ABSTRACT
Nowadays, the great emphasis is put on safety prevention in different fields of human activities. One of these fields is the preparedness for major accidents and/or prevention of them, including elaboration of safety documentation for facilities, in which dangerous substances are hold in amounts exceeding limits mentioned in Annex I of the Council Directive 96/82/ES of 9 December 1996, on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances, socalled “SEVESO II Directive” or “COMAH”. This Directive is implemented in the Czech legislation as the Act No. 59/2006 Coll., with later amendments (hereinafter called “law”) that was established for prevention or minimalization of accident effects on human health, property and environment.
