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Assessing the case for EU legislation on the safety of pipelines and the possible impacts of such an initiative

Koen Rademaekers, Hans Bolscher

Sayı: ENV.G.1./FRA/2006/0073, 2011/12

The overall aim of the study was to provide the Commission with information and analysis that will enable it to determine the need for and the potential value added of Community legislative action on the safety of onshore pipelines.

Major industrial accidents are regulated through the Seveso II Directive, which excludes pipelines from its scope. While there is currently no comprehensive EU legislation on pipeline safety, the national legislation of Member States regulates the construction and operation of pipelines today.

On this background, the specific objectives of this study were to:

• review data on pipeline networks and pipeline accident history to assess the major accident hazard potential;
• assess the coverage of existing national and EU legislation and identify possible gaps in the legislative coverage;
• propose non-legislative and legislative initiatives to close identified gaps and to assess the impacts of the suggested initiatives.

European Commission Directorate-General Environment

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