Countries have identified good practices in implementing the Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents within their national implementation reports. The good practices reported from the 8th reporting round (2014–2015) are compiled in the tables below. The Working Group on Implementation and secretariat categorized the good practices into the five themes. Click on each box to expand (or collapse) it into a table. The tables include information and related links when available. Should you have further questions on the good practices provided, please contact the Focal Point of the Party or country. A list of all Focal Points can be found here.
- Policies for the Implementation of the Convention
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Country
Description of Good Practice
Links by language
Austria
Reviewed their legislation continuously.
Not provided
Czechia
Reviewed their legislation continuously.
Not provided
Russian Federation
Reviewed their legislation continuously.
Not provided
United Kingdom
Reviewed their legislation continuously.
Not provided
- Prevention
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Country
Description of Good Practice
Links by language
Estonia
Reported that in 2015 it had developed a methodology for preparing external emergency response plans.
Not provided
Germany
Mentioned to the Commission on Process Safety, established in 2005, as a good source of information.
Portugal
Referred to guidelines related to the obligations of operators.
Guidelines for Operators (Portuguese)
Russian Federation
Approved 11 safety guidelines that presented methodologies for risk assessment in different spheres.
Not provided
Sweden
Finished a project with the objective to improve land-use planning around the siting of hazardous activities.
Not provided
Switzerland
In the last biennium, developed a guidance document on the safety of refrigerating plans.
Guidance Document (German)
- Scientific and technological cooperation
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Country
Description of Good Practice
Links by language
Germany
Referred to bilateral implementation groups with Czechia and Poland. Czechia mentioned six joint inspections that the group had carried out since 2001.
Mentioned warning and alarm plans for both the Rhine and the Elbe Rivers.
Kazakhstan
Provided good examples of multilateral cooperation in their reports.
Not provided
Latvia
Referred to joint programmes with Estonia and Lithuania aimed at sharing information, improving preparedness and identifying any gaps in existing systems.
Not provided
Netherlands
Reported that it has established a public risk map on hazardous activities, containing also information on possible transboundary effects.
Public Risk Map (ENG) (Other languages are available, but only through the English link)
Russian Federation
Mentioned regulations for information exchange developed through crisis management bodies within the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Provided good examples of multilateral cooperation in their reports.
Not provided
Slovenia
Provided good examples of multilateral cooperation in their reports.
Not provided
- Preparedness and response
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Country
Description of Good Practice
Links by language
Germany
Provided two weblinks with information on contingency planning.
Norway
Provided a Report on Sydhavna (Sjursøya) — an area with increased risk (relates to both prevention and preparedness and reviews safety challenges in the Sydhavna area in the southeast portion of Oslo Harbour with the aim of identifying the need for measures that can improve the overall management of safety in the area) and an Evaluation Report of the HarbourEx15 exercise carried out at Sydhavna in 2015.
Sweden
Reported on the existence of new guidelines, available in Swedish only, on the following topics: safety reports, the major-accident prevention policy and safety management system, external emergency plans and land-use planning.
- Public participation
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Country
Description of Good Practice
Links by language
Portugal
Mentioned that since July 2015 it had been operating the Internet site “Participa”, which was exclusively dedicated to promoting public consultations.
Participa (Portuguese)
Switzerland
Reported on a joint Franco-Genevan Regional Committee on Security to encourage transboundary public participation.
Not provided