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17th Federal Emission Protection Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
1990 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 41, 19 August 2003, pp. 1633-1651.
Long title
Seventeenth Ordinance implementing the Federal Immission Protection Act (Ordinance on the incineration of waste).
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Air quality/air pollution Emissions Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment Waste disposal Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Inspection Solid waste Waste management
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on 20 August 2003.
Abstract

The above-mentioned Ordinance contains provisions concerning the incineration of waste. Its aim is to prevent or to limit as far as practicable negative effects on the environment, in particular pollution by emissions into air, soil, surface water and groundwater, and the resulting risks to human health, from the incineration and co-incineration of waste. At the outset the Ordinance contains a definition clause relating to terms therein employed such as, for example, “mixed municipal waste”, “incineration plant”, “emission”, “emission limit value”. The text consists of 22 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (I); Operating conditions for incineration plants (II); Control and monitoring (III); Operating conditions for old incineration plants (IV); Common provisions (V); Final provisions (VI).

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de