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Concept selected: Environmental protection

Definition

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

Environment Surveys

Topic

Statistical operations

(links to the Inventory of Statistical Operations)

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