ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the development of Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) as a policy instrument. It deals with the development and content of EMAS I. The chapter examines the relationship between EMAS I and ISO 14001 and explores the role of the Article 19 Committee in respect of the development of EMAS I. It analyses the negotiations over EMAS II and outlines the role of the Article 19 Committee in operationalising EMAS II. The first EMAS regulation, adopted on June 29 1993, has some conceptual origins based on different sets of ideas and debates. In accordance with Article 189c of the old treaty the European Parliament engaged in the revision of the EMAS regulation under the co-operation procedure. In the Council, the main reservations were those of the German delegation, since the German Economics Ministry, representing German business and commerce, was totally opposed to the introduction of a European management scheme.
