Influence of saftety systems on land use planning around seveso sites: example of measures chosen for a fertiliser company located close to a village

The article 12 of the Seveso II Directive (1996) requests that member states assure that their land use policy takes account of the need, in the long term, to maintain appropriate distances between establishments covered by the Directive and residential areas, areas of public use and areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest. An amending Directive published in December 2003 stresses the need to pay a particular attention to the land use planning issue.