6. Limits
6.1 Audit time
There is no limit to the level of detail to which an audit can descend. The growing number of regulations applicable to a site could easily keep an audit team busy for several weeks on a small site. However, the time allowed for an environmental audit of regulatory compliance can hardly exceed a week, and is usually of the order of a few days. It will therefore not be possible to check all applicable regulations item by item and obligation by obligation. These limitations are due, on the one hand, to the limited time that sites can devote to this exercise and, on the other, to the limited budget available to the company for its audit program.
It's easy to see that an audit carried out by two people in one day cannot cover the same scope as an...
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Regulations
Law n° 2001-420 of May 15, 2001 on new economic regulations [NOR : ECOX0000021L] (JORF n° 113 of May 16, 2001).
Décret n° 2002-221 du 20 février 2002 pris pour l'application de l'article L. 225-102-1 du code de commerce et modifiant le décret n° 67-236 du 23 mars 1967 sur les sociétés commerciales [NOR : JUSCO220073D] (JO n° 44 du 21 février 2002).
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- Environmental management systems – Requirements and guidelines for use. - Norme ISO 14001 : 2004 - 2004
- Lignes directrices pour l'audit des systèmes de management de la qualité et/ou de management environnemental. - Norme ISO 19011 : 2002 - 2002
- Environmental management – Lifecycle analysis – Principles and framework. - Norme ISO 14040 : 2006 - 2006
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