and land use policy. Furthermore, more recent directives on biotechnology hazards are described in brief and new trends in regulations for environment protection are commented upon.

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  1. CEC, Joint Research Centre, Institute for System Engineering and Informatics, Ispra (Va), Italy, I- 21020

    A. Amendola

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  1. Commission for the European Communities, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Systems Engineering and Informatics, Ispra, Italy

    A. G. Colombo

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Amendola, A. (1992). The EEC Directives on Environmental Hazards. In: Colombo, A.G. (eds) Environmental Impact Assessment. Eurocourses, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2528-4_2

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