Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature

The Blue Angel is a German eco-label for products and services [7]. The eco-label was introduced in 1978 and was one of the first worldwide environmental labels. The Blue Angel is an official label since it is owned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Germany. The award criteria are established by the Federal Environmental Agency in Germany with the support of scientific institutes and the industry. 

Risikokommission (ad hoc-Kommisison Neuordnung der Verfahren und Strukturen zur Risikobewertung und Standardsetzung im gesundheithchen Umweltschutz der Bundes-republik Deutschland ) Abschlussbericht (on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Security and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety), Salzgitter 2003... 

BgVV (2001) Workshop on exposure of children to substances used as ingredients in pesticides. Berlin, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (Bundesinstitut flir gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinarmedizin) (Grant No. 201 61 218/01 ... 

Bundesministerium fur Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit (BMU) - Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety... 

Veltwisch, D. (2003) Wastewater Law Federal Water Act, Wastewater Charges Act, Wastewater Ordinance. Text edition with an explanatory introduction. Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, BMU http //www.bmu.de/ files/wastewater.pdf... 

In 2005, a revised version of the German Probabilistic Safety Analyses (PSA) guideline (BfS 2005) was released by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety (BMU). This PSA guideline forms the basis for the PSAs with respect to the safety assessment of nuclear power plants. 

Life cycle assessment of SOFC technology is still uncommon due to the relatively early stage in technical development. However, several studies have been performed since the end of the 1990s. Since there is a lack of standard commercial equipment that could serve as a basis and reference point for analysis, LCA studies mostly refer to hypothetical concepts and/or extrapolate from laboratory and early market prototypes to commercial units. While the first studies had only little access to operation data at aU (for the fuel cell system itself but also for production processes), the main effort was set in the assessment of inventory data using assumptions, simplifications, and correlations [79, 80]. The main outcomes of these studies were the identification of weak points and the setting of benchmarks for further development. With more information about fuel cells available today and a simultaneous advancement in LCA methodology, the studies became more reliable and detailed, regarding system description [81] as well as the assessment of environmental impacts coimected with inputs and outputs [82]. Especially the extensive data of these two studies found their way to commercial databases for LCA [83] and thereby became available to LCA practitioners. In 2005, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)... 

Since January 1, 1985, the Environmental Specimen Bank has been established as a permanent institution under the responsibility of the BMI (later the BMU, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety). The Federal Environmental Agency (UBA) is responsible for co-ordination. Two specimen banks are subsumed under the general heading of the German Environmental Specimen Bank ... 

Guide for the Identification and Control of Exothermic Chemical Reactions" (TAA-GS-05 1994). A document in German by the Technischer Ausschuss fur Anlagensicherheit (Technical Committee for Plant Safety) of the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety. Addresses safety assessment of reactions during both normal operations and excursions, as well as selection and extent of measures to be adopted. An English translation of this document is provided on the CD-ROM included with this publication. 

Technical Committee for Facility Safety of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Conservation of Nature and... 

The technical committee for facility safety (TAA1) is a committee that is organized under the auspices of 31a of the Bundeslmmissionsschutzgesetzes (German environmental legislation) by the (German) Federal Ministry for the Environment, Conservation of Nature and Reactor Safety. 

UBA (Federal Environmental Agency)(1989) [Stat of facts. Polybrominated dibenzodioxins (PBDD) - Polybrominated dibenzofurans (PBDF). Second supplement Polybrominated biphenyls.] In Polybrominated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans (PBDD/ PBDF) from brominated flame retardants. Report of the working group on brominated flame retardants to the Environment Minister Conference. Bonn, Tederal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, pp 95-97 (in German)... 

Risk assessment activities of IPCS are supported financially by the Department of Health and Department for Environment, Food Rural Affairs, United Kingdom Environmental Protection Agency, Food and Drug Administration, and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA European Commission German Federal Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Health Canada Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Swiss Agency for Environment, Forests and Landscape. 

NFPs are the main contact points for the EEA in the member countries. They are in charge of co-operation with the EEA and the ETCs and organise national coordination of activities related to the EEA strategy. Their working methods differ from country to country. This partly reflects the diverse nature of the national environmental systems within which they are based. For example, some NFPs are located in environmental agencies, others are part of environment ministries some are in centralised national administrations, whereas others operate in decentralised, sometimes federal systems. 

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