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Environment
Türkiye: Notification No. 2022/1 on recycling contribution fee according to the Environment Law No. 2872.
Date of text: 31 December 2021
Georgia: Order No. 2-1731 of 2021 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Annual Import Quota of Ozone-depleting Substances for 2022
Date of text: 31 December 2021
Belarus: Regulation No. 19-T of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating Environmental norms and rules.
Date of text: 31 December 2021
Mozambique: Resolution no. 41/2021 approving the Statute of the National Institution of Meteorology, IP, abbreviated as INAM, IP.
Date of text: 31 December 2021
Guyana: Natural Resources Fund Act 2021.
Date of text: 30 December 2021
Türkiye: Notification No. 2021/62 on administrative fines according to Paragraph (k) of Article 20 of the Environment Law No. 2872.
Date of text: 30 December 2021
Uzbekistan: Presidential Decree No. PP-76 “On measures to protect the environment and organize the activities of state bodies in the field of environmental control.”
Date of text: 30 December 2021
Maldives: Presidential Decree no. 9/2021 to ban the production and sales of single-use plastic products.
Date of text: 29 December 2021
Cameroon: Décret N°2021/747 du 28 décembre 2021 fixant les modalités d’exercice de certaines compétences transférées par l’Etat aux Régions en matière de protection de l’environnement.
Date of text: 28 December 2021
Pakistan: Sindh: Sindh Solid Waste Management Act 2021 (Sindh Act No. XI of 2021).
Date of text: 28 December 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Sindh
Italy: Law 23 December 2021, No. 238 concerning the fulfillment of the obligations arising from Italy's membership of the European Union - Law 2019-2020.
Date of text: 23 December 2021
Panama: Ley N° 262 - Que integra, implementa y promociona la responsabilidad social empresarial en los contratos de concesión.
Date of text: 23 December 2021
Croatia: Regulation on maximum permissible noise levels with regard to the type of noise source, time and place of occurrence.
Date of text: 23 December 2021
Colombia: Ley 2169 – se impulsa el desarrollo bajo en carbono del país mediante el establecimiento de metas y medidas mínimas en materia de carbono neutralidad y resiliencia climática
Date of text: 22 December 2021
Poland: Regulation on annual recycling rates for packaging waste in individual years until 2030.
Date of text: 19 December 2021
Mauritius: Environment Protection (Control of Single Use Plastic Products) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Date of text: 17 December 2021
Poland: Regulation on detailed conditions for classifying packaging waste as recycled material.
Date of text: 17 December 2021
European Union: EU Commission Recommendation on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organizations.
Date of text: 16 December 2021
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica Reformatoria del Código Orgánico del Ambiente y del Código Orgánico de Organización Territorial, autonomía y descentralización.
Date of text: 16 December 2021
China: Administrative measures for ecological environment standards.
Date of text: 15 December 2021
Morocco: Arrêté de la ministre de la transition énergétique et du développement durable n°782-21 du 8 joumada I 1443 (13 décembre 2021) fixant les prescriptions particulières des déchets de polychlorobiphényles (PCB) relatives à leur collecte, à leur transport, à leur stockage et à leur traitement en vue de leur élimination ou de leur valorisation.
Date of text: 13 December 2021
China: Measures for the Administration of the Law-based Disclosure of Environmental Information by Enterprises.
Date of text: 11 December 2021
China: Measures for the Administration of the Legal Disclosure of Environmental Information by Enterprises.
Date of text: 11 December 2021
Belarus: Decree No. 124 of the Ministry of Public Health validating the Regulation on the sectoral subsystem of the State System for Prevention and Elimination of Emergencies.
Date of text: 07 December 2021
Cook Islands: Environment (Montreal Protocol) Regulations 2021.
Date of text: 07 December 2021
Barbados: Planning Development (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 07 December 2021
Barbados: The Planning and Development (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, S.I. no. 88 of 2021.
Date of text: 07 December 2021
Chad: Décret n°931/PCMT/PMT/MEPDD/2021 portant Organigramme du Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Pêche et du Développement Durable.
Date of text: 06 December 2021
China: Decree No. 104 of the President promulgating the Noise Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 04 December 2021
Croatia: Regulation on the register of environmental pollutants.
Date of text: 03 December 2021
Serbia: Decree on public participation in the development of certain plans and programs in the field of environmental protection.
Date of text: 02 December 2021
Croatia: Decree on the quality of liquid petroleum fuels.
Date of text: 02 December 2021
Germany: Regulation on the revision of the Biomass Electricity Sustainability Ordinance.
Date of text: 02 December 2021
Tonga: Registration of Environmental Impact Assessment Consultant's Regulations 2021.
Date of text: 01 December 2021
Georgia: Resolution No. 563 of 2021 of Georgian Government on Technical Regulation on Rules for Minimal Standardized Amount, Locations and Functioning of Points/Stations for Monitoring of Contamination Levels of Hazardous Substances in Atmospheric Air, as well as List of Standardized Methods of Contamination Measurement Methods
Date of text: 01 December 2021
China: Administrative measures for hazardous waste transfer.
Date of text: 30 November 2021
Thailand: Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives regarding Hazard Classification and Communication System of Hazardous Substances under control of the Department of Fisheries B.E.2564 (2021).
Date of text: 30 November 2021
Chad: Arrêté n° 039/PR/PMMERH/SG/DGE/DEELCPN/2012 Portant guide général de réalisation d’une étude d'impact sur l’environnement.
Date of text: 29 November 2021
North Macedonia: Regulation on biodegradability standards to be met by bags for carrying goods, the manner of placing on the market of biodegradable bags by traders, as well as the form and content of the record keeping form.
Date of text: 29 November 2021
China: Measures for the Administration of Special Investment within the Central Budget for Ecological Protection and Restoration in Key Regions.
Date of text: 28 November 2021
Poland: Regulation on neutralization and storage of medical waste and veterinary waste.
Date of text: 26 November 2021
Brazil: Law No. 14.250 on the controlled disposal of materials, fluids, transformers, capacitors and other electrical equipment contaminated by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their residues.
Date of text: 25 November 2021
Libya: Resolution No. 224 of 2021 regarding the establishment of environmental monitoring.
Date of text: 25 November 2021
China: Hebei: Regulations of Hebei Province on the Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution.
Date of text: 23 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Hebei
Australia: Victoria: Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021.
Date of original text: 19 November 2021 (06 September 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Victoria
Ireland: Separate Collection (Deposit Return Scheme) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 599/2021).
Date of text: 19 November 2021
Malta: Waste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 19 November 2021
Belgium: Wallonie: Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon modifiant la partie VIII de la partie réglementaire du Livre Ier du Code de l’Environnement en vue d’accorder la qualité d’agent de police judiciaire à certains agents de l’organisme payeur et modifiant l’arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 25 avril 2019 relatif aux aides à l’investissement dans les secteurs de la production aquacole et de la transformation des produits de la pêche et de l’aquaculture.
Date of text: 18 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Wallonie
Malaysia: Water Services Industry (Prohibited Effluent) Regulations 2021 (P.U. (A) 426).
Date of text: 18 November 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on the management of waste batteries and accumulators.
Date of text: 12 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Poland: Regulation on the method of assessing the risk to human health and the environment in case of deliberate release of GMOs into the environment or placing on the market.
Date of text: 10 November 2021
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Environment Act 2021 (Chapter 30).
Date of text: 09 November 2021
Russian Federation: Amur: Regional Law No. 31-OZ “On environmental education, awareness and the formation of environmental culture.”
Date of text: 09 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Amur
Belarus: AGREEMENT between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on cooperation in the field of transportation of nuclear materials.
Date of text: 08 November 2021
Italy: Legislative Decree 8 November 2021, n. 196. Implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/904, of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.
Date of text: 08 November 2021
Italy: Legislative Decree No. 197/2021 implementing Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/65/EU and repealing Directive 2000/59/EC.
Date of text: 08 November 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on waste tire management.
Date of text: 08 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Belgium: Règlement technique du 8 novembre 2021 portant sur les modalités de l’évaluation de l’impact sur le public des effluents liquides des activités professionnelles mettant en jeu des sources naturelles de rayonnement
Date of text: 08 November 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on waste oil management.
Date of text: 05 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Serbia: Regulation on the verification and accreditation of verifiers of reports on greenhouse gas emissions.
Date of text: 04 November 2021
Sweden: Decree (2021:1001) on producer responsibility for fishing gear.
Date of text: 03 November 2021
Sweden: Decree (2021:1002) on waste fees.
Date of text: 03 November 2021
Sweden: Decree (2021:996) on disposable products.
Date of text: 03 November 2021
Benin: Décret n°2021 - 565 du 03 novembre 2021 portant attributions, organisation et fonctionnement du Ministère du Cadre de Vie et du Développement Durable
Date of text: 03 November 2021
Belarus: Presidential Decree No. 427 “On improvement of the system of radioactive waste management.”
Date of text: 02 November 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on disposal of waste vehicles.
Date of text: 02 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on handling devices and waste containing polychlorinated compounds.
Date of text: 02 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Brazil: Maranhão: Law No. 11.578 establishing the Policy for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, the Conservation of Forest Carbon Stocks, the Sustainable Management of Forests and the Increase of Forest Carbon Stocks (REDD+).
Date of text: 01 November 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
China: Technical Guidelines for Protection and Restoration of Ecological Buffer Zones in Rivers and Lakes.
Date of text: 01 November 2021
Dominican Republic: Decreto N⁰ 692-21 - extiende por un período de 10 años y la ampliación del Proyecto de Manejo de las Cuencas Altas de la Presa de Sabana Yegua, ejecutado en alianza entre el Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales y la Fundación Sur Futuro, Inc.
Date of text: 30 October 2021
Indonesia: Regulation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia number 98 of 2021 on the implementation of carbon pricing to achieve the nationally determined contribution target and control over greenhouse gas emissions in the national development.
Date of text: 29 October 2021
Mozambique: Decree No. 87/2021 creating the Oceanographic Institution of Mozambique (InOM).
Date of text: 28 October 2021
Liechtenstein: Ordinance concerning the prohibition of the placing on the market and the requirements for the quality and marking of certain plastic products (Plastic Products Ordinance).
Date of text: 27 October 2021
Bulgaria: Decree № 354 of 26 October 2021 on the adoption of Ordinance on reducing the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.
Date of text: 26 October 2021
Spain: Catalunya: Decreto-ley 24/2021 - de aceleración del despliegue de las energías renovables distribuidas y participadas.
Date of text: 26 October 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Catalunya
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 122/2021 approving the Guidelines on Resilience to Natural Threats, Environmental and Social Safeguards for School Buildings.
Date of text: 26 October 2021
Montenegro: Regulation on the manner of preparation and content of technical documentation for complex engineering facilities in which explosives are produced and stored.
Date of text: 26 October 2021
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Act No. BWBR0045754/2021, containing rules on the accessibility of information of public interest (Open Government Act).
Date of original text: 25 October 2021 (13 October 2022)
Tajikistan: Governmental Decree No. 442 validating the Regulation on State interdepartmental commission on ecological education of the population.
Date of text: 22 October 2021
Ukraine: Order No. 687 of the Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Instructions on the preparation by employees of the State Protection Service of the Nature Reserve Fund of Ukraine of materials on administrative offences.
Date of text: 22 October 2021
China: Opinions on Promoting Green Development of Urban and Rural Construction of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council.
Date of text: 21 October 2021
Poland: Regulation on the model application for authorization of deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment.
Date of text: 19 October 2021
Belarus: Resolution No. 73 of the Ministry on Emergencies validating Rules and regulations for ensuring nuclear and radiation safety.
Date of text: 19 October 2021
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 647 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On measures for the regulation of the functioning of special facilities for disposal and storage of toxic chemicals and other toxic substances in the Republic of Uzbekistan.”
Date of text: 15 October 2021
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 649 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the Agency of Cultural Heritage under the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Date of text: 15 October 2021
Ireland: European Union (Single Use Plastics) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 516/2021).
Date of text: 15 October 2021
Georgia: Resolution No. 510 of 2021 of Georgian Government on Creation and Charter of Governmental Commission on Developing the National Network of Healthy Cities
Date of text: 15 October 2021
Argentina: Disposición N⁰ 12/2021 – Reglamento operativo de funcionamiento y de aplicación para la Ley N⁰ 27.592, La “Ley Yolanda”.
Date of text: 14 October 2021
France: Ordonnance no 2021-1325 du 13 octobre 2021 réformant l’évaluation des biotechnologies et simplifiant la procédure applicable aux utilisations confinées d’organismes génétiquement modifiés présentant un risque nul ou négligeable.
Date of text: 13 October 2021
Croatia: Regulation on the availability of data to consumers on official fuel consumption and official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars.
Date of text: 12 October 2021
Ukraine: Resolution No. 1060 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating criteria for assessing the admissibility of state aid to business entities for environmental protection.
Date of text: 11 October 2021
Türkiye: Notification repealing the Notification regarding the recycling of certain non-hazardous wastes.
Date of text: 09 October 2021
Türkiye: Regulation on general principles of waste pre-treatment and recycling facilities.
Date of text: 09 October 2021
Belgium: Arrêté ministériel portant exécution de l’arrêté du Gouvernement flamand du 10 septembre 2021 établissant les règles d’octroi de subventions pour la mise en oeuvre de mesures ayant un impact favorable sur l’environnement, le climat ou la biodiversité.
Date of text: 08 October 2021
Russian Federation: Saratov: Regional Law No. 103-ZSO “On healthcare areas and resorts of regional significance.”
Date of text: 06 October 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Saratov
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 67/2021 establishing structure, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Tourism and Transport (MTT).
Date of text: 05 October 2021
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 69/2021 approving Special Rules applicable to Construction and Demolition Waste.
Date of text: 05 October 2021
Denmark: Order No. 1941 on a register for pollutant release and transfer (PRTR).
Date of text: 04 October 2021
Costa Rica: Decreto N⁰ 43288-MINAE-MAG - Creación y declaratoria de interés público de la agenda agro-ambiente y de su plataforma
Date of text: 01 October 2021
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 57/2021 establishing structure, organization and functioning of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAA).
Date of text: 29 September 2021
New Zealand: Climate Change Response (Infringement Offences) Regulations 2021.
Date of text: 27 September 2021
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial N⁰ 2021-039 – Aprueba la Reforma al Estatuto de la “Fundación Ecuatoriana para el Medio Ambiente Andino Carlos Puga – FUEMA”
Date of text: 23 September 2021
Belgium: Arrêté royal relatif à la dénomination et aux caractéristiques des gasoils marins et des combustibles marins résiduels.
Date of text: 21 September 2021
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial No. 2021-37 - Expíde los incentivos de reconocimiento ecuatoriano ambiental punto verde para actividades que apoyan a la gestión ambientalmente racional de Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes (COPS) en el Ecuador.
Date of text: 17 September 2021
Ecuador: Acuerdo N⁰ 2021-37 – Expide los incentivos de reconocimiento ecuatoriano ambiental punto verde para actividades que apoyan a la gestión ambientalmente racional de contaminantes orgánicos persistentes (COPs) en el Ecuador.
Date of text: 17 September 2021
Canada: Ontario: Air Pollution - Discharge Of Sulphur Dioxide From Nickel Smelting And Refining Facilities in the Sudbury Area. (O. Reg. 652/21)
Date of text: 17 September 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decision No. 0863/2021 of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce on the labeling of chemicals.
Date of text: 17 September 2021
North Macedonia: Law on management of additional waste flows.
Date of text: 17 September 2021
Brazil: Distrito Federal: Decree No. 42,512 regulating Complementary Law No. 961 of 26 December 2019 on the creation, implementation and management of urban parks in the Federal District.
Date of text: 16 September 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Distrito Federal
North Macedonia: Law on extended liability of the manufacturer for management of special waste flows.
Date of text: 16 September 2021
Poland: Regulation on requirements for measuring emissions.
Date of text: 16 September 2021
Cuba: Resolución Nº 524/2021 - Reglamento para el uso y control del financiamiento del programa nacional de conservación y mejoramiento de los suelos, incentivos y mecanismos financieros.
Date of text: 16 September 2021
North Macedonia: Law on packaging and packaging waste management.
Date of text: 15 September 2021
North Macedonia: Law on waste management.
Date of text: 15 September 2021
Nigeria: Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures and Charges Regulations, Statutory Instrument no. 109 of 2021.
Date of text: 14 September 2021
Angola: Executive Decree No. 421/21 approving the Operating Regulation of the Board of Directors of the National Waste Agency.
Date of text: 14 September 2021
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-713 “On ensuring seismic safety of the population and territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan”.
Date of text: 13 September 2021
Belgium: Vlaanderen: Arrêté du Gouvernement flamand établissant les règles d’octroi de subventions pour la mise en oeuvre de mesures ayant un impact favorable sur l’environnement, le climat ou la biodiversité
Date of text: 10 September 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Vlaanderen
Paraguay: Resolución Nº 357 - Por la cual se asigna cuotas de importación de sustancias que agotan la capa de ozono incluidas en el anexo C - Grupo I (HCFC) para el año 2022.
Date of text: 10 September 2021
Croatia: Decision on the establishment of the Council for genetically modified organisms.
Date of text: 09 September 2021
Russian Federation: Saint Petersburg: Regional Law No. 414-100 “On the procedure for concluding an agreement on the integrated development of the territory at the initiative of the right holders of land plots and (or) real estate objects located on them”.
Date of text: 03 September 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Saint Petersburg
Russian Federation: Tver: Regional Law No. 58-ZO “On some issues in the field of industrial and domestic waste.”
Date of text: 03 September 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Tver
Italy: Decree 2 September 2021. Experimental program «Mangiaplastica».
Date of text: 02 September 2021
Tajikistan: Governmental Decree No. 357 validating the Regulation on the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date of text: 02 September 2021
Cuba: Decreto Nº 52 - Reglamento del Decreto-Ley 50 Sobre la conservación, mejoramiento y manejo sostenible de los suelos y el uso de los fertilizantes.
Date of text: 01 September 2021
Dominican Republic: Decreto N⁰ 535-21 que crea el Programa de Unidad Gubernamental de Rápida Acción, y el Programa de Intervención Nacional de los Sitios de Disposición Final de Residuos Sólidos. Modifica el artículo 5 del Decreto N⁰ 491-12.
Date of text: 01 September 2021
Singapore: Environmental Public Health (Licensable Aquatic Facilities) Regulations 2021.
Date of text: 31 August 2021
Ukraine: Order No. 158 of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food validating the Regulation on the Commission of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to compensate for losses from completely lost (destroyed) crops due to natural and man-made emergencies and forms of relevant documents.
Date of text: 31 August 2021
India: Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (Appointment, Salary, Allowances and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson, Full-time Members and Member-Secretary) Rules, 2021.
Date of text: 27 August 2021
Tajikistan: Governmental Decree No. 335 validating the Regulation on the procedure for keeping the State Register of Tourism Resources of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Date of text: 27 August 2021
Republic of Moldova: Government Decree No. HG145/2021 validating the Regulation on the organization and functioning of the Ministry of Environment.
Date of text: 25 August 2021
Estonia: Regulation No. 40 of 2021 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on Conditions for Exclusion and Release of Radioactive Substances Used or Generated in Radiation Operations and Requirements for Requests for Exclusion and Release
Date of text: 25 August 2021
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 81/2021 approving the regime and the amount of the deposit to guarantee the maintenance of the physical-chemical and biological conditions of the marine environment.
Date of text: 24 August 2021
Brazil: Order MMA No. 386 establishing the National Air Quality Management System (MonitorAr) and the National Air Programme (Air Puro).
Date of text: 23 August 2021
Finland: Decree of the Ministry of the Environment on certain plastic products (No. 771 of 2021).
Date of text: 19 August 2021
Argentina: Misiones: Ley N⁰ XVI-142 - Fomento de la economía circular en la provincia de Misiones.
Date of text: 19 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Misiones
Slovenia: Decree on the prohibition of placing of certain single-use plastic products on the market in the Republic of Slovenia and on the labelling of certain plastic products.
Date of text: 18 August 2021
Germany: Regulation on Biocide Law Implementation.
Date of text: 18 August 2021
Russian Federation: Kirov: Regional Decree No. 427-P validating the Procedure for the collection and exchange of information in the field of protecting the regional population and the territory from natural and man-made emergencies.
Date of text: 16 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Kirov
Russian Federation: Yamalo-Nents: Regional Decree No. 724-P validating the Regulation on the use of waterbodies for navigation on small-size vessels.
Date of text: 16 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Yamalo-Nents
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 88/2021 approving the Investment Directives for the Environment for the period 2021-2025.
Date of original text: 15 August 2021 (06 May 2024)
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 21-319 du 5 Moharram 1443 correspondant au 14 août 2021 relatif au régime d’autorisation d’exploitation spécifique aux installations et ouvrages des activités d’hydrocarbures ainsi que les modalités d’approbation des études de risques relatives aux activités de recherche et leur contenu
Date of text: 14 August 2021
Saudi Arabia: Royal Decree No. M/3 of 2021 issuing the Waste Management System.
Date of text: 14 August 2021
Brazil: Order MMA No. 414 establishing the Floresta+ Bioeconomy modality, under Order MMA No. 288 of 2 July 2020.
Date of text: 13 August 2021
India: Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021 (Act No. 29 of 2021).
Date of text: 12 August 2021
Argentina: Jujuy: Ley N⁰ 6.230 - Ley de marco provincial de cambio climático.
Date of text: 12 August 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Jujuy
Guatemala: Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 164-2021 – Reglamento para la gestión integral de los residuos y desechos sólidos comunes.
Date of text: 09 August 2021
Philippines: DENR Administrative Order No.2021-28 on Creation of the Environmental Law Enforcement and Protection Service.
Date of text: 09 August 2021
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-706 “On transport”.
Date of text: 09 August 2021
Qatar: Resolution of the Minister of Municipality and Environment No. 170 of 2021 regarding the sorting of solid waste.
Date of text: 08 August 2021
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 501 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the provision of specialized services in the field of hydrometeorology and environmental pollution monitoring.
Date of text: 06 August 2021
Chile: Ley Nº 21.368 - Regula la entrega de plásticos de un solo uso y las botellas plásticas, y modifica los cuerpos legales que indica.
Date of text: 06 August 2021
Luxembourg: Loi du 30 juillet 2021 portant création d’un pacte nature avec les communes et modifiant la loi modifiée du 31 mai 1999 portant institution d’un fonds pour la protection de l’environnement.
Date of text: 06 August 2021
Libya: Resolution No. 300 of 2021 regarding the adoption of the organizational structure and competencies of the Ministry of Environment and the organization of its administrative apparatus.
Date of text: 05 August 2021
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decision No. 3649/2021 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on the Management, Monitoring, and Inspection of the Treatment and Disposal of Contaminated and Hazardous Waste.
Date of text: 03 August 2021
Poland: Regulation on the method of calculating levels of preparation for re-use and recycling of municipal waste.
Date of text: 03 August 2021
Ukraine: Order No. 247 of the Office of the Prosecutor General validating the Regulation on the Specialized Environmental Prosecutor's Office (under the authority of the Department) of the Office of the Prosecutor General.
Date of text: 02 August 2021
Belgium: Arrêté royal portant exécution de la loi du 23 avril 2021 relative à la mise en oeuvre de la Convention de l’UNESCO du 2 novembre 2001 sur la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique et la protection des épaves de valeur.
Date of text: 30 July 2021
Croatia: Decree on limit values for the content of volatile organic compounds in certain paints and varnishes used in construction and vehicle finishing products.
Date of text: 29 July 2021
Brazil: Tocantins: Law No. 3.804 providing for the environmental licensing in the State of Tocantins.
Date of text: 29 July 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins
North Macedonia: Law on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators (2021).
Date of text: 29 July 2021
North Macedonia: Law on management of electrical and electronic equipment and waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Date of text: 29 July 2021
Colombia: Ley N⁰ 2111/2021 por medio del cual se sustituye el título XI “De los delitos contra los recursos naturales y el medio ambiente” de la Ley 599 de 2000 (Código Penal), se modifica la Ley 906 de 2004 y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 29 July 2021
Russian Federation: Khabarovsk: Regional Law No. 194 “On organization of environmental education, awareness and formation of environmental culture.
Date of text: 28 July 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Khabarovsk
Russian Federation: Khabarovsk: Regional Law No. 194 “On the organization of environmental education and the formation of ecological culture”.
Date of text: 28 July 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Khabarovsk
Russian Federation: Kursk: Regional Decree No. 772-pa validating the Regulation on protected natural territory of regional significance -natural park named after S.N. Perekalsky.
Date of text: 26 July 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Poland: Regulation on the noise protection program.
Date of original text: 26 July 2021 (04 February 2024)
Uruguay: Resolución N° 943/021 MGAP - Procedimiento de Evaluación y Gestión de Productos Orgánicos de Origen Vegetal Importados.
Date of text: 26 July 2021
Uruguay: Resolución N° 944/021 MGAP - Certificación de la producción orgánica (DGSA).
Date of text: 26 July 2021
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 024-2021-MINAM ─ Régimen Especial de Gestión y Manejo de Neumáticos Fuera de Uso.
Date of text: 23 July 2021
Peru: Resolución Nº 134-2021-MINAM ─ Aprueba el Protocolo Sectorial para la protección de las personas Defensoras Ambientales.
Date of text: 23 July 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Decree on products that become special categories of waste after use and on criteria for calculation and method of payment of fees.
Date of text: 22 July 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Decree on the method of distribution and investment of collected fees for special categories of waste and conditions for the allocation of incentive funds.
Date of text: 22 July 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 018-2021-MINAM ─ Crea el Registro de Emisiones y Transferencias de Contaminantes (RETC).
Date of text: 22 July 2021
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 020-2021-MINAM — Plan de Estándares de Calidad Ambiental (ECA) y Límites Máximos Permisibles (LMP) para el periodo 2021-2023.
Date of text: 22 July 2021
Greece: Law no. 4819/2021 on Integrated framework for waste management.
Date of text: 22 July 2021
Italy: Decree-Law No. 103/2021 containing urgent measures for the protection of waterways of cultural interest and for the safeguarding of Venice, as well as urgent provisions for labor protection.
Date of original text: 20 July 2021 (16 September 2021)
Ukraine: Order No. 490 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the National natural park "MALE POLISSYA".
Date of text: 20 July 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on the management of radioactive waste and spent fuel.
Date of text: 20 July 2021
Kiribati: Order for controlling the import/export of Hydrofluorocarbons substances and their mixtures.
Date of text: 19 July 2021
Germany: Act Implementing the HNS Convention 2010 and Amending the Oil Pollution Damage Act, the Maritime Distribution Ordinance, the Maritime Tasks Act and the Commercial Code.
Date of text: 16 July 2021
Montenegro: Decision on the development of the Strategic Environmental Assessment for the national energy and climate plan.
Date of text: 16 July 2021
Croatia: Law on waste management.
Date of text: 15 July 2021
Uruguay: Ley N° 19.969 - Se crean las sociedades de Beneficio e Interés Colectivo (BIC).
Date of text: 14 July 2021
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 72/2021 creating the National Action Plan Team (ENPA).
Date of text: 14 July 2021
Georgia: Resolution No. 257 of 2019 of Georgian Government on Rules for Issuing Permit and Permit Terms for Construction of Especially Important Objects (including Radiation and Nuclear Objects)
Date of original text: 13 July 2021 (31 May 2019)
Czechia: Decree on the details of waste management.
Date of text: 12 July 2021
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 56/2021 delegating for the management and planning of the coastal zones and beaches, the decentralized entities, namely in the Provincial Governments and in the coastal Municipal Councils.
Date of text: 09 July 2021
European Union: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the content and presentation of information to be disclosed by undertakings subject to Articles 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU concerning environmentally sustainable economic activities, and specifying the methodology to comply with that disclosure obligation.
Date of text: 06 July 2021
Ireland: European Union (Single Use Plastics) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 326/2021).
Date of text: 06 July 2021
Estonia: Regulation No. 18 of 2021 of Minister of the Interior of Estonia on the requirements for bonfires and barbecue areas
Date of text: 03 July 2021
Russian Federation: Federal Law No. 296-FZ “On limiting greenhouse gas emissions”.
Date of text: 02 July 2021
Bahrain: Decree No.78 of 2021 reorganizing the Executive Body of the Supreme Council for the Environment.
Date of text: 01 July 2021
Poland: Regulation on the detailed scope of data included in strategic noise maps, the method of their presentation and the form of their transmission.
Date of original text: 01 July 2021 (27 February 2024)
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 405 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On the implementation of the system for assessing the seismic resistance of buildings and structures and formation of electronic technical passports.”
Date of text: 30 June 2021
Russian Federation: Altai: Regional Law No. 45-RZ “On the powers of regional state authorities in the field of biological safety.”
Date of text: 29 June 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Altai
Türkiye: Regulation on Packaging Waste Management.
Date of text: 26 June 2021
Iceland: Act No. 111 on environmental impact assessment of projects and plans.
Date of text: 25 June 2021
Luxembourg: Loi du 25 juin 2021 portant création d’un pacte climat 2.0 avec les communes et portant modification de la loi modifiée du 15 décembre 2020 relative au climat.
Date of text: 25 June 2021
Denmark: Order No. 1421 on the reduction of emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, fine particles, and ammonia.
Date of text: 25 June 2021
Portugal: Azores: Regional Regulatory Decree No. 17/2021/A approving the organization and management staff of the Regional Secretariat for the Environment and Climate Change.
Date of original text: 25 June 2021 (12 September 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Azores
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Decree determining plants and facilities that are subject to environmental permits.
Date of text: 24 June 2021
Montenegro: Decree on ozone-depleting substances and alternative substances.
Date of text: 24 June 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Decree on projects for which an environmental impact assessment is mandatory and projects for which a decision on the need for an environmental impact assessment is made.
Date of text: 24 June 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Germany: Regulation on the nature and labeling of certain single-use plastic products (Disposable Plastic Labeling Ordinance).
Date of text: 24 June 2021
Algeria: Arrêté du 11 Dhou El Kaâda 1442 correspondant au 22 juin 2021 habilitant les directeurs de l’environnement de wilayas à représenter le ministre de l’environnement dans les actions en justice.
Date of text: 23 June 2021
Nauru: Environmental Management and Climate Change (Notices) Regulations (SL No. 12 of 2021).
Date of text: 22 June 2021
Germany: Regulation on requirements for the treatment of waste electrical and electronic equipment (waste electronic equipment treatment regulation).
Date of text: 21 June 2021
Monaco: Arrêté Ministériel n° 2021-419 du 15 juin 2021 portant approbation du plan de réception et de traitement des déchets des navires et résidus de cargaison des ports Hercule et Fontvieille.
Date of text: 18 June 2021
Norway: Regulation No. 1980 on the Van Mijenfjorden National Park in Svalbard.
Date of original text: 18 June 2021 (03 December 2021)
Denmark: Order No. 1348 on port reception facilities for waste from ships, waste delivery and port's waste planning.
Date of text: 16 June 2021
Türkiye: Regulation on environmental audit.
Date of text: 12 June 2021
Mauritius: Environment Protection (Amendment of Schedule) Regulations 2021.
Date of text: 11 June 2021
Norway: Regulation No. 1928 on subsidies for nonprofit climate and environmental organizations and climate and and environmental foundations.
Date of text: 11 June 2021
Kazakhstan: Governmental Decree No. 396 validating the List of potent substances that have a harmful effect on human life and health.
Date of text: 10 June 2021
Mexico: México: Ley de Mitigación y Adaptación al Cambio Climático y Desarrollo Sustentable para la Ciudad de México.
Date of text: 09 June 2021. Territorial Subdivision: México
Philippines: DENR Administrative Order No.2021-15 on Enhanced DENR Policy Development System (PDS).
Date of text: 08 June 2021
Canada: Ontario: Hazardous and Special Products (O. Reg. 449/21:).
Date of original text: 08 June 2021 (20 March 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Panama: Ley Nº 223 - Ley que establece exoneraciones e incentivos fiscales en materia ambiental con el fin de promover las prácticas comerciales sostenibles, la reconversión de las empresas y el desarrollo de la industria del reciclaje en la República de Panamá.
Date of text: 08 June 2021
Brazil: São Paulo: Decree No. 65.774 approving the management plan for the Southern Coast Marine Environmental Protection Area, created by Decree No. 53.527.
Date of text: 07 June 2021. Territorial Subdivision: São Paulo
Cuba: Decreto Presidencial 261 sobre la implementacion del Plan Nacional de Desarrollo Economico Social hasta el 2030.
Date of text: 07 June 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on the marking of cultural monuments.
Date of text: 07 June 2021
Ecuador: Decreto Ejecutivo Nro. 59 - Cambia la denominación del "Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua" por el de "Ministerio del Ambiente, Agua y Transición Ecológica" y establece otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 05 June 2021
Turkmenistan: Law No. 379-VI “On public-private partnership.”
Date of text: 05 June 2021
European Union: Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives.
Date of text: 04 June 2021
Canada: Ontario: Blue Box (O. Reg. 391/21)
Date of original text: 03 June 2021 (27 June 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Sweden: Decree (2021:524) on government credit guarantees for green investments.
Date of text: 03 June 2021
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Regulation on Prevention and Management of the Sand and Dust Phenomenon.
Date of text: 02 June 2021
Russian Federation: Moscow: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Moscow region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 31 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Moscow
Russian Federation: Saratov: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Saratov region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 31 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Saratov
Brazil: Decree No. 10.710 regulating art. 10-B of Law No. 11.445 establishing the methodology to verify the economic-financial capacity of public service providers for potable water supply or sanitary drainage.
Date of text: 31 May 2021
Luxembourg: Loi du 31 mai 2021 modifiant la loi du 15 mai 2018 relative à l’évaluation des incidences sur l’environnement et modifiant : 1° la loi du 18 juillet 2018 concernant la protection de la nature et des ressources naturelles ; 2° la loi modifiée du 19 décembre 2008 relative à l’eau ; 3° la loi modifiée du 10 juin 1999 relative aux établissements classés.
Date of text: 31 May 2021
Maldives: Presidential Decree no. 3/2021 on single use of plastic products.
Date of text: 31 May 2021
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Regulation on coordination of prevention and management of dust phenomenon.
Date of text: 30 May 2021
Russian Federation: Yamalo-Nents: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Yamalo-Nents region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 28 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Yamalo-Nents
Niger: Décret n. 2021-351/PRN/ME/LCD du 27 mai 2021 portant organisation du Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Lutte Contre la Désertification.
Date of text: 27 May 2021
Latvia: Law on the Reduction of Consumption of Products Containing Plastic (2021)
Date of text: 27 May 2021
Mauritius: Local Government (Amendment) Act 2021 (Act No. 5 of 2021).
Date of text: 27 May 2021
Guinea: Décret D/2021/156/PRG/SGG Portant attributions et organisation du Ministère de l'environnement, des eaux et forêts.
Date of text: 26 May 2021
Burundi: Loi nº 1/09 du 25 mai 2021 portant modification du Code de l'environnement de la République du Burundi.
Date of text: 25 May 2021
Mali: Loi n°2021-032 du 24 mai 2021 relative aux pollutions et aux nuisances.
Date of text: 24 May 2021
Georgia: Order No. 2-722 of 2021 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Charter of Information Technologies Department of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Date of text: 21 May 2021
Canada: Ontario: Keeping Polystyrene Out of Ontario's Lakes and Rivers Act , 2021, S.O. 2021, c. 16.
Date of text: 20 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Argentina: Misiones: Ley N⁰ VIII-82 - Creación del Programa Provincial de Agricultura Urbana en la provincia de Misiones.
Date of text: 20 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Misiones
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2021/819 on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology.
Date of text: 20 May 2021
Ecuador: Decreto Nº 1342 - Reglamento de la Ley Orgánica para la Racionalización, Reutilización y Reducción de Plásticos de un solo Uso.
Date of text: 19 May 2021
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 30/2021 creating Provincial Delegations of the National Agency for the Control of Environmental Quality (AQUA).
Date of text: 18 May 2021
New Zealand: Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Storing Tyres Outdoors) Regulations 2021 (107 of 2021).
Date of text: 17 May 2021
Brazil: Amapá: Decree No. 1.665 creating the Environmental Regularization Programme (PRA) and regulating the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) within the State of Amapá.
Date of text: 13 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Amapá
Argentina: Ley Nº 27.621 - Ley Para la Implementación de la Educación Ambiental Integral en la República Argentina.
Date of text: 13 May 2021
Congo: Loi n° 29-2021 du 12 mai 2021 réglementant le secteur du tourisme.
Date of text: 12 May 2021
Germany: Schleswig-Holstein: Plant Waste Ordinance (PflAbfVO).
Date of text: 11 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Schleswig-Holstein
Costa Rica: Decreto Ejecutivo N⁰ 43058-S - Reglamento para el establecimiento del registro de emisiones y transferencia de contaminantes y modificación al artículo 20 del reglamento para el trámite digital de registros y autorizaciones del ministerio de salud en la gestión de residuos en la plataforma SINIGIR, decreto ejecutivo N° 41525-S del 04 de diciembre de 2018.
Date of text: 10 May 2021
Georgia: Order No. 2-626 of 2021 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Charter of Policy Coordination and Analytical Department of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Date of text: 10 May 2021
Poland: Regulation on the method of selective collection of selected waste fractions.
Date of text: 10 May 2021
Belgium: Vlaanderen: Arrêté du Gouvernement flamand établissant les règles de subventionnement de projets visant à mettre en oeuvre la politique pour la conversion vers des moyens de transport à émissions nulles et des moyens de transport actionnés par des carburants alternatifs.
Date of text: 07 May 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Vlaanderen
United Republic of Tanzania: Environmental Management (Control and Management of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Waste) Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 07 May 2021
United Republic of Tanzania: Environmental Management (Fees and Charges) Regulations, 2021 (G.N. No.387 of 2021).
Date of text: 07 May 2021
United Republic of Tanzania: Environmental Management (Hazardous Waste Control and Management) Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 07 May 2021
Croatia: Decision on green public procurement in central public procurement procedures.
Date of text: 06 May 2021
Angola: Joint Executive Decree No. 119/21 establishing the annual quota of non-hazardous waste to be transferred abroad during the Financial Year 2021.
Date of text: 06 May 2021
South Africa: Amendment to the Regulations and Notices regarding extended producer responsibility. Government Notice no. 400 of 2021.
Date of text: 05 May 2021
Benin: Décret nº 2021 - 191 du 5 mai 2021 portant création du Fonds national pour l'Environnement et le Climat et approbation de ses statuts
Date of text: 05 May 2021
Uruguay: Decreto Ley 135/021 - Reglamento de calidad del aire.
Date of text: 04 May 2021
Brazil: Decree No. 10.692 creating the National Registry of Municipalities with Areas Susceptible to Landslides of Great Impact, Sudden Floods or Related Geological or Hydrological Processes.
Date of text: 03 May 2021
Bulgaria: Regulation on the functions and composition of the Expert Council for approval of strategic noise maps and action plans.
Date of text: 01 May 2021
European Union: Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2021/770 on the calculation of the own resource based on plastic packaging waste that is not recycled, on the methods and procedure for making available that own resource, on the measures to meet cash requirements, and on certain aspects of the own resource based on gross national income.
Date of text: 30 April 2021
Monaco: Arrêté Ministériel n° 2021-317 du 29 avril 2021 précisant le contenu des registres mentionnés à l’article O.431-3-1 et modifiant certaines dispositions relatives aux déchets.
Date of text: 29 April 2021
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2021/694 establishing the Digital Europe Programme and repealing Decision (EU) 2015/2240.
Date of text: 29 April 2021
Uruguay: Resolución N° 271/021 - Objetivos mínimos de recuperación y valorización de envases post-consumo no retornables.
Date of text: 28 April 2021
Uruguay: Resolución N° 272/021 - Reducción de generación de residuos plásticos.
Date of text: 28 April 2021
Honduras: Acuerdo Ministerial Nº 705-2021 ─ Tabla de categorización ambiental.
Date of text: 26 April 2021
Belgium: Loi relative à la mise en œuvre de la Convention de l’UNESCO du 2 novembre 2001 sur la protection du patrimoine culturel subaquatique et la protection d’épaves de valeur
Date of text: 23 April 2021
Colombia: Decreto Nº 41 - Prohíbe la fabricación, importación y la exportación de los productos con mercurio añadido clasificados en las subpartidas arancelarias que corresponde al listado establecido en el Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio.
Date of text: 22 April 2021
Burkina Faso: Décret n° 2021-0287/PRES/PM/MINEFID/MFPTPS portant statut particulier du métier eau, agriculture et environnement
Date of text: 22 April 2021
Italy: Law 22 April 2021, n. 55. Conversion into law, with amendments, of the law decree 1 March 2021, n. 22, containing urgent provisions on the reorganization of the powers of the Ministries.
Date of text: 22 April 2021
United Arab Emirates: Cabinet Resolution No.39 of 2021 regarding the Executive Regulations of Federal Law No.12 of 2018 regarding Integrated Waste Management.
Date of text: 21 April 2021
Timor-Leste: Ministerial Order No. 20/MPO/2021 establishing the Structure of the General Directorate for Territorial Planning.
Date of text: 21 April 2021
Argentina: Resolución N⁰ 110/2021 – Establece el procedimiento de importación y exportación de productos químicos sujetos al Consentimiento Fundamentado Previo conforme a la Ley N⁰ 25.278, que aprueba el Convenio de Rotterdam.
Date of text: 21 April 2021
Croatia: Regulation on the monitoring of emissions of pollutants into the air from stationary sources.
Date of text: 20 April 2021
Colombia: Decreto Nº 402 - Establece disposiciones relacionadas con la prohibición de la importación y la exportación de asbesto.
Date of text: 16 April 2021
Brazil: Espírito Santo: Law No. 11.255 creating the State Programme for Environmental Sustainability and Support to Municipalities - PROESAM, the PROESAM Rank of Environmental Sustainability Policies; amending Complementary Law No. 513 of 11 December 2009 and Law No. 9.866 of 26 June 2012.
Date of text: 16 April 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Espírito Santo
Russian Federation: Sverdlovsk: Regional Decree No. 214-PP validating the Regulation on establishing a fee for individuals who do not live in settlements located within the boundaries of protected areas of regional significance located in the Sverdlovsk region, for visiting protected areas of regional significance.
Date of text: 15 April 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Sverdlovsk
Türkiye: Regulation on the organization and working procedures and principles of the Turkish Environment Agency.
Date of text: 15 April 2021
Croatia: Decree on emission limit values for air pollutants from stationary sources.
Date of text: 14 April 2021
Colombia: Decreto 380/2021 – por el cual se regula el control de los riesgos para la salud y el medio ambiente en el marco de la erradicación de cultivos ilícitos mediante el método de aspersión aérea, y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 12 April 2021
New Zealand: Waste Minimisation (Information Requirements) Regulations 2021.
Date of text: 12 April 2021
Guatemala: Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 73-2021 – Reglamento orgánico interno del Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales.
Date of text: 08 April 2021
Slovenia: Decree on packaging and packaging waste
Date of original text: 08 April 2021 (16 September 2022)
Armenia: Governmental Decision No. 489-N regulating transportation and transfer of hazardous waste in the process of trade between member states of Eurasian Economic Union and validating the procedure for issuance of license (permit) for transportation and transfer of hazardous waste.
Date of text: 08 April 2021
Kuwait: Memorandum of Understanding between the Republic of Türkiye and the State of Kuwait on cooperation in the field of environment.
Date of text: 08 April 2021
South Africa: Amendment Regulations regarding Plastic Carrier Bags and Plastic Flat Bags, 2021, no. 317.
Date of text: 07 April 2021
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decision no. 1687/MONRE on the Pollution Control.
Date of text: 07 April 2021
Jordan: Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan regarding cooperation in the field of preventing, limiting and removing the effects of disasters.
Date of text: 04 April 2021
Georgia: Resolution No. 148 of 2021 of Georgian Government on Technical Regulation on Lead in Varnishes
Date of text: 02 April 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Governmental Decree No. 127 validating the Regulation on ecological corridors.
Date of text: 01 April 2021
Republic of Moldova: Joint Statement on the Strategic Action Programme for the Dniester River Basin for 2021-2035.
Date of text: 31 March 2021
Australia: Plastic Reduction and Circular Economy Act 2021 No 31.
Date of text: 31 March 2021
Australia: Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management (Register) Act 2021.
Date of original text: 26 March 2021 (26 March 2021)
Argentina: Resolución N⁰ 81/2021 - Crea el Programa Gobernanza Ambiental.
Date of text: 26 March 2021
Malaysia: Water Services Industry (Desludging Services) Regulations 2021 (P.U. (A) 140).
Date of text: 25 March 2021
Slovenia: Decree on the sustainability criteria for biofuels and greenhouse gas emissions.
Date of text: 24 March 2021
Lithuania: Law No. XIV-196 “Alternative Fuels Law”.
Date of original text: 23 March 2021 (01 July 2023)
Gabon: Loi N° 034/2020 du 22/03/2021 portant réglementation du secteur Tourisme en République Gabonaise.
Date of text: 22 March 2021
Burundi: Loi n° 1/06 du 19 mars 2019 portant Code de gestion des produits chimiques.
Date of text: 19 March 2021
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 74/21 approving the Statute of the Institute for Touristic Promotion (INFOTUR).
Date of text: 18 March 2021
United Arab Emirates: Cabinet Resolution No.27 of 2021 amending some provisions of Cabinet Resolution No.37 of 2001 on the Executive Regulations of Federal Law No.24 of 1999 on Protection and Development of the Environment.
Date of text: 17 March 2021
Romania: Governmental Resolution No. 268 validating the Regulation on the Ministry of Energy.
Date of text: 17 March 2021
Zimbabwe: Bindura Rural District Council (Environmental, Land-use and Natural Resources Conservation) By-laws, 2021.
Date of text: 12 March 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska: Decree on packaging and packaging waste management
Date of text: 11 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Republika Srpska
United Republic of Tanzania: Environmental Management (Registration and Practice of Environmental Experts) Regulations, 2021 (G.N. 267 of 2021).
Date of text: 11 March 2021
Kyrgyzstan: Governmental Decree No. 87 “On issues of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Kyrgyz Republic.”
Date of text: 10 March 2021
Sao Tome and Principe: Decree-Law No. 07/2020 creating the Statute of the National Institute of Public Works and Urbanism (INOPU).
Date of text: 09 March 2021
Uruguay: Decreto N⁰ 81/021 – Creación de la mesa de análisis de sustancia peligrosa (MASPEL) en el ámbito del sistema nacional de emergencias (SINAE).
Date of text: 08 March 2021
Peru: Resolución Nº 028-2021-MINAM ─ Crea la Unidad Funcional de Delitos Ambientales (UNIDA) del Ministerio del Ambiente.
Date of text: 08 March 2021
Niger: Décret n° 2021-161/PRN/MESU/DD du 05 mars 2021 déterminant les modalités de gestion des produits et des activités polluant ou dégradant l'environnement et fixant la redevance y relative.
Date of text: 05 March 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on titanium dioxide production waste management.
Date of text: 05 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Belgium: Wallonie: Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon modifiant l’arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 24 janvier 2019 relatif à l’octroi des aides aux zones soumises à des contraintes naturelles ou à des contraintes spécifiques, l’arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 3 septembre 2015 relatif aux aides agro-environnementales et climatiques et l’arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 3 septembre 2015 relatif à l’octroi des aides à l’agriculture biologique et abrogeant l’arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 3 avril 2014 relatif à l’octroi d’aides à l’agriculture biologique
Date of text: 04 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Wallonie
Samoa: Meteorology, Geoscience and Ozone Services Act No. 7 of 2021.
Date of text: 03 March 2021
Nigeria: National Environmental (Healthcare Waste Control) Regulations 2021. S.I. no. 44/2021.
Date of text: 03 March 2021
Brazil: São Paulo: Decree No. 65.544 approving the management plan for the Central Coast Marine Environmental Protection Area, created by Decree No. 53.526.
Date of text: 02 March 2021. Territorial Subdivision: São Paulo
Panama: Decreto Nº 125 - Establece la nueva Estructura Orgánica y el Manual de Organización y Funciones del Ministerio del Ambiente.
Date of text: 02 March 2021
Georgia: Law of Georgia on Environmental Liability (No. 244-IVMS-XMP of 2021)
Date of text: 02 March 2021
Argentina: Resolución N⁰ 45/2021 – Crea la Red de Adecuación Ambiental de la Cuenca (RAAC).
Date of text: 02 March 2021
Italy: Law Decree 1 March 2021, n. 22. Urgent provisions on the reorganization of the powers of the Ministries.
Date of text: 01 March 2021
Belgium: Vlaanderen: Décret modifiant le décret du 5 avril 1995 contenant des dispositions générales concernant la politique de l’environnement et le décret du 23 décembre 2011 relatif à la gestion durable de cycles de matériaux et de déchets
Date of text: 26 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Vlaanderen
South Africa: Identification of Geographical Areas important for the Development of Strategic Gas Transmission Pipelines Infrastructure. Notice no. 143/2021.
Date of text: 26 February 2021
Argentina: Ley Nº 27.614 – Ley de financiamiento del Sistema Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación, establecido por la Ley N⁰ 25.467.
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Mauritania: Loi n° 2021-008/ P.R/ relative à la police environnementale.
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on risk assessment for deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms.
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on risk assessment for placing a product containing genetically modified organisms on the market.
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on the content of the application for placing a product containing genetically modified organisms on the market.
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on the content of the notification of intentional release of genetically modified organisms into the environment.
Date of text: 24 February 2021
Ukraine: Order No. 142 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on National Natural Park "Royal Beskydy".
Date of text: 23 February 2021
Cambodia: Sub-Decree No. 19 ANKr/BK regarding revision of article 7, 12, 13, 14, Annex 2, Annex 3 and, Annex 4 of the Sub-Decree No. 180 ANKr/BK dated October 20, 2009, on Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
Date of text: 22 February 2021
Russian Federation: Omsk: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Omsk region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 19 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Omsk
Russian Federation: Tyumen: Regional Decree No. 78-p “On the regional early warning system of the population.”
Date of text: 19 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Tyumen
Russian Federation: Leningrad: Regional Law No. 10-oz “On regulation of some issues in the field of management of domestic and non-domestic waste.”
Date of text: 19 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Leningrad
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Law on environmental protection.
Date of text: 18 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Nicaragua: Ley Nº 1064 - Crea la Secretaría Nacional para Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre, la Luna y otros Cuerpos Celestes
Date of text: 18 February 2021
Canada: Québec: An Act to amend the Natural Heritage Conservation Act and other provisions (SQ 2021, c 1).
Date of text: 17 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Québec
Spain: Galicia: Ley 6/2021, de 17 de febrero, de residuos y suelos contaminados de Galicia.
Date of text: 17 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Galicia
Russian Federation: Altai: Regional Decree No. 31 validating the Regulation on the Committee on civil protection, emergencies and fire safety.
Date of text: 17 February 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Altai
Estonia: Regulation No. 7 of 2021 of Minister of the Interior of Estonia on the fire safety inspection procedures, specifications for the performance of fire safety inspection, content of the fire safety inspection report and procedure for exchange of information
Date of text: 16 February 2021
Cabo Verde: Order No. 16/2021 establishing Technical Norms for the Characterization of Urban Waste.
Date of text: 15 February 2021
Cabo Verde: Order No. 17/2021 establishing the minimum content of the regulation regarding the provisions of urban waste management services to users.
Date of text: 15 February 2021
Ukraine: Parliament Resolution No. HP15/2021 validating the Declaration of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova on the current and future impact of hydropower facilities on the Dniester River, as well as on the prevention of an imminent environmental catastrophe.
Date of text: 12 February 2021
Nigeria: National Environmental (Air Quality Control) Regulations, Statutory Instrument no. 88 of 2021.
Date of text: 11 February 2021
China: Measures for the Administration for the Packaging of Express Mail.
Date of text: 08 February 2021
Estonia: Regulation No. 4 of 2021 of Minister of the Interior of Estonia on the requirements and procedures for controlled landscape burning
Date of text: 08 February 2021
Dominican Republic: Decreto 61-21 – Declara de interés nacional la intervención para la remediación y construcción de estaciones de transferencias de los vertederos a cielo abierto de varios lugares
Date of text: 05 February 2021
Benin: Loi nº 2021-01 du 03 février 2021 sur la biosécurité en République du Bénin
Date of text: 03 February 2021
Indonesia: Government Regulation no. 22 of 2021 on Environmental Protection, Organisation and Management.
Date of text: 02 February 2021
Russian Federation: Order No. 67 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating the Regulation in the field of environmental protection "Technological indicators of the best available technologies for the manufacturing of ammonia, mineral fertilizers and inorganic acids".
Date of text: 01 February 2021
Bangladesh: EIA Guidelines for Industries.
Date of text: 01 February 2021
Brazil: Rondônia: Decree No. 25.780 providing for environmental licensing of gold mining activities in water bodies within the state of Rondônia.
Date of text: 29 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Rondônia
China: Interim Measures for Identification of Persons Responsible for Soil Pollution of Agricultural Land.
Date of text: 29 January 2021
China: Interim Measures for the Identification of Persons Responsible for Soil Pollution in Construction Land.
Date of text: 29 January 2021
Tajikistan: Law No. 1759 “On ensuring biological security and biological protection”.
Date of text: 29 January 2021
Russian Federation: Moscow: Regional Law No. 4/2021-OZ “On active types of tourism.”
Date of text: 29 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Moscow
Latvia: Cabinet Regulation No. 65 of 2021 on Notification, Registration, and Licensing of Activities with Sources of Ionising Radiation
Date of text: 28 January 2021
Russian Federation: Decree of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Russian Federation N 3 "On approval of sanitary rules and norms SanPiN 2.1.3684-21" Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the maintenance of the territories of urban and rural settlements, for waterbodies, drinking water and drinking water supply, atmospheric air, soils, residential premises, operation of industrial, public premises, organization and implementation of sanitary and anti-epidemic (preventive) measures.”
Date of original text: 28 January 2021 (14 February 2022)
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 11/2021 approving the Statute of the Provincial Environmental Service.
Date of text: 28 January 2021
Russian Federation: Order No. 59 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the Methodology for calculating the amount of damage caused to atmospheric air as a component of the natural environment.
Date of text: 28 January 2021
Algeria: Arrêté du 14 Joumada Ethania 1442 correspondant au 27 janvier 2021 fixant la composition de la commission de wilaya et de la commission communale chargées de l’élaboration des plans d’organisation des secours en cas de catastrophe.
Date of text: 27 January 2021
Belarus: Decree No. 43 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for withdrawal (withdrawal) from circulation, return, export, disposal of dangerous products.”
Date of text: 27 January 2021
Sri Lanka: Order of Minister of Environment under Section 23 W (1)(a) of the National Environmental Act, No. 47 of 1980 on Baning the Use of PET/PVC for Packing Agrochemicals.
Date of text: 27 January 2021
Belarus: Presidential Decree No. 32 “On the funding of Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant”.
Date of text: 26 January 2021
Democratic Republic of the Congo: RDC – Note circulaire n°SC/002/GVK/GMM/2021 du 21 janvier 2021 relative à l’interdiction de production, commercialisation, importation et utilisation des emballages en sachet plastique non biodégradable dans la Ville de Kinshasa.
Date of text: 26 January 2021
Slovenia: Regulation on operational monitoring of groundwater status.
Date of text: 25 January 2021
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 7/2021 approving the Programme for the tourist and environmental enhancement of rural villages.
Date of text: 25 January 2021
China: Regulation on the Administration of Permitting of Pollutant Discharges.
Date of text: 24 January 2021
Brazil: Decree No. 10.606 creating the Integrated Information System for the Sectoral Plan for Consolidation of a Low-Carbon Economy in Agriculture and the Technical Committee for Monitoring the Sectoral Plan for Consolidation of a Low-Carbon Economy in Agriculture.
Date of text: 22 January 2021
Russian Federation: Udmurtian: Regional Decree No. 23 validating the Regulation on nature monument of regional significance "Cold Spring".
Date of text: 22 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Udmurtian
Sri Lanka: National Environmental (Plastic Material Identification Standards) Regulations No. 01 of 2021.
Date of text: 21 January 2021
Russian Federation: Nenets: Regional Decree No. 3-p validating the Instruction on regulation of emissions of pollutants to the atmospheric air under unfavorable meteorological conditions.
Date of text: 21 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Nenets
Belarus: Resolution No. 4 of the Ministry of Emergencies validating the Regulation on the procedure and criteria for classification of sources of ionizing radiation sources by the categories of radiation hazard.
Date of text: 21 January 2021
Costa Rica: Decreto Nº 42833-S — Reglamento de la Ley Nº 9703, Ley para la Prohibición del Poliestireno Expandido.
Date of text: 20 January 2021
Germany: Disposal Plastic Prohibition Ordinance.
Date of text: 20 January 2021
Kenya: Kericho: The Kericho County Environment Management Act, no. 2 of 2021.
Date of text: 19 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Kericho
Montenegro: Regulation on conditions regarding personnel and equipment for legal entity that verifies the report on greenhouse gas emissions.
Date of text: 18 January 2021
Montenegro: Regulation on detailed conditions of access to the carbon dioxide transport network, procedure and criteria for acceptance of carbon dioxide flows.
Date of text: 18 January 2021
Mauritania: Arrêté n° 0549 du 29 juillet 2020 portant création du comité technique de pilotage du programme alliance mauritanienne contre le changement climatique phase 2.
Date of text: 15 January 2021
Russian Federation: Voronezh: Regional Decree No. 9 validating the Regulation on creation of state nature reserve of regional significance “Derezovsky”.
Date of text: 15 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Voronezh
Malawi: Access to Information Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 13 January 2021
Kazakhstan: Governmental Decree No. 6 validating National Allocation Plan for greenhouse gas emission quotas for 2021.
Date of text: 13 January 2021
Brazil: Law No. 14.119 creating the National Payment Policy for Environmental Services.
Date of text: 13 January 2021
Switzerland: Basel-Stadt: Regulation on environmentally friendly modes of transportation (VuV)(780.350).
Date of text: 12 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Basel-Stadt
Kazakhstan: Decree No. 1 of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on technical specific emission standards, including for mobile sources of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere.
Date of text: 11 January 2021
Cabo Verde: Order No. 3/2021 approving the structure of the National Institute of Geophysical Meteorology (INMG).
Date of text: 11 January 2021
Mauritania: Arrêté n° 072 du 19 Janvier 2021 portant création d’un comité de pilotage et d’un comité technique du projet d’investissement de résilience des zones côtières en Afrique de l’Ouest (WACA Résip).
Date of text: 09 January 2021
Brazil: Law No. 23.761 creating the Green Life Seal to be granted to private companies that demonstrate the adoption of environmental sustainability practices.
Date of text: 06 January 2021
Brazil: Minas Gerais: Law No. 23.763 creating the State Policy for Community Tourism.
Date of text: 06 January 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Minas Gerais
Czechia: Decree on the Waste Catalog and assessment of waste properties (Waste Catalog).
Date of text: 05 January 2021
Peru: Resolución Nº 002-2021-MINEM ─ Aprueba la Guía Metodológica para la elaboración del Plan de Gestión Ambiental de Bifenilos Policlorados (PGAPCB) aplicable a la actividad eléctrica y la Guía Metodológica para el Inventario de Existencias y Residuos para la identificación de Bifenilos Policlorados (PCB).
Date of text: 05 January 2021
Belgium: Arrêté ministériel pour l’application de l’annexe 1, partie 1, 3, d), i), 1 de l’arrêté royal du 29 juin 2018 relatif à la réduction de l’intensité de gaz à effet de serre de l’énergie destinée au transport
Date of text: 04 January 2021
Kazakhstan: Environmental Code (Law No. 400-VI ZRK).
Date of text: 02 January 2021
Monaco: Arrêté Ministériel n° 2020-916 du 24 décembre 2020 relatif à l'établissement desinventaires nationaux de gaz à effet de serre et de polluants atmosphériques.
Date of text: 01 January 2021
Hungary: 349/2021. (VI. 22.) Government Decree on reducing the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.
Date of text: 2021
Japan: Act on Promotion of Resource Circulation Related to Plastics (Act No. 60 of 2021).
Date of text: 2021
El Salvador: Acuerdo Nº 2544 - Manual de procedimientos para emisión de dictamen para el manejo y almacenamiento de sustancias químicas peligrosas.
Date of text: 2021
Egypt: Environmental Sustainability Standards Guide - “Strategic Framework For Green Recovery”.
Date of text: 2021
Jordan: Instructions to control the Use, Import and Re-export of Substances controlled under the Montreal Protocol and its Amendments of 2021.
Date of text: 2021
Belize: Medical Waste Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 153 of 2021).
Date of text: 2021
Canada: Yukon: Reduction of Single-use Bags Regulation, YOIC 2021/131.
Date of text: 2021. Territorial Subdivision: Yukon
Bhutan: Regulations on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and Hydrofluorocarbons, 2021.
Date of text: 2021
Eswatini: The Control of Plastic Bag Regulations, 2021.
Date of text: 2021
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 2398 validating the Criteria for attributing objects having a negative impact on the environment to objects of categories I, II, III and IV.
Date of text: 31 December 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 2399 validating the List of prohibited activities in the central ecological zone of Baikal natural territory.
Date of text: 31 December 2020
Kazakhstan: Governmental Decree No. 955 “On some issues related to the competence of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources.”
Date of text: 31 December 2020
Türkiye: Notification on the import control for chemicals in terms of environmental protection (Product Safety and Inspection: 2021/6).
Date of text: 31 December 2020
Türkiye: Notification on the import control for solid fuels in terms of environmental protection (Product Safety and Inspection: 2021/7).
Date of text: 31 December 2020
Türkiye: Notification on the import of wastes under control for environmental protection (Product Safety and Inspection: 2021/3).
Date of text: 31 December 2020
Finland: Decree of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on funding granted for the promotion of circular economy and sustainable growth (No. 1197 of 2020).
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 2366 validating the Regulation on organization of prevention and elimination of oil and petroleum product spills on the continental shelf of the Russian Federation, in internal sea waters, in the territorial sea and the contiguous zone of the Russian Federation.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Albania: Instruction no. 23, dated 30 December 2022 for the disposal of plant protection products and their packaging.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Russian Federation: Law No. 492-FZ “On biological safety”.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. KR DCM-336/2020 of the Minister of Public Health “On some issues of rendering state services in the field of sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population.”
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Croatia: Regulation amending the Regulation on the form and manner for keeping the single register of genetically modified organisms and on the manner for determining costs.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the form and manner for keeping the single register of genetically modified organisms and on the manner for determining costs.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Malta: Restrictions on Placing on the Market of Single-Use Plastic Products Regulations, 2020.
Date of text: 30 December 2020
Russian Federation: Tomsk: Regional Law No. 172-OZ “On ecological education and formation of ecological culture”.
Date of text: 29 December 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Tomsk
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 033-2020-EM ─ Reglamenta la Ley Nº 29134, que regula los pasivos ambientales del subsector hidrocarburos.
Date of text: 28 December 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 2314 validating the Regulation on handling production and consumption waste in terms of lighting devices, electric lamps, improper collection, accumulation, use, neutralization, transportation and disposal of which may cause harm to life, health of citizens, harm to animals, plants and the environment.
Date of text: 28 December 2020
Argentina: Resolución 475/2020 - Delégase en la Secretaría de Cambio Climático, Desarrollo Sostenible e Innovación el ejercicio de la facultad para emitir la Declaración de Impacto Ambiental.
Date of text: 28 December 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 2290 validating the Regulation on licensing activities for collection, transportation, processing, recycling, neutralization and disposal of waste of hazard classes I - IV.
Date of text: 26 December 2020
China: Yangtze River Protection Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 26 December 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. KR DCM-331/2020 of the acting Minister of Public Health validating "Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for the collection, use, application, treatment, transportation, storage and disposal of domestic and non-domestic waste.”
Date of text: 25 December 2020
Türkiye: Law No. 7261 on the establishment of National Environmental Agency and related amendments.
Date of text: 24 December 2020
France: Loi n° 2020-1672 du 24 décembre 2020 relative au Parquet européen, à la justice environnementale et à la justice pénale spécialisée.
Date of text: 24 December 2020
Nigeria: National Environmental (Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Control and Disposal) Regulations, Statutory Instrument no. 2 of 2020.
Date of text: 23 December 2020
Uganda: National Environment (Environmental and Social Assessment) Regulations, 2020 (S.I. No. 143 of 2020).
Date of text: 21 December 2020
Estonia: Regulation No. 60 of 2020 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on the description of the uniform and official insignia of the state environmental protection inspector and the procedure for the issue and wearing of uniforms and special clothing
Date of text: 21 December 2020
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 87/2020 establishing the procedures to approve Building Projects in the Integrated Tourism Development Zones.
Date of text: 18 December 2020
Germany: Berlin: Regulation on the cleaning of public green and recreational areas and state-owned forest areas (GrünErhWaldReinV BE).
Date of text: 18 December 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Berlin
Mozambique: Decree No. 109/2020 redefining functions and competences of the National Institute of Meteorology.
Date of text: 17 December 2020
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 316/20 approving the Regulation of the Basic Law of the General Regime of the National Planning System.
Date of text: 17 December 2020
Republic of Moldova: Governmental Decree No. HG914/2020 validating the Regulation on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds resulting from the use of organic solvents in certain paints, varnishes and products used for car finishing.
Date of text: 16 December 2020
Spain: Ley 9/2020, de 16 de diciembre, por la que se modifica la Ley 1/2005, de 9 de marzo, por la que se regula el régimen del comercio de derechos de emisión de gases de efecto invernadero, para intensificar las reducciones de emisiones de forma eficaz en relación con los costes.
Date of text: 16 December 2020
Georgia: Order No. 2-1172 of 2020 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Import Quota of Ozone-depleting Substances for 2021
Date of text: 16 December 2020
Russian Federation: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Sakhalin region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Ecuador: Ley Orgánica para la Racionalización, Reutilización y Reducción de Plásticos de un solo Uso.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Luxembourg: Loi du 15 décembre 2020 relative au climat et modifiant la loi modifiée du 31 mai 1999 portant institution d’un fonds pour la protection de l’environnement.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. KR DSM-267/2020 of the Minister of Public Health validating the Regulation on keeping register of potentially hazardous chemical and biological substances prohibited for use in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. KR DSM-275/2020 of the Minister of Public Health validating the Regulation on Sanitary Rules "Sanitary and Epidemiological Requirements for Radiation Safety".
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Australia: Recycling and Waste Reduction Act 2020.
Date of original text: 15 December 2020 (07 November 2021)
Russian Federation: Kirov: Regional Law No. 422-ZO “On protection of the population and regional territory against emergency situations of natural and technogenic character.”
Date of text: 15 December 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Kirov
Poland: Regulation on measurements related to exploitation of installations and devices.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Poland: Regulation on periodic tests of electromagnetic field levels in the environment.
Date of text: 15 December 2020
Poland: Regulation on evaluation of levels of substances in ambient air.
Date of text: 11 December 2020
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 102-D/2020 approving the general waste management regime, the legal regime for the disposal of waste in landfills and amending the management regime for specific waste flows, transposing EU Directives 2018/849, 2018/850, 2018/851 and 2018/852.
Date of text: 10 December 2020
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 69/2020 delegating the management and planning of the coastal zone and beaches to the Municipal Council of Maputo City, the matters to be exercised in the territorial area of ​​the Municipality, administration and planning of the coastal zone and beaches, installation of mandatory information systems, authorization of sporting activities , religious, cultural and recreational, policing of the coastal zone and beaches, and protection and safety of bathers.
Date of text: 10 December 2020
Nicaragua: Ley N⁰ 1051 – Ley del digesto jurídico nicaragüense de la materia de medio ambiente y recursos naturales
Date of text: 09 December 2020
Germany: Bremen: Bremen Ship Waste Disposal Act (BremSAEG).
Date of original text: 08 December 2020 (28 March 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Bremen
Mauritius: The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations, Government Notice no. 299 of 2020.
Date of text: 08 December 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on international projects under contracts/agreements with international partners.
Date of text: 07 December 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Republic of Moldova: Decision No. HCC03/2020 of the Competitions Council of the Republic of Moldova validating the Regulation on the evaluation of state support allocated for environmental protection.
Date of text: 03 December 2020
Panama: Ley Nº 187 - Ley que regula la reducción y el reemplazo progresivo de los plásticos de un solo uso.
Date of text: 02 December 2020
Russian Federation: Saratov: Regional Law No. 148 – ZSO “On ensuring peace and quiet of citizens.”
Date of text: 02 December 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Saratov
Republic of Moldova: Decree No. HANRANR1/2020 of the National Agency for Regulation of Nuclear and Radiological Activities validating the Regulation on ensuring the requirements of nuclear and radiological safety during the collection, preliminary processing/processing, conditioning and storage of solid radioactive waste.
Date of text: 01 December 2020
Croatia: Regulation on scopes and content of the report on the assessment of suitability for placing on the market of genetically modified organisms and products consisting of or containing a genetically modified organism or a combination of genetically modified organisms.
Date of text: 01 December 2020
Czechia: Wastes Act No. 541/2020.
Date of original text: 01 December 2020 (10 May 2023)
Uganda: Guidelines for the management of landfills in Uganda
Date of text: 01 December 2020
Angola: Executive Decree No. 297/20 approving the Regulation of the National Directorate for Prevention and Assessment of Environmental Impacts within the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Date of text: 30 November 2020
Argentina: Ley Nº 27.592 – Ley Yolanda.
Date of text: 27 November 2020
Malta: Oil and Hazardous and Noxious Substances Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Regulations, 2020
Date of text: 27 November 2020
Croatia: Regulation on voluntary participation of organizations in the system for environmental management and independent assessment (EMAS).
Date of text: 26 November 2020
Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 60/2020 approving the Statute of the National Development Agency.
Date of text: 25 November 2020
European Union: Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC.
Date of original text: 25 November 2020 (14 September 2022)
Russian Federation: Nenets: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Nenets region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 19 November 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Nenets
Viet Nam: Law No. 72/2020/QH14 on Environmental Protection.
Date of text: 17 November 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. KR DSM-193/2020 of the Minister of Public Health validating the Regulation on the procedure for the performance of sanitary and epidemiological monitoring.
Date of text: 13 November 2020
Poland: Regulation on the scope and method of reporting on air pollution.
Date of text: 13 November 2020
Russian Federation: Kabardino-Balkaria: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Kabardino-Balkaria region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 11 November 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Kabardino-Balkaria
Montenegro: Decision on the preparation of the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the General Regulation Plan of Montenegro.
Date of text: 11 November 2020
Brazil: Sergipe: Law No. 14.091 establishing the State Policy to Combat Desertification (PECD), establishing its implementation means; and creating the Permanent Council to Combat Desertification (CPCD).
Date of text: 09 November 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Sergipe
Estonia: Regulation No. 71 of 2020 of Minister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure of Estonia on the rules for the technical use of railways
Date of original text: 09 November 2020 (03 December 2020)
Croatia: Regulation on enlightenment zones, permitted lighting values and methods of managing of enlightenment systems.
Date of text: 09 November 2020
Poland: Regulation on the method of calculating the minimum annual level of the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Date of text: 07 November 2020
Malta: Beverage Containers Recycling Regulations, 2020 - Commencement Notice
Date of text: 06 November 2020
Mexico: Decreto por el que se aprueba el Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe, hecho en Escazú, Costa Rica, el cuatro de marzo de dos mil dieciocho.
Date of text: 05 November 2020
South Africa: Regulations regarding extended producer responsibility. Government Notice no. 1184 of 2020.
Date of text: 05 November 2020
Norway: Regulation No. 2293 concerning reporting obligations when exporting certain hazardous chemicals.
Date of text: 04 November 2020
United Arab Emirates: Ministerial Resolution No.228 of 2020 regarding the adoption of the Handbook for Dealing with Biological Waste (Infectious Carriers) - Version 3.
Date of text: 02 November 2020
Sri Lanka: Ministry of Environment Special Notification to the Owners of Institutions Importing Refrigerants and Institutions Providing Services in the Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Sector Controlling Imports of Hydrofl Uorocarbons (HFCs) Series Refrigerants.
Date of text: 01 November 2020
China: Technical Guidelines for Eco-environmental Impact Analysis of Economic and Technical Policies (for Trial Implementation).
Date of text: 01 November 2020
Peru: Decreto de Alcaldía Nº 17 - Iniciativa Municipal “Promoción de Comercios Sostenibles 2020 - 2023”.
Date of text: 31 October 2020
Slovakia: Decree amending the Decree on waste registration duty and reporting obligation.
Date of text: 30 October 2020
Honduras: Acuerdo Ejecutivo Nº 002-2020 - Reglamento para la gestión Ambientalmente Racional del Mercurio y productos con Mercurio añadido.
Date of text: 28 October 2020
Italy: Sicilia: Regional Act no. 25 of 2020. Provisions to encourage the reduction of the use of plastic materials in the regional territory "Plastic free".
Date of text: 28 October 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Sicilia
Algeria: Arrêté interministériel du 9 Rabie El Aouel 1442 correspondant au 26 octobre 2020 fixant les modalités de suivi et d’évaluation du compte d'affectation spécial n° 302-065 intitulé « Fonds national de l'environnement et du littoral ».
Date of text: 26 October 2020
Algeria: Arrêté interministériel du 8 Rabie El Aouel 1442 correspondant au 25 octobre 2020 fixant la nomenclature des recettes et des dépenses du compte d'affectation spéciale n° 302-065 intitulé « Fonds national de l'environnement et du littoral ».
Date of text: 25 October 2020
Gabon: Arrêté nº 040/MEFMEPCPAT/SG/DGEPN portant désignation des points focaux des conventions, déclarations et protocoles internationaux en matière d'environnement.
Date of text: 23 October 2020
Nauru: Environmental Management and Climate Change Act No. 34 of 2020.
Date of text: 23 October 2020
Kazakhstan: Governmental Decree No. 701 validating the Regulation on the Ministry on Emergencies.
Date of text: 23 October 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Law on chemicals.
Date of text: 21 October 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Greece: Law no. 4736/2020 concerning the incorporation of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.
Date of text: 20 October 2020
China: Biosecurity Law of the People's Republic of China.
Date of text: 17 October 2020
China: Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to Ratify the Amendments to Annexes II, VIII and IX to the Basel Convention as Made by the Decision No. 14/12 Adopted at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel Convention.
Date of text: 17 October 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Resolution No. 1701 validating the Regulation on the acquisition, storage and use of means of active impact on meteorological and other geophysical processes by specialized organizations.
Date of text: 17 October 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Resolution No. 1702 validating the Regulation on state supervision of work on active impact on meteorological and other geophysical processes.
Date of text: 17 October 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 010-2020-MINAM ─ Disposiciones para la presentación del instrumento de gestión ambiental correctivo para las infraestructuras de residuos sólidos.
Date of text: 15 October 2020
Montenegro: Decision on the development of strategic environmental assessment of the Spatial Plan of Montenegro.
Date of text: 14 October 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 1682 validating the Regulation on licensing of works involving active impact on hydrometeorological and geophysical processes and phenomena.
Date of text: 14 October 2020
El Salvador: Decreto Nº 41 - Creación del Consejo Nacional para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 13 October 2020
Egypt: Waste Management Law No.202 of 2020.
Date of text: 13 October 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 1657 validating the Unified requirements for processing, recycling, treatment and disposal of solid municipal waste.
Date of text: 12 October 2020
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Arrêté n° CAB.MIN/IND/CJA/10/10/2020 du 27 octobre 2020 portant adoption des normes nationales congolaises sur les produits cosmétiques et détergents, les lubrifiants et produits pétroliers, les ciments, les peintures et vernis, l'électrotechnique, la technologie de l'information et la sécurité, le management sécurité routière et l'approvisionnement, l'assainissement, l'environnement, eaux usées et de forage et leur mise en application.
Date of text: 10 October 2020
Belize: Radiation Safety and Security Act No. 31 of 2020.
Date of text: 05 October 2020
Chile: Decreto Nº 64 - Aprueba Reglamento que establece condiciones sobre tratamiento y disposición final de desechos provenientes de actividades de acuicultura.
Date of text: 02 October 2020
Georgia: Order No. 2-874 of 2020 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Charter of Internal Audit Department of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Date of text: 30 September 2020
Angola: Presidential Order No. 140/20 authorizing the admission of 250 ex-military staff in the National Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation Area (INBAC).
Date of text: 30 September 2020
Peru: Resolución Nº 197-2020-MINAM ─ Aprueba la conformación y funciones de la Plataforma de Pueblos Indígenas para enfrentar el Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 29 September 2020
South Africa: Alien and Invasive Species Regulations. No. R. 1020/2020.
Date of text: 25 September 2020
Zimbabwe: Guruve Rural District Council (Environmental) By-laws, 2020 (S.I. 225).
Date of text: 25 September 2020
Argentina: Ley 27566 - Aprueba el Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe.
Date of text: 24 September 2020
Poland: Regulation on emission standards for certain types of installations, fuel combustion sources and appliances for waste incineration or co-incineration.
Date of text: 24 September 2020
Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 37/2020 regulating Sale, Import and Production of Bags, Packaging and other Plastic Objects.
Date of text: 23 September 2020
Austria: Waste List Ordinance 2020.
Date of text: 23 September 2020
Sao Tome and Principe: Law No. 9/2020 approving the Legal Regime for the Exploration and Extraction of Aggregates.
Date of text: 22 September 2020
Canada: Ontario: Electrical and Electronic Equipment (O. Reg. 522/20).
Date of original text: 21 September 2020 (20 March 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Sao Tome and Principe: Law No. 8/2020 approving Measures to Reduce the Use of Plastic Bags in São Tomé and Príncipe.
Date of text: 21 September 2020
Italy: Decree No. 178/2022 concerning regulation implementing article 1-ter of the Law Decree No. 111/2019.
Date of text: 20 September 2020
Russian Federation: Kursk: Regional Decree No. 952-pa validating the Regulation on protected area of regional significance natural park “Pervomaysky Park”.
Date of text: 18 September 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 70/2020 establishing the legal regime and taxes for the proceedings of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Date of text: 17 September 2020
Mauritania: Décret n° 165-2020 du 17 septembre 2020 fixant les attributions du Ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable et l’organisation de l’administration centrale de son Département.
Date of text: 17 September 2020
Slovenia: Operational program of municipal waste water disposal and treatment.
Date of text: 17 September 2020
Dominican Republic: Resolución Nº 0020/2020 - Que Aprueba y Emite el Reglamento Técnico Ambiental para la Transportación Terrestre de Sustancias y Materiales Peligrosos.
Date of text: 17 September 2020
Australia: South Australia: Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Act 2020
Date of text: 17 September 2020. Territorial Subdivision: South Australia
Bahamas: Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations. S.I. no. 150 of 2020.
Date of text: 15 September 2020
Russian Federation: Perm: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Perm region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 14 September 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Perm
Poland: Regulation on specific requirements for the storage of waste.
Date of text: 11 September 2020
Montenegro: Regulation on the detailed content of dossiers and registers of chemicals.
Date of text: 11 September 2020
Pakistan: Punjab: Punjab Protected Areas Act 2020.
Date of text: 10 September 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Punjab
Morocco: Arrêté conjoint du ministre de l’énergie, des mines et de l’environnement et du ministre de l’industrie, du commerce et de l’économie verte et numérique n° 2323-20 du 18 moharrem 1442 (7 septembre 2020) fixant les valeurs limites sectorielles de dégagement, d’émission ou de rejet de polluants dans l’air émanant des activités du secteur céramique.
Date of text: 07 September 2020
Angola: Executive Decree No. 234/20 approving the Regulation of the National Directorate for Research and Planning within the Ministry of Economy and Planning.
Date of text: 07 September 2020
China: Hainan: Measures of Hainan Province on rewards for reporting illegal acts of ecological environment.
Date of text: 03 September 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Hainan
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 118/2020 authorizing the Ministry of Maritime Economy to proceed to the licensing of sand dredging.
Date of text: 03 September 2020
Mauritania: Arrêté n°0676 du 01 septembre 2020 portant création et définissant l’organisation et le fonctionnement du comité de pilotage du projet « gestion intégrée des écosystèmes pour un développement humain durable en Mauritanie ».
Date of text: 01 September 2020
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial No. MAAE-2020-024 - Expide delegaciones de competencias, facultades, atribuciones y disposiciones necesarias para la gestión del Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua.
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Georgia: Order No. 2-772 of 2020 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Maintenance of Registry of Extended Producer Responsibilities in relation to Management of Waste from Tyres
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Georgia: Order No. 2-774 of 2020 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Maintenance of Registry of Extended Producer Responsibilities in relation to Management of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Georgia: Order No. 2-775 of 2020 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Maintenance of Registry of Extended Producer Responsibilities in relation to Management of Waste from Batteries and Accumulators
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Ukraine: Order No. 75 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on nature reserve “Mikhailivska tsylina”.
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Ukraine: Order No. 77 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the National natural park "Dermansko-Ostrozskiy".
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Ukraine: Order No. 94 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the “Nobel” national natural park.
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Dominican Republic: Resolución N⁰ 0016/2020 – Aprueba el Reglamento Técnico Ambiental para la Gestión de Sustancias y Desechos Químicos Peligrosos de la Republica Dominicana.
Date of text: 31 August 2020
Ecuador: Acuerdo Nº MAAE-2020-023 — Expide el Estatuto Orgánico de gestión organizacional por procesos del Ministerio del Ambiente y Agua.
Date of text: 28 August 2020
Malta: Beverage Containers Recycling Regulations, 2020 - Commencement Notice
Date of text: 28 August 2020
Ukraine: Order No. 65 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the National natural park "DZARYLGATSKY".
Date of text: 28 August 2020
Ukraine: Order No. 69 of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on the “Uzhansky” national natural park.
Date of text: 28 August 2020
China: Measures for the Administration of Recycling and Disposal of Pesticide Packaging Waste.
Date of text: 27 August 2020
Mauritius: ​Environment Protection (Banning of Plastic Bags) Regulations 2020​
Date of text: 26 August 2020
Brazil: Alagoas: Law No. 8.305 creating the State Policy on the Sustainable Consumption Education in the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 25 August 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Armenia: Governmental Decision No. 1368-N validating the List of hydrofluorocarbons.
Date of text: 20 August 2020
Mozambique: Ministerial Order No. 44/2020 approving the Regulation of the Ministry of Land and Environment.
Date of text: 18 August 2020
Cyprus: Regulations no. 380 of 2020 on Chemical Substances (Implementation of the Principles of Good Laboratory Practice).
Date of text: 18 August 2020
Oman: Royal Decree No.106/2020 establishing the Environment Authority, determining its competences, and adopting its Organizational Structure.
Date of text: 18 August 2020
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 133 “On water disposal and treatment facilities of the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory.”
Date of text: 17 August 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska: Regulation on forms of reports on management of special waste categories.
Date of text: 17 August 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Republika Srpska
Cyprus: The Law on Chemical Substances, no. 119 of 2020.
Date of text: 17 August 2020
Haiti: Décret organisant le Ministère de l'environnement.
Date of text: 15 August 2020
Russian Federation: Komi: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Komi region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 14 August 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Komi
Tajikistan: Law No. 1718 “On tourism”.
Date of text: 07 August 2020
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of Environment and Forestry no. 16 of 2020 about the Strategic Plan 2020-2024.
Date of text: 07 August 2020
Finland: Decree of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment on funding granted for investments and development projects in circular economy (No. 604 of 2020).
Date of text: 06 August 2020
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 59/2020 approving new Statutes of the Environment Fund, extinguishing the Water and Sanitation Fund and, furthermore, amending Legislative Decree No. 14/97 of 1 July
Date of text: 05 August 2020
Russian Federation: Order No. 562 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on the Vasyugan State Nature Reserve.
Date of text: 04 August 2020
New Zealand: Resource Management (National Environmental Standards for Freshwater) Regulations 2020 (LI 2020/174).
Date of original text: 03 August 2020 (24 August 2020)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Law on trade in explosive substances, flammable liquids and gases.
Date of text: 01 August 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Malta: Beverage Containers Recycling Regulations, 2020
Date of text: 31 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Governmental Decree No. HG561/2020 validating the Regulation on packaging materials and packaging waste.
Date of text: 31 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Governmental Decree No. HG586/2020 validating the Regulation on the management of batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators.
Date of text: 31 July 2020
Dominican Republic: Ley Nº 94-20 — Ley de Educación y Comunicación Ambiental de la República Dominicana.
Date of text: 31 July 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 013-2020-PRODUCE ─ Lineamientos para la autorización de colecta de recursos hidrobiológicos para el levantamiento de línea de base de estudios ambientales e instrumentos de gestión ambiental complementarios o para monitoreos hidrobiológicos previstos en dichos documentos.
Date of text: 30 July 2020
France: Ordonnance n° 2020-920 du 29 juillet 2020 relative à la prévention et à la gestion des déchets
Date of text: 29 July 2020
Poland: Regulation on the template of report for packaging.
Date of text: 29 July 2020
China: Tianjin: Regulations of Tianjin Municipality on the administration of domestic waste.
Date of text: 29 July 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Tianjin
Peru: Decreto de Urgencia N⁰ 087-2020 – Aprueba los “Lineamientos para autorizar la realización de estudios del patrimonio en el marco del instrumento de gestión ambiental”
Date of text: 27 July 2020
Colombia: Ley Nº 2041 - Ley por medio de la cual se garantiza el derecho de las personas a desarrollarse física e intelectualmente en un ambiente libre de plomo, fijando límites para su contenido en productos comercializados en el país.
Date of text: 27 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Order No. 376 of State Tax Service validating Standard form of report on charges for natural resources and Instruction on the procedure of its filling and submittal.
Date of text: 27 July 2020
Jordan: Regulation No.85 of 2020 - Environmental Information and Control System for Waste Management issued pursuant to Paragraph (n) of Article 4 of the Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.
Date of text: 26 July 2020
Austria: Federal Act on the establishment of a fund to compensate for bark beetle damage, to promote climate-friendly, species-rich forests and to strengthen the use of wood as a raw material (Forest Fund Act).
Date of text: 24 July 2020
Dominican Republic: Ley N⁰ 225-20 – Ley General de Gestión Integral y Coprocesamiento de Residuos Sólidos
Date of text: 23 July 2020
Brazil: Decree No. 10.430 providing for the Interministerial Committee on Basic Sanitation.
Date of text: 20 July 2020
China: Macao Special Administrative Region (MSAR) administrative regulation No. 22 / 2020 construction waste management system.
Date of text: 20 July 2020
China, Macao SAR: Macao Special Administrative Region Administrative Regulation No. 22/2020 concerning Construction Waste Management System.
Date of text: 20 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Technical Concept of the Automated Information System "Register of Chemical Products Placed on the Market of the Republic of Moldova".
Date of text: 20 July 2020
China: Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Measures for the Administration of Recycling of Scrapped Motor Vehicles.
Date of text: 18 July 2020
Peru: Resolución Nº 013-2020-OEFA ─ Reglamento de Evaluación del Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (OEFA).
Date of text: 17 July 2020
Lithuania: Resolution No. D1-528 validating the Regulation on issuance, amendments and cancellation of permits for integrated pollution prevention and control.
Date of original text: 17 July 2020 (15 July 2013)
China: Administrative measures for agricultural film.
Date of text: 16 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Governmental Decree No. HG505/2020 validating the Regulation on export and import of hazardous chemicals.
Date of text: 15 July 2020
Republic of Moldova: Governmental Decree No. HG506/2020 validating the Regulation on on the primary response mechanism to nuclear or radiological events, associated with ownerless radioactive sources.
Date of text: 15 July 2020
Uzbekistan: Presidential Decree No. UP-6027 “On measures for further improvement of the efficiency of the use of land resources and objects of public property.
Date of text: 15 July 2020
Mauritius: ​Environment Protection (Control of single use plastic products) Regulations 2020​
Date of text: 15 July 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 010-2020-VIVIENDA ─ Reglamento de Supervisión Ambiental del Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento.
Date of text: 13 July 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 1039 validating the Regulation on determining fees for natural persons not living in settlements located within the boundaries of protected areas, for visiting protected areas and establishing cases of exemption from collection of fees.
Date of text: 13 July 2020
Czechia: Regulation amending Regulation establishing the list of pollutants and data required for reporting to the Integrated Pollution Register.
Date of text: 13 July 2020
Saudi Arabia: Royal Decree No.M/165 of 2020 issuing the Environment Law.
Date of text: 10 July 2020
Costa Rica: Ley Nº 9825 - Modifica la Ley Nº 8839, Ley para la gestión integral de residuos, y la Ley Nº 7554, Ley Orgánica del Ambiente.
Date of text: 09 July 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the conditions to be met by official and national reference laboratories for genetically modified organisms.
Date of text: 09 July 2020
Bahamas: Environmental Health Services (Control of Plastic Pollution) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 106 of 2020).
Date of text: 08 July 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. 392 of the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan validating the Regulation on rendering public service "Issuance of licenses for manufacturing, processing, purchase, storage, sale, use, destruction of poisons”.
Date of text: 08 July 2020
Spain: Real Decreto 646/2020, de 7 de julio, por el que se regula la eliminación de residuos mediante depósito en vertedero.
Date of text: 07 July 2020
Belize: Environmental Protection (Pollution from Plastics) Regulations, 2020.
Date of text: 06 July 2020
Montenegro: Regulation on manner and necessary documentation for issuing licenses for import and/or export of ozone depleting substances and alternative substances.
Date of text: 06 July 2020
Jordan: Regulation No. 69 of 2020 Environmental Classification and Licensing made by virtue of Clause A of Article 5 of the Environment Protection Law No. 6 of 2017.
Date of text: 05 July 2020
Jordan: Regulation No.68 of 2020 - Hazardous Materials and Waste Management System issued in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 of Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.
Date of text: 05 July 2020
Norway: Svalbard: Regulation No. 1517 on pollution and waste in Svalbard.
Date of original text: 03 July 2020 (22 June 2021). Territorial Subdivision: Svalbard
Croatia: Decree on air pollutant levels.
Date of text: 02 July 2020
Brazil: Order MMA No. 288 creating the National Programme for Environmental Services Payment (Floresta+), under the Ministry of the Environment.
Date of text: 02 July 2020
Cabo Verde: Resolution No. 90/2020 creating a special Working Group to monitor the entire installation process of the Inter-municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Company on the island of Santo Antão, "Águas de Santo Antão, SA (AdSA, SA)".
Date of text: 01 July 2020
Uganda: Guidelines for strategic environmental assessment (Sea) in Uganda.
Date of text: 01 July 2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska: Decree on the treatment of ozone depleting substances and substitute substances.
Date of text: 26 June 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Republika Srpska
Estonia: Regulation No. 51 of Estonian Government on Procedure for handling hazardous and noxious substances at sea, on the Narva River and on Lake Peipsi.
Date of original text: 25 June 2020 (18 July 2022)
Sweden: Regulation of the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency on municipal waste plans for the prevention and management of waste (No. 6 of 2020).
Date of text: 25 June 2020
China, Macao SAR: Administrative Regulation No.22/2020 on Construction Waste Management System.
Date of text: 24 June 2020
China: Beijing: Interim Provisions of Beijing Municipality on the Management of Unqualified Food Waste Classification.
Date of text: 23 June 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Beijing
Estonia: Regulation No. 36 of 2020 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on Conditions and Procedure for Granting Support to Local Governments for Separate Waste Collection Solutions
Date of original text: 22 June 2020 (25 August 2021)
Denmark: Executive Order on compensation for fixed costs in the area of ​​the Ministry of the Environment and Food to associations, independent institutions and foundations, etc. with primarily public funding, that are in financial crisis as a result of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Date of text: 21 June 2020
Republic of Moldova: Law No. LP108/2020 “On control of the risk of major accidents caused by hazardous substances.”
Date of text: 18 June 2020
Russian Federation: Belgorod: Regional Law No. 489 “On ensuring peace and quiet of citizens.”
Date of text: 18 June 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Belgorod
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2020/852 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088.
Date of text: 18 June 2020
Serbia: Regulation determining the List of air quality categories by zones and agglomerations on the territory of the Republic of Serbia for 2018.
Date of text: 18 June 2020
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 390 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for conducting expertise on safety operation of nuclear energy facilities and (or) in the field of the use of nuclear energy.
Date of text: 17 June 2020
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Wales: The Waste (Prescribed Enactments) (Wales) Regulations 2020.
Date of text: 17 June 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Wales
Nepal: Environmental Protection Regulations, 2077 (2020).
Date of text: 15 June 2020
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 368 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for state control and inspection in the field of nuclear energy use by the authorized bodies regulating safety of the use of nuclear energy.
Date of text: 10 June 2020
Croatia: Regulation on air quality monitoring.
Date of text: 10 June 2020
Argentina: Resolución Nº 19/2020 - Apruébase el Reglamento para la Reducción Progresiva y Prohibición Específica de los Plásticos en Jurisdicción de la Administración de Parques Nacionales.
Date of text: 10 June 2020
Italy: Legislative Decree 9 June 2020 , No 47. Implementation of Directive (EU) 2018/410 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2018 amending Directive 2003/87/EC to support cost-effective emission reductions and promote low-carbon investments; and adaptation of national legislation to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/2392 on aviation activities and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 on the establishment and operation of a market stabilisation reserve.
Date of text: 09 June 2020
Algeria: Arrêté du 16 Chaoual 1441 correspondant au 8 juin 2020 fixant les modalités d’habilitation de l’exportateur des déchets spéciaux dangereux.
Date of text: 08 June 2020
Algeria: Arrêté du 16 Chaoual 1441 correspondant au 8 juin 2020 portant approbation du règlement intérieur du comité intersectoriel d'exportation des déchets spéciaux dangereux.
Date of text: 08 June 2020
Chile: Decreto Nº 12 - Establece medidas de recolección y valorización y otras obligaciones asociadas de envases y embalajes.
Date of text: 08 June 2020
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 20-157 du 16 Chaoual 1441 correspondant au 8 juin 2020 fixant les modalités de fonctionnement du compte d'affectation spéciale n° 302-065 intitulé «Fonds national de l'environnement et du littoral».
Date of text: 08 June 2020
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 162/20 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment.
Date of text: 08 June 2020
Taiwan Province of China: Measures for approval procedures for adjustment of gas consumption by electric power industry during the period of taking emergency prevention and control measures due to serious deterioration of air quality.
Date of text: 04 June 2020
Russian Federation: Irkutsk: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Irkutsk region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 02 June 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Irkutsk
Kazakhstan: Order No. 130 of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the Regulation on rendering state service in the field of environmental protection.
Date of text: 02 June 2020
Estonia: Regulation No. 31 of 2020 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on methods for the determination of emissions of pollutants into the ambient air during loading and storage of petroleum products and shale oil
Date of text: 01 June 2020
Bhutan: Environmental Standards, 2020.
Date of text: 01 June 2020
Denmark: Order No. 766 on certain requirements for packaging.
Date of text: 30 May 2020
Poland: Regulation establishing formula for calculating value of noise index.
Date of text: 30 May 2020
Peru: Resolución de Dirección Ejecutiva N⁰ 055-2020-MINAGRI-SERFOR-DE - Aprueban listado de procedimientos administrativos, cuya tramitación no se encuentra sujeta a la suspensión del cómputo de plazos establecida en la Segunda Disposición Complementaria Final del D.U. Nº 026-2020, ni en el artículo 28 del D.U. Nº 029-2020
Date of text: 30 May 2020
Russian Federation: Vladimir: Regional Law No. 35-oz “On some issues of ensuring peace and quiet of citizens.”
Date of text: 29 May 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Vladimir
Argentina: Resolución 161/2020 - Créase el Centro de Información Ambiental (CIAM).
Date of text: 29 May 2020
Kazakhstan: Resolution No. 77-r of the Premier “On constitution of the Council on biological safety.”
Date of text: 29 May 2020
United Arab Emirates: Federal Law No.9 of 2020 on Biosafety of Genetically Modified Organisms.
Date of text: 28 May 2020
Russian Federation: Smolensk: Regional Law No. 74-z “On some issues of ensuring peace and quiet of citizens.”
Date of text: 28 May 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Smolensk
Chile: Resolución Nº 440 Exenta - Establece primer programa de regulación ambiental 2020-2021.
Date of text: 26 May 2020
Belarus: Decree No. 313 of the Council of Ministers validating the procedure for developing and approving marsh management plans.
Date of text: 25 May 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. 120 of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating the List of activities technologically related to environmental monitoring, meteorological and hydrological monitoring.
Date of text: 25 May 2020
Georgia: Resolution No. 324 of 2020 of Georgian Government on Technical Regulation on Management of Waste from Batteries and Accumulators
Date of original text: 25 May 2020 (18 May 2021)
Georgia: Resolution No. 325 of 2020 of Georgian Government on Technical Regulation on Management Waste from Tyres
Date of original text: 25 May 2020 (18 May 2021)
Georgia: Resolution No. 326 of 2020 of Georgian Government on Technical Regulation on Management of Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Date of original text: 25 May 2020 (18 May 2021)
Georgia: Resolution No. 327 of 2020 of Georgian Government on Technical Regulation on Waste Oils
Date of original text: 25 May 2020 (18 May 2021)
Costa Rica: Ley Nº 9828 - Ley sobre el uso de materiales reutilizables en pavimentos y obras de infraestructura vial.
Date of text: 21 May 2020
Russian Federation: Order No. 291 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on the State Natural Reserve "Dzhugdzhursky".
Date of text: 21 May 2020
Estonia: Regulation No. 26 of 2020 of Minister of the Environment on procedure for submission of data on taxable cargo and report form
Date of original text: 21 May 2020 (13 December 2020)
Germany: Law to ensure proper planning and approval procedures during the COVID 19 pandemic (Planning Assurance Act - PlanSiG).
Date of text: 20 May 2020
China: National Radioactive Pollution Control Standard for radiation protection and radiation environment protection in uranium mining and milling.
Date of text: 20 May 2020
Azerbaijan: Law No. 102-VIQD amending the Law on industrial and consumer waste, Law on wildlife, Law on ecological safety, Law on water economy of municipalities, and Law on access to environmental information.
Date of text: 19 May 2020
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 138/20 approving the National Environmental Quality Programme (PNQA).
Date of text: 19 May 2020
India: Chhattisgarh: Chhattisgarh Plastic and Other Non Biodegradable Material (Regulation of Use and Disposal) Act, 2020 (Act No. 7 of 2020).
Date of text: 18 May 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Chhattisgarh
Kazakhstan: Order No. 109 of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating ceiling amount of ozone depleting substances for the period from 2020 to 2025.
Date of text: 18 May 2020
Kazakhstan: Order No. 109 of the Minister of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources validating limits (quotas) for consumption of ozone-depleting substances for the period of 2020 – 2025.
Date of text: 18 May 2020
Montenegro: Programme on the quality monitoring for liquid fuels of petroleum origin for 2020.
Date of text: 15 May 2020
Indonesia: Regulation of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia no. P.12/menlhk/setjen/plb.3/5/2020 concerning storage of hazardous and toxic waste.
Date of text: 14 May 2020
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Decreto Nº 4.201 - Reglamento Orgánico del Ministerio del Poder Popular de Atención de las Aguas.
Date of text: 12 May 2020
Peru: Decreto Legislativo Nº 1500 - Decreto Legislativo que establece medidas especiales para reactivar mejorar y optimizar la ejecución de los proyectos de inversión pública privada y público privada ante el impacto del COVID-19.
Date of text: 10 May 2020
Argentina: Resolución 145/2020 – Créase el Programa “Ambiente Participativo”.
Date of text: 10 May 2020
Suriname: Environmental Framework Act (No. 97 of 2020).
Date of text: 07 May 2020
Greece: Law no. 4685 of 2020. Modernisation of environmental legislation, incorporation into Greek legislation of Directives 2018/844 and 2019/692 of the European Parliament and of the Council and other provisions.
Date of text: 07 May 2020
Central African Republic: Arrêté n°23MEFCP/DIRCAB/PFCCPAC/modifiant et complétant certaines dispositions de l’arrêté n°42/MEFCP/DIRCAB/PFCCPAC du 24 aout 2018, portant création et fonctionnement de la plateforme de concertation de la lutte contre la criminalité environnementale : forestière, faunique et des infractions assimilées.
Date of text: 06 May 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the conditions, criteria and manner of granting aid under measure II.12. "Animal health and welfare measures".
Date of text: 06 May 2020
Mozambique: Resolution No. 10/2020 approving the Statute of the Ministry of Land and Environment.
Date of text: 06 May 2020
Montenegro: Regulation on criteria for identification of a substance as persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic and very persistent and bioaccumulative.
Date of text: 04 May 2020
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 627 constituting the Government Commission for the Protection of Lake Baikal.
Date of text: 30 April 2020
Argentina: Resolución Nº 141/2020 – Modifíquense los artículos 1º, 3º y 4º de la Resolución Ex SAyDS Nº 946/02, Instructivo para la solicitud para la importación de residuos o desechos ante la Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable.
Date of text: 29 April 2020
Cameroon: Décret N°2020/240 du 28 avril 2020 portant adhésion du Cameroun à la Convention Internationale pour le contrôle et la gestion des eaux de ballast et sédiments des navires (Convention BWM), adoptée le 13 février 2004 à Londres (Angleterre).
Date of text: 28 April 2020
Spain: Real Decreto 500/2020, de 28 de abril, por el que se desarrolla la estructura orgánica básica del Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico, y se modifica el Real Decreto 139/2020, de 28 de enero, por el que se establece la estructura orgánica básica de los departamentos ministeriales.
Date of text: 28 April 2020
Madeira Islands (Portugal): Regional Regulatory Decree No. 32/2020/M approving the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Climate Change.
Date of text: 28 April 2020
Barbados: Control of Disposable Plastics Act No. 8 of 2020.
Date of text: 27 April 2020
Morocco: Décret n° 2-19-721 du 3 ramadan 1441 (27 avril 2020) portant création de la commission nationale des changements climatiques et de la diversité biologique
Date of text: 27 April 2020
Peru: Resolución Nº 091-2020-MINAM ─ Guía para la Gestión Operativa del Servicio de Limpieza Pública.
Date of text: 25 April 2020
Sudan: Miscellaneous Amendments Law - (Unification of Environment Councils) of 2020 - Legislation No.3 of 2020.
Date of text: 22 April 2020
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 117/20 approving the General Regulation for Environmental Impact Assessment and the Environmental Licensing Procedure.
Date of text: 22 April 2020
Taiwan Province of China: Recognition standard for dangerous disaster relief operations.
Date of text: 22 April 2020
Ireland: European Union (Persistent Organic Pollutants) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 146 of 2020).
Date of text: 21 April 2020
China: Guiding opinions on the implementation of the reward system for reporting violations of ecological environment.
Date of text: 21 April 2020
Belize: Environmental Protection (Prohibition of the open-burning of refuse and other regulations, 2020).
Date of text: 20 April 2020
Colombia: Resolución N°0480 - Por la cual se implementa el Registro de Productores y Comercializadores de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos — RPCAEE y se establecen sus requisitos.
Date of text: 17 April 2020
Costa Rica: Acuerdo N° 12 Fonafifo - Manual de procedimientos para el programa de pago de servicios ambientales.
Date of original text: 14 April 2020 (17 May 2023)
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 223 of the Cabinet of Ministers “On strengthening ecological supervision over cement manufacturing enterprises.”
Date of text: 14 April 2020
Ireland: European Union (Waste Management) (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 130 of 2020).
Date of text: 14 April 2020
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Scotland: Town and Country Planning (Miscellaneous Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 124 of 2020).
Date of text: 14 April 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Scotland
Belarus: Decree No. 15 of the Ministry of Emergency Situations validating rules and regulations for ensuring nuclear and radiation safety.
Date of text: 13 April 2020
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 99/20 establishing the National Environmental Standardization Programme.
Date of text: 13 April 2020
Ecuador: Protocolo de manejo de desechos generados ante evento coronavirus COVID-19.
Date of text: 11 April 2020
Australia: Northern Territory: Environment Protection Regulations 2020.
Date of original text: 09 April 2020 (19 November 2020). Territorial Subdivision: Northern Territory
Croatia: Regulation on contents and manner of submitting the application for deliberate introduction of genetically modified organisms into the environment.
Date of text: 09 April 2020
Croatia: Regulation on risk assessment for intentional introduction of genetically modified organisms into the environment.
Date of text: 09 April 2020
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Law on Assisting Organising the Normal Wastes with Cooperation of Non-governmental Sector.
Date of text: 08 April 2020
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Law to Assist Solid Waste Sorting with the Participation of the Non-Governmental Sector.
Date of text: 08 April 2020
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 12/2020 establishing the legal regime applicable to the trading of licences and the emission of greenhouse gases, transposing Directive (EU) 2018/410.
Date of text: 06 April 2020
Russian Federation: Leningrad: Regional Law No. 33-oz “On regulation of some relations in the field of ensuring radiation safety.”
Date of text: 06 April 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Leningrad
European Union: Commission Decision (EU) 2020/519 on the sectoral reference document on best environmental management practices, sector environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence for the waste management sector under Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS).
Date of text: 03 April 2020
Tajikistan: Code of Road Transport of the Republic of Tajikistan (Law No. 1689).
Date of text: 02 April 2020
Myanmar: Notification No. 28/2020 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation on banning import of air conditioners using HCFCs (R22 refrigerant) from July 2020.
Date of text: 02 April 2020
Russian Federation: Federal Law No. 100-FZ “"On amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and articles 31 and 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation".
Date of text: 01 April 2020
Türkiye: Regulation on market surveillance and inspection by the Ministry of Trade.
Date of text: 01 April 2020
Mexico: Cartilla de Mejores Prácticas para la Prevención del COVID-19 en el Manejo de los Residuos Sólidos Urbanos (RSU).
Date of text: 01 April 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the conditions, criteria and manner of granting aid under measure II.10. "Aquaculture that provides environmental services".
Date of text: 31 March 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the content and scope of risk assessment for placing on the market of genetically modified organisms or products consisting of or containing GMOs or a combination of GMOs, the methodology for making the assessment and the conditions that must be met by a legal entity for making a risk assessment.
Date of text: 31 March 2020
Croatia: Regulation on the content of the notification and technical documentation for the placing on the market of GMOs or products consisting of or containing GMOs or a combination of GMOs.
Date of text: 31 March 2020
Canada: Ontario: Monitoring of mercury near dams (O. Reg. 102/20).
Date of text: 30 March 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Bulgaria: Agreement between the Government of Romania and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria regarding cooperation in the field of emergency situations.
Date of text: 29 March 2020
Argentina: Resolución 99/2020 – Operadores de residuos patológicos o patogénicos.
Date of text: 29 March 2020
Honduras: Comunicado sobre la presentación de solicitudes de Licencia Ambiental en linea.
Date of text: 27 March 2020
China: Hebei: Hebei Province Ecological Environment Protection Regulations.
Date of text: 27 March 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Hebei
Azerbaijan: Presidential Decree No. 975 on approval of the Charter of the Department of Environmental Security under the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Azerbaijan: Presidential Decree No. 975 on approval of the Charter of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.
Date of text: 27 March 2020
Serbia: Agreement on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in a transboundary context between the Ministry of Environment and Water of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of the Republic of Serbia.
Date of text: 24 March 2020
Belarus: Decree No. 168 of the Council of Ministers validating specific sanitary and epidemiological requirements.
Date of text: 24 March 2020
Uganda: National Environment (Waste Management) Regulations, 2020 (S.I. No. 49 of 2020).
Date of text: 20 March 2020
South Africa: National Environmental Management Act: Procedures for assessment and minimum criteria for reporting on identified environmental themes when applying for environmental authorisation (G.N. 320 of 2020).
Date of text: 20 March 2020
Türkiye: Regulation on the designation of diving areas for sports and tourism purposes in underwater cultural heritage sites.
Date of text: 20 March 2020
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 26/2020 approving the Legal Regime for Urban Waste Management Services.
Date of text: 19 March 2020
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 27/2020 approving the Legal Framework for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Date of text: 19 March 2020
Spain: Orden SND/271/2020 - Instrucciones sobre gestión de residuos en la situación de crisis sanitaria ocasionada por el COVID-19.
Date of text: 19 March 2020
Panama: Ley Nº 132 - Ley sobre reducción de uso de papel en la gestión pública.
Date of text: 17 March 2020
Montenegro: Regulation on the types of activities, emission limit values and the method of monitoring in plants using organic solvents.
Date of text: 16 March 2020
Turkmenistan: Law No. 227-VI “On ecological information.”
Date of text: 14 March 2020
Cabo Verde: Decree-Law No. 22/2020 establishing the Tourism Utility Statute Regime and defining the criteria and requirements for its attribution, revocation, expiry and renewal.
Date of text: 13 March 2020
Luxembourg: Loi du 11 mars 2020 portant certaines modalités d’application et les sanctions du règlement (UE) 2019/1021 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 20 juin 2019 concernant les polluants organiques persistants.
Date of text: 13 March 2020
Philippines: Memorandum Circular No. 2020-008 on Guidelines for Site Control.
Date of text: 11 March 2020
Armenia: Law No. HO-152-N “On outer space.”
Date of text: 06 March 2020
Philippines: EMB Memorandum Circular No. 2020-007 establishing Additional Chemicals in Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS).
Date of text: 03 March 2020
Spain: Real Decreto 430/2020 - desarrolla la estructura orgánica básica del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, y por el que se modifica el Real Decreto 139/2020, de 28 de enero, por el que se establece la estructura orgánica básica de los departamentos ministeriales.
Date of text: 03 March 2020
Italy: Sicilia: Regional Act no. 3 of 2020. Provisions regarding the fight against pollution.
Date of text: 03 March 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Sicilia
Jordan: Waste Management Framework Law No.16 of 2020.
Date of text: 01 March 2020
Argentina: Decisión Administrativa 262/2020 – Estructura organizativa del Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 28 February 2020
Mongolia: Joint Order No. A/125, A-69,A/143 of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, and of the Ministry of Public Health validating the List of pesticides and fertilizers and the amount thereof authorized for use for agricultural purposes.
Date of text: 28 February 2020
Canada: Ontario: Batteries (O. Reg. 30/20).
Date of original text: 27 February 2020 (20 March 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Russian Federation: Kursk: Regional Decree No. 174-pa validating the Regulation on protected natural area of regional significance “Park “Patriot”.
Date of text: 27 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Croatia: Regulation on limit values for waste water emissions.
Date of text: 27 February 2020
Poland: Regulation on methods of checking compliance with the permissible levels of electromagnetic fields in the environment.
Date of text: 27 February 2020
Madagascar: Décret nº2020-206 fixant les attributions du Ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable ainsi que l’Organisation Générale de son Ministère.
Date of text: 26 February 2020
Sri Lanka: Institute of Environmental Professionals, Sri Lanka (Incorporation) Act, No. 1 of 2020.
Date of text: 26 February 2020
El Salvador: Decreto Nº 527.- Ley de gestión integral de residuos y fomento al reciclaje.
Date of text: 24 February 2020
Croatia: Regulation on conservation objectives and conservation measures for target bird species in ecological network areas.
Date of text: 24 February 2020
Peru: Resolución Nº 058-2020-MINAM ─ Lineamientos para el desarrollo de acciones de comunicación, educación, capacitación y sensibilización sobre el consumo responsable y la producción sostenible de los bienes de plástico y la gestión integral de sus residuos.
Date of text: 24 February 2020
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/248 laying down technical guidelines for inspections in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Date of text: 21 February 2020
Russian Federation: Order No. 83 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating standards for maximum permissible impacts on the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal and the list of hazardous substances, including substances belonging to the categories of especially hazardous, highly hazardous, hazardous and moderately hazardous for the unique ecological system of Lake Baikal.
Date of text: 21 February 2020
Cambodia: Anukret (Sub Decree) of 2020 on the Enforcement of the List of Prohibited and Restricted Goods.
Date of text: 20 February 2020
Belarus: Decree No. 102 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on radiation control of contaminated areas.
Date of text: 20 February 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 002-2020-MINAM ─ Aprueba la obligatoriedad de la notificación Vía Casilla Electrónica de los actos administrativos y actuaciones administrativas emitidas por el Organismo de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (OEFA) y crea el Sistema de Casillas Electrónicas del OEFA.
Date of text: 19 February 2020
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 95 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating General Technical Regulation on ecological security.
Date of text: 18 February 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 003-2020-PRODUCE ─ Aprueba la Hoja de Ruta hacia una Economía Circular en el Sector Industria.
Date of text: 17 February 2020
Türkiye: Notification No. 2020/1 on administrative fines according to Paragraph (k) of Article 20 of the Environment Law No. 2872.
Date of text: 15 February 2020
Georgia: Order No. 2-339 of 2020 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Form, Filling Out, Delivering, Presenting, Using and Inventorying Administrative Infraction Ticket by Department of Environmental Supervision under Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Date of text: 14 February 2020
Serbia: Regulation on the methodology for collecting data on the composition and quantities of municipal waste on the territory of the local self-government unit.
Date of text: 14 February 2020
Argentina: Decreto 148/2020 - Deroga el Decreto N° 591 del 26 de agosto de 2019 y la Resolución Conjunta N° 3 del 12 de noviembre de 2019. Residuos peligrosos.
Date of text: 13 February 2020
Philippines: EMB Memorandum Circular No. 2020-005 establishing the Data Requirements for Pre-Manufacture and Pre- Importation Notification (PMPIN) Procedures.
Date of text: 12 February 2020
France: Loi n° 2020-105 du 10 février 2020 relative à la lutte contre le gaspillage et à l'économie circulaire
Date of text: 11 February 2020
Australia: Victoria: Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Act 2020.
Date of original text: 11 February 2020 (24 March 2020). Territorial Subdivision: Victoria
Russian Federation: Stavropol: Regional Law No. 18-KZ “On some issues in the field of protection of population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 11 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Stavropol
Russian Federation: Udmurtian: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Udmurtian region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 10 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Udmurtian
China: Hainan: Provisions of Hainan Special Economic Zone on Prohibiting Disposable Non-degradable Plastic Products.
Date of text: 10 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Hainan
Russian Federation: Kursk: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Kursk region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 07 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Mali: Arrêté N°2020-0210/MEADD-SG du 07 février 2020 fixant les conditions de nomination et les attributions des points focaux nationaux des conventions, accords et traités en matière d’environnement.
Date of text: 07 February 2020
Spain: Castilla-La Mancha: Ley 2/2020 - Ley de Evaluación Ambiental de Castilla-La Mancha.
Date of text: 07 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Castilla-La Mancha
Mozambique: Ministerial Decision No. 4/2020 approving the composition of the National Agency for Environmental Quality Control (AQUA).
Date of text: 07 February 2020
Mozambique: Presidential Decree No. 4/2020 establishing attributions and powers of the Ministry of Land and Environment, created by Presidential Decree No. 1/2020 of 17 January and repealing Decree No. 13/2015 of 16 January March.
Date of text: 07 February 2020
Brazil: Decree No. 10.224 regulating Act No. 7.797 on the National Fund for the Environment.
Date of original text: 05 February 2020 (01 January 2023)
Panama: Ley No. 125 por la que se aprueba el Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe, hecho en Escazú, Costa Rica, el cuatro de marzo de dos mil dieciocho.
Date of text: 04 February 2020
Cambodia: Prakas No. 021 on the classification of environmental impact assessment for development projects.
Date of text: 03 February 2020
Russian Federation: North Ossetia - Alania: Regional Law No. 10-RZ “On protection of the atmospheric air”.
Date of text: 03 February 2020. Territorial Subdivision: North Ossetia - Alania
Kazakhstan: Order No. 37 of the Minister of Industry and Infrastructural Development validating the Regulation on classification of waterbodies as navigable waterways.
Date of text: 31 January 2020
Estonia: Regulation No. 10 of 2020 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on Procedure and conditions for granting support from the Environmental Program
Date of original text: 31 January 2020 (07 April 2021)
China: Management and Technical Guidelines for Emergency Disposal of Medical Wastes from the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic (Trial).
Date of text: 28 January 2020
China: Notice by the General Office of the National Health Commission on the Management of Medical Waste in Medical Institutions During the Pneumonia Outbreak of New Coronavirus.
Date of text: 28 January 2020
Uruguay: Decreto Nº 30/2020 - Se reglamenta la Ley N° 19.525 de 18 de agosto de 2017, que contiene las Directrices Nacionales de Ordenamiento Territorial y Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 27 January 2020
Brazil: Santa Catarina: Law No. 17.900 creating the Reverse Logistics Certification of Solid Waste.
Date of text: 27 January 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Santa Catarina
Uganda: National Environment (Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response) Regulations, 2020.
Date of text: 27 January 2020
Belarus: Decree No. 2-T of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating ecological rules and regulations.
Date of text: 23 January 2020
Peru: Decreto de Urgencia Nº 022-2020 — Decreto de Urgencia para el Fortalecimiento de la identificación y gestión de pasivos ambientales.
Date of text: 23 January 2020
Brazil: Santa Catarina: Law No. 17.893 amending Law No. 14.675 on the Environmental Code to regulate the extraction of gravel.
Date of text: 23 January 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Santa Catarina
Serbia: Regulation on the form of daily records and annual report on waste with instructions for completion.
Date of text: 21 January 2020
China: Measures for the administration of the funds for the prevention and control of soil pollution.
Date of text: 17 January 2020
Belarus: Presidential Decree No. 16 “On improvement of the procedure for waste and package management.”
Date of text: 17 January 2020
Tunisia: Décret gouvernemental n° 2020-32, fixant les types de sacs en plastique dont la production, l'importation, la distribution et la détention sont interdites sur le marché intérieur.
Date of text: 16 January 2020
Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador: Plastic Retail Bag Regulations, NLR 1/20.
Date of text: 16 January 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Newfoundland and Labrador
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Resolución Nº 0007 - Aprueba la Actualización y Reglamento Interno del Comité de Coordinación Nacional de Lucha Contra la Desertificación y Sequía (CCNLDS).
Date of text: 15 January 2020
Ukraine: Order No. 52 of the Ministry of Public Health validating the Regulation on hygienic standards of the allowable content of chemical and biological substance in the atmospheric air of inhabited areas and approximately safe levels of exposure to chemical and biological substances in the atmosphere of inhabited areas.
Date of text: 14 January 2020
Türkiye: Regulation on environmental management of dredging.
Date of text: 14 January 2020
Cabo Verde: Order No. 2/2020 regulating the General Regime for Prevention, Production and Waste Management.
Date of text: 10 January 2020
Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul: Law No. 15.434 establishing the Environmental Code within the State of Rio Grande do Sul.
Date of text: 09 January 2020. Territorial Subdivision: Rio Grande do Sul
Paraguay: Ley Nº 6390 - Que regula la emisión de ruidos.
Date of text: 09 January 2020
Senegal: Loi nº2020-04 relative à la prévention et la réduction de l'incidence sur l'environnement des produits plastiques.
Date of text: 08 January 2020
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 001-2020-MINAM — Límites Máximos Permisibles para emisiones atmosféricas de plantas industriales de fabricación de cemento y/o cal.
Date of text: 07 January 2020
Poland: Regulation on the catalogue of wastes.
Date of text: 02 January 2020
Malta: Act No. XXXVI of 2020 – An Act to amend the Climate Action Act, Cap. 543, and to provide for other matters dealing with them or ancillary thereto.
Date of text: 2020
Dominican Republic: Decreto Nº 253-23 - Reglamento para la Gestión Integral de los Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos en el Marco de la Responsabilidad Extendida del Productor.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation For Apprehension of Violations and Imposition of Penalties For the Environmental Law Issued by the Royal Decree No. (m/165) 2020.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation For Controls and Procedures Pertaining to Financial Dues for Environmental Licenses, Permits, and Services For the Environmental Law issued by the Royal Decree No. (m/165) 2020.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation For Environmental Inspections and Audits For the Environmental Law Issued by the Royal Decree No. (m/165) 2020.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation for Sustainable Management of the Marine and Coastal Environment.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation for the Environmental Law for the Protection of Aqueous Media from Pollution.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation for the Prevention and Remediation of Soil Pollution.
Date of text: 2020
Saudi Arabia: Executive Regulation for the protected areas.
Date of text: 2020
Chile: Hoja de Ruta: Pacto Chileno de los Plásticos.
Date of text: 2020
Lithuania: Recommendations of the Ministry of Health on environmental cleansing and disinfection in the event of adverse effect of COVID-19.
Date of text: 2020
Canada: Québec: Regulation respecting the regulatory scheme applying to activities on the basis of their environmental impact (CQLR c Q-2, r 17.1)
Date of original text: 2020 (03 August 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Québec
Jordan: Solid Waste Management System issued in accordance with the provisions of Article 31 of the Waste Management Framework Law No.16 of 2020.
Date of text: 2020
Senegal: Arrêté ministériel n°031547 du 31 décembre 2019 portant création, composition el fonctionnement de la Plateforme nationale des acteurs pour le suivi des Objectifs de Développement durable.
Date of text: 31 December 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 013-2019-MINAM ─ Reglamento de la Ley Nº 30754, Ley Marco sobre Cambio Climático.
Date of text: 31 December 2019
Brazil: Maranhão: Law No. 11.200 establishing rules and guidelines for the verification of the safety of dams of any nature and deposits of toxic industrial waste.
Date of text: 31 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Maranhão
China: Measures of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region for the Safety Management of Hazardous Chemicals.
Date of text: 31 December 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 10-T of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating ecological rules and regulations.
Date of text: 30 December 2019
China: Joint Announcement No. 60 of 2019 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Customs on releasing the list of strictly restricted toxic chemicals in China (2020).
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Russian Federation: Chelyabinsk: Regional Law No. 77-ZO "On regulation of relations in the field of conducting the experiment on emission quotas”.
Date of text: 30 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Chelyabinsk
Chile: Resolución Núm. 1.949 exenta – Fija Programa de Fiscalización Ambiental de Normas de Calidad Ambiental para el año 2020.
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Georgia: Resolution No. 661 of 2019 of Georgian Government on Regulation Rules of Certain Obligations under Waste Management Code
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Singapore: Resource Sustainability (Composition of Offences) Regulations 2019.
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Singapore: Resource Sustainability (Exemption for Incidentally Supplied Batteries) Order 2019.
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Singapore: Resource Sustainability (Prescribed Regulated Products) Regulations 2019.
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Singapore: Resource Sustainability Act 2019 (Commencement) Notification 2019.
Date of text: 30 December 2019
Mongolia: Joint Order No. A/816/218 of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, and the Ministry of Construction establishing standard level of pollutants in wastewater.
Date of text: 27 December 2019
Seychelles: Lighting of Fires (Restriction) Act, 2019. (Act 12 of 2019).
Date of text: 26 December 2019
China: Guangdong: Measures of Shenzhen Municipality on rewards for reporting illegal acts of ecological environment.
Date of text: 26 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Guangdong
Serbia: Regulation on contents and appearance of the waste management permit.
Date of text: 26 December 2019
Mongolia: Order No. A/809 of the Minister of Environment and Tourism validating procedures and methods for conducting environmental audit.
Date of text: 25 December 2019
Russian Federation: Kemerovo: Regional Law No. 165-OZ “On ecological education and formation of ecological culture”.
Date of text: 24 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kemerovo
Poland: Regulation on conditions for recognizing waste as having infectious properties and on the method for determining these properties.
Date of text: 24 December 2019
Brazil: Paraná: Joint Resolution SEDEST/IAP No. 023/2019 establishing environmental licensing procedures in Permanent Preservation Areas (APP), in the vicinity of artificial water reservoirs, resulting from damming of natural watercourses.
Date of text: 23 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Paraná
Montenegro: Law on the protection from negative impacts of climate change.
Date of text: 23 December 2019
Vanuatu: Ozone Layer Protection Act No. 22 of 2019.
Date of text: 23 December 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 1.909 exenta – Aprueba Protocolo para la aplicación de monitoreo de emisiones con métodos alternativos en unidades generadoras afectas al DS 13/2011 MMA y otros instrumentos de carácter ambiental específicos para estas fuentes.
Date of text: 23 December 2019
Mexico: Acuerdo por el que se establecen las Reglas de Operación del Programa de Conservación para el Desarrollo Sostenible (PROCODES).
Date of text: 20 December 2019
China: Catalogue of classified management of discharge permits for stationary pollution sources.
Date of text: 20 December 2019
Brazil: Decree No. 10.187 providing for the qualification of the policy to promote the basic sanitation sector within the scope of the Investment Partnership Programme of the Presidency of the Republic.
Date of text: 20 December 2019
Nicaragua: Decreto A.N. Nº. 8629 de aprobación del Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Peru: Decreto de Urgencia Nº 029-2019 ─ Incentivos para el chatarreo.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Bahamas: Environmental Planning and Protection Act No. 40 of 2019.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Bahamas: Environmental Protection (Control of Plastic Pollution) Act No. 38 of 2019.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Australia: South Australia: Landscape South Australia Act 2019.
Date of original text: 19 December 2019 (25 June 2020). Territorial Subdivision: South Australia
Argentina: Ley Nº 27520 – Ley de presupuestos mínimos de adaptación y mitigación al cambio climático global.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Bahamas: Ministry of Environment Act No. 39 of 2019.
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Georgia: Order No. 2-1236 of 2019 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Import Quota of Ozone-depleting Substances for 2020
Date of text: 19 December 2019
Belarus: Law No. 272-Z “On the protection and use of peatlands.”
Date of text: 18 December 2019
Brazil: Tocantins: Law No. 3.611 on the State Technical Registry of Potentially Polluting Activities or those exploiting Environmental Resources (CTE) and the Environmental Control and Inspection Fee of the State of Tocantins (TCFATO).
Date of text: 18 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins
Brazil: Tocantins: Law No. 3.614 creating the State Policy on Solid Waste (PERS).
Date of text: 18 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Tocantins
Sao Tome and Principe: Traité révisé instituant la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale.
Date of text: 18 December 2019
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2193 laying down rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of data and establishing data formats for the purposes of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
Date of text: 17 December 2019
France: Décret n° 2019-1381 du 17 décembre 2019 portant diverses mesures relatives aux contrôles et sanctions en matière de police de l'environnement.
Date of text: 17 December 2019
Cameroon: Décret nº2019/7358/PM Fixant les modalités de centralisation, de répartition et de reversement du produit du droit d'accises spécial destiné au financement de l'enlèvement et du traitement des ordures au bénéfice des Collectivités Territoriales Décentralisées.
Date of text: 17 December 2019
China: Guidelines for review of reports on investigation, risk assessment, risk control and remediation effect assessment of soil pollution in construction land.
Date of text: 17 December 2019
Estonia: Regulation No. 73 of 2019 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on the specified requirements for applications for integrated environmental permits and procedure for issue of permits and data composition of applications for integrated environmental permits and permits
Date of text: 17 December 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 140-2019-APN-DIR — Norma Técnica Operativa para la prestación de servicio de Recojo de Residuos en la zona portuaria.
Date of text: 16 December 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Law No. 139 On prohibition of activities related to geological study of subsoil resources for the purpose of searching, exploration and development of uranium and thorium deposits in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 14 December 2019
Croatia: Law on air protection (2019).
Date of text: 13 December 2019
Madeira Islands (Portugal): Regional Decree No. 5/2020/M approving the structure of the Regional Secretariat for Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change (SRAAC).
Date of text: 13 December 2019
Germany: Federal Climate Protection Act
Date of original text: 12 December 2019 (18 August 2021)
Russian Federation: Governmental Decree No. 1643 validating the Regulation on the procedure for navigational and hydrographic support in the waters of the Northern Sea Route, in the waters of seaports located on the coast of the Northern Sea Route, and on approaches to them.
Date of text: 12 December 2019
Germany: Law amending the Environmental Audit Act, the Atomic Energy Act, Choice of Location Act, the Radioactive Waste Stock Ordinance, and other laws and ordinances
Date of text: 12 December 2019
Poland: Regulation establishing lists containing information and data on the extent of use of the environment.
Date of text: 11 December 2019
Germany: Bayern: Bavarian Emission Control Act.
Date of original text: 10 December 2019 (09 November 2021). Territorial Subdivision: Bayern
China: Measures for the Administration of Port and Ship Shore Power.
Date of original text: 09 December 2019 (13 September 2021)
Denmark: Order No. 1536 on Environmental Supervision.
Date of text: 09 December 2019
Georgia: Order No. 236 of 2019 of Director of Civil Aviation Agency on Rules for Restricting Right of Use of Georgian Airspace for Foreign Aircrafts due to Noise Level
Date of original text: 09 December 2019 (27 August 2020)
Peru: Resolución Nº 380-2019-MINAM ─ Agenda Nacional de Acción Ambiental al 2021 - Agenda Ambiental al Bicentenario.
Date of text: 06 December 2019
Ukraine: Order No. 526 of the State Inspection of Nuclear Regulation validating the forms of documents to be drawn up in the process of implementation of state supervisions measures in the field of nuclear energy use.
Date of text: 05 December 2019
Russian Federation: Resolution No. 20 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Russian Federation validating Sanitary-epidemiological rules and norms No. SanPiN 2.1.7.3550-19 "Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for keeping of territories of municipalities”.
Date of text: 05 December 2019
Ukraine: Decree No. 1186 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating Technical regulations for noise emission to the environment from equipment used outside the premises.
Date of text: 04 December 2019
Ukraine: Decree No. 995 of the Cabinet of Ministers setting up central executive bodies and establishing competence thereof.
Date of text: 04 December 2019
Finland: Government Decree on support for remediation of contaminated areas 2020–2022 (No. 1239 of 2019).
Date of text: 04 December 2019
Russian Federation: Mordovia: Regional Law No. 82-Z “On delimitation of powers between state bodies in the field of protection of the atmospheric air”.
Date of text: 02 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Mordovia
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on construction waste.
Date of text: 02 December 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Bulgaria: Decree No. 303 of 29 November 2019, approving additional transfers to the municipal budgets for 2019 to financially support activities under the national programmes "Ensuring a Contemporary Educational Environment" and "Innovation in Action" approved by Decision No. 172 of Council of Ministers of 2019 for approval of national education development programmes.
Date of text: 29 November 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 010-2019-PRODUCE ─ Protocolo Nacional de Monitoreo de la Calidad Ambiental del Aire.
Date of text: 29 November 2019
Belarus: Joint Decree No. 41/108/65 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Emergency Situations validating the procedure for establishment of hazardousness level of industrial waste and classification of hazardousness of industrial waste.
Date of text: 29 November 2019
Spain: Castilla-La Mancha: Ley 7/2019, de 29 de noviembre, de Economía Circular de Castilla-La Mancha.
Date of text: 29 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Castilla-La Mancha
Belarus: Decree No. 818 of the Council of Ministers validating the procedure for waste management.
Date of text: 28 November 2019
Brazil: Goiás: Decree No. 9.568 approving the Regulation of the State Secretariat for the Environment and Sustainable Development.
Date of original text: 28 November 2019 (10 June 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Goiás
Argentina: Santa Fe: Ley Nº 13.924 - Educación Ambiental para los Agentes y Funcionarios en todos los estamentos de la Provincia.
Date of text: 28 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Santa Fe
Argentina: Santa Fe: Ley Nº 13.940 - Gestión Integral y Sustentable de Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos (RAEEs).
Date of text: 28 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Santa Fe
Argentina: Santa Fe: Ley Nº 13.959 - Gestión Integral de Residuos Peligrosos.
Date of text: 28 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Santa Fe
China: Nei Mongol: Regulations of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in Wuhai City and Surrounding Areas.
Date of text: 28 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Nei Mongol
Azerbaijan: Ministerial Decree No. 457 on qualification certificate for and registration of the entities engaged in EIA.
Date of text: 27 November 2019
Ukraine: Order No. 986 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs validating Methodology of evaluation of radiation and chemical conditions.
Date of text: 27 November 2019
Costa Rica: Ley Nº 9786 - Ley para combatir la contaminación por plástico y proteger el ambiente.
Date of text: 26 November 2019
Argentina: Resolución Conjunta Nº 3/2019 - Procedimientos de evaluación de impacto ambiental de los proyectos de obras o actividades de exploración y explotación hidrocarburífera.
Date of text: 26 November 2019
Brazil: Decree No. 10.129 providing for the "Grande Teresina" Integrated Development Region (RIDE) and its Administrative Council.
Date of text: 25 November 2019
Argentina: Resolución Conjunta 2/2019 - Pautas básicas para las condiciones contractuales de las pólizas de seguro por daño ambiental de incidencia colectiva.
Date of text: 25 November 2019
Argentina: Resolución Conjunta 2/2019 – Determínanse los usos prohibidos del material recuperado.
Date of text: 25 November 2019
Mongolia: Decree No. A/719/189 of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism validating Model Permit for wastewater disposal.
Date of text: 22 November 2019
Netherlands (Kingdom of the): Environmental Planning Regulations.
Date of original text: 22 November 2019 (12 October 2023)
Latvia: Law on Utilisation of Genetic Resources (2019)
Date of text: 21 November 2019
China: Provisions on the management of automatic monitoring data application of domestic waste incineration power plants.
Date of text: 21 November 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 39 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on waste management.
Date of text: 20 November 2019
Argentina: Resolución Nº 437/2019 - Aprueba el Reglamento y el Glosario para la conformación de los Programas de Reconversión Industrial (PRI).
Date of text: 19 November 2019
Brazil: Paraná: Resolution SEDEST No. 059 establishing norms and criteria for the environmental licensing of aquaculture and mariculture enterprises and activities.
Date of text: 19 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Paraná
Spain: Murcia: Ley Nº 11/2018 - Medidas Adicionales de Protección de la Salud Pública y del Medio Ambiente para la Exploración, Investigación o Explotación de Hidrocarburos utilizando la Técnica de la Fractura Hidráulica en la Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia.
Date of text: 15 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Murcia
Sri Lanka: National Innovation Agency Act, No. 22 of 2019.
Date of text: 15 November 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 402-2019-MINCETUR ─ Lineamientos para el desarrollo de Turismo Comunitario en el Perú.
Date of text: 14 November 2019
Guinea: Arrêté n°A/2019/6265/MPAEM/CAB du 13 novembre 2019 portant approbation du plan de surveillance des contaminants du milieu aquatique par les métaux lourds, pesticides, PCB et Hydrocarbures Aromatiques Polycyclique (HAPs).
Date of text: 13 November 2019
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2010 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for waste incineration.
Date of text: 12 November 2019
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2031 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions for the food, drink and milk industries, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Date of text: 12 November 2019
Costa Rica: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 42075-S-MINAE - Reglamento para la disposición al subsuelo de aguas residuales ordinarias tratadas.
Date of original text: 12 November 2019 (17 April 2023)
Chile: Resolución Núm. 1.574 exenta – Aprueba "Instrucción General para la Conexión en Línea de los Sistemas de Monitoreo Continuo de Emisiones – CEMS”.
Date of text: 12 November 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Governmental Decree No. 597 validating the Regulation on assessment of damages caused by emergency situations.
Date of text: 11 November 2019
China: Measures for the Administration of Road Transportation Safety of Hazardous Goods.
Date of text: 10 November 2019
Sri Lanka: National Environmental (Municipal Solid Waste) Regulations, No. 1 of 2009.
Date of text: 10 November 2019
Brazil: Paraíba: Law No. 11.498 providing for the mandatory disposal of oil and fat of animal or vegetable origin by bars, restaurants, snack bars and the like, as mentioned, within the State of Paraíba.
Date of text: 08 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Paraíba
Zimbabwe: Norton Town Council (Environmental Management) By-laws, 2019 (S.I. 237).
Date of text: 08 November 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 009-2019-MINAM ─ Régimen Especial de Gestión y Manejo de Residuos de Aparatos Eléctricos y Electrónicos (RAEE).
Date of text: 07 November 2019
Senegal: Décret n° 2019-1855 du 07 novembre 2019, relatif aux attributions du Ministre de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable.
Date of text: 07 November 2019
Türkiye: Presidential Decree No. 49 on geographical information system.
Date of text: 07 November 2019
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1885 laying down rules for the calculation, verification and reporting of data on landfill of municipal waste in accordance with Council Directive 1999/31/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2000/738/EC.
Date of text: 06 November 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Regulations Governing the Management and Utilization of the Environmental Protection Fund.
Date of text: 06 November 2019
India: Mizoram: Mizoram Prevention and Control of Water Pollution (Procedure for Immersion of Idol) Rules, 2019.
Date of text: 05 November 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Mizoram
Sri Lanka: National Environmental (Ambient Water Quality) Regulations, No. 01 of 2019.
Date of text: 05 November 2019
Mongolia: Decree No. A/634 of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism validating the form of Model Contract for water pollution fees for effluent waste water discharge in accordance with water pollution payment agreement.
Date of text: 01 November 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Act 2019 (2019 Asp 12).
Date of text: 31 October 2019
Niger: Loi n. 2019-48 du 30 octobre 2019 fixant les principes fondamentaux de prévention des risques biotechnologiques au Niger.
Date of text: 30 October 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 466-2019-PRODUCE ─ Términos de Referencia para la elaboración de los Instrumentos de Gestión Ambiental correctivos de la industria manufacturera y de comercio interno.
Date of text: 30 October 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Governmental Decree No. 576 validating Safety Regulation for handling potent poisonous substances in Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 29 October 2019
Mexico: Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-172-SEMARNAT-2019, Lineamientos para la obtención y comunicación del Índice de Calidad del Aire y Riesgos a la Salud.
Date of text: 29 October 2019
Argentina: Resolución Nº 297/2019 - Guía de Buenas Prácticas Ambientales.
Date of text: 29 October 2019
China: Announcement of the General Administration of Customs No. 168 of 2019 - Announcement on Further Regulating the Inspection of Environmental Protection for Imported Motor Vehicles.
Date of text: 28 October 2019
France: Décret n° 2019-1096 du 28 octobre 2019 modifiant la nomenclature des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement.
Date of text: 28 October 2019
Croatia: Regulation on the conditions for performing maritime cabotage in the Republic of Croatia.
Date of text: 28 October 2019
Republic of Korea: China, Japan and South Korea + X cooperation concept document.
Date of text: 25 October 2019
Serbia: Regulation on the form of the request of use of budget funds and report on the use of budget funds, and manner and deadlines for their submission.
Date of text: 25 October 2019
Togo: Arrêté interministériel n° 019 MCIDSPPCL/MEF/MSHP du 24 octobre 2019 relatif à l’interdiction de production, d'importation et de commercialisation des boissons alcooliques en sachet plastique.
Date of text: 24 October 2019
Türkiye: Regulation on the organization, duties, powers, working procedures and principles of the Security and Emergency Situations Coordination Center.
Date of text: 24 October 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 1.465 exenta – Dicta instrucción de carácter general que establece los requisitos para la autorización de las entidades técnicas de certificación ambiental y de los evaluadores de la conformidad ambiental.
Date of text: 24 October 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 715 of the Council of Ministers validating the Concept for creation of facilities for sorting and use of municipal solid waste and landfills for the disposal thereof.
Date of text: 23 October 2019
European Union: Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.
Date of text: 23 October 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Governmental Decree No. 569 validating the Regulation on the Unified system of integrated monitoring and forecasting of emergency situations in Kyrgyz Republic.
Date of text: 23 October 2019
Timor-Leste: Ministerial Order No. 54/2019 approving the Regulation of the State Secretariat for the Environment (SEA).
Date of text: 23 October 2019
Estonia: Regulation No. 56 of 2019 of Minister of the Environment of Estonia on the specified requirements for the application for an environmental permit and the procedure for granting the permit and the data composition of the application for the environmental permit and the permit
Date of text: 23 October 2019
Serbia: Regulation on technical requirements and other special criteria for certain types of waste that cease to be waste.
Date of text: 23 October 2019
Serbia: Regulation on contents of the request for entry in the Register of by-products and Register of waste that has ceased to be waste.
Date of text: 22 October 2019
Serbia: Regulation on criteria for determining by-products and on the form of reports on by-products, manner and deadlines for their submission.
Date of text: 22 October 2019
El Salvador: Decreto nº 29 - Reglamento Especial de Aguas Residuales y Manejo de Lodos Residuales.
Date of text: 21 October 2019
Argentina: Resolución Conjunta Nº 2/2019 – Manual de Gestión Ambiental Integral Aeroportuaria.
Date of text: 21 October 2019
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 19-280 du 21 Safar 1441 correspondant au 20 octobre 2019 portant création, organisation et fonctionnement du commissariat aux énergies renouvelables et a l’efficacité énergétique.
Date of text: 20 October 2019
Congo: Décret n° 2019-273 du 19 septembre 2019 portant création et organisation du cadre national de coordination du système de l’économie verte en Afrique centrale dénommé SEVAC-volet Congo.
Date of text: 19 October 2019
Zimbabwe: Masvingo Rural District Council (Environmental and Natural Resources Conservation) By-laws, 2019.
Date of text: 18 October 2019
Indonesia: Regulation of the Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia no. 84 of 2019 concerning Provisions on the Import of Non-Hazardous and Toxic Waste as Industrial Raw Materials.
Date of text: 18 October 2019
Czechia: Decree on the management of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
Date of text: 16 October 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Environment (Legislative Functions from Directives) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 1350 of 2019).
Date of text: 15 October 2019
Russian Federation: Udmurtian: Regional Law No. 54-RZ “On ensuring peace and quiet of citizens”.
Date of text: 15 October 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Udmurtian
Slovakia: Decree implementing certain provisions of the Act on returnable disposable beverage packaging.
Date of text: 14 October 2019
Italy: Legislative Decree No. 111/2019 concerning urgent measures for compliance with the obligations established by Directive 2008/50/EC on air quality and extension of the deadline referred to in Article 48, Legislative Decree No. 189/2016.
Date of original text: 14 October 2019 (29 December 2022)
Nepal: Environment Protection Act, 2019 (2076).
Date of text: 11 October 2019
Uganda: National Environment (Audit) Regulations, 2020 (No. 47 of 2020).
Date of text: 11 October 2019
Uganda: National Environment (Management of Ozone Depleting Substances And Products) Regulations, 2020
Date of text: 11 October 2019
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Ley N° 1248 – Ratifica la Enmienda del Protocolo de Montreal relativo a las Sustancias que Agotan la Capa de Ozono.
Date of text: 10 October 2019
Spain: Orden TEC/1023/2019 - Establece la fecha a partir de la cual será exigible la constitución de la garantía financiera obligatoria para las actividades del anexo III de la Ley de Responsabilidad Medioambiental, clasificadas como nivel de prioridad 3 mediante Orden ARM/1783/2011.
Date of text: 10 October 2019
France: Décret n° 2019-1035 du 9 octobre 2019 relatif au système d'échange de quotas d'émission de gaz à effet de serre (2021-2030).
Date of text: 09 October 2019
Australia: Northern Territory: Environment Protection Act 2019.
Date of original text: 09 October 2019 (06 November 2019). Territorial Subdivision: Northern Territory
France: Ordonnance n° 2019-1034 du 9 octobre 2019 relative au système d'échange de quotas d'émissions de gaz à effet de serre (2021-2030).
Date of text: 09 October 2019
Colombia: Resolución Nº 1558 - Prohíbe el ingreso de plásticos de un solo uso en las áreas del Sistema de Parques Nacionales Naturales Colombia.
Date of text: 09 October 2019
Russian Federation: Perm: Regional Law No. 448-PK “On village chiefs”.
Date of text: 07 October 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Perm
Bulgaria: Regulation No. 6 of 7 October 2019 on requirements and controls of wood used for domestic heating.
Date of text: 07 October 2019
Luxembourg: Règlement grand-ducal du 30 septembre 2019 concernant les aides pour l’amélioration de l’environnement naturel.
Date of text: 07 October 2019
Australia: Biosecurity (Ballast Water and Sediment) Determination 2017.
Date of original text: 05 October 2019 (13 October 2019)
Argentina: Disposición 371/2019 - Empadronamiento en el Registro de Establecimientos y Actividades de la Cuenca Matanza Riachuelo.
Date of text: 04 October 2019
Argentina: Resolución 2421/2019 - Uso de insecticidas químicos con fines de control de vectores.
Date of text: 03 October 2019
Azerbaijan: Ministerial Decree No. 425 on inspection in the fields of environmental impact assessment and strategic ecological assessment.
Date of text: 02 October 2019
Brunei Darussalam: Guideline on Healthcare Waste management.
Date of text: 01 October 2019
Mali: Décret n°2019-0765/P-RM du 30 septembre 2019 fixant l’organisation et les modalités de fonctionnement de l’agence nationale de la grande muraille verte.
Date of text: 30 September 2019
Norway: Regulation No. 1289 on the authority of municipalities under the Pollution Control Act.
Date of text: 30 September 2019
Algeria: Décret présidentiel n° 19-265 du 29 Moharram 1441 correspondant au 29 septembre 2019 portant adhésion de la République algérienne démocratique et populaire à la Convention de Rotterdam sur la procédure de consentement préalable en connaissance de cause applicable à certains produits chimiques et pesticides dangereux qui font l'objet de commerce international, adoptée à Rotterdam, le 10 septembre 1998.
Date of text: 29 September 2019
Mongolia: Decree No. A/543 of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism validating the List of water polluting hazardous substances.
Date of text: 27 September 2019
Portugal: Order No. 336/2019 approving the revision of the National and Regional Strategic Guidelines provided for in the National Ecological Reserve (REN) Legal Regime.
Date of text: 26 September 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: England; Wales; Scotland: Pesticides (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 1290 of 2019).
Date of text: 26 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Scotland
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Federation BiH: Regulation on the procedure for announcing the competition and on deciding on the selection of beneficiaries of the Environmental Protection Fund of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Date of text: 25 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Federation BiH
Mexico: Acuerdo por el que se establecen las bases preliminares del Programa de Prueba del Sistema de Comercio de Emisiones.
Date of text: 24 September 2019
Russian Federation: Archangel: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Archangel region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 24 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Archangel
Brazil: Bahia: Law No. 14.126 creating the State Policy for Community Tourism in the State of Bahia.
Date of text: 24 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Bahia
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1741 establishing the format and frequency of data to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting under Regulation (EC) No. 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC.
Date of text: 23 September 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 649 of the Council of Ministers validating the Regulation on the procedure for issuance of authorization for activities in the Antarctic Treaty area.
Date of text: 23 September 2019
Rwanda: Law No. 17/2019 relating to the Prohibition of manufacturing, importation, use and sale of Plastic Carry Bags and Single-use Plastic Items.
Date of text: 23 September 2019
Singapore: Resource Sustainability Act 2019.
Date of text: 23 September 2019
China: Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Preparation of Environmental Impact Reports (Forms) on Construction Projects.
Date of text: 20 September 2019
Mali: Ordonnance n°2019-016/P-RM du 20 septembre 2019 portant création de l’agence nationale de la grande muraille verte.
Date of text: 20 September 2019
Guatemala: Acuerdo Gubernativo Nº 189-2019 – Prohíbe el uso y distribución de bolsas plásticas de un solo uso entre otros.
Date of text: 19 September 2019
Argentina: Corrientes: Ley Nº 6.514 – Ley de Educación Ambiental.
Date of text: 19 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Corrientes
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Decree on Climate Change.
Date of text: 18 September 2019
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Ley Nº 12334 – Ratifica la Enmienda de Doha al Protocolo de Kyoto.
Date of text: 18 September 2019
Uruguay: Ley Nº 19.829 - Ley de gestión integral de residuos.
Date of text: 18 September 2019
Montenegro: Regulation on the integrated license form.
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Argentina: Resolución 192/2019 - Créase el Programa “Observatorio Argentino de Vigilancia Volcánica”.
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Brazil: Distrito Federal: Complementary Law No. 961 establishing the creation, implantation and management of urban parks in the Federal District.
Date of text: 16 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Distrito Federal
Russian Federation: Order No. 230 of the Federal Water Resources Agency subordinated to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on implementation by the Federal Water Resources Agency of the authority to establish, change and stop the existence of flooded and underflooded zones.
Date of text: 16 September 2019
France: Arrêté du 13 septembre 2019 relatif aux comités d'orientation territoriaux du Centre d'études et d'expertise sur les risques, l'environnement, la mobilité et l'aménagement (CEREMA) dans les régions métropolitaines.
Date of text: 13 September 2019
Slovakia: Act on returnable disposable beverage packaging.
Date of text: 11 September 2019
Lebanon: Decree No.5606 of 2019: Determining the principles of hazardous waste management.
Date of text: 11 September 2019
Paraguay: Decreto Supremo Nº 4039 - Establece un mecanismo de regulación para la exportación de residuos de materiales metálicos considerados como chatarra.
Date of text: 11 September 2019
China: Directive rules for the management of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties.
Date of text: 11 September 2019
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 279/19 creating the National Agency for the Management of the Okavango Region (ANAGERO).
Date of text: 11 September 2019
Ukraine: Presidential Decree No. 679/2019 “On the territories and objects of the nature reserve fund of national importance.”
Date of text: 10 September 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Regulations Governing Air Pollution Emergency Response Measures and Plans and Issuance of Deterioration Alerts for Air Polluting Accidents.
Date of text: 09 September 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Regulations on Establishment and Monitoring of Air Quality Monitoring Stations.
Date of text: 09 September 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan Order for the promulgation of "Implementation Directions During the Transition Period After Revision of Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act".
Date of text: 05 September 2019
Uzbekistan: Government Resolution No. 737 of September 2019 on Improvement of the environmental monitoring system in Uzbekistan.
Date of text: 05 September 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Implementation Directions During the Transition Period for Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act.
Date of text: 05 September 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. No. 214 of 2015).
Date of text: 03 September 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Environmental Protection Administration, Executive Yuan Order for the amendment of "Toxic Chemical Substances Control Act Enforcement Rules", and the renaming of the Enforcement Rules as "Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substances Control Act Enforcement Rules".
Date of text: 03 September 2019
Portugal: Law No. 86/2019 on the promotion and development of Ecotourism.
Date of text: 03 September 2019
Portugal: Law No. 88/2019 establishing the reduction of the impact caused by cigarette butts, cigars or other type of cigarettes on the environment.
Date of text: 03 September 2019
Argentina: Resolución Nº 337/2019 - Aprueba la Guía para la Elaboración de Estudios de Impacto Ambiental y la Guía para la Elaboración de una Evaluación Ambiental Estratégica.
Date of text: 03 September 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 244-2019-EF ─ Reglamento del impuesto al consumo de las bolsas de plástico.
Date of text: 02 September 2019
Portugal: Law No. 77/2019 providing for alternatives to the use of ultralight plastic bags and plastic containers used for bread, fruit and vegetable.
Date of text: 02 September 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Scotland: Management of Extractive Waste (EU Exit) (Scotland)(Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. No. 273 of 2019).
Date of text: 02 September 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Scotland
Georgia: Resolution No. 420 of 2019 of Georgian Government on Rules for Human Health Impact Assessment within Environmental Assessment Field
Date of text: 02 September 2019
Canada: Northwest Territories: Environmental Rights Act (SNWT 2019, c 19).
Date of original text: 01 September 2019 (01 April 2023). Territorial Subdivision: Northwest Territories
Paraguay: Decreto Nº 2436 - Por el cual se crea el Sistema de Información Ambiental (SIAM) y se dispone su implementación en el Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 30 August 2019
Canada: Designated Classes of Projects Order(SOR/2019-323)
Date of text: 30 August 2019
France: Décret n° 2019-896 du 28 août 2019 modifiant l’article D. 181-15-1 du code de l’environnement.
Date of text: 28 August 2019
Canada: Impact Assessment Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1).
Date of text: 28 August 2019
Canada: Information and Management of Time Limits Regulations (SOR/2019-283)
Date of text: 28 August 2019
China: Framework Guidelines for Environmental Risk Assessment of Chemical Substances (Trial).
Date of text: 26 August 2019
China: Provisions for safety licensing procedures for nuclear power plants, research reactors and nuclear fuel cycle facilities.
Date of text: 26 August 2019
China: Technical Specifications for Boundary Settlement and Defining Standards of Ecological Protection Red Line.
Date of text: 26 August 2019
China: Technical Guidelines for Environmental Sanitation Emergency Responses to Natural Disasters.
Date of text: 23 August 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 006-2019-MINAM ─ Reglamento de la Ley Nº 30884, Ley que regula el plástico de un solo uso y los recipientes o envases descartables.
Date of text: 22 August 2019
Croatia: Regulation on ecological network and responsibilities of public institutions for managing ecological network areas.
Date of text: 22 August 2019
Ukraine: Decree No. 828 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Procedure for inspection, water sampling and analysis.
Date of text: 21 August 2019
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 119/2019 establishing the legal regime for producing water to be reused, obtained from wastewater treatment.
Date of text: 21 August 2019
European Union: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1372 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards monitoring and reporting.
Date of text: 19 August 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 21 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on rates of permissible impact on protected areas.
Date of text: 19 August 2019
Slovakia: Decree implementing the Act on biotechnologies and genetically modified organisms.
Date of text: 19 August 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Scotland: Environmental Protection (Cotton Buds) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. No. 271 of 2019).
Date of text: 19 August 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Scotland
Kuwait: Ministerial Resolution No.203 of 2019 issuing the Executive Regulations to protect the marine environment from pollution.
Date of text: 19 August 2019
Chile: Resolución Nº 1.209 exenta – Aprueba Procedimiento de sustitución y/o reemplazo de datos para sistemas de monitoreo continuo de emisiones (CEMS).
Date of text: 19 August 2019
Australia: Queensland: Environmental Protection Regulation 2019.
Date of original text: 16 August 2019 (04 October 2019). Territorial Subdivision: Queensland
Peru: Resolución Nº 241-2019-MINAM ─ Aprueba el Reglamento Interno del Comité de Administración del Fondo de Fideicomiso y los Lineamientos para la gestión de los proyectos y/o actividades financiados por el Fondo de Fideicomiso.
Date of text: 16 August 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 242-2019-MINAM ─ Aprueba la lista sectorial de las Políticas Nacionales bajo la rectoría o conducción del Ministerio del Ambiente.
Date of text: 16 August 2019
Honduras: Acuerdo Nº 791-2019 ─ Crea las Coordinaciones Regionales del Ministerio del Ambiente.
Date of text: 15 August 2019
Ecuador: Ley Derogatoria al Impuesto Ambiental a la Contaminación Vehicular (Impuesto Verde).
Date of text: 15 August 2019
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 19-226 du 12 Dhou El Hidja 1440 correspondant au 13 août 2019 fixant les missions et l'organisation des directions de l'environnement de wilayas.
Date of text: 13 August 2019
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 19-227 du 12 Dhou El Hidja 1440 correspondant au 13 août 2019 modifiant le décret exécutif n° 14-264 du 27 Dhou El Kaâda 1435 correspondant au 22 septembre 2014 relatif à l'organisation de la lutte contre les pollutions marines et institution des plans d'urgence.
Date of text: 13 August 2019
China, Macao SAR: Macau Special Administrative Region Law No. 16/2019 on Restricting the Provision of Plastic Bags.
Date of text: 13 August 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 235-2019-MINAM ─ Disposiciones que establecen los métodos de ensayo aplicables a la medición de los parámetros contenidos en los Estándares de Calidad Ambiental (ECA) para Agua.
Date of text: 13 August 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 012-2019-PRODUCE ─ Reglamento de Gestión Ambiental de los Subsectores Pesca y Acuicultura.
Date of text: 09 August 2019
Georgia: Order No. 2-763 of 2019 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Inspection of Nuclear and Radiation Activities
Date of text: 09 August 2019
France: Arrêté du 7 août 2019 modifiant l'arrêté du 2 février 1998 relatif aux prélèvements et à la consommation d'eau ainsi qu'aux émissions de toute nature des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement soumises à autorisation.
Date of text: 07 August 2019
Canada: Physical Activities Regulations (SOR/2019-285).
Date of text: 07 August 2019
Guatemala: Acuerdo Ministerial Nº 204-2019 - Listado taxativo de proyectos, obras, industrias o actividades.
Date of text: 06 August 2019
European Union: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1397 on design, construction and performance requirements and testing standards for marine equipment and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/773.
Date of text: 06 August 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 504-2019-MGP ─ Crea el Centro de Fusión de la Información Marítima - Perú para Latinoamérica (IFC - Perú).
Date of text: 01 August 2019
Tuvalu: Waste Management (Prohibition on the Importation of Single-Use Plastic) Regulation 2019.
Date of text: 01 August 2019
Mexico: Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-022-SSA1-2019, Salud ambiental. Criterio para evaluar la calidad del aire ambiente, con respecto al dióxido de azufre (SO2). Valores normados para la concentración de dióxido de azufre (SO2) en el aire ambiente, como medida de protección a la salud de la población.
Date of text: 31 July 2019
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 501 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation for provision of specialized services in the field of hydrometeorology and monitoring of environmental pollution.
Date of text: 29 July 2019
Viet Nam: Decree No. 66/2019/ND-CP Decree on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands.
Date of text: 29 July 2019
Niger: Arrete n. 0110 MESY/DD/SG/BNEE/DL du 26 Juillet 2019 fixant les conditions d' attribution, de renouvellement, de suspension et de retrait d'agrément pour la réalisation des Evaluations Environnementales et Sociales.
Date of text: 26 July 2019
Russian Federation: Federal Law No. 195-FZ “On conducting an experiment on emission quotas and introducing amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation regarding air pollution reduction”.
Date of text: 26 July 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Regulations Governing Calculation and Estimation of Benefits from Violation of Obligations of the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Act.
Date of text: 26 July 2019
Albania: Decision on the adoption of necessary measures for maintaining extended producer responsibilities from any natural or legal person who produces, processes, treats and sells leather.
Date of text: 25 July 2019
Spain: Orden TEC/852/2019 - Determina cuándo los residuos de producción de material polimérico utilizados en la producción de film agrícola para ensilaje, se consideran subproductos con arreglo a la Ley de residuos y suelos contaminados.
Date of text: 25 July 2019
Mexico: Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-011-ASEA-2019, Bodegas de guarda para distribución y bodegas de expendio de gas licuado de petróleo, mediante recipientes portátiles y recipientes transportables sujetos a presión.
Date of text: 24 July 2019
Spain: Orden TEC/813/2019 - Tarifas del área española del Registro de la Unión en el marco de la Ley Nº 1/2005 por la que se regula el régimen del comercio de derechos de emisión de gases de efecto invernadero.
Date of text: 24 July 2019
Argentina: Decreto 504/2019 – Créase la Mesa Interministerial de Sustancias y Productos Químicos.
Date of text: 22 July 2019
Poland: Regulation establishing criteria of environmental damage assessment.
Date of text: 22 July 2019
Luxembourg: Règlement grand-ducal du 22 juillet 2019 précisant l’organisation, la composition et le fonctionnement du Conseil supérieur pour la protection de la nature et des ressources naturelles.
Date of text: 22 July 2019
Colombia: Ley Nº 1973 - Ley por medio de la cual se regula y prohíbe el ingreso, comercialización y uso de bolsas y otros materiales plásticos en el Departamento Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina e Islas Menores que lo componen.
Date of text: 19 July 2019
Uzbekistan: Law No. ZRU-549 “On tourism”.
Date of text: 18 July 2019
Colombia: Ley Nº 1972 - Ley por medio de la cual se establece la protección de los derechos a la salud y al medio ambiente sano estableciendo medidas tendientes a la reducción de emisiones contaminantes de fuentes móviles y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 18 July 2019
France: Arrêté du 17 juillet 2019 modifiant l'arrêté du 19 avril 2017 relatif au dispositif national de surveillance de la qualité de l'air ambiant.
Date of text: 17 July 2019
Albania: Decision no. 568, dated 17.7.2019 for the creation, organization and operation of the National Environmental Agency.
Date of text: 17 July 2019
Algeria: Loi n° 19-05 du 14 Dhou El Kaâda 1440 correspondant au 17 juillet 2019 relative aux activités nucléaires.
Date of text: 17 July 2019
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 93/2019 creating the Multi-municipal water supply and sanitation system in the Algarve Region, assigning the related exploitation and management concession to Águas do Algarve, S.A, under a public and exclusive service regime.
Date of text: 15 July 2019
Singapore: Environmental Protection and Management Act (Amendment of Second Schedule) Order 2019.
Date of text: 12 July 2019
Türkiye: Zero Waste Regulation.
Date of text: 12 July 2019
Colombia: Ley Nº 1964 - Ley por medio de la cual se promueve el uso de vehículos eléctricos en Colombia y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 11 July 2019
Colombia: Ley Nº 1968 - Ley que prohíbe el uso de asbesto en el territorio nacional y establece garantías de protección a la salud de los colombianos.
Date of text: 11 July 2019
Timor-Leste: Decree-Law No. 15/2019 approving the composition of the State Secretariat for the Environment (SEA).
Date of original text: 10 July 2019 (08 June 2022)
Uruguay: Ley Nº 19.773 – Aprueba el Acuerdo Regional sobre el Acceso a la Información, la Participación Pública y el Acceso a la Justicia en Asuntos Ambientales en América Latina y el Caribe.
Date of text: 09 July 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Persistent Organic Pollutants (Various Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 1099 of 2019).
Date of text: 09 July 2019
Canada: British Columbia: Open Burning Smoke Control Regulation (BC Reg 152/2019).
Date of original text: 08 July 2019 (30 March 2022). Territorial Subdivision: British Columbia
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 014-2019-EM ─ Reglamento para la Protección Ambiental en las Actividades Eléctricas.
Date of text: 05 July 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 968 exenta - Crea Sistema de Validación de Equipos de Monitoreo (Sivem) y dicta instrucciones generales para su uso.
Date of text: 05 July 2019
Brazil: Pará: Decree No. 204 regulating the procedures for seizure, donation and alienation of products and by-products seized by the competent environmental agency, in the State of Pará, in cases of environmental infractions.
Date of text: 04 July 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Pará
Canada: Ontario: Greenhouse Gas Emission Performance Standards (O. Reg. 241/19).
Date of original text: 04 July 2019 (13 December 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Ontario
Guinea: Loi L/2019/0034/AN du 04 juillet 2019, portant Code de l'Environnement de la République de Guinée.
Date of text: 04 July 2019
Brazil: Paraná: Law No. 19.878 prohibiting the exploitation of shale gas in the State of Paraná by the method of hydraulic fracturing - fracking.
Date of text: 03 July 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Paraná
Georgia: Order No. 2-616 of 2019 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Methodology for Determining Priorities for Planned Assessments of Regulated Objects
Date of text: 03 July 2019
Serbia: Regulation on medical waste management.
Date of text: 03 July 2019
Serbia: Regulation on the manner and procedure for pharmaceutical waste management.
Date of text: 03 July 2019
Saint Lucia: Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act No. 22 of 2019.
Date of text: 02 July 2019
Croatia: Regulation on the register of damage caused by natural disaster.
Date of text: 01 July 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 004-2019-MINCETUR ─ Reglamento de las Actividades Especializadas de Guiado.
Date of text: 29 June 2019
Niger: Arrêté n. 0099 MESU/DD/SG/BNEE/DL du 28 juin 2019 portant organisation et fonctionnement du bureau national d'évaluation environnement, de ses directions nationales et déterminant les attributions de leurs responsables.
Date of text: 28 June 2019
Argentina: Decreto 447/2019 - Actividades riesgosas para el ambiente, los ecosistemas y sus elementos constitutivos.
Date of text: 28 June 2019
Montenegro: Regulation on drafting of the strategic environmental assessment report for the spatial-urban plan of the Municipality of Gusinje.
Date of text: 27 June 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 200-2019-MINAM ─ Guía para elaborar el Plan Provincial de Gestión Integral de Residuos Sólidos Municipales.
Date of text: 27 June 2019
Luxembourg: Règlement grand-ducal du 1er mars 2019 concernant le contenu de l’évaluation sommaire et le contenu de l’évaluation des incidences prévues par la loi du 18 juillet 2018 concernant la protection de la nature et des ressources naturelles.
Date of text: 26 June 2019
Brazil: Decree No. 9.858 providing for the Interministerial Commission on Marine Resources (CIRM).
Date of original text: 25 June 2019 (27 August 2020)
Brazil: Decree No. 9.888 establishing the annual compulsory targets for greenhouse gas emission reduction related to fuel trade referred to in Law No. 13.576 and creating the National Biofuels Policy Committee (Comité RenovaBio).
Date of original text: 25 June 2019 (25 April 2023)
Panama: Resolución Nº 226-2019 ─ Reglamenta parcialmente el Decreto Nº 38, sobre normas ambientales de emisiones para vehículos automotores.
Date of text: 25 June 2019
Fiji: Environment and Climate Adaptation Levy (Budget Amendment) Act No. 11 of 2019.
Date of text: 24 June 2019
Central African Republic: Loi n°19-007 portant Cadre Juridique de Partenariat Public-Privé en République Centrafricaine.
Date of text: 24 June 2019
Türkiye: Presidential Decree No. 1159 on the designation of Kapuzbaşı Falls in Kayseri as environmentally sensitive protected areas.
Date of text: 24 June 2019
Panama: Resolución Nº 221-2019 ─ Requisitos para la presentación de planos y datos cartográficos a consideración del Ministerio de Ambiente y el procedimiento para su tramitación.
Date of text: 24 June 2019
Panama: Resolución Nº 35-2019 ─ Guía para el manejo y uso de los fondos provenientes de las multas por uso de las bolsas de polietileno.
Date of text: 24 June 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 018-2019-VIVIENDA ─ Reglamento del Procedimiento Administrativo Sancionador en materia ambiental del Ministerio de Vivienda, Construcción y Saneamiento.
Date of text: 22 June 2019
Canada: An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (S.C. 2019, c. 28).
Date of text: 21 June 2019
Norway: Delegation of authority to the Ministry of Climate and Environment pursuant to Section 3a of the Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Act (No. 858 of 2019).
Date of text: 21 June 2019
Panama: Resolución Nº 215-2019 ─ Define las áreas de interés para la compensación ambiental relacionada a los proyectos obras, o actividades sometidos al proceso de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental.
Date of text: 21 June 2019
European Union: Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants.
Date of original text: 20 June 2019 (23 November 2022)
Ecuador: Acuerdo Ministerial N⁰ 048 – Expide el Proceso para el Otorgamiento de la autorización ambiental para la deducción adicional del 100% de la depreciación de máquinas, equipos y tecnologías
Date of text: 19 June 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 16 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection “On the formation of a data bank on genetically engineered organisms”.
Date of text: 19 June 2019
Belarus: Law No. 198-Z “On radiation safety”.
Date of text: 18 June 2019
Cook Islands: Infrastructure Act No. 6 of 2019.
Date of text: 17 June 2019
Brazil: Espírito Santo: Law No. 11.002 creating the State Fund for Financing Works and Strategic Infrastructure for the Development of the State of Espírito Santo.
Date of text: 17 June 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Espírito Santo
China: Provisions for Ecological Environmental Protection Supervision and Inspection.
Date of text: 17 June 2019
China, Macao SAR: Administrative Regulation No. 23/2019-Air Pollutant Emission Standards and Facilities Management Provisions for Oil Storage Depots.
Date of text: 14 June 2019
China, Macao SAR: Administrative Regulation No. 24/2019-Air Pollutant Emission Standards for Power Plants.
Date of text: 14 June 2019
Belarus: Resolution No. 382 of the Council of Ministers “On risk assessment in genetic engineering activities and issuance of a permit.”
Date of text: 12 June 2019
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Decree n. 46.078 on the sustainable development policy, the Integrated Planning and Sustainable Development Committee, and the Sustainable Development Plan (PDS).
Date of text: 11 June 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Rio de Janeiro
Gabon: Décret n° 0076/PR du 11 juin 2019 portant création et organisation d’un Haut-Commissariat à l’Environnement et au Cadre de Vie à la Présidence de la République.
Date of text: 11 June 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Input Standard for Irrigation, Drainage, Storage, Desilting, and Water Supply in Important Wetlands.
Date of text: 11 June 2019
Brazil: Amazonas: Decree No. 40.768 regulating the State Fund for Climate Change, Environmental Conservation and Environmental Services (FEMUCS), as well as the recognition, qualification and selection of Implementing Agents and the composition and functioning of the Scientific Methodological Committee (CCM).
Date of text: 10 June 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Amazonas
Finland: Act on the coordination of certain environmental-related permit procedures (2019/764).
Date of text: 09 June 2019
Antigua and Barbuda: Environmental Protection and Management Act No. 10 of 2019.
Date of text: 07 June 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 4.245 exenta - Cancela las autroizaciones vigentes de los plaguicidas formulados en base a Metamidofós y prohíbe plaguicidas en base a Azinfós Metilo, Carbofurano y Metamidofós.
Date of text: 07 June 2019
Lithuania: Law No. XIII-2166 “On special land use conditions”.
Date of original text: 06 June 2019 (01 December 2021)
Germany: Regulation on the attendance of small electric vehicles on road traffic (Electric Small Vehicles Ordinance - eKFV).
Date of text: 06 June 2019
European Union: Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment.
Date of text: 05 June 2019
Costa Rica: Decreto Nº 41731-MINAE-MOPT ─ Crea el Comisionado de la Presidencia de la República de Movilidad Eléctrica o Cero Emisiones.
Date of text: 04 June 2019
Serbia: Programme for systematic testing of radioactivity levels for 2020-2021 (Belgrade).
Date of text: 04 June 2019
Brazil: Alagoas: Resolution No. 596 creating the Programme for Selective Collection of Solid Recyclable Residues within the State of Alagoas.
Date of text: 04 June 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Alagoas
Panama: Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 36 – Que crea la Plataforma para el Proceso de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental del Sistema Interinstitucional del Ambiente, denominada (PREF ASIA), modifica el Decreto Ejecutivo No. 123 de 14 de agosto de 2009 que reglamenta el Proceso de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental y dicta otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 03 June 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 12 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Regulation on the procedure for work with non-pathogenic genetically modified organisms.
Date of text: 31 May 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 005-2019-MINAM ─ Establece Límites Máximos Permisibles de ruido generado por las aeronaves que operan en el territorio nacional.
Date of text: 31 May 2019
Russian Federation: Kursk: Regional Decree No. 491-pa validating the Regulation on the nature monument of regional significance “Buried paleo gully Mikulinskaya in the quarry Aleksandrovsky of argil sand ground deposit”.
Date of text: 31 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Seychelles: Environment Protection (Restriction on the manufacturing, importation, distribution and sale of Plastic Straws) Regulation, 2019 (S.I. No. 31 of 2019).
Date of text: 30 May 2019
Mali: Décret n°2019-0353/P-RM du 29 mai 2019 fixant l’organisation et les modalités de fonctionnement de l’Agence de l’environnement et du développement durable.
Date of text: 29 May 2019
Croatia: Regulation amending and supplementing the Regulation on the medical waste management.
Date of text: 29 May 2019
Russian Federation: Kaluga: Regional Law No. 475-OZ “On state support of business entities operating in the field of solid domestic waste management”.
Date of text: 28 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kaluga
Panama: Decreto Nº 176 - Actividades relacionadas con situaciones de alto riesgo público por sus implicaciones a la salud o al medio ambiente y los tipos de establecimientos que por su actividad son de interés sanitario.
Date of text: 27 May 2019
Paraguay: Decreto Nº 1837 - Por el cual se reglamenta el artículo 5º de la Ley Nº 5146/2014, que otorga facultades administrativas a la Secretaría del Ambiente (SEAM) en materia de percepción de cánones, tasas y multas.
Date of text: 27 May 2019
Bahrain: Law No. 10 of 2019 regarding public cleanliness.
Date of text: 27 May 2019
Russian Federation: Kostroma: Regional Decree No. 194-a validating Model Regulation on protected area of regional significance.
Date of text: 27 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kostroma
Peru: Resolución Nº 150-2019-MINAM ─ Aprueba los “Términos de Referencia para la Formulación de Planes de Recuperación de Áreas Degradadas por Residuos Sólidos Municipales” y la “Guía para la Formulación del Plan de Recuperación de Áreas Degradadas por Residuos Sólidos Municipales”.
Date of text: 27 May 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 151-2019-MINAM ─ Aprueba los “Términos de Referencia para la formulación del Programa de Reconversión y Manejo de Áreas Degradadas por Residuos Sólidos Municipales” y la “Guía para la formulación del Programa de Reconversión y Manejo de Áreas Degradadas por Residuos Sólidos Municipales”.
Date of text: 27 May 2019
Brazil: Mato Grosso: Complementary Law No. 592 providing for the Environmental Regulation Programme (PRA), the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR), the Environmental Regularization of Rural Property and the Environmental Licensing of activities that pollute or use natural resources, within the State of Mato Grosso.
Date of text: 26 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Mato Grosso
Burundi: Décret n°100/079 du 24 mai 2019 portant création, missions, organisation et fonctionnement de l’Office Burundais de l’Urbanisme, de l’habitat et de la Construction (OBUHA).
Date of text: 24 May 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 463-2019-MINSA ─ Norma Técnica de Salud sobre Preparación, Embalaje y Documentación para el Transporte Seguro de Sustancias Infecciosas.
Date of text: 24 May 2019
South Africa: Carbon Tax Act, 2019 (No. 15 of 2019).
Date of text: 22 May 2019
Ecuador: Decreto Nº 752 - Reglamento al Código Orgánico del Ambiente (COA).
Date of text: 21 May 2019
Mauritius: Environment Protection (Display of Fuel Consumption and CO2 Emission Label) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. 95 of 2019).
Date of text: 21 May 2019
China: Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Further Regulating the Application of Discretionary Powers in Imposing Environmental Administrative Penalties.
Date of text: 21 May 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 940 of 2019).
Date of text: 21 May 2019
Russian Federation: Ministerial Decree No. 316 validating the Regulation on in the field of environmental protection "Technological indicators of the best available technologies of intensive swine breeding".
Date of text: 21 May 2019
Russian Federation: Ministerial Decree No. 319 validating the Regulation on in the field of environmental protection "Technological indicators of the best available natural and associated gas processing technologies".
Date of text: 21 May 2019
Angola: Executive Decree No. 119/19 repealing Executive Decree No. 241/16 amending article 12 of Decree No. 51/04 on the Environmental Impact Assessment.
Date of text: 20 May 2019
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Republika Srpska: Regulation on the treatment of devices and waste containing polychlorinated compounds.
Date of text: 20 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Republika Srpska
China: Implementation Rules for Voluntary Conformity Assessment for Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances Contained in Electrical and Electronic Products.
Date of text: 16 May 2019
China: Joint Announcement No. 23 of 2019 of the General Administration of Market Supervision and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology laying out the Implementation Arrangement of the Conformity Assessment System for Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances contained in Electrical and Electronic Products.
Date of text: 16 May 2019
Argentina: San Juan: Ley Nº 1906-L: Creación de la Agencia Desarrollo Ambiental, Sociedad de Economía Mixta.
Date of text: 16 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: San Juan
Argentina: Chubut: Ley XI- N° 70 - Prohibición en todo el territorio de la provincia el herbicida glifosato.
Date of text: 16 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Chubut
China: Rules for Supplier's Conformity Statement of Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances contained in Electrical and Electronic Products.
Date of text: 16 May 2019
Angola: Presidential Decree No. 150/19 creating the National Coordination Committee for the Implementation of the National Action Programme to Combat Desertification (CNC-PANCOD).
Date of text: 15 May 2019
Singapore: Environmental Public Health Act (Chapter 95)-Environmental Public Health (Section 31(1) Exemption) Regulations 2019.
Date of text: 13 May 2019
Ecuador: Acuerdo Nº 42 - Instructivo para la aplicación de la responsabilidad extendida en la gestión integral de aceites lubricantes usados y envases vacíos.
Date of text: 10 May 2019
Serbia: Regulation on the content of the project for protection and rehabilitation of the environment during and after the use of natural resources, and on the procedure and conditions for giving project consents.
Date of text: 10 May 2019
Brazil: Pará: Norm SEMAS No. 6 providing for procedures of environmental licensing aimed at the implementation of rural electricity distribution networks - RDR, with voltages of up to 34.5 kV or exemption.
Date of text: 08 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Pará
Brazil: São Paulo: Law No. 17.054 providing for registration of companies, cadastre of products and inspection over use, consumption, trade, storage, transportation, supply in the application and the disposal of pesticide and phytosanitary packaging for agricultural area.
Date of text: 06 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: São Paulo
China: Measures for the Management of the Recycling of Waste Motor Vehicles.
Date of text: 06 May 2019
China: Provisions on Classification of Environmental Damage Judicial Expertise Practices.
Date of text: 06 May 2019
Russian Federation: Orel: Regional Law No. 2336-OZ “On regulation of some relations in the field of tourism”.
Date of text: 06 May 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Orel
Azerbaijan: Law No. 1579-VQD amending the Law on land amelioration and irrigation, Law on radiation safety of the population, Fisheries Law, Law on electric energy and Transportation Law.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Azerbaijan: Law No. 1580-VQD amending the Law on ecological safety, Law on water supply and effluent wastewater, Law on highways, Law on access to environmental information, Law on Aviation and Law on access to information.
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Argentina: Resolución 57/2019 – Créase la Mesa Interjurisdiccional de Salud Ambiental (MISAm).
Date of text: 03 May 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Decree No. 3027-VI of the Parliament “On measures for ensuring radiation safety of the population.”
Date of text: 02 May 2019
Chile: Decreto Nº 67 - Reemplaza el texto del Decreto supremo Nº 49, de 2016, del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, que crea Consejo Nacional para la Implementación de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Date of text: 02 May 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 287 – Dicta Instrucción de carácter general sobre los métodos válidos para realizar los muestreos, mediciones y análisis de emisiones atmosféricas en el marco de las exigencias establecidas en los planes de prevención y/o descontaminación ambiental.
Date of text: 30 April 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 587 exenta – Dicta instrucción de carácter general sobre los métodos válidos para realizar ls muestreos, mediciones y análisis de emisiones atmosféricas en el marco de las exigencias establecidas en los planes de prevención y/o descontaminación ambiental.
Date of text: 30 April 2019
Germany: Emission Allowances Ordinance 2021-2030
Date of text: 29 April 2019
South Africa: Marine Spatial Planning Act, 2018 (No. 16 of 2018).
Date of text: 29 April 2019
Germany: Regulation on the implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Act in the trading period of 2021 to 2030 (Emissions Trading Regulation 2030)
Date of original text: 29 April 2019 (10 August 2021)
Spain: Real Decreto Nº 316/2019 - Real Decreto Nº 616/2017, que regula la concesión directa de subvenciones a proyectos singulares de entidades locales que favorezcan el paso a una economía baja en carbono en el marco del Programa operativo FEDER de crecimiento sostenible 2014-2020.
Date of text: 26 April 2019
Spain: Real Decreto Nº 317/2019 - Define la medida de mitigación equivalente a la participación en el régimen de comercio de derechos de emisión en el periodo 2021-2025 y se regulan determinados aspectos relacionados con la exclusión de instalaciones de bajas emisiones del régimen del comercio de derechos de emisión de gases de efecto invernadero.
Date of text: 26 April 2019
Spain: Orden TEC/544/2019 - Constituye y regula el registro unificado sobre certificados y centros de formación de gases fluorados.
Date of text: 25 April 2019
Poland: Regulation on the annual external audit of electrical and electronic equipment recovery organization and processing plant.
Date of text: 25 April 2019
Poland: Regulation on the model certificate of collected waste portable batteries or waste portable accumulators and the record of certificates of collected used portable batteries or used portable accumulators.
Date of text: 25 April 2019
Poland: Regulation on the model certificate of waste batteries or waste accumulators and the record of certificates of waste batteries or waste accumulators.
Date of text: 25 April 2019
Russian Federation: Tchukotka: Regional Law No. 45-OZ “On delimitation of powers in the field of protection of the population and territory against natural and technological disasters”.
Date of text: 23 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Tchukotka
Chile: Resolución Núm. 9.247 – Establece las fuentes estacionarias que deben detener su funcionamiento en preemergencia y emergencia ambiental.
Date of text: 23 April 2019
Mozambique: Decree No. 30/2019 approving the Regulation for Marine Scientific Research (REICIM).
Date of text: 19 April 2019
Türkiye: Notification on the major industrial accident prevention policy.
Date of text: 19 April 2019
Türkiye: Notification on the safety report regarding major industrial accident prevention.
Date of text: 19 April 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Governmental Decree No. 179 validating the Regulation on state system of Civil protection.
Date of text: 18 April 2019
Australia: Western Australia: Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery (Container Deposit Scheme) Regulations 2019.
Date of original text: 18 April 2019 (11 March 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Western Australia
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 004-2019-MINAM ─ Plan Nacional de Aplicación del Convenio de Minamata sobre el Mercurio.
Date of text: 17 April 2019
European Union: Directive (EU) 2019/883 of the European Parliament and of the Council on port reception facilities for the delivery of waste from ships, amending Directive 2010/65/EU and repealing Directive 2000/59/EC.
Date of text: 17 April 2019
Senegal: Décret n° 2019-786 du 17 avril 2019, relatif aux attributions du Ministre de l'Eau et de l'Assainissement.
Date of text: 17 April 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 105-2019-MINAM ─ Aprueba el Manual de Operaciones del Programa de Desarrollo de Sistemas de Gestión de Residuos Sólidos en zonas prioritarias de diversos departamentos y del Programa de Recuperación de Áreas Degradadas por Residuos Sólidos en Zonas Prioritarias.
Date of text: 17 April 2019
Portugal: Decree-Law No. 50/2019 ensuring the implementation in the national legislation of Regulation (EU) 2016/1628 laying down the requirements for emission limits for gas and particulate pollutants as well as for the approval of internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery.
Date of text: 16 April 2019
Ireland: European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Minerals Development Act 1940) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 164 of 2019).
Date of text: 16 April 2019
Chile: Resolución Núm. 1.186 exenta - Prohíbe el funcionamiento de fuentes fijas comunitarias e industriales que emitan material particulado y el funcionamiento de las fuentes fijas particulares que utilicen leña, o dendroenergéticos sólidos u otro material sólido combustible durantes los Estados de Preemergencia o Emergencia Ambiental en las Comunas de Curicó y Linares.
Date of text: 16 April 2019
Antigua and Barbuda: Litter Control and Prevention Act No. 3 of 2019.
Date of text: 15 April 2019
Rwanda: Ministerial Order N. 001/2019 of 15/04/2019 Establishing the List of Projects that must Undergo Environmental Impact Assessment, Instructions, Requirements and Procedures to Conduct Environmental Impact Assessment.
Date of text: 15 April 2019
Canada: Nova Scotia: Coastal Protection Act
Date of text: 12 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Nova Scotia
Brazil: Decree No. 9.763 regulating Law No. 11.771 of 17 September 2008 on the National Tourism Policy, with a view to developing, ordering and promoting tourism related to the World Cultural and Natural Heritage of Brazil.
Date of original text: 11 April 2019 (24 January 2024)
Ecuador: Decreto Nº 714 - Suprime el Instituto Espacial Ecuatoriano.
Date of text: 11 April 2019
Angola: Executive Decree No. 106/19 approving the Regulation of the National Environmental Inspection Service within the Ministry of Environment.
Date of text: 11 April 2019
Angola: Executive Decree No. 107/19 approving the Regulation of the National Directorate of the Ministry of Environment (DNA).
Date of text: 11 April 2019
Argentina: La Rioja: Ley 10.171 – Declara el Estado de Emergencia Climática en todo el ámbito provincial.
Date of text: 11 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: La Rioja
Spain: Extremadura: Ley Nº 10/2019 - Ley de protección civil y de gestión de emergencias de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura.
Date of text: 11 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Extremadura
Peru: Resolución Nº 113-2019-MINAM ─ Lineamientos para la formulación de los Planes Ambientales Detallados para adecuación de Actividades de Hidrocarburos.
Date of text: 11 April 2019
France: Décret n° 2019-292 du 9 avril 2019 modifiant la nomenclature des installations classées pour la protection de l'environnement.
Date of text: 09 April 2019
Russian Federation: Kursk: Regional Decree No. 308-pa validating the Regulation on nature monument of regional significance “Outputs of Kozyulin ravine”.
Date of text: 09 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Brazil: Pará: Decree No. 59 regulating the State Environmental Council (COEMA).
Date of text: 08 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Pará
South Africa: National Environmental Management Act: Regulations: Adoption of spatial tools or environmental management instruments (No. R. 542 of 2019).
Date of text: 05 April 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 100-2019-MINAM ─ Guía para elaborar el Plan Distrital de Manejo de Residuos Sólidos.
Date of text: 05 April 2019
Belarus: Decree No. 5 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Instruction of the procedure for implementation of technical (technological, checking) measures.
Date of text: 03 April 2019
Denmark: Act on the use of fertilizers in agriculture and on nutrient-reducing measures (No. 338 of 2019).
Date of text: 02 April 2019
Brazil: Minas Gerais: Decree No. 47.629 regulating Law No. 22.805 on the measures related to accidents in the transport of dangerous products or waste in the State.
Date of text: 01 April 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Minas Gerais
Singapore: Environmental Public Health (Water Suitable for Drinking) (No. 2) Regulations 2019.
Date of text: 01 April 2019
Finland: Act promoting the use of biofuels (2019/418).
Date of text: 29 March 2019
China: Chief Executive Decision No. 48/2019 regulating the import and transit of asbestos products.
Date of text: 29 March 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 092-2019-MINAM ─ Plan Estratégico Institucional (PEI) 2019 - 2022 del Ministerio del Ambiente (MINAM).
Date of text: 29 March 2019
France: Arrêté du 28 mars 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre d'une expérimentation portant sur la valorisation des déchets issus du prétraitement par désinfection des déchets d'activités de soins à risques infectieux et assimilés.
Date of text: 28 March 2019
Ecuador: Decreto Nº 709 - Deja sin efecto el proceso de fusión del Ministerio del Ambiente y la Secretaría del Agua.
Date of text: 28 March 2019
Chile: Decreto Núm. 3 – Reglamento que establece normas aplicables a las importaciones y exportaciones de las sustancias controladas por el Protocolo de Montreal y sus enmiendas, los volúmenes máximos de importación y los criterios para su distribución.
Date of text: 26 March 2019
Saudi Arabia: Resolution No.416 of 2019 regulating the Environment Fund.
Date of text: 26 March 2019
Norway: Law No. 7 of 2019 on mineral activities on the continental shelf (Seabed Mineral Law).
Date of text: 22 March 2019
Georgia: Order No. 2-263 of 2019 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Rules for Storing Service Staff Weapons and Ammunition throughout System of Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia
Date of text: 22 March 2019
Panama: Resolución Nº 24 - Procedimiento de Evaluación de la Conformidad para la Comercialización e Importación de las Bolsas Plásticas en la República de Panamá.
Date of text: 22 March 2019
Serbia: Regulation on environmental protection conditions that must be met by users of IPARD incentives.
Date of text: 21 March 2019
Finland: Act on the Prohibition of Energy Extraction from Coal (2019/416).
Date of text: 20 March 2019
Suriname: Decision of the Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism of 20 March 2019 no. 630, laying down general conditions for companies and professions subject to a license.
Date of text: 20 March 2019
Austria: Burgenland: Burgenland Environmental Noise Protection Ordinance.
Date of original text: 19 March 2019 (08 February 2022). Territorial Subdivision: Burgenland
Botswana: Environmental Assessment (Establishment of Appeals Committee) Order, 2019 (L.I. No. 29 of 2019).
Date of text: 19 March 2019
Spain: Orden TEC/351/2019 - Aprueba el Índice Nacional de Calidad del Aire.
Date of text: 18 March 2019
Mauritius: Radiation Safety and Nuclear Security (Appeal) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. 51 of 2019).
Date of text: 18 March 2019
Montenegro: Regulation on contents of the environmental impact assessment study.
Date of text: 18 March 2019
Montenegro: Regulation on detailed contents of the documentation submitted among the request for determining the scope and content of environmental impact assessment studies.
Date of text: 18 March 2019
Montenegro: Regulation on detailed contents of the documentation, which shall be submitted among the request for deciding on the possible need for elaboration of environmental impact assessment studies.
Date of text: 18 March 2019
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 226 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Regulation on gas industry safety rules.
Date of text: 16 March 2019
South Africa: Coastal Waters Discharge Permit Regulations, 2019 (No. R. 382 of 2019).
Date of text: 15 March 2019
Belgium: Bruxelles: Convention environnementale [C − 2019/13570] relative aux huiles usagées en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
Date of text: 13 March 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Bruxelles
Australia: Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.
Date of original text: 12 March 2019 (26 March 2021)
Brazil: São Paulo: Decree No. 64.132 providing for the organization of the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Environment.
Date of text: 11 March 2019. Territorial Subdivision: São Paulo
Paraguay: Decreto Nº 1411 - Por el cual se declara de interés nacional y se aprueba la “Guía para el Manejo de los Residuos Sólidos Urbanos en Instituciones” y se dispone su uso en la gestión pública.
Date of text: 11 March 2019
Russian Federation: Order No. 11n of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education validating the Regulation on the state natural reserve "Karadag".
Date of text: 11 March 2019
Libya: Decision of the Minister of Local Government Plenipotentiary No.28 of 2019 regarding the Public Hygiene Regulation.
Date of text: 10 March 2019
Luxembourg: Loi portant assentiment à l’Accord entre le Royaume de Belgique et le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg relatif à la gestion et au stockage définitif des déchets radioactifs du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg sur le territoire du Royaume de Belgique, fait à Luxembourg le 4 juillet 2016.
Date of text: 10 March 2019
Costa Rica: Decreto Nº 41664-MINAE ─ Reglamento para el funcionamiento y utilización de la Plataforma digital para gestiones y procesos de la Secretaría Técnica Nacional Ambiental y la Dirección de Geología y Minas.
Date of text: 08 March 2019
Montenegro: Regulation on the elaboration of the Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment of the State Mineral Extraction Plan for the Period 2019-2029.
Date of text: 08 March 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Scotland: Genetically Modified Organisms (Deliberate Release etc.) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. No. 86 of 2019).
Date of text: 07 March 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Scotland
Montenegro: Regulation on the drafting of Strategic Environmental Impact Assessment for Detailed Spatial Plan for the Multifunctional Accumulation Area on the Komarnica River.
Date of text: 07 March 2019
Montenegro: Law on alien and invasive alien species of plants, animals and fungi.
Date of text: 06 March 2019
Montenegro: Law on industrial emissions.
Date of text: 06 March 2019
Georgia: Order No. 2-219 of 2019 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia on Form of Official Permit Registry for Import, Export, Re-export and Transit of Ozone-Depleting Substances
Date of text: 06 March 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland: Planning (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. No. 1235 of 2018).
Date of text: 04 March 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Northern Ireland
Turkmenistan: Law No. 122-VI “On environmental audit”.
Date of text: 02 March 2019
Türkiye: Regulation on prevention of major industrial accidents and lessening their adverse impacts.
Date of text: 02 March 2019
China: Guidelines for environmental emergency resources investigation (Trial).
Date of text: 01 March 2019
Russian Federation: Kursk: Regional Law No. 15-ZKO “On some issues of the status of the head of village”.
Date of text: 28 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kursk
Russian Federation: Tambov Region: Regional Law No. 332-Z "On some issues of legal regulation of relations in the field of management of domestic and non-domestic waste”.
Date of text: 27 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Tambov Region
France: Arrêté du 25 février 2019 fixant les critères de sortie du statut de déchet pour les chiffons d'essuyage coupés élaborés à partir de textiles usagés pour un usage comme chiffons
Date of text: 25 February 2019
Uganda: National Environment Act, 2019.
Date of text: 24 February 2019
Finland: Act on support for the remediation of contaminated Areas (No. 246 of 2019).
Date of original text: 22 February 2019 (19 December 2019)
France: Arrêté du 22 février 2019 fixant les critères de sortie du statut de déchet pour les produits chimiques ou objets ayant fait l'objet d'une régénération
Date of text: 22 February 2019
Central African Republic: Avenant au Protocole d'Accord pour la mise en œuvre de l'Observation Indépendante Mandatée (OIM) en République Centrafricaine.
Date of text: 22 February 2019
Argentina: Disposición 28/2019 - Reglamentación del artículo 26 de la Resolución Presidencia ACUMAR N° 12/2019, «Procedimiento para la exclusión de la condición de agentes contaminantes por cese de actividad».
Date of text: 22 February 2019
Kazakhstan: Order No. 26-NK of the Chairman of the Committee for Construction and Housing and Public Utilities of the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development “On approval of the normative document on maintaining the state urban planning inventory”.
Date of text: 22 February 2019
Honduras: Acuerdo Nº 337-2019 ─ Guía de Buenas Prácticas Ambientales para emplazamientos de telefonía móvil.
Date of text: 21 February 2019
Spain: Aragon: Ley 3/2019, de 21 de febrero, de modificación del Decreto Legislativo 1/2007, de 18 de septiembre, del Gobierno de Aragón, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la legislación sobre impuestos medioambientales de la Comunidad Autónoma de Aragón, para la supresión del impuesto medioambiental sobre las instalaciones de transporte por cable.
Date of text: 21 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Aragon
France: Pacte National sur les Emballages Plastiques
Date of text: 21 February 2019
Angola: Resolution No. 9/19 approving the Convention on Nuclear Safety.
Date of text: 21 February 2019
Congo: Arrêté n° 3041 du 20 février 2019 portant création et attributions du laboratoire de physico chimie de l’environnement de l’institut national de recherche en sciences exactes et naturelles.
Date of text: 20 February 2019
Andorra: Decree of 20 February 2019 approving the Regulation for drug residues waste management.
Date of text: 20 February 2019
Italy: Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers 20 February 2019. Approval of the National Plan for Hydrogeological Risk Mitigation, and Restoration and Protection of Environmental Resources.
Date of text: 20 February 2019
Estonia: Heritage Conservation Act (2019)
Date of text: 20 February 2019
Philippines: Administrative Order No. 16 Expediting the Rehabilitation and Restoration of the Coastal and Marine Ecosystem of the Manila Bay and Creating the Manila Bay Task Force.
Date of text: 19 February 2019
Spain: Baleares: Ley Nº 28/2019 - Ley de de residuos y suelos contaminados de las Illes Balears.
Date of text: 19 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Baleares
Russian Federation: Order No. 106 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on state nature reserve "Magadansky".
Date of text: 19 February 2019
Kazakhstan: Order No. 89 of the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development “On some issues of regulating the export of recycled paper, cardboard, waste paper and waste, unprocessed cattle skins.”
Date of text: 19 February 2019
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Arrêté ministériel n° 020/CAB/MIN/EDD/AAN/ TNT/SAA/2019 du 18 février 2019 portant actualisation de la nomenclature des installations classées de la catégorie I constituant l'annexe 1 du Décret n° 13/015 du 29 mai 2013 portant règlementation des installations classées.
Date of text: 18 February 2019
Peru: Resolución Nº 006-2019-OEFA ─ Reglamento de Supervisión.
Date of text: 15 February 2019
Georgia: Resolution No. 89 of 2019 of Georgian Government on Rules for Transporting Dangerous Goods
Date of text: 15 February 2019
Russian Federation: Kostroma: Agreement between the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (ROSHYDROMET) and the Government of Kostroma region on cooperation in the field of hydrometeorology and related fields, environmental monitoring and monitoring of pollution on the regional territory.
Date of text: 14 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Kostroma
Bermuda (UK): Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations 2019 (B.R. No. 9 of 2019).
Date of text: 14 February 2019
Bermuda (UK): Merchant Shipping (Anti-Fouling Systems) Regulations 2019 (B.R. No. 10 of 2019).
Date of text: 14 February 2019
Bermuda (UK): Merchant Shipping (International Safety Management (ISM) Code) Regulations 2019 (B.R. No. 12 of 2019).
Date of text: 14 February 2019
Bermuda (UK): Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 2019 (B.R. No. 13 of 2019).
Date of text: 14 February 2019
Bermuda (UK): Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2019 (B.R. No. 14 of 2019).
Date of text: 14 February 2019
Bermuda (UK): Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2019 (BR 20/2019).
Date of text: 14 February 2019
Mexico: Chihuahua: Convenio Marco de Coordinación que celebran la Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, a través de la Comisión Nacional del Agua, y el Estado de Chihuahua, con el objeto de conjuntar recursos y formalizar acciones en materia de infraestructurahidroagrícola, de agua potable, alcantarillado y saneamiento, y de cultura del agua en la entidad.
Date of text: 13 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Chihuahua
Paraguay: Decreto Nº 1269 - Por el cual se reglamenta la Ley Nº 5211/2014 “De calidad del aire”.
Date of text: 13 February 2019
Russian Federation: Ministerial Decree No. 149 validating the Regulation on the development, setting and revision of environmental quality standards for chemical and physical indicators of the environment, as well as on the approval of regulatory documents in the field of environmental protection, setting technological indicators of the best available technologies.
Date of text: 13 February 2019
Argentina: Resolución 75/2019 - Prohíbe la fabricación, la importación y la exportación de productos con mercurio.
Date of text: 13 February 2019
United Republic of Tanzania: Tanzania Meteorological Authority Act, No. 2 of 2019
Date of text: 13 February 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland: Environmental Protection (Microbeads) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. No. 18 of 2019).
Date of text: 12 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Northern Ireland
Mauritius: Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Oil and Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2019 (G.N. No. 47 of 2019).
Date of text: 12 February 2019
Russian Federation: Irkutsk: Regional Law No. 5-OZ “On some issues of the status of the head of village”.
Date of text: 12 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Irkutsk
Russian Federation: North Ossetia - Alania: Regional Law No. 9-RZ “On status of mountain areas”.
Date of text: 12 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: North Ossetia - Alania
Argentina: Resolución 71/2019 – Operaciones de importación o exportación de mercurio.
Date of text: 12 February 2019
Panama: Resolución Nº 38-2019 ─ Reglamento de los Premios a la Excelencia Ambiental y se dictan otras disposiciones.
Date of text: 12 February 2019
Spain: Baleares: Ley Nº 7/2019 - Ley para la sostenibilidad medioambiental y económica de la Isla de Formentera.
Date of text: 08 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Baleares
Andorra: Law No. 7/2019 of 7 February on the conservation of the natural environment, biodiversity and landscape.
Date of text: 07 February 2019
Uzbekistan: Decree No. 95 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating regulatory legal acts in the field of waste management.
Date of text: 06 February 2019
Argentina: Mendoza: Ley Nº 9.143 - Plan de Manejo Sustentable de Neumáticos Fuera de Uso.
Date of text: 06 February 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Mendoza
Chile: Resolución Núm. 174 exenta - Aprueba Instructivo Técnico para la Conexión en Línea de Sistemas de Monitoreo de la Superintendencia del Medio Ambiente.
Date of text: 04 February 2019
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 19-59 du 26 Joumada El Oula 1440 correspondant au 2 février 2019 fixant les modalités d’élaboration et de gestion des plans d’organisation des secours.
Date of text: 02 February 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland: Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.R. No. 190 of 2019).
Date of text: 31 January 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Northern Ireland
China: Shanghai: Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the administration of domestic waste.
Date of text: 31 January 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Shanghai
Peru: Resolución Nº 004-2019-OEFA ─ Lineamientos para la formulación, aprobación, seguimiento y evaluación del cumplimiento del Plan Anual de Evaluación y Fiscalización Ambiental (PLANEFA).
Date of text: 31 January 2019
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Decreto N° 3.750 - Cambia la denominación del Servicio Autónomo denominado Servicios Ambientales del Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales, a Servicios Ambientales para el Ecosocialismo.
Date of text: 30 January 2019
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Decreto N° 3.750 - Mediante el cual se cambia la denominación del Servicio Autónomo denominado Servicios Ambientales del Ministerio del Ambiente y de los Recursos Naturales, a Servicios Ambientales para el Ecosocialismo, servicio desconcentrado sin personalidad jurídica dependiente jerárquicamente del Ministerio del Poder Popular para el Ecosocialismo.
Date of text: 30 January 2019
Bahrain: Resolution No.2 of 2019 on the prohibition of the importation of plastic waste of all kinds.
Date of text: 30 January 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Rules Governing the Accounting Treatment and Financial Report Preparation of the Environment Protection Foundations.
Date of text: 30 January 2019
Ireland: European Union (Ship Recycling) (Waste) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 13 of 2019).
Date of text: 28 January 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 42 of 2019).
Date of text: 28 January 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 90 of 2019).
Date of text: 27 January 2019
Croatia: Law on the protection against light pollution.
Date of text: 25 January 2019
Spain: Real Decreto Nº 18/2019 - Desarrolla aspectos relativos a la aplicación del régimen de comercio de derechos de emisión de gases de efecto invernadero en el periodo 2021-2030.
Date of text: 25 January 2019
Taiwan Province of China: Regulations Governing the Approval and Supervision of the Environmental Protection Foundations.
Date of text: 25 January 2019
Cuba: Acuerdo No. 8538/2019 (GOC-2019-250-O17) - Otorga a la Empresa Geominera Camagüey una oncesión de explotación del mineral oro en el área denominada Oro Big Golden Hill.
Date of text: 24 January 2019
Serbia: Regulation on the list of waste prevention measures.
Date of text: 24 January 2019
Belgium: Arrêté ministériel pour l’application de l’article 3 de l’arrêté royal du 29 juin 2018 relatif à la réduction de l’intensité de gaz à effet de serre de l’énergie destinée au transport.
Date of text: 23 January 2019
Canada: British Columbia: Code of Practice for Agricultural Environmental Management (BC Reg 8/2019).
Date of original text: 23 January 2019 (15 July 2023). Territorial Subdivision: British Columbia
Algeria: Décret exécutif n° 19-10 du 16 Joumada El Oula 1440 correspondant au 23 janvier 2019 réglementant l'exportation des déchets spéciaux dangereux.
Date of text: 23 January 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 107 of 2019).
Date of text: 23 January 2019
Zambia: Disaster Management (Qualifications of National Co-ordinator) Regulations, 2019 (S.I. No. 6 of 2019).
Date of text: 22 January 2019
Benin: Décret n° 2019-027 du 21 janvier 2019 fixant les conditions d'octroi de l’autorisation spéciale relative aux sachets en plastique non biodégradables en République du Bénin.
Date of text: 21 January 2019
South Africa: National Environmental Management: Waste Act: National norms and Standards for the storage of waste (GN. 22 of 2019).
Date of text: 21 January 2019
India: Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2019 G.S.R 37(E).
Date of text: 18 January 2019
Ireland: European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Peat Extraction) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 4 of 2019).
Date of text: 16 January 2019
Colombia: Resolución N° 0076 - Por la cual se adoptan los términos de referencia para la elaboración del Estudio de Impacto Ambiental — ElA, para el trámite de licencia ambiental de proyectos para la construcción y operación de instalaciones cuyo objeto sea el almacenamiento, tratamiento, y/o aprovechamiento (recuperacion/reciclado) de residuos de aparatos eléctricos o electrónicos (RAEE).
Date of text: 16 January 2019
Costa Rica: Decreto Nº 41594-MINAE ─ Crea el Sistema de Reconocimientos Ambientales (SIREA).
Date of text: 15 January 2019
Bulgaria: Decree No. 7 of 14 January 2019 on the adoption of Regulations for the structure and activities of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.
Date of text: 14 January 2019
United Arab Emirates: Ministerial Decision No.21 of 2019 on the use of recycled materials from construction and demolition waste in road and infrastructure projects.
Date of text: 14 January 2019
Mauritania: Loi 2018-002 relative à la lutte contre la pollution de l'air.
Date of text: 12 January 2019
Niger: Décret n° 2019-027/PRN/MESU/DD du 11 janvier 2019 portant modalités d’application de la loi n° 2018-28 du 14 mai 2018 déterminant les principes fondamentaux de l’Evaluation Environnementale au Niger.
Date of text: 11 January 2019
Argentina: Resolución 12/2019 – Régimen de fiscalización, control, agente contaminante, adecuación y sanciones aplicables en el ámbito de la Cuenca Matanza Riachuelo.
Date of text: 11 January 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland: Environmental Impact Assessment (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.R. No. 123 of 2019).
Date of text: 09 January 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Northern Ireland
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro: Law No. 8.280 declaring of Relevant Environmental Interest the Conservation and Protection of Mountain Ecosystems within the Territory of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Date of text: 09 January 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Rio de Janeiro
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 25 of 2019).
Date of text: 08 January 2019
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: England; Wales: Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 39 of 2019).
Date of text: 08 January 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Wales
Uruguay: Reglamento para la gestión ambientalmente adecuada de lámparas y otros residuos con mercurio.
Date of text: 08 January 2019
Uruguay: Decreto Nº 3/2019 - Se reglamenta la Ley Nº 19.655, del 17 de agosto de 2018, sobre la utilización de bolsas plásticas para contener y transportar productos y bienes entregados al consumidor.
Date of text: 07 January 2019
Peru: Decreto Supremo Nº 002-2019-EM ─ Reglamento de Participación Ciudadana para la realización de las Actividades de Hidrocarburos.
Date of text: 04 January 2019
France: Arrêté du 2 janvier 2019 précisant les modalités de recueil de données relatives aux installations de combustion moyennes.
Date of text: 02 January 2019
Canada: Alberta: Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation Regulation 162/2019.
Date of original text: 2019 (26 November 2019). Territorial Subdivision: Alberta
Malta: Deliberate Release into the Environment of Genetically Modified Organisms (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 (L.N. 182 of 2019).
Date of text: 2019
Canada: Québec: Land Protection and Rehabilitation Regulation.
Date of original text: 2019 (01 September 2019). Territorial Subdivision: Québec
Malta: Management of Radioactive Waste Regulations, 2019 (L.N. 123 of 2019).
Date of text: 2019
Mexico: Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-001-ASEA-2019, Que establece los criterios para clasificar a los Residuos de Manejo Especial del Sector Hidrocarburos y determinar cuáles están sujetos a Plan de Manejo; el listado de los mismos, así como los elementos para la formulación y gestión de los Planes de Manejo de Residuos Peligrosos y de Manejo Especial del Sector Hidrocarburos.
Date of text: 2019
Canada: Nova Scotia: Plastic Bags Reduction Act. 2019, c. 25, s. 1.
Date of text: 2019. Territorial Subdivision: Nova Scotia
Malta: Waste Management (Ship Recycling) Regulations, 2019.
Date of text: 2019
Canada: Wrecked, Abandoned or Hazardous Vessels Act (BILL C-64, S.C. 2019, c. 1).
Date of original text: 2019 (28 February 2019)