"As always, the devil is in the detail." Sylvia Häfeli, UMCO Surveys by the Umweltbundesamt (Federal Environment Agency, (UBA)) show that JGS facilities account for 60 percent of the substances released during accidents, yet they represent less than 4 per cent of accidents. This was reason enough to introduce harmonised safety standards across Germany for the planning, construction and operation of such facilities. The new ordinance which was several years in the making came into force on 1 August 2017 after a long political tug-of-war and numerous adjustments and additions. (It ...