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Address

German EMAS Advisory Board
Umweltgutachterausschuss (UGA)
- Office -
Gertraudenstrasse 20
D-10178 Berlin

Tel.: +49 (0)30 / 29 77 32-30
Fax: +49 (0)30 / 29 77 32-39
info [at] uga.de

Managing Director
Veit Moosmayer

Consultants
Mario Lodigiani
Esther Zippel

Office MGMT/Webmaster
Claudia Koch

English Summary

German EMAS Advisory Board (Umweltgutachterausschuss, UGA)

The German EMAS Advisory Board is a legal committee established under § 21 Environmental Audit Act (Umweltauditgesetz - UAG) at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU). It ensures quality of the EMAS accreditation and supervision system in Germany. The committee consists of 25 members representing all interested parties. The separate German accreditation body for environmental verifiers (DAU) is reporting on a half-yearly basis to UGA.

The UGA is an independent administrative body. It is under legal control of the BMU. The UGA office is located in Berlin.

Members (25)

industry/enterprises (6)
environmental verifiers (4)
federal/state administration departments for the environment (6) / of economics (3)
trade unions (3)
environmental associations, non governmental associations (NGOs) (3)

Please find the list of UGA-members in German here.

Scope of Duties and Responsibilities

enacting official guidelines for interpretation and implementation of accreditation and supervision of environmental verifiers
keeping the list for verifier's examination board
recommendation for the appointment of experts to be appointed through the complaints authority
advising the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in all issues concerning accreditation and supervision
promotion of EMAS in Germany

Please find a list of UGA's tasks in German here.

EMAS-System of Accreditation, Supervision and Registration

The diagram shows the system of accreditation, supervision and registration of EMAS in Germany.

Guidelines and Statements translated into English

Guideline of Individual Review of Environmental Verifiers and Holders of Certificates of Specialised Knowledge within the Framework of Supervision (UAG Supervision Guideline - UAG-AufsR) of 22 June 2004

Guideline for Oral Examinations to Ascertain the Competence of Environmental Verifiers and of Holders of Certificates of Specialised Knowledge (UAG Competence Guideline - UAG-FkR) of 22 June 2004

Statement by the Environmental Verification Committee (UGA) on the evaluation of legal compliance by EMAS participants with regard to legal provisions for supervisions (Resolution from 31st plenary meeting held on 3rd February 2004)