This document provides information about the LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R. project, which aims to increase adoption of regulatory relief measures to support the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in Italy, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Spain. The project will run from 2016-2019 with a budget of €1,720,075, of which 59.72% will be funded by the European Commission. The coordinating organization is Università Commerciale "Luigi Bocconi" and associated partners include organizations from the participating countries. The project will develop proposals for better regulation and regulatory relief, test over 25 proposals in the field, and adopt at least 16 simplification

1. LIFE Environment and Resource Efficiency
B.R.A.V.E.R. Project
Boosting Regulatory Advantages Vis à vis
Emas Registration
LIFE15 ENV/IT/000509
November 24th, 2016
Milan

2. LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R.
Boosting Regulatory Advantages Vis à vis Emas Registration
PROJECT LOCATION:
Italy, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Spain
BUDGET INFO:
Total amount: 1,720,075 Euro
% EC Co-funding: 59.72%
DURATION: Start: 01/10/2016 - End: 30/09/2019
PROJECT’S IMPLEMENTORS:
Coordinating Beneficiary:
Università Commerciale «Luigi Bocconi»
Associated Beneficiaries:
ENVIROS - ENVITECH - Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología (IAT) - Ministry of the Environment
of the Czech Republic - Scientific Research Centre Bistra Ptuj - Scuola Superiore di Studi
Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant'Anna.

3. LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R.
Boosting Regulatory Advantages Vis à vis Emas Registration
Main objective:
to increase the adoption
of measures of
regulatory relief to
support EMAS adoption
in participating countries
and regions
by means of the full
integration of EMAS in
EU environmental
legislation as a leverage
to remove, reduce, simplify
the administrative costs
and burdens for the EMAS
registered organizations
(i.e. better regulation),
and as a way to encourage
the adoption of voluntary
environmental certification.
BRAVER is essentially a
“demonstration project”
for testing, evaluating and
disseminating at EU level a
new approach to valorize
EMAS. This new method is
based on outlining and
testing better regulation
proposals, assessing their
feasibility and their cost-
effectiveness for
organizations and
institutions.

4. LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R.
Boosting Regulatory Advantages Vis à vis Emas Registration
PROMOTIONAL
INCENTIVES
PROMOTIONAL
INCENTIVES
REGUALTORY
RELIEF
REGUALTORY
RELIEF
BETTER REGULATIONBETTER REGULATION

5. LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R.
Boosting Regulatory Advantages Vis à vis Emas Registration
Regulatory
Relief:
legal instruments (as
Command and Control
regulations) are modified
so that burdens on
EMAS organizations are
removed, reduced or
simplified with a view to
encouraging the efficient
operation of markets and
raising the level of
competitiveness.
Promotional
incentives:
an EMAS registered (or
ISO 14001 certified)
organization is
“rewarded” with fiscal
and/or economic
incentives (tax relief,
easier access to GPP,
funding support,
reduction of financial
guarantees when these
are required, etc.)

6. Types of measures
Regulatory Flexibility
Information required for permits : streamlined applications
Extension of validity of permits/authorizations
Reduced reporting and monitoring requirements
Presumption of compliance with the legislation on environmental risks/damages and
administrative liability.
Reduced inspections
Other measure (please provide a short sentence describing the measure)
Promotional incentives
Public procurement
Funding support
Economic and fiscal relief
Reduction of financial guarantees
Technical and information support
Other measure (please provide a short sentence to sum up the nature of the measure)

7. Beneficiaries
Territorial scope of activities
National Regional
IEFE Bocconi
Italy Emilia - Romagna
Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Instituto Andaluz de Tecnología Spain
Madrid
Cataluña
Basque Country
Andalucía
ENVIROS
The Czech Republic /
Ministry of the Czech Republic
SRC Bistra Slovenia /
ENVITECH Cyprus /
Territorial scope

8. National Institutions of
Italy, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus
(and of other EU Member States not directly involved in
the project)
Regional and local
authorities (also not
involved directly in
the project)
Intermediary
organisations
SMEs operating in
the territories
involved in the
project (and even
outside them)
Civil society
organisations
Target groups

9. Analysis of current European, national and regional regulation in order to identify the existing
experiences of better regulation and regulatory relief
Analysis of effectiveness of the identified existing measures
The setting up of 5 regional Working Groups (Emilia-Romagna, Andalusia, Pays Vasco, Catalunya,
Madrid), 3 national Working Groups (Slovenia, Czech Republic, Cyprus), 1 EU-wide Working Group
and 8 Consultation Boards.
These WGs and Consultation Boards will be the “engine” of for proposing the better regulation and
regulatory relief measures.
A report containing the better regulation and regulatory relief proposals designed for the existing
legislative framework, covering permit procedures, control and inspection procedures, environmental
taxes, administrative fee reductions, risk management, etc.
A set of at least 25 proposals to be tested, 5 for each territory involved in the project, together with
a list of the competent authorities and private companies available to be involved in the testing phase
Adoption of at least 16 simplification measures in the involved territories
(3 in Italy, 4 in Spain, 3 in Slovenia, 3 in Cyprus, 3 in the Czech Republic)
Creation of “Guidance tool for EMAS-based regulation and better regulatory relief”
Main results expected

10. Project Actions
A1 State of
Art
B1 Regulatory Relief
Policy Proposals
B2 Tests in field
B3 Adoption
B4 Training and
Communication

11. LIFE B.R.A.V.E.R.
Project Timetable