Dutch companies obliged to produce safety reports, 2001

Companies that constitute a major risk for people and the environment because they use large quantities of dangerous substances such as chlorine are obliged to produce safety reports. This page gives the numbers of companies with an approved safety report or a safety report going through the procedure in 2001.

Companies obliged to produce safety reports that actually do so

More than three quarters (79%) of the companies obliged to produce safety reports had submitted one on 31 December 2001. A year earlier, 74% of companies had done so. The figure shows the companies for which provincial authorities are the competent authority.

Policy

Companies that constitute a large risk because they use large quantities of dangerous substances such as chlorine are obliged to produce safety reports. They are usually large chemical companies. In a 'safety report', a company describes, among other things, the measures taken to reduce and manage risks. A report of this kind has to be submitted to the government authority - the province or municipality - every five years.
The statutory regulations are set out in the Prevention of Major Accidents Decree (BRZO).

Technical note

In the context of the monitoring and evaluation of government performance, the Association of Provincial Authorities (IPO) questions all provincial authorities annually about their environment policy.
Monitoring government performance

There is no data available about companies that are obliged to produce safety reports and that are answerable to municipal authorities.

References

• CCO (2001). Overheidsmonitoring, Jaarrapportage 2000. Coördinatie Commissie Overheidsmonitoring, Milieumonitor Nr. 3, The Hague.
• IPO (2002). Interprovinciale rapportage Milieu, Water, Landbouw en Natuur 2002, page 180. Association of Provincial Authorities, Lelystad. This report contains an extensive set of provincial data about the environment, water, nature and agriculture for 2001.

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium

• Index external safety for the risks affecting local residents caused by air traffic and by the production, the use, the storage and the transport of dangerous substances.
• Municipal disaster plans, 2000 (page is not available yet)
• Inclusion of the transportation of dangerous substances in zoning plans in the Netherlands, 1999-2002
• Dutch companies at risk of severe accidents, 2001
• Monitoring government performance