commiss decis april recognit intern standard iso european standard en iso establish specif environment manag system accord articl council regul eec june allow voluntari particip compani industri sector commun eco manag audit scheme text eea relev ec commiss european commun regard treati establish european commun regard council regul eec june allow voluntari particip compani industri sector commun eco manag audit scheme articl thereof articl regul eec establish compani implement nation european intern standard environment manag system audit certifi certif procedur compli standard consid meet requir regul eec provid standard procedur recogn commiss act accord procedur laid articl regul articl regul eec state refer recogn standard criteria publish offici journal european commun commiss request recogn intern standard iso european standard en iso establish specif environment manag system intern standard iso european standard en iso ident includ specif environment manag system audit requir council regul eec recognit grant decis requir regul eec cover explicitli intern standard iso european standard en iso specif intern standard iso european standard en iso guidanc lead greater degre correspond requir regul eec accredit environment verifi continu check complianc element council regul eec cover explicitli intern standard iso european standard en iso document review stage accredit environment verifi confirm element articl annex mention annex decis cover certif undertaken certif procedur recogn commiss ensur requir regul eec annex ii met measur set decis accord opinion committe set articl council regul eec adopt decis articl purpos articl regul eec commiss recognis intern standard iso european standard en iso establish specif environment manag system requir mention regul annex decis articl decis address member state brussel april commiss ritt bjerregaard member commiss oj annex requir council regul eec requir intern standard iso european standard en iso articl particip scheme paragraph amp annex part paragraph part paragraph