The European Commmission aims to review the Seveso II directive 96/82 EC on industrial accidents. For that purpose the Commission started preparations for a review process starting with an assessment of the directive’s impact, strengths and weaknesses and prelimanary discussions with stakeholders. We expect the official consultation procedure to start in the next months.

Justice and Environment made a first check of the directive with regard the direcive’s compliance with the Aarhus Convention. Our findings are pretty clear: the SEVESO II directive is in stark contradiction to the Aarhus Convention. This means both the European Union and its member states are in legal non compliance with the Convention. The review process must thus strive to overcome these shortcomings and make the directive compatible with the Convention by providing rights on public participation, information and justice.

J&E’s position paper:  Aarhus and SEVESO J&E 2010-02-16

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