Concept selected: Environmental protection
- Definition
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This comprises all activities that mainly aim to prevent, reduce or eliminate pollution or any other degradation of the environment. This excludes all activities that, having a beneficial effect on the environment, respond mainly to the technical, hygienic or safety needs of the company.
- Notes
Specific definitions on environmental protection have been taken from the SERIEE manual (European System for the Collection of Economic Information on the Environment), developed by Eurostat.
- Source
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Environment Surveys
- Topic
- Statistical operations (links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)
- Concepts associated