ISO 14001 Legal requirements

Previous versions of ISO 14001 used the words “legal requirements”. ISO 14001:2015 uses instead the words “compliance obligations”. Compliance obligations include legal requirements and other requirements like customer requirements.

Any organization operating in a certain region will have to comply with a set of laws and regulations – the legal requirements. For example, in my country any organization has to comply with legislation about:

• Quality of air emissions
• Quality of wastewater discharging
• Environmental noise levels
• Managing solid wastes 

You can find more information below:

• How to create an ISO 14001 list of legal and regulatory requirements - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2019/11/04/iso-14001-legislation-checklist-how-to-create-it/
• Demystification of legal requirements in ISO 14001 - https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2014/10/01/demystification-legal-requirements-iso-14001/
• Enroll for free in this course – ISO 14001:2015 Foundations Course - https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-internal-auditor-course/
• Book – The ISO 14001:2015 Companion - https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/