Guidelines for the Assessment of Reports on Major Hazards based on the requirements of Directive 2013/30/EU: Summary and highlights of the JRC training course under the Virtual Centre of Offshore Safety Expertise

摘要

These guidelines contain the summary and highlights of the JRC training course “Assessment of Reports on Major Hazards: a focus on the technical aspects of the assessment”, the first training course organised under the Virtual Centre of Offshore Safety Expertise (ViCOS). The training course was held in October 2016 at the JRC premises in Ispra, Italy, and saw the participation of representatives from ten Member States.The main author and provider of the training course was Mr. Steve Walker, former Head of Offshore Division at UK’s Health and Safety Executive, with the valuable contribution of Ms. Myrto Konstantinidou, safety expert at the Demokritos National Centre of Scientific Research.The assessment of Reports on Major Hazards (RoMHs) is one of the fundamental requirements of Directive 2013/30/EU, imposed to appointed MS Competent Authorities. The two-day training course aimed at providing participants with an understanding of RoMHs technical features, key contents and aspects to be considered during and after the assessment. Each session of the course consisted in presentations followed by group exercises.Excellent feedback was received from the participants, along with useful suggestions for improvement in the organization of future courses under ViCOS. This publication is a report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. The Joint Research Centre of the European Commission accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever with regard to this material and its use. Only European Union legislation published in the paper editions of the Official Journal of the European Communities is deemed authentic. This disclaimer is not intended to contravene any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.