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 titleSeventeenth 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