SoiLEX - Soil related legal instruments and soil governance
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Soil pollution
Afghanistan
- Regulations on Activities and Procedures of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Date of text: 07-01-2001
(National)
Albania
- Decision No.115 dated 15.2.2012 approving the report of the environmental assessment in Albania for 2010. Date of text: 15-02-2012
(National) - Albanian National Strategy on Waste Management. Date of text: 19-01-2011
(National) - Regulation No. 3 on the plans of rehabilitation of the areas damaged by mining companies. Date of text: 17-05-2006
(National)
Algeria
- Loi relative a la protection de l'environnement dans le cadre du developpement durable, 2003 Date of text: 19-07-2003
(National) - Plan National d’Actions pour l’Environnement et le Développement Durable (PNAE-DD). Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
Argentina
- Decreto Nş 3.097/2000 - Reglamentación de la Ley Nş 7.070, Ley de Protección del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 29-11-2000
(Salta) - Ley Nş 6.253 - Normas generales y metodología de aplicación para la defensa, conservación y mejoramiento del ambiente. Date of text: 01-01-1991
(National)
Armenia
- Law No. HO-110-N, on Environmental Impact Assessment and Expertise Date of text: 21-06-2014
(National) - Law No. HO-159-N, on Waste Date of text: 24-11-2004
(National) - Law No. ZR-188 on purposeful use of environmental fees paid by polluters. Date of text: 11-06-2001
(National) - Law No. HO-245-N “On environmental fees”. Date of text: 20-12-2006
(National) - The Second National Environmental Action Programme. Date of text: 14-08-2008
(National)
Australia
- National Environment Protection (Assessment of Site Contamination) Measure 1999. Date of text: 10-12-1999
(National) - Biosecurity Act 2015 Date of text: 22-09-2015
(New South Wales) - Contaminated Land Management Act 1997 Date of text: 17-12-1997
(New South Wales) - State Environmental Planning Policy (Mining, Petroleum Production and Extractive Industries) 2007. Date of text: 16-02-2007
(New South Wales) - Waste Management and Pollution Control Act 1998 Date of text: 28-09-1998
(Northern Territory) - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals Act 1994 Date of text: 09-06-1994
(South Australia) - Environmental Protection Act 1993 Date of text: 27-10-1993
(South Australia) - Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Control of Use) Act 1995 Date of text: 08-12-1995
(Tasmania) - Environmental Management and Pollution Control Act 1994 Date of text: 16-12-1994
(Tasmania) - Environmental Protection Act 1986 Date of text: 10-12-1986
(Western Australia) - Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Date of text: 16/07/1999
(National) - Environment Protection Act 1997 Date of text: 01/12/1997
(Australian Capital Territory ) - Environmental Protection Act 1970 Date of text: 08/12/1999
(Victoria) - Planning and Development Act 2005 Date of text: 12-12-2005
(Western Australia) - Environmental Protection Act 1994 Date of text: 01-12-1994
(Queensland) - Planning Act 2016 Date of text: 25-05-2016
(Queensland)
Austria
- Law on the Remediation of Contaminated Sites. Date of text: 20-06-1989
(National) - Waste Management Act 2002 Date of text: 16-06-2002
(National) - Federal Waste Management Plan 2017 Date of text: 01-12-2017
(National) - Biodiversity Strategy Austria 2020+. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Burgenland Soil Protection Law Date of text: 18-06-1990
(Burgendland) - Soil Protection Law of lower Austria Date of text: 30-06-1988
(Lower Austria) - Soil Protection Law of Salzburg Date of text: 04-07-2001
(Salzburg) - Styria Agricultural Soil Protection Act Date of text: 02-06-1987
(Styria) - Soil Protection Law of upper Austria Date of text: 03-07-1991
(Upper Austria)
Azerbaijan
- Law No. 692-IQD amending the legislative acts implementing the Law No. 514-IG on industrial and consumer waste. Date of text: 22-06-1999
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 79 on approval of rules regarding conservation, recovery and use of lands affected by radioactive and chemical contamination. Date of text: 01-05-2000
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 1697 on approval of the Action Plan 2006-2013 to improve the ecological situation. Date of text: 28-09-2006
(National) - “Azerbaijan 2020: Look into the Future” Development Concept. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Ministerial Decree ? 71 on expansion of green areas. Date of text: 28-02-2017
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 90 on approval of rules for monitoring of the environment and natural resources. Date of text: 01-07-2004
(National) - State Standard No. AZS 834-5-2015 for Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 5: Guidance on the procedure for the investigation of urban and industrial sites with regard to soil contamination. Date of text: 10-07-2015
(National)
Bangladesh
Belarus
- Decree No. 107 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Hygienic requirements “Maximum allowable limits of concentration of total amount of quicksilver and arsenic in soil.” Date of text: 04-08-2010
(National) - Decree No. 125 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Hygienic requirements “Maximum allowable limits of concentration of slip forms of nickel, copper and lead in soil.” Date of text: 19-11-2009
(National) - Decree No. 187 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Hygienic requirements “Maximum allowable limits of concentration of slip forms of zink, chrome and cadmium in soil.” Date of text: 06-11-2008
(National) - Decree No. 28 of the Chief State Sanitary Inspector validating Hygienic requirements 2.1.7.12-1-2004 “List of maximum allowable limits and approximately allowable limits of concentration of chemicals in soil.” Date of text: 25-02-2004
(National) - Decree No. 29 of the Ministry of Forestry validating the Regulation on hunting management and hunting in areas under radioactive pollution as a result of Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Date of text: 13-10-2010
(National) - Decree No. 44 of the Ministry of Public Health validating the Regulation on maximum permissible rates of concentration of oil in land and soil. Date of text: 29-04-2009
(National) - Decree No. 7 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector validating hygienic requirements for the contents of phenanthrene, Tilt Fungicide and cadmium in soil. Date of text: 05-02-2001
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 108 amending Ministerial Decree No. 962 regarding the sphere of competence of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Date of text: 02-12-2008
(National) - Order No. 112 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Provisional Regulation on calculation of economic damage caused by soil pollution, land degradation and land disturbance. Date of text: 20-05-1997
(National) - Decree No. 1 of the Committee on Industrial and Nuclear Supervision regarding the protection of subsoil in the process of mining and extraction of solid minerals. Date of text: 15-02-2001
(National) - Decree No. 1 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Hygienic regulation “Approximate permissible concentration of ammonium nitrogen in soil for all categories of land”. Date of text: 04-01-2014
(National) - Decree No. 17/1 of the Ministry of Public Health validating the Regulation on maximum permissible concentration rates of oil products (petrochemicals) in land and soil. Date of text: 12-03-2012
(National) - Decree No. 22 of the Committee on Land Resources, Geodesy and Cartography validating the Regulation on transfer of recultivated land to landowners and land tenants extracting minerals and peat, and also carrying out exploration, prospecting and other activities related to land disturbance. Date of text: 25-04-1997
(National) - Decree No. 35 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the form of reports of sample selection and measurements of environmental indices. Date of text: 05-07-2013
(National) - Decree No. 9 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection validating the Instruction on the modalities of performance of local environmental monitoring by legal persons performing economic and other activities causing negative environmental impact, including ecologically hazardous activities. Date of text: 01-02-2007
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 82 validating the Regulation on sociohygienic monitoring. Date of text: 27-01-2004
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 31 on intensification of liability for the infringement of land legislation. Date of text: 17-01-2006
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 348 regarding environmental fees. Date of text: 24-06-2008
(National)
Belgium
- Ordinance amending certain provisions of the Ordinance of 5 March 2009 on the management and remediation of polluted soil, 2017; Date of text: 13-07-2017
(Brussels) - Ordinance on the Management and Cleanup of Soils Date of text: 05-03-2009
(Brussels) - Protection of Water Against Pollution by Nitrates from Agricultural Sources Date of text: 19-11-1998
(Brussels) - Action program to implement the Nitrates Directive 2015-2018. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(Flanders) - Decree on sustainable use of pesticides in the Flemish Region. Date of text: 08-02-2013
(Flanders) - Decree on the Sustainable Management of the Life Cycle of Materials and Waste Date of text: 23-12-2011
(Flanders) - .Decision of the Walloon Government Regulating the Use on or in the Soil of Sewage Sludge or Sludge from Facilities Treating Septic Tanks Slush Date of text: 12-01-1995
(Wallonia) - Decree Concerning Waste Date of text: 27-06-1996
(Wallonia) - Sustainable Management of Nitrates in Agriculture Programme. Date of text: 12-09-2014
(Wallonia) - The Walloon Decree Implementing a Framework for Pesticide Use Compatible with Sustainable Development Date of text: 10-07-2013
(Wallonia) - Marshall Plan 2022. Date of text: 19-12-2013
(Wallonia) - Waste-Resource Plan. Date of text: 22-03-2018
(Wallonia) - Decision on Environmental Damage Date of text: 13-07-2013
(Flanders) - Decree on Environmental Damage Date of text: 21-12-2007
(Flanders) - Decree on the Management and remediation of Soils Date of text: 23-03-2018
(Wallonia) - Decree on Soil Remediation and Soil Protection Date of text: 27-10-2006
(Flanders) - Decree Concerning Environmental Permits Date of text: 11-03-1999
(Wallonia) - Decree on the Management of Soils. Date of text: 01-03-2018
(Wallonia) - Water Code Date of text: 03-03-2005
(Wallonia) - Strategy for Sustainable Development (27/06/2013). Date of text: 27-06-2013
(Wallonia)
Benin
- Plan d’Actions National sur la Gestion Durable des Terres (PAN-GDT) 2018-2027) Date of text: 01-02-2019
(National) - Plan stratégique d’investissement sur la gestion durable des terres (PSI/GDT) au Bénin. Date of text: 01-05-2010
(National)
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Ley Nş 71 - Ley de derechos de la madre tierra. Date of text: 21-12-2010
(National)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Law on Waste Management. Date of text: 30-11-2002
(Federation BiH) - Strategic Plan for Rural Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018-2021). Date of text: 01-01-2018
(Br?ko District; Republika Srpska)
Botswana
- National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Brazil
- Decree No. 8.468 regulating Law No. 997 on environmental pollution control. Date of text: 08-09-1976
(National) - Resolution Conama No. 375 establishing criteria and procedures for using sewage sludge in agriculture originated from sanitary treatment centres. Date of text: 29-08-2006
(National) - Decree No. 7.269 regulating Act No. 8.361 on pollution control. Date of text: 05-06-1981
(Pernambuco) - Resolution No. 420 providing for criteria and guiding values of soil quality regarding the presence of chemical substances and establishing guidelines for the environmental management of areas contaminated by these substances as a result of anthropic activities. Date of text: 28-12-2009
(National) - Law No. 6.317 providing for the Plan for the four-year 2018/2021. Date of text: 16-01-2018
(Rio de Janeiro) - Complementary Act No. 7 on the Environmental Protection Code of Roraima State. Date of text: 26-08-1994
(Roraima) - Law No. 13.577 providing for the guidelines and procedures for the protection of soil quality and management of contaminated areas. Date of text: 08-07-2009
(Săo Paulo) - Decree No. 47.347 approving the Statute of the State Environmental Foundation (FEAM). Date of text: 24-01-2018
(Minas Gerais) - Decision of Directorate CETESB No. 38 approving the "Procedures for Soil and Groundwater Quality Protection". Date of text: 07-02-2017
(Săo Paulo)
Bulgaria
- Liability for Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage Act Date of text: 29-04-2008
(National) - Waste Management Act Date of text: 13-06-2012
(National) - Environmental Protection Act. Date of text: 25-09-2002
(National) - Law for Preservation of the Agricultural Lands Date of text: 24-04-1996
(National) - Regulation No. 26 for Reclamation of Damaged Terrains, Improvement of Low Productive Soils, Removal and Utilization of the Humus Layer Date of text: 22-10-1996
(National)
Burkina Faso
- Loi n°026-2017/an du 15 mai 2017 portant contrôle de la gestion des pesticides au Burkina Faso. Date of text: 15-05-2017
(National) - Loi n°006-2013/AN portant Code de l’Environnement du Burkina Faso. Date of text: 02-04-2013
(National)
Cabo Verde
- Decree Law establishing the legal framework for mineral exploitation. Date of text: 06-01-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 27/2020 approving the Legal Framework for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Date of text: 19-03-2020
(National) - Decree-Law No. 3/2015 establishing the legal framework for mineral exploitation. Date of text: 06-01-2015
(National) - Decree-Law No. 31/2003 on municipal, industrial and other solid waste disposal. Date of text: 01-09-2003
(National) - Decree-Law No. 7/2004 ruling on waste water discharges. Date of text: 23-02-2004
(National)
Canada
- Code of practice for land treatment of soil containing hydrocarbons. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(Alberta) - Code of practice for landfills. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(Alberta) - Code of Practice for Soil Amendments (B.C. Reg. 210/2007). Date of text: 21-06-2007
(British Columbia) - Contaminated Sites Regulation (B.C. Reg. 375/96). Date of text: 16-12-1996
(British Columbia) - Contaminated Sites Remediation Act (C.C.S.M.c. C 205). Date of text: 19-11-1996
(Manitoba) - Contaminated Sites Regulations (N.S. Reg. 64/2012). Date of text: 06-03-2012
(Nova Scotia) - Emergency Spill Regulations (N.S. Reg. 59/95). Date of text: 11-04-1995
(Nova Scotia) - Environmental Protection Act (R.S.N.W.T. (Nu.) 1988, c. E-7). Date of text: 01-01-1988
(Nunavut) - Mining Act (R.S.O. 1990, c. M.14) Date of text: 01-01-1990
(Ontario) - Petroleum Hydrocarbon Remediation Regulations (P.E.I. Reg. EC655/06). Date of text: 01-01-2006
(Prince Edward Island) - Agricultural Operations Regulation (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.26). Date of text: 01-01-2002
(Québec) - Regulation respecting the burial of contaminated soils (c. Q-2, r. 18). Date of text: 01-01-2001
(Québec) - Regulation respecting the landfilling and incineration of residual materials (c. Q-2, r.19). Date of text: 01-01-2005
(Québec) - Contaminated Sites Regulation (Y.O.I.C. 2002/171). Date of text: 05-08-2002
(Yukon) - Pesticides Regulations (Y.O.I.C. 1994/125). Date of text: 20-07-1994
(Yukon) - Livestock Manure and Mortalities Management Regulation (Man. Reg. 42/98). Date of text: 30-03-1998
(Manitoba) - Nutrient Management Regulation (Man. Reg. 62/2008). Date of text: 18-03-2008
(Manitoba) - The Pesticides and Fertilizers Control Act (C.C.S.M. c. P40) Date of text: 01-01-1987
(Manitoba) - General Regulation - Mining Act (N.B. Reg. 86-98). Date of text: 27-06-1986
(New Brunswick) - Mining Act (S.N.L. 1999, c. M-15.1). Date of text: 14-12-1999
(Newfoundland) - Mining Regulations(N.L.R. 42/00). Date of text: 27-06-2000
(Newfoundland) - General (O. Reg. 267/03). Date of text: 01-01-2003
(Ontario) - Environment Quality Act (R.S.Q., c. Q-2).
Date of text: 01-01-1972
(Québec) - Regulation respecting contaminated soil storage and contaminated soil transfer stations (R.Q. c. Q-2, r.46). Date of text: 01-01-1997
(Québec) - Agricultural Service Board Act (RSA 2000, c. A-10). Date of text: 01-01-1980
(Alberta) - Conservation Easements Act (S.S. 1996, c. C-27.01). Date of text: 01-01-1996
(Saskatchewan)
Chile
- Decreto Nş 3 - Reglamento para el manejo de lodos provenientes de plantas de tratamiento de efluentes de la industria procesadora de frutas y hortalizas. Date of text: 08-02-2012
(National) - Decreto Nş 4 - Reglamento para el manejo de lodos generados en plantas de tratamiento de aguas servidas. Date of text: 30-01-2009
(National) - Decreto Nş 46 - Norma de emisión de residuos líquidos a aguas subterráneas. Date of text: 08-02-2002
(National) - Ley Nş 19.300 - Ley sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 01-03-1994
(National) - Resolución Nş 2.370 - Prohíbe el acopio y utilización de guano directo al suelo en el proceso de mejoramiento de suelo agrícola. Date of text: 21-10-2005
(National) - Decreto Nş 154 - Norma técnica NCh2297/1.Of98: Calidad del suelo. Date of text: 01-08-2000
(National)
China
- Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Law of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 31/08/2018
(National) - Measures for the Administration of the Soil Environment of Agricultural Land (for Trial Implementation). Date of text: 22/12/1999
(National) - Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Enforcement Rules. Date of text: 17-01-2001
(National) - Oil Pollution (Land Use and Requisition) Ordinance (Chapter 247). Date of text: 17-06-1977
(Hong Kong SAR) - Groundwater Pollution Control Standards. Date of text: 21-11-2001
(Taiwan) - Soil Pollution and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Fund Revenues and Expenditures, Safekeeping, and Utilization Regulations. Date of text: 11-06-2001
(Taiwan) - Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act (2010). Date of text: 02-02-1990
(Taiwan) - Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Soil Pollution. Date of text: 28-05-2016
(National) - Environmental Quality Standard for Soils of the People's Republic of China. Date of text: 01-01-1995
(National) - Environmental quality standard for soils (National Standard GB 15618-1995). Date of text: 01-03-1996
(National) - Grassland Law of the People's Republic of China 2002 (Order of the President No.82). Date of text: 18-06-1985
(National) - Provisions on the protection of the geological environment of mines. Date of text: 03-02-2009
(National)
Colombia
- Ley Nş 23 - Ley para prevenir y controlar la contaminación del medio ambiente. Date of text: 12-12-1973
(National) - Resolución Nş 458 - Límites máximos permisibles de emisión para la eliminación de tierras contaminadas con plaguicidas. Date of text: 27-05-2002
(National) - Resolución Nş 90.325 - Criterios de los planes de mitigación en los sectores de energía eléctrica, minería e hidrocarburos. Date of text: 25-03-2014
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.449 - Reglamenta parcialmente la Ley Nş 135 de 1961, en lo relativo a la conservación de los recursos naturales renovables por parte de los propietarios de predios rurales. Date of text: 27/06/1977
(National) - Decreto Ley Nş 2811 - Aprueba el Código nacional de recursos naturales renovables y de protección del medio ambiente. Texto consolidado. Date of text: 18/12/1974
(National) - Ley Nş 388 - Ley de Ordenamiento Territorial que modifica las Normas sobre planes de desarrollo municipal, compraventa y expropiación de bienes. Date of text: 17-07-1997
(National)
Comoros
- Décret nş 06-019 PR du 21 février 2006 relatif ŕ l’exploitation des carričres. Date of text: 21-02-2006
(National) - Loi-cadre nş 94-018 relative ŕ l'environnement. Date of text: 22-06-1994
(National)
Congo
- Loi nş 4/98 fixant les obbligations des sociétés pétroličres en matičre de démantčlement des installations de production des hydrocarbures et de réhabilitation des sites. Date of text: 28-08-1998
(National) - Loi nş 003/91 sur la protection de l'environnement. Date of text: 23-04-1991
(National)
Costa Rica
- Decreto Nş 37.757/S - Reglamento sobre valores guía en suelos para descontaminación de sitios afectados por emergencias ambientales y derrames. Date of text: 15-05-2013
(National) - Decreto Nş 37.847/S - Modifica el Decreto Nş 37.757/S, Reglamento sobre valores guía en suelos para descontaminación de sitios afectados por emergencias ambientales y derrames. Date of text: 11-07-2013
(National) - Decreto Nş 39.316/S - Reglamento para el manejo y disposición final de lodos y biosólidos ordinarios y especiales. Date of text: 10-08-2015
(National) - Ley Nş 7593 - Ley de la Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP). Texto Consolidado. Date of text: 05-09-1996
(National) - Constitución Política de la República de Costa Rica. Date of text: 07/11/1949
(National) - Decreto Nş 27.012/MEIC - Reglamento técnico RTCR 359/1998: Determinación del tamańo de partícula de los fertilizantes. Date of text: 05-01-1998
(National) - Decreto Nş 33.959/MINAE - Manual de instrumentos técnicos para el proceso de Evaluación de Impacto Ambiental (Manual de EIA) - Parte V, para los movimientos de tierras. Date of text: 14-08-2007
(National) - Decreto Nş 37.017/MAG - Autoriza el uso de purines del ganado bovino como mejorador de las características físicas, químicas y microbiológicas del suelo. Date of text: 23-01-2012
(National) - Decreto Nş 39994-MAG ? Reglamento técnico RTCR 485:2016. Sustancias químicas. Fertilizantes y enmiendas para uso agrícola. Tolerancias y límites permitidos para la concentración de los elementos y contaminantes. Date of text: 24-10-2016
(National) - Decreto Nş 40492-MINAE-MAG ? Articulación Intersectorial para la incorporación de los Principios de Neutralidad de la Degradación de Tierras en la Lucha contra la Desertificación, la Degradación de la Tierra y la Sequía. Date of text: 03-04-2017
(National) - Ley Nş 7554 - Ley Orgánica del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 04-10-1995
(National) - Ley Nş 7788 - Ley de biodiversidad. Date of text: 23-04-1998
(National)
Croatia
- Ordinance on Establishment of Action Framework for Attaining Sustainable Use of Pesticides. Date of text: 12-12-2012
(National) - Ordinance on Management of Sludge from Waste Water Treatment Plants used in Agriculture Date of text: 31-03-2008
(National) - Ordinance on the Protection of Agricultural Land against Pollution (Official Gazette 9/2014). Date of text: 17-06-2019
(National) - Sustainable Waste Management Act Date of text: 15-07-2013
(National) - Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 21-06-2013
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 28-06-2019
(National) - Strategy on the spatial development of the Republic of Croatia. Date of text: 13-10-2017
(National) - Sustainable Development Strategy Date of text: 20-02-2009
(National)
Cuba
- Resolución Nş 223/14 - Reglamento del control administrativo de fuentes contaminantes generadoras de residuales líquidos y sólidos. Date of text: 30-10-2014
(National) - Ley Nş 76 - Ley de Minas. Date of text: 21-12-1994
(National)
Cyprus
- Water and Soil Pollution Control Law Date of text: 12-07-2002
(National)
Czechia
- Act on plant protection. Date of text: 29-04-2004
(National) - Act on the prevention of ecological damage. Date of text: 22-04-2008
(National) - The Environmental Impact Assessment Act Date of text: 20-02-2001
(National) - The Waste Act Date of text: 15/12/1999
(National)
Côte d'Ivoire
- Loi n° 2014-138 du 24 mars 2014 portant code minier. Date of text: 24/12/1999
(National) - Loi 2014-390 du 20 juin 2014 d'orientation sur le développement durable. Date of text: 20-06-2014
(National) - Loi nş 98-755 portant Code de l'eau. Date of text: 23-12-1998
(National) - Loi-cadre nş 96-766 portant Code de l'environnement. Date of text: 03-10-1996
(National) - Stratégie de Relance du Développement et de Réduction de la Pauvreté. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Loi n° 15/012 du 1er aoűt 2015 portant régime général des hydrocarbures. Date of text: 01-08-2015
(National) - Loi portant code minier. Date of text: 11-07-2011
(National) - Loi n° 11/022 du 24 décembre 2011 portant principes fondamentaux relatifs a l’agriculture. Date of text: 24-12-2011
(National) - Strategie et Plan D'Action Nationaux de la Biodiversité (2016-2020) Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Denmark
- Act on Soil Contamination Date of text: 04-12-2009
(National) - Act on taxation for pesticides (No. 232 of 2015). Date of text: 30-01-2008
(National) - Executive Order on the use of waste for agricultural purposes. Date of text: 27-06-2018
(National) - Act on Agricultural Use of Fertilizers and on Plant Cover. Date of text: 02-04-2019
(National)
Djibouti
- Stratégie et Plan d’Action pour la mise en śuvre de la Grande Muraille Verte ŕ Djibouti (SGMVD), 2011. Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National)
Dominica
- St.Joseph Village Council Sanitation By-law, 1991 (By-law No. 1 of 1991). Date of text: 08-09-1991
(National)
Dominican Republic
- Norma NA-RS-001-03 para la gestión ambiental de residuos sólidos no peligrosos. Date of text: 01/01/2003
(National) - Resolución Nş 15/08 - Reglamento para la agricultura orgánica. Date of text: 28-07-2008
(National) - Decreto Nş 207/98 - Reglamento de la Ley Nş 146, Ley minera. Date of text: 03-06-1998
(National) - Ley Nş 5.879 - Reforma Agraria. Date of text: 27-04-1962
(National)
Ecuador
- Acuerdo Nş 32 - Crea la Unidad de Gestión y Monitoreo (UGM) de proyectos de remediación ambiental. Date of text: 30-03-2006
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 97/A - Norma de calidad ambiental del recurso suelo y criterios de remediación para suelos contaminados (Anexo 2, Libro VI de la Calidad Ambiental, del Texto Unificado de la Legislación Secundaria del Ministerio del Ambiente). Date of text: 30-07-2015
(National) - Resolución Nş 169 - NTE INEN 2642 sobre el método de ensayo para determinar la biodegradación anaeróbica en el suelo de los materiales plásticos o de materiales plásticos residuales después de compostaje. Date of text: 24-07-2012
(National)
Egypt
- Decree No. 338 of 1995 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Environment Law No. 4 of 1994. Date of text: 18-02-1995
(National) - Executive Regulation of the Law No.93 of 1962 as amended by Decree No.44 of 2000. Date of text: 07-02-2000
(National)
El Salvador
- Decreto Legislativo Nş 233 - Ley del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 24-04-1998
(National) - Decreto Legislativo Nş 732 - Ley de desarrollo y ordenamiento territorial del área metropolitana de San Salvador y de los municipios aledańos. Date of text: 08-12-1993
(National)
Equatorial Guinea
- Ley reguladora del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 27-11-2003
(National) - Programa de Acción Nacional de Lucha contra la Deforestación y Degradación de Tierras en Guinea Ecuatorial (PAN/LCD). Date of text: 01-10-2015
(National)
Estonia
- Industrial Emissions Act Date of text: 24-04-2013
(National) - Waste Act Date of text: 28-01-2004
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 30/12/1999
(National) - Environmental Liability Act Date of text: 14-11-2007
(National)
Eswatini
- Swaziland National Irrigation Policy. Date of text: 01-07-2005
(National) - Natural Resources Act 1951 (No. 71 of 1951). Date of text: 07/12/1951
(National)
Ethiopia
- Benishangul Gumz Regional State Rural Land Administration and Use Proclamation No. 85/2010. Date of text: 01-02-2010
(Benishangul-Gumuz)
European Union
- Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste. Date of text: 26-04-1999
(National) - Environmental Liability Directive Date of text: 21-04-2004
(National) - Groundwater Directive Date of text: 12-12-2006
(National) - Industrial Emissions Directive Date of text: 24-11-2010
(National) - Mercury Regulation Date of text: 17-05-2017
(National) - National Emission Ceilings Directive Date of text: 14-12-2016
(National) - Nitrates Directive Date of text: 12-12-1991
(National) - Pesticides Directive Date of text: 21-10-2009
(National) - Regulation (EU) No. 1301/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Regional Development Fund and on specific provisions concerning the Investment for growth and jobs goal and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1080/2006. Date of text: 17-12-2013
(National) - Sewage Sludge Directive Date of text: 04-06-1986
(National) - Waste Framework Directive Date of text: 19-11-2008
(National) - Waste Management Extractive Industries Directive Date of text: 15-03-2006
(National) - Regulation (EU) No. 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC. Date of text: 09-03-2011
(National) - Fertiliser Regulation Date of text: 05-06-2019
(National) - Regulation (EU) No. 1300/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Cohesion Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No. 1084/2006. Date of text: 17-12-2013
(National) - Water Framework Directive Date of text: 23-10-2000
(National)
Finland
- Decree on the Assessment of Soil Contamination and Remediation Needs Date of text: 01-03-2007
(National) - Government Decree on Limiting Certain Emissions from Agriculture and Horticulture. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Government Decree on the recovery of certain wastes in Earth Construction, 2017 Date of text: 07-12-2017
(National) - The Land Use and Building Act Date of text: 10-09-1999
(National) - National Action Plan on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Date of text: 01-03-2011
(National) - National risk management strategy for contaminated land in Finland. Date of text: 01-01-2017
(National) - Act on Fresh and Marine Water Resources Conservation Management (No. 1299 of 2004). Date of text: 30/12/2004
(National) - Act on the Remediation of Certain Environmental Damages (No. 383/2009). Date of text: 29-05-2009
(National) - Decree of the Ministry of agriculture and forestry on fertilizer products Date of text: 01-09-2011
(National) - Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 27-06-2014
(National) - Fertiliser Products Act Date of text: 29-06-2006
(National) - National Land Use Guidelines. Date of text: 14-12-2017
(National)
France
- Arręté du 22 aoűt 2002 portant création d'un groupe de travail relatif aux sites et sols pollués dans le cadre du Conseil supérieur des installations classées. Date of text: 22-08-2002
(National) - Code de l’environnement (Partie législative). Date of text: 18-11-2000
(National)
Gabon
- Loi n°017/2014 du 30 janvier 2015 portant réglementation du secteur minier en République Gabonaise. Date of text: 30/01/2015
(National) - Loi n° 007/2014 du 01 aoűt 2014 relative ŕ la protection de l'environnement en République gabonaise. Date of text: 01/08/2014
(National)
Gambia
- Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides Control and Management Act (No. 12 of 1994). Date of text: 24-05-1994
(National)
Georgia
- Law on Nuclear and Radiation Safety Date of text: 20-03-2016
(National) - Order No 36 of 2005 of Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia on Conservation of Agricultural Land and Land of Other Purpose that have been Contaminated by Industrial Toxic Waste and Radioactive Substances Date of text: 18-03-2005
(National) - Law of Georgia on Soil Protection (No. 490–IIS of 1994) Date of text: 12/05/1994
(National)
Germany
- Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Law. Date of text: 14-12-2004
(Baden-Württemberg) - Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Experts Ordinance. Date of text: 03-12-2001
(Bayern) - Environmental Damage Act Date of text: 10-05-2007
(National) - Federal Immission Control Act. Date of text: 15-03-1974
(National) - Law to promote the circular economy and ensure environmentally friendly waste management (Circular Economy Act - KrWG). Date of text: 24-02-2012
(National) - Federal Soil Protection Act Date of text: 17-03-1998
(National) - Fertiliser Act. Date of text: 09-01-2009
(National) - Fertiliser Ordinance. Date of text: 05-12-2012
(National) - Ordinance on the use of fertilizers, soil nutrients, soil substrates and plant protection substances according the principles of good professional practice in fertilizing (Fertilizers Ordinance-DüV). Date of text: 26-05-2017
(National)
Ghana
- National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National) - Ghana – Vision 2020. Date of text: 06-01-1995
(National)
Greece
- Law No. 4042 on the protection of the environment through criminal law, on waste management and other provisions, in compliance with EU Directives 2008/99/EC and 2008/98/EC. Date of text: 13-02-2012
(National) - Ministerial Decision No. 80568/4225/91 on Methods, Conditions and Restrictions for the use in agriculture of sludge from domestic and municipal waste water treatment. Date of text: 22-03-1991
(National) - Presidential Decree No. 148 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage - Compliance with Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council. Date of text: 28-09-2009
(National)
Grenada
- National Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique 2017 – 2021. Date of text: 01-10-2017
(National)
Guatemala
- Acuerdo Nş 236/06 - Reglamento de las descargas y reusos de aguas residuales y de la disposición de lodos. Date of text: 05-05-2006
(National) - Decreto Nş 12-2002: Código Municipal. Date of text: 02-04-2002
(National) - Decreto Nş 48/97 - Ley de Minería. Date of text: 17-07-1997
(National) - Decreto Nş 7-2013: Ley marco para regular la reducción de la vulnerabilidad, la adaptación obligatoria ante los efectos del cambio climático y la mitigación de gases de efecto invernadero. Date of text: 05-09-2013
(National) - Pacto Ambiental en Guatemala 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National) - Plan Nacional de Desarrollo K’atun: nuestra Guatemala 2032. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Programa nacional de lucha contra la degradación de tierras, la desertificación y la sequía. Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National)
Haiti
- Décret du 20 novembre 1972 créant une Commission nationale dénommée: "Commission Nationale d'Aménagement du Territoire" (CONAT). Date of text: 20-11-1972
(National)
Honduras
- Acuerdo Nş 109-93 ? Reglamento General de la Ley del Ambiente. Date of text: 01-01-1993
(National) - Decreto Nş 104/93 - Ley General del Medio Ambiente. Date of text: 08-06-1993
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 146/03 - Reglamento para la agricultura orgánica. Date of text: 07-03-2003
(National) - Acuerdo Nş 94/97 - Reglamento general de salud ambiental. Date of text: 11-06-1997
(National)
Hungary
- Act No. LXXXIX of 2003 on Environmental Pollution Charges. Date of text: 01-01-2003
(National) - Decree No. 27 of 2006 (II. 7.) Korm of the Government on the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. Date of text: 07-02-2006
(National) - Decree No. 59/2008. (IV. 29.) of the Ministry of Agriculture laying down Rules for Action Program against Agricultural Nitrate Pollution, Data Reporting and Record Keeping. Date of text: 01-01-2008
(National) - Rules about Agricultural Utilization of Sewage Sludge and Waste Water Date of text: 03-04-2001
(National) - National Development 2030 - National Development and Regional Development Concept. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Act No. LIII of 1995 on the General Rules of Environmental Protection. Date of text: 22-06-1995
(National) - Decree No. 37/2006. (V. 18.) FVM on the placing on the market and control of fertilizers marked "EC fertilizer". Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Decree No. 6/2009. (IV. 14.) on Protection of Geological Medium and Groundwater against Pollution. Date of text: 01-01-2009
(National) - Rules about Authorization, Storage, Marketing and Utilization of Fertilising Products Date of text: 18-05-2006
(National)
Iceland
- Sanitary and Environmental Pollution Control Act. Date of text: 12-03-1998
(National)
India
- Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. Date of text: 25-09-2000
(National)
Indonesia
- Instruction of the Minister of Health No. 778/Menkes/Inst/VII/1999 RE Monitoring of Environmental Quality. Date of text: 02-08-1999
(National) - Law on environmental protection and management, 2009 Date of text: 03-10-2009
(National)
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Environmental Protection Law. Date of text: 02-06-1974
(National) - Sixth Social, Economic and Cultural Development Plan 2017-2021 Date of text: 04-03-2017
(National)
Iraq
- Law No.8 of 2008 Environmental Protection and Improvement in Iraqi Kurdistan Region. Date of text: 24-07-2008
(Kurdistan Region)
Ireland
- Waste Management (Use of Sewage Sludge in Agriculture) Regulations Date of text: 12/05/1998
(National) - Waste Management Act Date of text: 20-05-1996
(National) - Guidance on the Management Of Contaminated Land And Groundwater at EPA Licensed Sites. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - National Hazardous Waste Management Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - Water Pollution Act Date of text: 15-03-1977
(National) - Water Service Act Date of text: 14-05-2007
(National) - Environmental Liability Regulations Date of text: 16-12-2008
(National)
Italy
- Decree on Landfills Date of text: 13-01-2003
(National) - Decree on Sewage Sludge Date of text: 27-01-1992
(National) - Legislative Decree No. 150 implementing Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action to achieve the sustainable use of pesticides. Date of text: 14-08-2012
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 185 laying down technical standards on wastewater recycling in compliance with article 26, paragraph 2 of Legislative Decree No. 152 of 11 May 1999. Date of text: 12-06-2003
(National) - Integrated Waste Management Regional Plan. Date of text: 02-07-2018
(Abruzzo) - Regional Waste Management Plan (PRGR). Date of text: 30-12-2016
(Basilicata) - Regional Waste Management Plan (PRGR) and Asbestos Management Plan (PRAC). Date of text: 06-12-2017
(Calabria) - Regional Urban Waste Management Plan (PRGRU) 2016. Date of text: 06-12-2016
(Campania) - Regional Waste Management Plan (PRGR). Date of text: 03-05-2016
(Emilia Romagna) - Decree of the president of the Region No. 0278 approving the Regional Urban Waste Management Plan. Date of text: 31-12-2012
(Friuli Venezia Giulia) - Regional Waste Management and Sites Remediation Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(Liguria) - Regional Waste Management Plan 2014-2020 (PRGR). Date of text: 20-06-2014
(Lombardia) - Decision of the Legislative Assembly of Marche Region No. 128 approving the Regional Waste Management Plan. Date of text: 14-04-2014
(Marche) - Waste Management Plan of Molise Region. Date of text: 01-03-2016
(Molise) - The Urban Waste and Sewage Sludge Management Plan. Date of text: 19-04-2016
(Piemonte) - Waste Management Plan of Bolzano Province 2000. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano) - Regional Urban Waste Management Plan 2013. Date of text: 13-05-2013
(Puglia) - Regional Urban Waste Management Plan. Date of text: 20-12-2008
(Sardegna) - Solid Urban Waste Management Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2012
(Sicilia) - Regional plan for waste management and remediation of polluted sites. Date of text: 18-11-2014
(Toscana) - Regional Waste Management Plan 2015. Date of text: 16-12-2015
(Valle d'Aosta) - Regional Urban and Special Waste Management Plan. Date of text: 29-04-2015
(Veneto) - Ministerial Decree concerning the criteria and general technical standards for the regional regulation of the agronomic use of livestock manure and waste water, and for the production and use of agronomy of digestate. Date of text: 25-02-2016
(National) - National Biodiversity Strategy. Date of text: 01-01-2010
(National) - Environmental Code Date of text: 03-04-2006
(National)
Jamaica
- Mining Act. Date of text: 13-10-1947
(National) - Quarries Control Act, 1983. Date of text: 03-01-1984
(National) - Irrigation Act. Date of text: 23-11-1949
(National) - Natural Resources Conservation Authority Act, 1991. Date of text: 05/07/1991
(National)
Japan
- Act on Special Measures against Dioxins (No. 105 of 1999). Date of text: 16/12/1999
(National) - Act to Prevent Soil Contamination on Agricultural Land (No. 139 of 1970). Date of text: 25-12-1970
(National) - Cabinet Order for the implementation of the agricultural land soil pollution prevention Law, Cabinet Order No. 204 of 1971, amended by Cabinet Order No. 219 of 1971 and No. 375 of 1972, No. 103 of 1975.) Date of text: 01-01-1971
(National) - Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act 2002 (No. 53 of 2002). Date of text: 29-05-2002
(National) - Basic Environmental Law (Law No. 91 of 1993). Date of text: 19-10-1993
(National)
Jordan
- Law concerning Agricultural Law, 2005 Date of text: 08-03-2015
(National) - Soil Protection Regulation No. 25 of 2005. Date of text: 01-01-2005
(National) - National Strategy for Agricultural Development 2016-2025. Date of text: 01-01-2016
(National)
Kazakhstan
Kenya
- National Land Policy (Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2009). Date of text: 01-08-2009
(National)
Kyrgyzstan
- Instruction on state control over biological pollution of soil. Date of text: 31/05/1994
(National)
Latvia
- Law on Pollution Date of text: 15-03-2001
(National) - Regulation Regarding Use, Monitoring and Control of Sewage Sludge and its Composts Date of text: 02-05-2006
(National) - Waste Management Law Date of text: 28-11-2010
(National) - Law on Circulation of Fertilizers Date of text: 26-01-2006
(National) - Regulation Regarding Preventive and Remedial Measures Date of text: 24-04-2007
(National) - Regulation Regarding Protection of Water and Soil from Pollution with Nitrates Caused by Agricultural Activity Date of text: 23-12-2014
(National) - Regulation on Soil and Subsoil Quality Standards Date of text: 25-10-2005
(National)
Lebanon
- Law on the protection of the environment against pollution from hazardous waste disposal and substances Date of text: 12-08-1988
(National) - Law No. 10 creating a protected area in the region of Alyammuna. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Law No. 11 of 1999 creating a protected area in the region of Bintai'l. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Law No. 708 of 1998 creating a natural protected area in the zone of Jeftlik Ras Alain-Tyre. Date of text: 05-11-1998
(National) - Law No. 9 of 1999 creating a protected area in the cedar forest of Tannoorin. Date of text: 20-02-1999
(National) - Technical Cooperation Agreement on protected cultivations between Lebanon and the Arab Centre for the Study of Dried and Arid Areas. Date of text: 19-09-2001
(National) - Law No.444 of 2002 on environmental protection. Date of text: 29/07/2002
(National) - Law No. 690 of 2005 regulating the Ministry of Environment and defining its tasks and competences. Date of text: 26-08-2005
(National)
Lithuania
- Environmental protection requirements for treatment of contaminated sites polluted with oil products. Date of text: 17-11-2009
(National) - Law on Waste Management Date of text: 16-06-1998
(National) - Order No. 1- 104 of the Director of the Lithuanian Geological Service under the Ministry of Environment validating the Regulation on eco-geological survey. Date of text: 17-06-2008
(National) - Order No. D1-228 of the Minister of Environmental Protection validating the Procedure for selecting environmental rehabilitation measures and obtaining prior approval. Date of text: 16-05-2006
(National) - Order No. D1-230 validating Environmental Protection Requirements for treatment of contaminated sites polluted with chemical substances. Date of text: 30-04-2008
(National) - Program on Water Pollution Reduction from Agricultural Sources. Date of text: 09-12-2008
(National) - Resolution No. D1-528 validating the Regulation on issuance, amendments and cancellation of permits for integrated pollution prevention and control. Date of text: 17-07-2020
(National) - Environmental Protection Law Date of text: 21-01-1992
(National) - Order No. V-1441 of the Minister of Public Health validating Lithuanian hygiene standard HN 60: 2004 “Maximum permissible limits values of hazardous chemical substances in soil.”. Date of text: 14-12-2015
(National) - Order No. V-412 of the Minister of Public Health validating Hygiene Standard No. HN 97/2004 “Pesticides (Plant protection products) setting Maximum allowable concentration of pesticides in the environment.” Date of text: 03-06-2004
(National)
Luxembourg
- Grand Ducal Regulation of 23 December 2014 on Sewage Sludge. Date of text: 23-12-2014
(National) - Law on the Management of Waste Date of text: 21-03-2012
(National)
Malawi
- Food Security Policy. Date of text: 01-08-2006
(National)
Malaysia
- Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations, 2009. Date of text: 10-12-2009
(National) - Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations, 2009. Date of text: 10-12-2009
(National) - Environmental Quality Act 1974 (No. 127 of 1974). Date of text: 01-01-1974
(National)
Maldives
- Maldives Clean Environment Project Environmental and Social Assessment and Management Framework (ESAMF) and Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) Date of text: 01-11-2016
(National)
Mali
- Ordonnance n°2019-022/P-RM du 27 septembre 2019 portant code minier en République du Mali. Date of text: 27-09-2019
(National) - Plan National pour la Gestion Intégrée de la Fertilité des Sols au Mali. Date of text: 01/03/2002
(National)
Malta
- Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulation Date of text: 01-01-2001
(National) - Waste Management (Landfill) Amendment Regulations Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Waste Management Plan for the Maltese Islands. Date of text: 01-01-2014
(National) - National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Date of text: 01-05-2012
(National) - Nitrates Action Programme Malta Date of text: 01-01-2011
(National)
Marshall Islands
- Pesticides and Organic Pollutants Regulations, 2004 Date of text: 10-06-2004
(National) - National Environmental Protection Act, 1984 Date of text: 01-01-1984
(National)
Mauritius
- Environment Protection (Amendment) Act 2008 (No. 6 of 2008). Date of text: 08/05/2008
(National) - Environment Protection (Standards for Effluent for use in Irrigation) Regulations 2003 Date of text: 05/02/2003
(National) - Environment Protection (Standards for effluent discharge) Regulations 2003 (G.N. No. 44 of 2003). Date of text: 05/02/2003
(National) - Environment Protection (Effluent Limitations for the Sugar Industry) Regulations 1997 Date of text: 10/03/1997
(National)
Mexico
- Decreto por el que se declara Área Natural Protegida, con el carácter de reserva de la biosfera, la región conocida como Sierra deTamaulipas, localizada en los municipios de Aldama, Casas, González, Llera y Soto La Marina, en el Estado de Tamaulipas. Date of text: 05-12-2016
(National) - Ley general para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos. Date of text: 03-10-2003
(National) - Modifica la Ley general del equilibrio ecológico y la protección al ambiente. Date of text: 23-12-1987
(National) - Modifica la NOM-120-ECOL-1997: Especificaciones de protección ambiental para las actividades de exploración minera en zonas donde se desarrolle vegetación de matorral xerófilo. Date of text: 20-04-2004
(National) - NMX-AA-018-1984: Método para la determinación de cenizas de los residuos sólidos. Date of text: 10-12-1984
(National) - NOM-120-ECOL-1997: Especificaciones de protección ambiental para las actividades de exploración minera en zonas donde se desarrolle vegetación de matorral xerófilo. Date of text: 21-10-1998
(National) - Reglamento de la Ley General para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de los Residuos. Date of text: 29-11-2006
(National) - Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Baja California. Date of text: 12-09-2007
(Baja California) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de residuos para el Estado de Coahuila de Zaragoza. Date of text: 15-11-2005
(Coahuila de Zaragoza) - Decreto Nş 333 - Ley de residuos sólidos del Estado de Colima. Date of text: 03-04-2006
(Colima) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Durango. Date of text: 15-06-2007
(Durango) - Decreto Nş 178 - Ley para la gestión integral de residuos del Estado y los Municipios de Guanajuato. Date of text: 10-05-2005
(Guanajuato) - Ley de Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos del Estado de Hidalgo. Date of text: 14-01-2011
(Hidalgo) - Ley de gestión integral de los residuos del Estado de Jalisco. Date of text: 31-01-2007
(Jalisco) - Decreto Nş 225 - Ley para la Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos en el Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 24-08-2010
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Ley de residuos sólidos para el Estado de Morelos. Date of text: 08-10-2007
(Morelos) - Reglamento del Libro Cuarto del Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 09-02-2007
(México) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos sólidos. Date of text: 04-06-2009
(Oaxaca) - Ley para la prevención y gestión integral de los residuos sólidos urbanos y de manejo especial para el Estado de Puebla. Date of text: 11-12-2006
(Puebla) - Ley para la protección al ambiente natural y el desarrollo sustentable del Estado de Puebla. Date of text: 10-07-2014
(Puebla) - Ley de Prevención y Gestión Integral de Residuos del Estado de Querétaro. Date of text: 19-02-2004
(Querétaro de Arteaga) - Ley para la prevención y la gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 13-12-2007
(Quintana Roo) - Reglamento de la Ley para la prevención y la gestión integral de residuos del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 25-10-2010
(Quintana Roo) - Ley ambiental para el desarrollo sustentable del Estado de Sinaloa. Date of text: 21-03-2013
(Sinaloa) - Ley de prevención y gestión integral de residuos sólidos urbanos y de manejo especial para el Estado de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave. Date of text: 09-06-2004
(Veracruz-Llave) - NOM-115-ECOL-1998: Especificaciones de protección ambiental que deben observarse en las actividades de perforación de pozos petroleros terrestres para exploración y producción en zonas agrícolas, ganaderas y eriales. Date of text: 13-10-1998
(National) - NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SS-2003: Límites máximos permisibles de hidrocarburos en suelos. Date of text: 06-01-2005
(National) - NOM-147-SEMARNAT/SSA1-2004: Criterios para determinar las concentraciones de remediación de suelos contaminados. Date of text: 04-05-2006
(National) - NOMEM-138-ECOL-2002: Límites máximos permisibles de contaminación en suelos afectados por hidrocarburos. Date of text: 02-08-2002
(National) - Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-138-SEMARNAT/SSA1-2012: Límites máximos permisibles de hidrocarburos en suelos y lineamientos para el muestreo en la caracterización y especificaciones para la remediación. Date of text: 08-05-2013
(National) - Ley de Gestión Ambiental Sustentable para el Estado de Durango. Date of text: 15-06-2010
(Durango) - Decreto Nş 229 - Ley para la protección y preservación del ambiente del Estado de Guanajuato. Date of text: 08-02-2000
(Guanajuato) - Reglamento del Libro Segundo del Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 09-02-2007
(México) - Ley del equilibrio ecológico del Estado de Oaxaca. Date of text: 30-07-1998
(Oaxaca) - Ley de equilibrio ecológico y protección del ambiente del Estado de Quintana Roo. Date of text: 26-06-2001
(Quintana Roo) - Decreto por el que se reforman y adicionan diversas disposiciones del Reglamento de la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente en Materia de Evaluación del Impacto Ambiental. Date of text: 09-02-2011
(National) - Ley General de Cambio Climático. Date of text: 04-06-2012
(National) - Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente. Date of text: 23-12-1987
(National) - NOM-004-SEMARNAT-2002: Especificaciones para aprovechamiento de lodos y biosólidos. Date of text: 15-04-2003
(National) - NOM-143-SEMARNAT-2003: Especificaciones ambientales para el manejo de agua congénita asociada a hidrocarburos. Date of text: 06-01-2005
(National) - Ley Ambiental del Distrito Federal. Date of text: 01-07-1996
(Distrito Federal) - Ley ambiental de protección a la tierra en el Distrito Federal. Date of text: 31-12-1999
(Distrito Federal) - Decreto Nş 111 - Ley Ambiental para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 07-02-2013
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Decreto Nş 223 - Ley para la Conservación y Restauración de Tierras del Estado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Date of text: 30-08-2007
(Michoacán de Ocampo) - Decreto Nş 183 - Código para la Biodiversidad del Estado de México. Date of text: 03-05-2006
(México) - Código para el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Tamaulipas. Date of text: 02-06-2008
(Tamaulipas) - Ley de protección al medio ambiente del Estado de Yucatán. Date of text: 25-08-2010
(Yucatán)
Mongolia
- Law On sanitation. Date of text: 07-05-1998
(National) - Environmental Protection Law No. of 1995. Date of text: 05-06-1995
(National)
Myanmar
- Environmental Conservation Law, 2012 Date of text: 30-03-2012
(National)
Nepal
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Covenant Soil and Subsurface 2016-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National) - Plant Protection Products and Biocidal Products Act Date of text: 17-02-2007
(National) - Act containing provisions concerning general matters of environmental hygiene (Environment Management Act). Date of text: 13-06-1979
(National) - Soil Quality Decree Date of text: 22-11-2007
(National) - Act General Provisions on the Physical Living Environment No. 566 of 2006. Date of text: 06/11/2008
(National) - Decree No. 233 of 1993 containing Rules relative to Infiltration of Surface Water into the Soil. Date of text: 20/04/1993
(National) - Act containing rules regarding the basic registration of the subsurface (Act Basic Registration Subsurface). Date of text: 30-09-2015
(National) - Act containing rules relative to the trade in and the disposal of fertilizing substances (Fertilizing Substances Act). Date of text: 27-11-1986
(National) - Water Act Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National)
New Zealand
- Resource Management (National Environmental Standard for Assessing and Managing Contaminants in Soil to Protect Human Health) Regulations, 2011. Date of text: 10-10-2011
(National) - Resource Management Act 1991 (No. 69 of 1991). Date of text: 22-07-1991
(National)
Nicaragua
- NTON 11 044-14: Norma Técnica Obligatoria Nicaragüense sobre requisitos y niveles máximos permisibles de biosólidos para uso en la producción agropecuaria y forestal. Date of text: 04-05-2015
(National)
Nigeria
- National Environmental Protection (Management of Solid and Hazardous Wastes) Regulations. Date of text: 30-09-1991
(National) - Interim Guidelines and Standards for Environmental Pollution Control in Nigeria. Date of text: 01-01-1991
(National)
North Macedonia
- Law on Waste Management. Date of text: 01-01-2004
(National) - Law on fertilizers. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National)
Norway
- Pollution Act (No. 6 of 1981). Date of text: 13-03-1981
(National) - Regulation No. 931 on Pollution Control (Pollution Control Regulation). Date of text: 01-06-2004
(National) - Decree relative to investment incentives for environment enhancement measures (No. 558 of 1998). Date of text: 22-05-1998
(National)
Oman
- Ministerial Decision No. 145 of 1993 issuing the Regulations on waste water reuse and discharge. Date of text: 13-06-1993
(National) - Royal Decree No. 114/2001 issuing the Law on Conservation of Environment and Prevention of Pollution. Date of text: 14-11-2001
(National)
Panama
- Decreto Nş 156 - Normas sanitarias para proyectos de relleno sanitario. Date of text: 28-05-2004
(National) - Ley Nş 8 - Regulaciones para el desarrollo de actividades agropecuarias orgánicas. Date of text: 24-01-2002
(National) - Constitucion Politica de Panama. Date of text: 11-12-1972
(National)
Paraguay
- Constitución de la República de Paraguay. Date of text: 20-06-1992
(National)
Peru
- Decreto Supremo Nş 012-2017-MINAM ? Criterios para la Gestión de Sitios Contaminados. Date of text: 01/12/2017
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 014/00/AG - Se declara de interés nacional el aprovechamiento sostenible y la transformación con fines industriales y comerciales de la castańa. Date of text: 05-05-2000
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 019/12/AG - Reglamento de Gestión Ambiental del Sector Agrario. Date of text: 13-11-2012
(National) - Decreto Supremo Nş 042-2017-EM ? Reglamento de Protección Ambiental para las Actividades de Exploración Minera. Date of text: 21-12-2017
(National) - Ley Nş 28611 - Ley General del Ambiente. Date of text: 13-10-2005
(National) - Resolución Nş 005-2018-OEFA ? Tipifica infracciones administrativas y establecen escala de sanciones aplicable al incumplimiento de las obligaciones vinculadas a la Remediación de Sitios Impactados por Actividades de Hidrocarburos. Date of text: 15-02-2018
(National) - Resolución Nş 034-2015-MINAM ? Guía para la elaboración de estudios de Evaluación de Riesgos a la Salud y el Ambiente. Date of text: 24-02-2015
(National) - Ley Nş 30321 - Ley de creación del Fondo de Contingencia para Remediación Ambiental. Date of text: 23/12/2016
(National) - Resolución Nş 136/10/MEM - Convenios de remediación voluntaria de pasivos ambientales de la actividad minera. Date of text: 25/03/2010
(National)
Philippines
- Ecological Solid Waste Management Act No. 9003 of 2000. Date of text: 26/01/2001
(National) - DENR Administrative Order No. 96-40 on Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 7942 known as the Philippine Mining Act of 1995. Date of text: 19-12-1996
(National)
Poland
- Act on Preventing and Remedying Damage to the Environment Date of text: 13-04-2007
(National) - Waste Act Date of text: 14-12-2012
(National) - Act on planning and spatial development. Date of text: 27-03-2003
(National) - National Spatial Development Concept 2030 (NSDC 2030). Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National) - Regulation on the method of assessing the pollution of the land surface Date of text: 01-09-2016
(National)
Portugal
- Decree-Law No. 183/2009 establishing technical requirements for the monitoring of water chemical parameters. Date of text: 10-08-2009
(National) - Decree-Law No. 276/2009 establishing the regime for the use of sewage sludge in agricultural soils, in order to avoid harmful effects for human beings, water, soil, plants and animals, promoting its correct use, transposing for the National legal order the Council Directive No. 86/278/EEC. Date of text: 02-10-2009
(National) - Decree-Law No. 86/2010 establishing the mandatory inspection regime for equipment aimed to the application of plant protection products authorized for professional use. Date of text: 15-07-2010
(National) - Decree-law No. 147/2008 regulating environmental damages’ liability. Date of text: 29-07-2008
(National) - General Framework for Waste Management Date of text: 05-09-2006
(National) - Industrial Emissions Legal Regime Date of text: 30-08-2013
(National) - Law No. 26/2013 regulating distribution, selling and application of pesticide products for professional use. Date of text: 11-04-2013
(National) - Management of Waste from Extractive Industries Legal Regime Date of text: 04-02-2010
(National) - National Action Plan for the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National) - Decree-Law No. 235/97 on protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources. Date of text: 03-09-1997
(National)
Republic of Korea
- Enforcement Decree of the Soil Environment Conservation Act. Date of text: 29-12-1995
(National) - Soil Environment Conservation Act. Date of text: 05-01-1995
(National) - Enforcement Rules of the Mining Damage Prevention and Restoration Act. Date of text: 03-03-2008
(National) - Mining Damage Prevention and Restoration Act. Date of text: 28-01-2015
(National)
Republic of Moldova
- Environmental Strategy for the years 2014-2023. Date of text: 24-04-2014
(National) - Law No. 1041-XIV on forest reclamation of degraded land. Date of text: 04-12-2003
(National)
Romania
- Emergency Ordinance no. 68 of 28 June 2007 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and repair of environmental damage. Date of text: 28-06-2007
(National) - Law no. 211 of 15 November 2011 on the waste regime. Date of text: 15-11-2011
(National) - Law no. 278 of 24 October 2013 on industrial emissions. Date of text: 24-10-2013
(National) - National Plan of 29 January 2009 for the protection of groundwater against pollution and damage. Date of text: 29-01-2009
(National) - Procedure of 21 September 1997 on the manner for carry out environmental assessments. Date of text: 21-09-1997
(National) - Decision no. 1,403 of 19 November 2007 on the restoration of areas where soil, subsoil and terrestrial ecosystems have been affected. Date of text: 19-11-2007
(National) - National Strategy and National Plan of 19 August 2015 for the management of contaminated sites in Romania. Date of text: 19-08-2015
(National) - Order no. 344/708/2004 on the approval of Technical Rules for the protection of the environment and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture. Date of text: 19-10-2004
(National)
Russian Federation
- Decree No. 22 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector validating hygienic standard GN 2.1.7.2597-10 "Maximum permissible concentration (MPC) of ammonium perchlorate in soil" Date of text: 31-03-2010
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 1008 regarding the status of radioactively contaminated territories as a result of the Chernobyl disaster. Date of text: 25-12-1992
(National) - Order No. 101 of the Ministry of Natural Resources validating the Regulation on protective, preventive and rehabilitative measures in areas of forests affected by radioactive pollution. Date of text: 17-04-2007
(National) - Regional Law No. 265-49 “On land control”. Date of text: 15-06-2007
(Saint Petersburg) - Federal Law No. 92-FZ on special ecological programs of rehabilitation of soil subject to radioactive contamination. Date of text: 10-07-2001
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 1069 validating criteria for classification of solid, liquid and gaseous waste as radioactive waste. Date of text: 19-10-2012
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 421 validating the Regulation on special ecological programmes for rehabilitation of radioactively contaminated land. Date of text: 14-06-2002
(National) - Ministerial Decree No. 588 regarding validation of the Regulation on financing of special ecological programs of rehabilitation of soil subject to radioactive contamination. Date of text: 22-09-2003
(National) - Official Letter No.04-25/61-5678 of 1993 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources regarding the modalities of calculation of damage caused by land pollution with chemicals. Date of text: 27-12-1993
(National) - Decree No. 53 of the Chief State Sanitary Inspector validating Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for soil quality Date of text: 17-04-2003
(National) - Governmental Decree No. 800 validating the Regulation on recultivation and conservation of land. Date of text: 10-06-2018
(National) - Order No. 238 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating the Regulation on methods for the calculation of damage caused to soil. Date of text: 08-07-2010
(National) - Regional Law No. 56-RZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 02-12-1999
(Kabardino-Balkaria) - Regional Law No. 17-RZ “On soil fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 26-03-2007
(Karachayevo-Cherkessia) - Regional Law No. 725-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 07-06-2004
(Krasnodar) - Regional Law No. 38-RZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Date of text: 16-10-2009
(North Ossetia - Alania)
Rwanda
- Loi n°48/2018 du 13/08/2018 sur l’environnement. Date of text: 13-08-2018
(National)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
- National Conservation and Environment Protection Act, 1987 (Act No. 5). Date of text: 27-04-1987
(National)
Saint Lucia
- National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 2006-2020. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Hazard Mitigation Policy 2006. Date of text: 25-05-2006
(National)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Forest Resource Conservation Act, 1992 (No. 47 of 1992). Date of text: 15-07-1992
(National) - Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Strategy and Action Plan. Date of text: 01-01-2000
(National)
Samoa
- Lands, Surveys and Environment Act 1989. Date of text: 05-11-2015
(National)
Senegal
- Loi nş 2001-01 portant Code de l'environnement. Date of text: 15-01-2001
(National)
Serbia
- Rulebook on the content and manner of keeping a Cadaster of Contaminated Sites, as well as type, content and forms, manner and deadlines for delivering the data Date of text: 06/08/2019
(National) - Regulation on emission limit values of pollutants in water and deadlines for their achievement Date of text: 25/08/2011
(National) - Law on Agricultural Land Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National)
Seychelles
- Environment Protection (Standards) Regulations. Date of text: 01-01-1995
(National) - Environment Protection Act 2016 (No. 18 of 2016). Date of text: 26-08-2016
(National)
Sierra Leone
- Environmental Regulations for the Minerals Sector, 2012. Date of text: 01-01-2012
(National)
Slovakia
- Act on integrated environmental prevention and control of environmental pollution. Date of text: 31-01-2013
(National)
Slovenia
- Decree on soil pollution by waste input. Date of text: 07-04-2008
(National) - Decree on the Protection of Waters against Pollution Caused by Nitrates from Agricultural Sources Date of text: 24-12-2009
(National) - Decree on the Treatment of Biodegradable Waste and the Use of Compost or Digestate Date of text: 28-11-2013
(National) - Regulation on the use of sewage sludge in agriculture. Date of text: 05-06-2008
(National) - Decree on limit values, alert thresholds and critical levels of dangerous substances in soil. Date of text: 11-07-1996
(National) - Environmental Protection Act Date of text: 31-03-2004
(National) - Regulation on the limitation of hazardous substances and fertilizers in soil. Date of text: 08-09-2005
(National) - Agricultural Land Act Date of text: 15-10-1996
(National)
South Africa
- National Environmental Management Act: National standards for the extraction, flaring or recovery of landfill gas (GN. No. 924 of 2013). Date of text: 29-11-2013
(National) - National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (No. 59 of 2008). Date of text: 06-03-2009
(National) - National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008: National norms and standards for disposal of waste to landfill (GN. 636 of 2013). Date of text: 23-08-2013
(National) - National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008: National norms and standards for the assessment of waste landfill disposal (GN. 635 of 2013). Date of text: 23-08-2013
(National) - National Norms and Standards for the Remediation of Contaminated Land and Soil Quality in the Republic of South Africa (GN. 331 of 2014). Date of text: 02-05-2014
(National) - National Environmental Management Act, 1998 Date of text: 19-11-1998
(National)
Spain
- Decree Regulating the Use of Sewage Sludge in the Agricultural Sector Date of text: 29-10-1990
(National) - Decree on Defining Soil Polluting Activities and Criteria Date of text: 14-01-2005
(National) - Decree on a Sustainable Use of Fitosanitary Products Date of text: 14-09-2012
(National) - Law for Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Date of text: 16-12-2016
(National) - Law on Waste and Polluted Soils. Date of text: 28-07-2011
(National) - Royal Decree 1416/2006 to Decommission Petroleum-Product Tanks. Date of text: 01-12-2006
(National) - State Framework Plan for Waste Management 2016 - 2022. Date of text: 06-11-2015
(National) - Decree on Protecting Waters from the Pollution by Nitrates Derived of Agricultural Sources Date of text: 16/12/1999
(National) - Law 26/2007 of Environmental Liability Date of text: 23-10-2007
(National)
Sri Lanka
- National Environmental (Amendment) Act 1988 (No. 56 of 1988). Date of text: 12-12-1988
(National) - National Environmental Policy and Strategies. Date of text: 18-08-2003
(National) - North Western Province Environmental Statute 1990 (No. 12 of 1990). Date of text: 01-01-1990
(National) - Soil Conservation Act 1951 (No. 25 of 1951). Date of text: 13-08-1951
(National)
Sudan
Sweden
- Guidance Manual on Waste recycling in construction work. Date of text: 01-02-2010
(National) - The Swedish Environmental Code Date of text: 11-06-1998
(National) - Directions for Guidance Values in the Assessment of Polluted Soils. Date of text: 01-09-2009
(National) - Planning and Construction Act (SFS 2010:900). Date of text: 08-01-1987
(National)
Switzerland
- Ordinance on the Avoidance and the Disposal of Waste. Date of text: 04-12-2005
(National) - Ordonnance relative ŕ la taxe pour l’assainissement des sites contaminés (OTAS). Date of text: 26-09-2008
(National) - Ordonnance sur l’assainissement des sites pollués (Ordonnance sur les sites contaminés, OSites). Date of text: 26-08-1998
(National) - Soil Protection Ordinance. Date of text: 05-07-2005
(Basel-Stadt) - Rčglement sur les sites pollués (RSites). Date of text: 04-06-2013
(Fribourg) - Loi d'application de la législation fédérale sur les sites contaminés. Date of text: 31-01-2003
(Genčve) - Arręté sur les sites pollués (AsiPol). Date of text: 11-02-2009
(Neuchâtel) - Ordinance on water, soil and waste (Water, Soil, Waste Ordinance). Date of text: 22-09-2009
(Solothurn) - Rčglement sur la gestion du fonds cantonal pour les investigations préalables des sites présumés pollués. Date of text: 13-12-2006
(Valais) - Loi sur l'assainissement des sites pollués (LASP). Date of text: 17-01-2006
(Vaud) - Federal Act on the Protection of the Environment. Date of text: 07-10-1983
(National) - Ordonnance sur les atteintes portées aux sols (OSol). Date of text: 01-07-1998
(National) - Ordinance on the Introductory Law concerning the confederate legislation on environment and water protection. Date of text: 14-05-2008
(Aargau) - Law on water, soil and waste (Water, Soil, Waste Law). Date of text: 04-03-2009
(Solothurn)
Thailand
- Hazardous Susbtance Act, 1992 Date of text: 01-01-1992
(National)
Trinidad and Tobago
- Agricultural Fires (Cap. 63:02). Date of text: 24-11-1965
(National) - National Environmental Policy. Date of text: 07-04-2006
(National) - National Integrated Water Resources Management Policy 2017. Date of text: 01-03-2017
(National) - National Spatial Development Strategy for Trinidad and Tobago. Date of text: 01-01-2013
(National)
Tuvalu
- National Strategy for Sustainable Development 2016 to 2020. Date of text: 01-03-2016
(National)
Türkiye
- Notification on issuance of qualification certificates in accordance with the Regulation regarding point source land pollution and soil contamination control. Date of text: 17-06-2011
(National) - Regulation on the rehabilitation of lands degradated by mining activities. Date of text: 14-12-2007
(National) - Regulation regarding point source land pollution and soil contamination control. Date of text: 08-06-2010
(National) - Regulation on protection, importation, exportation and supply of organic, organ mineral and micro-biological fertilizers and soil conditioners. Date of text: 04-06-2010
(National) - Land Degradation Neutrality National Report 2016 - 2030. Date of text: 01-09-2016
(National) - Decree No. 2016/9620 on declaration of protected areas for specific meadows. Date of text: 12-12-2016
(National) - National Environmental Action Plan 1999. Date of text: 01-01-1999
(National)
Uganda
- National Environment (Waste Management) Regulations, 1999 (S.I. No 52 of 1999). Date of text: 19-10-1999
(National) - National Land Use Policy. Date of text: 01-01-2006
(National) - Second National Development Plan (NDPII) 2015/16-2019/20. Date of text: 01-01-2015
(National)
Ukraine
- Decree No. 1739-77 validating the Regulation on estimated indicators of soil sanitary condition in populated areas. Date of text: 07-07-1977
(National) - Decree No. 2264-80 of the Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector validating maximum permissible concentration (MPC) of chemicals in soil. Date of text: 30-10-1980
(National) - Decree No. 2401-81 of the Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector validating approximate permissible concentration (APC) of chemicals in soil. Date of text: 10-06-1981
(National) - Decree No. 284 of the Cabinet of Ministers validating the Procedure for calculation and compensation of losses to land owners and land tenants. Date of text: 19-04-1993
(National) - Decree No. 3210-85 validating Estimated approximate permissible concentration levels of chemical substances in the soil (APC). Date of text: 01-02-1985
(National) - Law No. 2059-VIII “On environmental impact assessment”. Date of text: 23-05-2017
(National) - Law No. 4004-XII on ensuring sanitary and epidemic safety of the population. Date of text: 24-02-1994
(National) - Law No.791a-XII of 1991 on legal status of the territories exposed to radioactive contamination as a result of Chernobyl disaster. Date of text: 27-02-1991
(National) - Ordinance No. 171 of the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Nuclear Safety validating the Methodology for calculation of the amount of damage caused by pollution and littering of land resources due to violation of environmental legislation. Date of text: 27-10-1997
(National) - Decree No. 1098 of the Cabinet of Ministers validation of the Regulation on calculation of the amount of damages caused as a result of non-performance of rehabilitation of disturbed land. Date of text: 17-12-2008
(National) - Law No. 1947-III validating the National Program on toxic waste management. Date of text: 14-09-2000
(National) - Law No. 2480-VI On Lands for Energy Sector and the Legal Regime of Special Zones for Energy Objects. Date of text: 09-07-2010
(National) - Law No. 3268-VI, 21.04.2011 on approval of the National program for the development of the mineral resource base of Ukraine for the period up to 2030. Date of text: 21-04-2011
(National) - Law No. 86/95-?? on pesticides and agrochemicals. Date of text: 02-03-1995
(National) - Law No.2496-VIII,
10.07.2018,
on the basic principles and requirements for organic production, circulation and labeling of organic products Date of text: 10-07-2018
(National) - Law No. 187/98-BP on waste. Date of text: 05-03-1998
(National) - Law No. 2341-III Criminal Code of Ukraine. Date of text: 05-04-2001
(National) - Main principles (strategy) of the state environmental policy of Ukraine for the period up to 2030. Date of text: 28-02-2019
(National) - Water Code (No.213/95-VR of 1995). Date of text: 06-06-1995
(National)
United Arab Emirates
- Federal Law No. 24 of 1999 on the environment protection and development. Date of text: 17-10-1999
(National)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations Date of text: 09/12/1999
(National) - Environmental Protection Act 1990 (Chapter 43). Date of text: 01-11-1990
(National) - Pesticides Control Legislation Date of text: 29-08-1985
(National) - Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999 (Chapter 24). Date of text: 27-07-1999
(National) - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 571 of 2017). Date of text: 18-04-2017
(National) - Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1990 (S.I. No. 245 of 1990). Date of text: 26-06-1990
(Northern Ireland) - The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 Date of text: 25-02-2015
(Northern Ireland) - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011 Date of text: 21-02-2011
(Scotland) - Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 Date of text: 27-01-2016
(Wales) - Environment (Wales) Act 2016 Date of text: 21-03-2016
(Wales) - Water Environment Regulations Date of text: 15-03-2017
(England and Wales)
United Republic of Tanzania
- Fertilizers Act, 2009 (No. 9 of 2009). Date of text: 12/05/2009
(National) - Environmental Management (Soil Quality Standards) Regulations, 2007. Date of text: 01-01-2007
(National)
United States of America
- Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). Date of text: 11-12-1980
(National) - Solid Waste Disposal Act (Health and Safety Code: Title 5, Subtitle B, Chapter 361). Date of text: 01-09-1989
(Texas) - General Agricultural Laws (Florida Statutes: Title XXXV Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry; Chapter 604; ss. 604.001-604.60) Date of text: 01-01-1941
(Florida) - Resource Extraction Reclamation (Florida Statutes: Title XXVIII Natural Resources; Conservation, Reclamation, and Use; Chapter 378 Land Reclamation; Part III; ss. 378.401-378.901) Date of text: 01-01-1941
(Florida) - Soil and Water Conservation (Florida Statutes: Title XXXV Agriculture, Horticulture, and Animal Industry; Chapter 582; ss. 582.01-582.32) Date of text: 01-01-1941
(Florida)
Uruguay
- Ley Nş 16.466 - Declara de interés general la protección del medio ambiente contra cualquier tipo de depredación, destrucción o contaminación. Date of text: 19-01-1994
(National) - Ley Nş 17.283 - Declara de interés general la protección del medio ambiente. Date of text: 28-11-2000
(National)
Uzbekistan
- Government Resolution No. 737 of September 2019 on Improvement of the environmental monitoring system in Uzbekistan. Date of text: 05-09-2019
(National) - National Action Plan of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the implementation of international instruments in the field of chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear safety for the period 2018-2021. Date of text: 27-11-2018
(National) - Strategy of municipal Solid Waste Management in Uzbekistan for the period 2019-2028. Date of text: 17-04-2019
(National) - Strategy for preserving biological diversity in the Republic of Uzbekistan for 2019 -2028. Date of text: 11-06-2019
(National)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Decreto Ley Nş 2.171/15 - Ley orgánica para el desarrollo de las actividades petroquímicas. Date of text: 30-12-2015
(National) - Decreto Nş 2.219 - Normas para regular la afectación de los recursos naturales renovables asociada a la exploración y extracción de minerales. Date of text: 23-04-1992
(National) - Ley Penal del Ambiente. Date of text: 02-05-2012
(National) - Ley de estímulo al desarrollo de las actividades petroquímica, carboquímica y similares. Date of text: 01-12-2005
(National) - Ley orgánica de hidrocarburos. Date of text: 16-05-2006
(National) - Constitución de Venezuela. Date of text: 20-12-1999
(National) - Decreto Nş 1.333 - Reglamento de la Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas. Date of text: 11-12-1969
(National) - Ley forestal, de suelos y de aguas. Date of text: 30-12-1965
(National)
Viet Nam
- Circular No. 04/2012/TT-BTNMT stipulating criteria for identification of establishments causing environmental pollution or serious environmental pollution. Date of text: 08-05-2012
(National) - Decree No. 117/2009/ND-CP on the handling of law violations in the domain of environmental protection. Date of text: 31-12-2009
(National) - Decree No. 19/2015/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection. Date of text: 14-02-2015
(National) - Law on Environmental Protection No. 55/2014/QH13. Date of text: 23/06/2014
(National) - Decision No. 113/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Vinh Phuc province through 2020. Date of text: 20-01-2012
(National) - Decision No. 512/QD-TTg approving the master plan on socio-economic development of Cao Bang province through 2020, with a vision toward 2025. Date of text: 11-04-2014
(National)
Yemen
- Resolution No. 10 of 2002 issuing the Implementing Regulation of Law No. 25 of 1999 regulating the trade, circulation and handling of plant pesticides. Date of text: 01-02-2002
(National) - Law No. 26 of 1995 on the environment protection. Date of text: 29/10/1995
(National) - Law No.7 of 2011 on the Plant Quarantine. Date of text: 30-03-2011
(National)
Zambia
- Mines and Minerals (Environmental) Regulations, 1997 (Cap. 213). Date of text: 20-02-1997
(National)
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