Legal and compliance

21 27 Compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements

1987 As member, UNEP Working Group of Legal Experts on Environmental Law environmental impact assessment.

(viii) Promotion of legal instruments promote implementation, enforcement of and compliance with environmental laws, including multilateral environmental agreements, taking into consideration poverty reduction, such as the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the multilateral environmental agreements of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (5)

However, ISO 14001 certification by itself does not ensure continuous compliance with environmental legislation.

The second is to generate policy options for improved regional compliance with environmental accords.

SS.VII 4 Compliance with and enforcement of multilateral environmental agreements (subprogrammes 2, 3 and 6)

In addition, certification to ISO 14001 can be seen as demonstrating compliance with national environmental legislation.

In this capacity, the Compliance Officer will serve as an adviser on legal issues to the Chief of the Risk and Compliance Section.

As the Legal Counsel, I assisted the Central Bank in ensuring compliance with legal aspects of its operations covering International Finance and Trade, vetted all agreements entered into, ensuring compliance with the relevant laws.

It is no less important that compliance with those legal instruments should be fully assured.

This balance guarantees the longevity of the legal regime by providing incentives for membership and compliance.

. expertise (address legal, economic, social, technical, environmental matters exclude include scientific and technological issues)

7. Certain delegations felt that compliance with environmental standards might entail excessive costs for SMEs, particularly those in developing countries.

Its potential to improve regulatory compliance is an important advantage of an EMS, in particular where environmental laws and regulations are realistic in the context of local environmental and developmental conditions.

Article 23 The securities firm should set up responsible person for regulatory compliance to audit, supervise or check legal and regulatory compliance of management behavior of securities firm.

Each of these legal acts ensures compliance with the principle equal pay for work of equal value.

55. The representative of China hoped that the legal opinion would receive a positive response and compliance.

Any incremental costs thus depend on two factors (a) the organization apos s degree of compliance with applicable environmental regulations and (b) the stringency of environmental regulations in the country of production.

It is now high time to consider a more integrated structure for environmental standard setting, scientific discussion and monitoring treaty compliance.

Despite this, there were still unresolved environmental, legal and social issues relating to transit arrangements.

Can further exploration of market based instruments such as emissions trading, environmental liability, and eco taxes, keeping in mind equity aspects, reduce the cost of compliance with MEAs and induce continuous environmental improvements?

33. Environmental management standards, however, do not guarantee, by themselves, improvements in environmental performance of production and or of products, but they assure only compliance to an adopted EMS and to a declared environmental policy that fulfills, at a minimum, national regulations.

Its national strategy included plans for the development of all inhabited spaces in strict compliance with high environmental and economic management standards.

(b) What are the best ways to ensure exporters understanding of, and compliance with, quality, health and environmental requirements in importing markets?

UNU participated in a UNEP UNITAR training workshop on environmental law and policy and a UNEP IUCN meeting of legal experts on the teaching of environmental law.

The establishment and maintenance of an effective EMS enables an organization to anticipate and meet growing environmental performance expectations, to ensure ongoing compliance with national and or international environmental requirements and to support the continual improvement of its environmental performance. UNIDO, op. cit., page 12.

Any sound legal instrument should strike a balance between rights and obligations this can guarantee the longevity of the legal regime by providing incentives for membership and compliance.

Mexico emphasized that the Treaty must be universal and that full compliance was a legal obligation for States parties.

(e) The implementing authority monitors compliance with the legal requirements, either on its own or through labour union bodies

Legal provisions had also been enacted to improve the security devices of motor vehicles, in compliance with EU directives.

23. Needs previously mentioned were elaborated, namely, to maintain and increase market share, demonstrate compliance with national environmental legislation and enhance corporate image.

(b) To examine the scientific, technical, economic, legal, environmental, socio economic and other aspects of these issues

The Compliance Officer will be also involved in the legal aspects of the Service's activities, developing and maintaining its contracts.

The international community must hold the occupying Power accountable for its actions and must demand compliance with its legal obligations.

The legal advisor is fully engaged in all phases to spot legal issues involving compliance with the law of war so they can be addressed early in the planning process.

Environmental education for refugees continued in cooperation with UNESCO's Programme for Education for Emergencies and Reconstruction (PEER), using a new integrated approach combining both formal and informal pedagogical methods to raise awareness and compliance with environmental strategies.

Fines and penalties for non compliance with environmental regulations, and compensation to third parties for environmental damage are regarded as environmentally related costs, and are also instances of costs incurred that do not result in future benefits.

Post auction evaluation of qualifications is limited to the verification of legal, economic and financial information of the company, its fiscal compliance, and compliance with possible additional requirements contained in the notice of auction.

Strengthening environmental standard setting, scientific discussion and monitoring and treaty compliance by building on existing institutions, as well as the treaty bodies and specialized agencies

In Lithuania, a cleaner production programme is being implemented with support from the Norwegian Government to improve environmental performance, competitiveness and regulatory compliance of industry.

Strengthening environmental standard setting, scientific discussion and monitoring and treaty compliance by building on existing institutions, as well as the treaty bodies and specialized agencies

In addition, GSP benefits are increasingly made dependent on compliance with social, humanitarian or environmental conditions and standards which are not directly related to trade.

The Rector and the Executive Director of UNEP exchanged letters in 1995 in which they agreed to promote further collaboration in the field of training in environmental law, research related to its implementation and compliance with environmental accords.

Research Compliance with the constitutional and legal mandates requires continuous study of the population group consisting of women heads of household.