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Maria Amon

Maria Amon

Austrian Competent Authority for Biocides, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Austria

Education: Mag.iur. (Master of Laws) Degree at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Law

1992 civil servant in the Austrian Ministry of Environment

1992 – 2013 Enforcement of the Water Management Act and the Waste Management Act; Transposition of Directive 1999/31/EC on landfill of waste, 2000/76/EC on the incineration of waste and 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions into national law; Member in different working groups at the European level (TAC Meeting, European Council Working Parties), National expert in the Impel-Project: Comparison programme for landfill inspection and monitoring, Twinning Experience; Expert in Reporting obligations and the Austrian “electronic data management system”

2013 Austrian Competent Authority for Biocides; CA-Meetings, Legal and policy issues, contact point to Commission, applicants, consultants and Competent Authorities of other Member States; fee management