EU Seveso III Directive (Directive 2012/18/EU)
Seveso III: Operator Obligations - MAPP and SMS

EU Seveso III Directive (Directive 2012/18/EU) SEV-Natech: Natural-hazard-triggered technological accidents (Natech) - emerging hazard within the SEVESO framework

While not a named Seveso III article, NATECH (Natural-Hazard-Triggered Technological Accidents) is an emerging category of major-accident hazard formally recognised in the JRC + EEA + UNECE technical guidance for Seveso III implementation. Natech encompasses major-accident scenarios where a natural hazard (earthquake + flood + storm + lightning + wildfire + cold-wave + heat-wave + landslide) acts as the initiating event for the release of dangerous substances. Climate-change projections + JRC studies (e.g. JRC Technical Reports 2017 + 2022) demonstrate increased Natech risk. Annex II Section 2 + Annex III Section 1 of Seveso III implicitly require Natech consideration as part of the safety-report scenario analysis ('possible major-accident scenarios') + the SMS major-hazard identification. Best practice: Natech assessment integrates seismic + flood + extreme-weather hazards into the establishment's risk model + revisits the safety report after material climate-projection updates.

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