Liste of accredited environmental verifiers for the purposes of the Community eco management and audit scheme (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 as included in point 2f of Annex XX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area) (97/C 275/06)

The list of accredited environmental verifiers for the purposes of the Community eco management and audit scheme (1) is published so as to comply with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 (2) as included in point 2f of Annex XX to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

This Regulation establishes a voluntary environmental management scheme, based on harmonized lines and principles throughout the European Economic Area, open to companies in the industrial sector operating in the European Economic Area.

The overall objective of the scheme is to promote continuous environmental performance improvements of industrial activities by committing sites to evaluate and improve their environmental performance and provide relevant information to the public.

Sites that wish to be registered in the scheme must have their environmental policy, programme management system, review or audit procedure and environmental statement or statements examined, to verify that they meet the requirements of this Regulation and the environmental statements validated. This verification and validation must be carried out by an independent, appropriately accredited, environmental verifier.

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Regulation in conjunction with Article 1 (1) (b) of Protocol 1 to the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States, the Standing Committee of the EFTA States is to publish in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities a list of all the accredited environmental verifiers in the EFTA States.

The list contains details of all environmental verifiers in the European Economic Area whose registration has been notified to the Standing Committee and the European Commission, by the accreditation systems in the EEA States, up to and including 15 April 1997.

(1) OJ C 276, 11. 9. 1997, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 168, 10. 7. 1993, p. 1.