SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES OF EMAS/ISO14001

 EMAS-II Edict

 DIN EN ISO 14001

 SCOPE

 Valid only inside the
 European Union and the
 European  market area

 Valid worldwide/ global
 (international norm)

 JURIDICAL STATUS

 Sovereign System

 Private Enterprise System

 Industrial SECTOR

 No limits

 No limits

 REQUIREMENTS
 related to

 o Organisations
 o EMS
 o Continuous improvement
    of the EMS
 o Environmental performance
 o Environmental audit
 o Environmental policy

 o Organisations
 o EMS
 o Continuous improvement
    of the EMS

 PUBLIC
 INFORMATION

 o The publishing of a public 
    environmental statement
    is a must

 o The publishing of a public
    environmental statement
    is not a must

 o Only the environmental policy
    has to be published

 PUBLIC
 PRESENTATION

 o Valid environmental statement
 o certificate,
 o valid logo

 o certificate

 FEDERAL
 AUTHORITIES
 INVOLVED

 yes

 No

 CONTINIOUS
 IMPROVEMENT

 o Validity of the EMS

 o Of the internal environmental
    protection

 o Validity of the EMS