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Decree-Law No. 151-B/2013 establishing the legal regime of environmental impact assessment.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2013 (2017)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, Serie I, 2nd Supplement, No. 211, 31 October 2013.
Subject
Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
EIA Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Environmental standards Waste disposal Basic legislation Standards Protection of environment Classification/declassification Waste management
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Decree-Law, consisting of 52 articles divided into six Chapters and six Annexes, establishes the legal regime of environmental impact assessment (EIA) to be applied for significant effects caused by certain public and private projects on the environment. It applies for internal regulation Parliament and Council Directive No. 2011/92/UE. Sanctions for illegal activity are prescribed in the text. Annexes concern projects and categories of wastes to be treated for environmental preservation, etc.|

Full text
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Website
www.dre.pt

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Order No. 395/2015 establishing technical requirements to be satisfied by Environmental Impact Assessment procedures.

Legislation | Portugal | 2015

Keyword: EIA, Research, Procedural matters, Monitoring, Inspection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Decree-Law No. 47/2014 amending Decree-Law No. 151-B/2013 on the legal regime regulating environmental impact assessment.

Legislation | Portugal | 2014

Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental standards, Waste disposal, Standards, Protection of environment, Classification/declassification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree-Law No. 179/2015 amending the legal regime of environmental impact assessment.

Legislation | Portugal | 2015

Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental standards, Waste disposal, Standards, Protection of environment, Classification/declassification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Decree-Law No. 102-D/2020 approving the general waste management regime, the legal regime for the disposal of waste in landfills and amending the management regime for specific waste flows, transposing EU Directives 2018/849, 2018/850, 2018/851 and 2018/852.

Legislation | Portugal | 2020

Keyword: Solid waste, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Pollution control, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste prevention

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Law No. 37/2017 making mandatory the environmental impact assessment for research, exploration and extraction of hydrocarbons operations.

Legislation | Portugal | 2017

Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Environmental standards, Waste disposal, Research, Mining, Monitoring, Procedural matters, Standards, Protection of environment, Minerals, Natural gas

Source: FAO, FAOLEX