Environmental Audit Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law implementing Regulation (EC) No. 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation of organizations in a community system for environmental management and environmental auditing and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 761/2001 , as well as the decisions of the Commission 2001/681 / EG and 2006/193 / EG |
| Short title: | Environmental Audit Act |
| Abbreviation: | UAG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Administrative law , environmental law |
| References : | 2129-29 |
| Original version from: | December 7, 1995 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1591 ) |
| Entry into force on: | December 15, 1995 |
| New announcement from: | September 4, 2002 ( BGBl. I p. 3490 ) |
| Last change by: |
Art. 124 Regulation of June 19, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1342 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Environmental Audit Act (UAG), which came into force on December 15, 1995 , implements essential parts of the European environmental management system EMAS for Germany . This was developed by the European Union and is a community system of environmental management and environmental auditing for organizations that want to improve their environmental performance .
In the Environmental Audit Act, among other things, the authorization and supervision system for environmental verifiers is regulated. It constitutes the Environmental Verification Committee (UGA), which has the task of advising the Federal Environment Ministry in the field of this voluntary eco-audit, issuing guidelines for the application of the Environmental Audit Act and promoting the spread of EMAS in Germany .
