Act on the establishment of a Federal Nuclear Waste Office. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2013 (2015) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 41, 26 July 2013, p. 2563. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Institution Inspection Enforcement/compliance Pollution control Hazardous waste Waste management Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to the establishment of a Federal Agency for nuclear waste. The Agency is responsible for: 1) authorizing final disposal sites of radioactive waste; 2) supporting the Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Protection and Nuclear Safety in expert and scientific issues; 3) dealing with issues on the same subject on behalf of the Ministry. The text consists of 4 articles as follows: Establishment (1); Responsibilities (2); Survey (3); Transitional provisions (4). Full text German Website www.bmj.de