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  • Article from 13.09.2023 | Last changed: 06.10.2023

    The Rotterdam Convention

    a container-ship

    … common authority of the European Union vis-à-vis third countries and maintains a database of notifications and consents granted. In the process of adding new chemicals … other authorities, in particular with its expertise on the classification of environmentally hazardous properties of substances. The B asel, R otterdam and S …

  • Article from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection law

    paragraphs

    … in this context. The legal regulations regarding waste contain guidelines for the environmentally sound recycling and disposal of waste. Nature conservation law The …

  • Article from 26.09.2023 | Last changed: 26.09.2023

    Harmonisation of health assessment – LCI values and EU-LCI values

    An attic floor will be finished.

    … must not pose a risk to health. Source: Jürgen Fälchle / Fotolia.com Many European Research projects show that the development of low-emission materials and building … Vermeidung und Bewertung von Schadstoffen Related publications Toxicological basis data for the derivation of EU-LCI values for neopentyl glycol, diisobutyl succinate, …

  • Article from 21.02.2023 | Last changed: 21.02.2023

    Environmental management at UBA

    EMAS logo on the face of the UBA office building in Dessau-Roßlau

    … Environmental management at UBA UBA was the first federal authority to receive the … want to continuously reduce the CO 2 emissions of our fleet, applying 2016 as the base year. By 2030, the fleet is to be 'zero emissions' during operation We have … sheet. UBA does not currently know how high the CO 2 emissions concerned are. Our research contractors are required to comply with UBA's requirements regarding  …

  • Article from 20.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

    … of conformity of product hygiene suitability for drinking water The German Environmental Agency is mandated to publish evaluation criteria documents for … of conformity of product hygiene suitability for drinking water The German Environmental Agency is mandated to publish evaluation criteria documents for …

  • Article from 27.03.2023 | Last changed: 27.03.2023

    National Water Strategy

    … water, energy and substance cycles Strengthen efficient administrations, improve data flows, optimise legal frameworks and secure financing Intensify protection of … water, energy and substance cycles Strengthen efficient administrations, improve data flows, optimise legal frameworks and secure financing Intensify protection of …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … control during authorisation, the manufacturing companies must disclose all environmental data for micropollutant evaluation. This also applies to active substances of medicinal products that have been on the market for a long time. Moreover, research into environmentally compatible active substances needs to be increased as …

  • Article from 15.04.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Pesticides

    … Ordinance which are used in plant protection agents and biocides complied with the environmental quality standards for the period 2016-2018 at the monitoring sites of … Federal Government (LAWA ). For a further 11 substances a check for compliance with environmental quality standards is not always possible since the limit of quantification is higher than the environmental quality standards  . The following substances showed exceedences of …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … the assumption that humans are in a position to understand and control global environmental processes; secondly, the assumption that geoengineering can replace … measures can have global impact, global regulation is necessary. Even field research activities can have a negative effect, for example as a result of … tests in the atmosphere. No geoengineering measures have been taken up to now, but researchers have been exploring theoretical approaches such as modelling or …

  • Article from 08.12.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    Environmental Compliance Assurance

    A red barrel lies in a river and is examined by a person in a green protective suit.

    … Environmental Compliance Assurance Monitoring of the environment is one of the … series the German Environment Agency tracks developments in environmental crime based on statistics provided by police forces and the courts. The 2018 edition of … Inspections" to the Institute for Applied Ecology (Öko-Institut) and the German Research for Public Administration in Speyer to determine what changes enforcement …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … Chemicals The group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on … period 2016-2018. Concentrations of fluoranthene und benzo[a]pyrene are assessed based on their concentration in mussels (biota EQS) as well as their concentrations … polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Source: Federal Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA - 2018 Download image (441.42 kB) …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … Waters also regulates 14 of the POPs . The Ordinance on Surface Waters defines environmental quality standards (EQS) for the concentrations of suspended … converted into annual average EQS for total water. However, assessment must occur based mainly on measurements in biota, and for PCBs, on measurements in the … Mean concentrations of POP in 2014-2016 Source: German Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA - 2018 Exceedances for total hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), …