Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference do... (32019D0061)
Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)Text with EEA relevance.
- COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2019/61
- of 19 December 2018
- on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- Article 1
- Article 2
- ANNEX
- 1.
- INTRODUCTION
- Relevant legal background
- How to understand and use this document
- How SRDs should be taken into account by EMAS-registered organisations:
- Structure of the Sectoral Reference Document
- 2.
- SCOPE
- 3.
- BEST ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SECTOR
- 3.1.
- Best environmental management practices for sustainable offices
- 3.1.1.
- Managing and minimising energy use
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.1.2.
- Managing and minimising water use
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.1.3.
- Managing and minimising waste production
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.1.4.
- Minimising the consumption of office paper and consumables
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.1.5.
- Minimising the environmental impact of commuting and business travel
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.1.6.
- Minimising the environmental impact of canteens and coffee bars
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.1.7.
- Minimising the environmental impact of the organisation of meetings and events
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.
- Best environmental management practices for sustainable energy and climate change
- Policy BEMPs
- 3.2.1.
- Establishing an inventory of energy use and emissions of the territory of the municipality
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.2.
- Establishing and implementing a municipal energy and climate action plan
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.3.
- Establishing and implementing a strategy for climate change adaptation within the territory of the municipality
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- BEMPs regarding direct operations
- 3.2.4.
- Implementing energy-efficient street lighting
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.5.
- Improving the energy efficiency of public buildings
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.6.
- Improving the energy efficiency of social housing
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.7.
- Achieving energy efficiency in public buildings through energy performance contracts
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.8.
- Improving the energy performance of existing public buildings through monitoring, energy management and fostering of behavioural change
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.9.
- Implementing district heating and/or district cooling networks
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.10.
- Implementing on-site renewables and mini-combined heat and power (CHP) systems in public buildings and social housing
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- BEMPs regarding the regulatory and planning role of municipalities
- 3.2.11.
- Setting higher energy efficiency standards and renewable energy requirements in land use planning for newbuilds and buildings undergoing major renovations through local building regulations, urban planning and building permits
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- BEMPs on the influence of municipalities on their territory
- 3.2.12.
- Exemplary role of the public sector
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.13.
- Information and advice services on energy efficiency and renewable energy for citizens and businesses and set up of public-private partnerships
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.2.14.
- Thermographic surveying of the built environment in the territory of the municipality
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.
- Best environmental management practices for mobility
- 3.3.1.
- Enacting a sustainable urban mobility plan
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.2.
- Fostering cycling and walking through cycling infrastructure, bike-sharing schemes and promotion of walking
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.3.
- Implementing a large-scale car-sharing scheme
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.4.
- Integrated ticketing for public transport
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.5.
- Improving the uptake of electric vehicles in urban areas
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.6.
- Fostering passenger intermodality
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.7.
- Implementing a congestion charge
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.8.
- Limiting free parking spaces in cities
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.3.9.
- Implementation of logistics service centres
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.4.
- Best environmental management practices for land use
- 3.4.1.
- Limiting urban sprawl into green spaces and agricultural land
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.4.2.
- Reducing the urban heat island effect
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.4.3.
- Requiring low-impact water drainage in sealed soils
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.5.
- Best environmental management practices for green urban areas
- 3.5.1.
- Establishing and implementing a local biodiversity strategy and action plan
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.5.2.
- Creating blue-green networks
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.5.3.
- Fostering the deployment of green roofs
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.5.4.
- Giving new environmental value to derelict green areas and fringe areas
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.6.
- Best environmental management practices for local ambient air quality
- 3.6.1.
- Improving local ambient air quality
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.7.
- Best environmental management practices for noise pollution
- 3.7.1.
- Monitoring, mapping and reducing noise pollution
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.8.
- Best environmental management practices for waste management
- 3.8.1.
- Taking into account the EMAS Sectoral Reference Document for the waste management sector
- Applicability
- 3.9.
- Best environmental management practices for water supply
- 3.9.1.
- Deploying full water metering at the household/final user level
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.9.2.
- Minimising water leakages from the water distribution system
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.
- Best environmental management practices for waste water management
- 3.10.1.
- Energy-efficient waste water treatment achieving full nitrifying conditions
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.2.
- Minimising waste water emissions with special consideration of micropollutants
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.3.
- Anaerobic digestion of sludge and optimal energy recovery
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.4.
- Drying and incineration of sludge
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.5.
- Promoting the use of reclaimed water from waste water treatment effluents
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.6.
- Retention and treatment of overflows from combined sewer systems and of storm water from separate sewer systems
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.10.7.
- Sustainable urban drainage system
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.11.
- Best environmental management practices for green public procurement
- 3.11.1.
- Systematically including environmental criteria in all public procurement
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 3.12.
- Best environmental management practices for environmental education and dissemination of information
- 3.12.1.
- Environmental education and information for citizens and businesses
- Applicability
- Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
- 4.
- RECOMMENDED SECTOR-SPECIFIC KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
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