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Revisión por la dirección. 96 2.11.1. Planificación y participantes. 96 2.11.2. Evaluación de los informes de entrada. 96 2.11.3. Salidas a la revisión por la dirección, toma de decisiones. 97 2.11.4. Informe y comunicación de resultados de la revisión por la dirección. 97 2.12. Contenido de la declaración ambiental. 100 2.13. Resumen. 104 2.14. Autoevaluación. 107 Conclusiones 110 Examen final 111 Glosario 115 Bibliografía 117

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