Act No. 64 of 1986 relative to municipal environment administration. Country/Territory Finland Document type Legislation Date 1986 (2000) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Institution Environmental planning Policy/planning Geographical area Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract This Act applies to municipal environment administration. In addition, tasks and management at the municipal level are regulated by other legislation relating to environment protection (sect. 1). Municipal environment protection shall be guided and supervised by County Councils, which shall be subordinated in this field to the Ministry of Environment. Section 4 defines in general the task of the municipal councils regarding a safe and healthy environment. There are established in each municipality Environment Protection Committees (sect. 5). Tasks of these committees are set out in general in section 6. Subsequent sections define some aspects of working procedures of the Committees, such as coordination with other bodies in the field of planning, and rendering public of information. Full text Swedish Website www.finlex.fi References - Legislation Amended by Act No. 105 of 2000 to amend the Act relative to municipal environment administration. Legislation | Finland | 2000 Keyword: Institution Source: FAO, FAOLEX