Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference do... (32019D0061) 
                
                
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Commission Decision (EU) 2019/61 of 19 December 2018 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)Text with EEA relevance.
- COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2019/61
 - of 19 December 2018
 - on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the public administration sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS)
 - (Text with EEA relevance)
 - Article 1
 - Article 2
 - ANNEX
 - 1.
 - INTRODUCTION
 - Relevant legal background
 - How to understand and use this document
 - How SRDs should be taken into account by EMAS-registered organisations:
 - Structure of the Sectoral Reference Document
 - 2.
 - SCOPE
 - 3.
 - BEST ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND BENCHMARKS OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SECTOR
 - 3.1.
 - Best environmental management practices for sustainable offices
 - 3.1.1.
 - Managing and minimising energy use
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.1.2.
 - Managing and minimising water use
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.1.3.
 - Managing and minimising waste production
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.1.4.
 - Minimising the consumption of office paper and consumables
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.1.5.
 - Minimising the environmental impact of commuting and business travel
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.1.6.
 - Minimising the environmental impact of canteens and coffee bars
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.1.7.
 - Minimising the environmental impact of the organisation of meetings and events
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.
 - Best environmental management practices for sustainable energy and climate change
 - Policy BEMPs
 - 3.2.1.
 - Establishing an inventory of energy use and emissions of the territory of the municipality
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.2.
 - Establishing and implementing a municipal energy and climate action plan
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.3.
 - Establishing and implementing a strategy for climate change adaptation within the territory of the municipality
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - BEMPs regarding direct operations
 - 3.2.4.
 - Implementing energy-efficient street lighting
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.5.
 - Improving the energy efficiency of public buildings
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.6.
 - Improving the energy efficiency of social housing
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.7.
 - Achieving energy efficiency in public buildings through energy performance contracts
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.8.
 - Improving the energy performance of existing public buildings through monitoring, energy management and fostering of behavioural change
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.9.
 - Implementing district heating and/or district cooling networks
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.10.
 - Implementing on-site renewables and mini-combined heat and power (CHP) systems in public buildings and social housing
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - BEMPs regarding the regulatory and planning role of municipalities
 - 3.2.11.
 - Setting higher energy efficiency standards and renewable energy requirements in land use planning for newbuilds and buildings undergoing major renovations through local building regulations, urban planning and building permits
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - BEMPs on the influence of municipalities on their territory
 - 3.2.12.
 - Exemplary role of the public sector
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.13.
 - Information and advice services on energy efficiency and renewable energy for citizens and businesses and set up of public-private partnerships
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.2.14.
 - Thermographic surveying of the built environment in the territory of the municipality
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.
 - Best environmental management practices for mobility
 - 3.3.1.
 - Enacting a sustainable urban mobility plan
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.2.
 - Fostering cycling and walking through cycling infrastructure, bike-sharing schemes and promotion of walking
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.3.
 - Implementing a large-scale car-sharing scheme
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.4.
 - Integrated ticketing for public transport
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.5.
 - Improving the uptake of electric vehicles in urban areas
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.6.
 - Fostering passenger intermodality
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.7.
 - Implementing a congestion charge
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.8.
 - Limiting free parking spaces in cities
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.3.9.
 - Implementation of logistics service centres
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.4.
 - Best environmental management practices for land use
 - 3.4.1.
 - Limiting urban sprawl into green spaces and agricultural land
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.4.2.
 - Reducing the urban heat island effect
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.4.3.
 - Requiring low-impact water drainage in sealed soils
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.5.
 - Best environmental management practices for green urban areas
 - 3.5.1.
 - Establishing and implementing a local biodiversity strategy and action plan
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.5.2.
 - Creating blue-green networks
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.5.3.
 - Fostering the deployment of green roofs
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.5.4.
 - Giving new environmental value to derelict green areas and fringe areas
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.6.
 - Best environmental management practices for local ambient air quality
 - 3.6.1.
 - Improving local ambient air quality
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.7.
 - Best environmental management practices for noise pollution
 - 3.7.1.
 - Monitoring, mapping and reducing noise pollution
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.8.
 - Best environmental management practices for waste management
 - 3.8.1.
 - Taking into account the EMAS Sectoral Reference Document for the waste management sector
 - Applicability
 - 3.9.
 - Best environmental management practices for water supply
 - 3.9.1.
 - Deploying full water metering at the household/final user level
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.9.2.
 - Minimising water leakages from the water distribution system
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.
 - Best environmental management practices for waste water management
 - 3.10.1.
 - Energy-efficient waste water treatment achieving full nitrifying conditions
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.2.
 - Minimising waste water emissions with special consideration of micropollutants
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.3.
 - Anaerobic digestion of sludge and optimal energy recovery
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.4.
 - Drying and incineration of sludge
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.5.
 - Promoting the use of reclaimed water from waste water treatment effluents
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.6.
 - Retention and treatment of overflows from combined sewer systems and of storm water from separate sewer systems
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.10.7.
 - Sustainable urban drainage system
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.11.
 - Best environmental management practices for green public procurement
 - 3.11.1.
 - Systematically including environmental criteria in all public procurement
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 3.12.
 - Best environmental management practices for environmental education and dissemination of information
 - 3.12.1.
 - Environmental education and information for citizens and businesses
 - Applicability
 - Associated environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence
 - 4.
 - RECOMMENDED SECTOR-SPECIFIC KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS