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Implementation of the SEVESO II Directive
in the Czech Republic
Karel Bláha, Pavel Forint
Ministry of the Environment
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Legislative contextSEVESO II Directive
transposition into Czech legislation
• AAct ct NoNo. 353/1999 . 353/1999 CollColl.., on, on the prevention of major the prevention of major accidents caused by accidents caused by selected dangerous selected dangerous chemical chemical substancessubstances and and chemical preparationschemical preparations
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Regulations associated to the Act No. 353/1999 Coll.
Government regulation No. 6/2000 Coll., laying down the manner of evaluating the safety program for prevention of major accidents and the safety report, the content of the annual plan of controls, the procedure in carrying out the control, the content of information and the content of the final report on the control (January 2000)
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Decree No. 7/2000 Coll., laying down the extent and manner of preparing notification of a major accident and the final report on the occurrence and consequences of a major accident
(January 2000)
Regulations associated to the Act No. 353/1999 Coll.
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Decree No. 8/2000 Coll., laying down the principles of the evaluation of the risk of a major accident, the extent and manner of preparing the safety program for prevention of major accidents and the safety report, the preparation of the internal emergency plan, the preparation of documents for laying down zones of emergency planning and for preparing the external emergency plan and the extent and manner of information intended for the general public and the procedure in providing for informing of the general public in the zone of emergency planning (January 2000)
Regulations associated to the Act No. 353/1999 Coll.
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Decree No. 383/2000 Coll., laying down principles of the zones determination of emergency planning and the extent and manner for preparation of the external emergency plan on accidents caused by selected dangerous chemical substances and chemical preparations. (November 2000)
Regulations associated to the Act No. 353/1999 Coll.
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Basic duties imposed by the Act No. 353/1999 Coll.
• Notification
• Safety documentation
• Safety management
• Insurance
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Notification
The operator shall provide to the competent Authority a notification
Deadline for the notification of existing installations was July 29th, 2000
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Notification
Preliminary risk assessment demanded in accord with Regulation No. 8/2000 Coll. Modified method IAEA TECDOC 727 used
Based on this notifications and inspections, the Regional Authority has to classify the installation as „A“ (lower tiers) or „B“ (upper tiers)
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Classification results
In the Czech Republic, there have been 70 operators classified as „A“ (lower tiers) and 67 operators as „B“ (upper tiers) - as of 15th March 2003
Notification
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Classification results in the map
Notification
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Safety documentation
Operators have to send to the competent Authority the safety documentationDeadline for this documentation delivery for existing installations was January 29th 2002
Now: evaluation in progress, second Now: evaluation in progress, second roundround
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Safety Programme compulsory for „A“operators
Safety Report, Internal Emergency Plan and data for External Emergency Plan compulsory for „B“operators
Safety documentation
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• Regional Offices• Ministry of Environment• Fire Rescue Brigade• Hygiene and Public Health Service• Municipalities • Czech Mining Office (where applicable)
are involved in the assesing proccess of safety documentations and emergency planning
Assesing proccess
Safety documentation
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Safety Management
• Safety management system should be implemented
• Human factor included (obligatory)
• Where not yet existing, the timing with dates of implementation demanded
• Question: auditing
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Insurance
After the safety documentation is approved, the operator must be insured for the losses caused by major accident within 100 days
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Public Participation
Safety documentation has to be discussed with the inhabitants in the emergency planning zone and general public
The Regional authority determines the zone and makes relevant information for the inhabitants accessible
Till now limited experience only
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Inspections
5 bodies inspecting together:• Regional Office• Czech Inspection of Environment• Occupational Safety Inspectorate• Fire Rescue Brigade• Hygiene and Public Health Service• Czech Mine Office
Inspection of notification already done, changes in classification, complete inspections in 2002-2003
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Benefits already achieved
Identification of major hazards and the risk assessment
Start to accepting of principles and duties to improve a major accidents prevention
Reducing of dangerous substances amounts used