ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMME AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT INSTRUMENT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES
Purpose: to study programs to improve environmental efficiency, mandatory for the development of objects of negative environmental impact, related to the areas of application of the best available technologies (hereinafter - BAT) and not reaching technological indicators BAT as a potential component of the environmental management system (EMS) of industrial enterprises in Russian Federation. Discussion: the object of the research is the environmental management of industrial enterprises carrying out economic activities in the fields of application of the best available technologies. The relevance of the study is due to the need of business entities in the industry for information and methodological support in the process of transition to technological regulation based on BAT. The regulatory mechanisms and structures created in recent years are fundamentally new for the Russian Federation. In the process of law enforcement, legal uncertainties and gaps identified, the elimination of which at the state level will take quite a long of time. Results: the high practical significance of the research is due to the possibility of using the formulated conclusions and recommendations by Russian industry enterprises in the development of EMS documents to overcome the existing legal gaps in regulatory structures in general.