10 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2010/0377(COD)
Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 2 a (new)
Recital 2 a (new)
(2a) Major accidents have often been caused by sub-contractors or have seen their involvement.
Amendment 34 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Operators should have a general obligation to take all necessary measures to prevent major accidents and to mitigate their consequences. Where dangerous substances are present in establishments above certain quantities the operator should provide the competent authority with sufficient information to enable it to identify the establishment, the dangerous substances present and the potential dangers. The operator should also draw up and send to the competent authority a major-accident prevention policy setting out, besides the names of any sub-contractors, the operator's overall approach and measures, including appropriate safety management systems, for controlling major-accident hazards.
Amendment 36 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) In order to reduce the risk of major accidents and of domino effects, due consideration should be awarded to the interaction between natural sources of danger associated with the location of the undertaking or facility and sources of danger associated with the technologies they use.
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – point a a (new)
(aa) the name, trade name and address of any sub-contractors;
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the competent authority, using the information received from the operators in compliance with Articles 6 and 9 or through inspections pursuant to Article 19, identifies all lower-tier and upper-tier establishments or groups of establishments where the likelihood and the possibility or consequences of a major accident may be increased because of the location and the proximity of such establishments, or the natural risks associated with their geographical position, and their inventories of dangerous substances.
Amendment 74 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) communicating the relevant information to sub-contractors at the site;
Amendment 75 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 – paragraph 4
Article 11 – paragraph 4
4. Without prejudice to the obligations of the competent authorities, Member States shall ensure that the internal emergency plans provided for in this Directive are drawn up in consultation with the personnel working inside the establishment, including long-term relevant subcontracted personnel, and that the local authority in whose area the undertaking is sited, and the public is, are consulted on external emergency plans when they are established or updated. Member States shall ensure that consultation with the public is in accordance with Article 14.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)
(ba) to restore the environment, in the case of proven environmental damage to its original condition, where possible, and to appropriately compensate the population affected, as provided for in Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage1; _______________ 1 OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 2 – point a
Annex II – point 2 – point a
a) description of the site, a suitable assessment of its natural risks and its environment including the geographical location, meteorological, geological, hydrographic conditions and, if necessary, its history;
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a directive
Annex II – point 3 – point a
Annex II – point 3 – point a
a) description of the main activities and products of the parts of the establishment, and identification of sub-contractors, which are important from the point of view of safety, sources of major-accident risks and conditions under which such a major accident could happen, together with a description of proposed preventive measures;