EMAS

EMAS

Hva er EMAS?

EMAS Eco-Management and Audit Scheme er EUs frivillige miljøstyrings- og miljørevisjonsordning. Hensikten med EMAS er å effektivisere og forbedre miljøarbeidet i bedrifter og organisasjoner. EMAS-ordningen er åpen for alle typer organisasjoner.

Ordningen er innført i alle EU/EØS-land gjennom en forordning siden 1995. I Norge er forordningen tatt inn i Forurensningsloven § 52c.

Mer informasjon om EMAS kan du lese på følgende nettsider:

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What EMAS means?

The Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is EU's voluntary environmental management and audit scheme. The purpose of EMAS is to streamline and improve environmental work in companies and organizations. The EMAS scheme is open to all types of organizations.

The scheme has been introduced in all EU/EEA countries through a regulation since 1995. In Norway, the regulation has been incorporated into the Pollution Control Act §52c.

More information about EMAS can be found on the following websites:

EMAS og akkreditering

Norsk akkreditering har ansvaret for å akkreditere og følge opp EMAS-verifikatorer i Norge iht krav i (EC) No 1221/2009 EMAS.

Akkrediteringskrav relatert til EMAS

  • NS/EN ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 1: Requirements’
  • NS-EN ISO/IEC 17021-2:2018, Conformity assessment - requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: competence requirements for audit and certification of environmental management systems (ISO/IEC 17021-2:2016)
  • Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC with related regulations from the Commission and guidance documents.

Du kan lese om akkrediteringsprosessen her: Akkrediteringsprosessen.

EMAS-verifikatorer akkreditert i andre medlemsland enn Norge skal varsle NA på e-post post@akkreditert.no minst 4 uker før gjennomføring av hver verifiserings- eller valideringsaktivitet i Norge.

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EMAS and accreditation

Norwegian Accreditation is responsible for accrediting and supervision of environmental verifier in according to the requirements of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 EMAS.

Accreditation requirements related to EMAS

  • NS/EN ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 1: Requirements
  • ISO/IEC 17021-2:2018 Conformity assessment - requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems - Part 2: competence requirements for audit and certification of environmental management systems (ISO/IEC 17021-2:2016)
  • Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC with related regulations from the Commission and guidance documents

Information about the accreditation process is available here: Accreditation process.

EMAS verifiers accredited in Member States other than Norway shall notify NA by email post@akkreditert.no at least 4 weeks before performing each verification or validation activity in Norway.

EMAS-sertifisering

Organisasjoner som ønsker EMAS-sertifisering, vennligst ta kontakt med et av sertifiseringsorgan som er akkreditert av Norsk akkreditering som EMAS-verifikator.

Her finner du en oversikt over akkrediterte systemsertifiseringsorgan for EMAS.

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EMAS certification

Organizations seeking EMAS certification, please contact one of the certification bodies accredited by Norwegian Accreditation as an EMAS Environmental Verifier.

An overview of accredited certification bodies for EMAS is available here accredited management system certification bodies for EMAS (please then select the "English" version of the website to view the information in English).

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