The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) is developing a sectoral reference document on best environmental management practice in the agriculture - crop and animal production sector. Within this framework, the JRC established a European technical working group (TWG), comprising of...

This report aims to describe how the EMAS Sectoral Reference Documents on best environmental management practise are developed. Firstly, the EMAS regulation and the legal background of the documents are introduced. Afterwards, the main elements included in such documents (best environmental...