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| URI: | http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/0E8C5CC8-98AA-4F74-945F-87488E7450A2 | ||
| Year | 1999 | ||
| Type of Item | Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication | ||
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| Bibliographic Citation | G.A. Papadakis, S. Porterb and J. Wettig, "EU initiative on the control of major accident hazards arising from pipelines", Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 85-90, Jan. 1999. doi:10.1016/S0950-4230(98)00042-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0950-4230(98)00042-4 | ||
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The European Council and the Parliament recognised that pipeline accidents had occurred in Europe and worldwide, which clearly indicated the `major accident hazard' potential of pipelines. The present paper presents an overview of the Community Policy on the control of major accident hazards arising from pipelines, summarises the Commission review/assessment of existing legislation on pipelines within the Member States and outlines the principles on which a possible EU initiative should be based. The review has shown that many Member States do not have comprehensive `major accident hazard' legislation in place for pipelines and therefore an EU initiative would complete existing industrial risk management legislation, based on the `precautionary principle'.
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