These documents cover specific sectors and focus on direct environmental aspects of production operations as well as indirect aspects, e.g. product design, the environmental impact of downstream and upstream activities.The use of reference documents is voluntary but the EMAS organisations are encouraged to use them for setting up their environmental management system and for defining their environmental targets.
Ces documents couvrent des secteurs spécifiques et s'attachent aux aspects environnementaux directs des opérations de production, ainsi qu'à leurs aspects indirects, par exemple la conception des produits et l'incidence sur l'environnement des activités qui se situent en amont ou en aval.