Internal emergency plans for establishments with hazardous substances See explanation of the designation of:

The obligation for establishments to produce an internal emergency plan results from the transposition of Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (the ‘Seveso III Directive’).

The internal emergency plan must contain the following:

• names or positions of the persons authorised to set emergency procedures in motion and the person in charge of and coordinating the on-site mitigatory action;|

• name or position of the person with responsibility for liaising with the district administrative authority;

• for foreseeable conditions or events that could be significant in bringing about a major accident, a description of the action that should be taken to control the conditions or events and to limit their consequences, including a description of the safety equipment and the resources available;

• measures for limiting the risks to persons on site, including how warnings are to be given and the actions that persons are expected to take on receipt of a warning;

• arrangements for early warning of the initiation by the responsible authorities of the measures for which the external emergency plan provides, the type of information that should be contained in an initial warning, and measures for the provision of detailed information as it becomes available;

• measures for training staff in the duties they are to perform and, as appropriate, measures for coordinating this training with external fire services and the assistance organisations defined in Section 15(1)(b) of the Tyrolean Crisis and Disaster Management Act (Tiroler Krisen- und Katastrophenmanagementgesetz);

measures for providing assistance with off-site action to avert and deal with disasters. The operator must review and, as necessary, amend the internal emergency plan at intervals of no longer than 3 years, as well as in the event of major changes to the establishment required to draw up an emergency plan.

The report of such a review must be submitted before the start of operations or 4 weeks after the change made to the establishment required to draw up an emergency plan.

The internal emergency plan must be presented to the district administrative authorities before the start of operations or within the prescribed period.

Internal emergency plan

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• The District Authority

A form is not provided in this case.

The application does not have to be signed electronically – using a mobile phone signature (Handy-Signatur) or E-ID – or by hand. In the event of doubt as to identity or authenticity, the authority may require evidence to be produced.

The obligation to draw up an internal emergency plan for establishments results from the transposition of Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, as amended by Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 (the ‘Seveso II’ Directive).

Tyrolean Crisis and Disaster Management Act (Tiroler Krisen- und Katastrophenmanagementgesetz), Provincial Law Gazette (LGBl.) No 33/2006, last amended by LGBl. No 92/2021;

https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=LrT&Gesetzesnummer=20000180

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