Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances (as amended) is a

European Union law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

aimed at improving the safety of sites containing large quantities of dangerous substances. It is also known as the Seveso II Directive, after the

Seveso disaster Seveso (; lmo, label= Lombard, Séves ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based on the furniture industry. Its name comes from the river of ...

. It replaced the Seveso Directive and was in turn modified by the

Seveso III directive Directive 2012/18/EU or the Seveso-III Directive (full title: ''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, amending and subsequently repe ...

(2012/18/EU).

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Council Directive 96/82/EC of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances

* ttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/seveso/index.htm European Commission page about the Seveso Directives
Seveso III Directive (2012/18/EU)
96 82 1996 in law 1996 in the European Union Environmental law in the European Union Regulation of chemicals in the European Union {{EU-law-stub

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