Act no. 134/1992 on the State Administration of Air Protection. Country/Territory Slovakia Document type Legislation Date 1992 (1996) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Air & atmosphere Keyword Basic legislation Air quality/air pollution Emissions Enforcement/compliance Institution Offences/penalties Environmental standards Pollution control Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Abstract This Act concerns the protection of the air. Article 1 to 9 specify the institutions responsible for the protection of the air in the Slovak Republic and spell out their responsibilities and powers. Under article 10, Operators of large and medium pollution sources are required to report true and complete information about the pollution source, emissions, and the compliance of emission limits for the past calendar year to the organization designated by a committee and to the Subdistrict Environmental Office. Under article 12, the ministry establishes the details for determining emission limits of the existing pollution sources through general obligatory legislation and, in the time limit of three months from the day when this Act comes into force, operators of the existing large and medium pollution sources are required to apply at the appropriate authority of the state administration for air protection for the determination of the emission limit and for the period to reach the emission limit established for new pollution sources. Other provisions concern the administration of the Act, its enforcement and offences and penalties. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Decree on requirements for registering pollution sources and specifying the information to be submitted to air protection bodies. Legislation | Slovakia | 1999 Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Registration, Data collection/reporting, Emissions, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation 299/1995 Coll. on conditions for issuing licences to perform measurements of emissions and on policies for performing such activity. Legislation | Slovakia | 1995 Keyword: Emissions, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree 155/2000 of 5 May 2000 amending regulation 299/1995 Coll. on conditions for issuing licences to perform measurements of emissions and on policies for performing such activity. Legislation | Slovakia | 2000 Keyword: Emissions, Inspection Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree of 20 April 2000 on requirements to the quality of fuels, maintaining operating records, and kind, extent and system of reporting data to the air protection authority. Legislation | Slovakia | 2000 Keyword: Emissions, Internal trade, Data collection/reporting, Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation 265/1996 Coll. on control of road vehicles emissions. Legislation | Slovakia | 1996 Keyword: Emissions, Air quality/air pollution, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree of 20 July 1999 on requirements on keeping sources of pollution operating records and on extent of other data that operators of sources of pollution are obliged to provide to air protection authority. Legislation | Slovakia | 1999 Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Early warning system, Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation 208/1996 Coll. on the programme of decreasing of emissions. Legislation | Slovakia | 1996 Keyword: Emissions, Classification/declassification, Air quality/air pollution, Environmental standards, Pollution control, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation of 31 January 1997 on ascertaining of amounts of contaminating substances and data on meeting specified limits of contamination. Legislation | Slovakia | 1997 Keyword: Emissions, Data collection/reporting, Monitoring Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation of 27 April 1993 on the specification of areas requiring special protection of the atmosphere and on operation of smog warning and control systems. Legislation | Slovakia | 1993 Keyword: Pollution control, Emissions, Protected area Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Act on the protection of the ozone layer. Legislation | Slovakia | 1998 Keyword: Ozone layer, Pollution control, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Access-to-information, Hazardous substances Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act amending Act No. 309/1991 Coll. and Act No. 134/1992. Legislation | Slovakia | 1992 (1996) Keyword: Pollution control Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act on the protection of the ozone layer. Legislation | Slovakia | 2012 Keyword: Ozone layer, Pollution control, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Access-to-information, Hazardous substances Source: FAO, FAOLEX