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 Portuguese 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