Umweltbundesamt GmbH - Environment Agency Austria
Acronym: EAA
General Information
Identification Code: 604212735960-64
Website: https://www.umweltbundesamt.at/
Entity Form: GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - Limited Liability Company)
Registration Category: Other organisations, public or mixed entities
Registration Date: 9/19/2019
Last Update: 6/20/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: The Environment Agency Austria (EAA) is the expert authority of the federal government in Austria for environmental protection and environmental control. The EAA emerged in 1999 from the Ministry of Environment and became a state owned limited liability Company with no government structure within the organization.
As Austria´s most important environmental expert organisation institution and one of Europe's leading environmental consultants we stand for a transformation of the economy and society to ensure sustainable living. The main tasks of the Agency are: (i) Assessment of the state of the environment and of its changes and trends, including the “National State of the Environment Report” to the Austrian Parliament; (ii) Development of measures to avoid/reduce environmental impacts; (iii) Providing expert knowledge in the process of planning and implementation of environmental policy decisions; (iv) Contributing to the implementation and enforcement of environmental laws;
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Climate action
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- Food safety
- International co-operation and development
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
Levels of Interest:
- sub-national
- national
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: -EU Taxonomy Regulation and Delegated Acts
-EC Bioeconomy Strategy
-National CAP Strategy Plans of 10 EU MSs
-Elaboration of policy actions in the context of the pollinators initiative
-Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases
-Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer
-Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
-Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive
-Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive, Floods Directive
-Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive, Floods Directive
-Water Framework Directive
-EUSALP - EU STRATEGY FOR THE ALPINE REGION
-Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics
-Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (Waste Framework Directive)
-Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste
-Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC
-Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles
-Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste
-Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment
-OECD/Eurostat Municipal waste statistics
-Review procedure of the technical minimum treatment standards for the waste management sector. According to Article 13 of the IED and in order to draw up, review and, where necessary, updateBAT reference documents, the Commission organises an exchange of information between Member States, the industries concerned, non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection and the Commission. Results of the review conducted in the periode 2013-2018: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/1147
-RoHS Directive
-Directives 2004/107/EC
-Directive 2008/50/EC
-Directives 2004/107/EC
-Directive 2008/50/EC
-Commission Implementing Decision 2011/850/EU
-Directive 2016/2284/EU (NEC Directive)
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Expert Group on Carbon Removals#E03861#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3861 #OBSERVER #C#Other
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Spittelauer Lände, 5
Post Code: 1090
City: Wien
Country: AUSTRIA
Phone:
Indic Phone: 43
Phone Number: 131304
EU Office
Address: Spittelauer Lände, 5
Post Code: 1090
City: Wien
Country: AUSTRIA
Phone:
Indic Phone: 43
Phone Number: 131304
Financial Data
Closed Year:
Start Date:
End Date:
Funding Sources:
- EU funding
- Grants
- Other
- Public funding
Other Source Info: EU funding: exclusively European Union financed projects such as Horizon2020 projects, Interreg projects, European Topic Centre, etc.
Grants: any other project related grants such as FFG, ACRP etc
Public Financing: Umweltbundesamt is a state owned organisation property of the Ministry of Environment and as such receives project related and direct funding;
Other: Project related contracts
Contributions:
- Amount: 0Currency: €_id:Buffer:0: 1041: 642: 613: 304: 1585: 2126: 1827: 328: 869: 9010: 2911: 67
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Total Budget: 67796889
Grants:
Current Year:
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 5
Members25 Percent: 2
Members: 7
Members F T E: 1
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Keine
Organisation Members: - EEA Management Board
- EEAcademy
- EOINET
- WPIEI, Biosafety
- EP Working Party on International Environmental Issues (EG Science, Research & Systematic Observation, EG Reporting, Issue Group Adaptation)
- Several ECHA working Groups (such as ED expert Group, PBT expert subgroup, etc.)
- EUROSTAT Working Group "Statistics of the Environment"
- DG Environmnet Working Group on Waste Shipments Electronic Data
- Several INSPIRE Working Groups
- Climate Change Experte Group Topic "Administrators of the Union Registry, including Revision of the Registry Regulation"
- AQUILA
- Ambient Air Quality Committe of the EC
- European PRTR Article 19 Regulatory Committee
- NORMAN
- URBAN-Net
- ECURIE/EURDEP Working Group and Workshop
- EC Group Fuels
- Copernicus User Forum
- Forum of Competent Bodies
- European Forum on Eco-Innovation
- MVEG Motor Vehicle Emission Group
- Digital Transport and Logistics Forum (DTLF) - subgroup 1 "e-transport documents"
- IWRM.Net
- Joint Programming Initiative - Water
- CIS Working Groups in Ground Water, Chemicals, Floods, Drafting Group Reporting
- Eurostat Working Group Water Statistics
- European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP)
- Art. 13 IED Forum
- METEET (Mixed Environment Transport External Expert Team) pilot exercise
- LCI Working Group
- Environmental Footprint Initiative - Steering Committee & Technical Advisory Board
- IPPC Expert Group
Current Job Opportunities
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