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