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Seveso II in the Netherlands

Seveso II in the Netherlands. Hazards of major accidents decree 1999. Competent authorities in the Netherlands. Departments: Internal affairs Social affairs The environment Competent authorities: Labour Inspectorate Provinces and municipal environmental licencing authorities Fire brigade.

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Seveso II in the Netherlands

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  1. Seveso II in the Netherlands Hazards of major accidents decree 1999

  2. Competent authorities in the Netherlands • Departments: • Internal affairs • Social affairs • The environment • Competent authorities: • Labour Inspectorate • Provinces and municipal environmental licencing authorities • Fire brigade

  3. Core elements of Seveso II • Major accident prevention policy • Safety report: • -Description of the establishment • -Risk analysis • -Measures of protection and intervention • Safety management system

  4. Hazards of major accidents decree 1999 • Complementary legislation: • Disaster information decree • Disaster response plans decree • Appr. 350 Seveso sites, 170 must produce a Safety Report • 1 inspector of each authority for 7 Seveso sites

  5. Co-ordination • 1 co-ordinating authority: the environmental licencing authority • Frontoffice: Recieves the Safety report and forwards to other authorities • Backoffice: • Responsible for a joint Inspection programme • Coordinates assesment of the safety report • Prepares inspection report and feedback to the company

  6. Evaluation 2004 • Evaluation of the Seveso implementation in the Netherlands • Positive: • Increased awareness of risk of major accidents • Learning between different authorities in joint inspections • Safety management systems and scenario descriptions

  7. Evaluation 2004 • Evaluation of the Seveso implementation in the Netherlands • Negative: • Criteria for assesment of SR and SMS unclear • Quality of the safety reports • Assesment of the safety reports too late • Coordination front-/back office • Less than 40% inspection programmes available • Insufficient experience and knowlegde of inspectors • Insufficient capacity to perform Seveso inspections

  8. September 2004: Seveso conference • Mutual conclusions: • Better performance by competent autorities • Better co-operation between authorities • Better discription of assesment criteria and better tools • Higher qualified inspectors

  9. Improvement programme 2005 • Six projects: • better cooperation (1 front office) • role companies • nationwide co-ordination • better tools • develop quality standards authorities • Collective training of staff

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