Decree No. 71 of 2003 relative to financial guarantees for the fullfilment of obligations imposed by Directives and liability in the field of environment protection (Decree Guarantees Environment Management).

Country/Territory: Netherlands
Document type: Regulation
Date: 2003
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Staatsblad, No. 71, 27 February 2003, 39 pp.

Subject: Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword: Pollution control Authorization/permit Liability/compensation Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area: Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Entry into force notes: Entry into force on a date to be established by Royal Decree.

Abstract: This Decree implements article 8.15 of the Environment Protection act. This article allows the competent authority to issue a General Order In Council to indicate certain polluting installations that shall arrange financial security for the fulfilment of obligations deriving from environment permits granted under the Act. The installations and corresponding amounts of liability to be covered are listed in the Schedules.
Full text: Dutch
Website: www.overheid.nl

References - Legislation

Implements

Act containing provisions concerning general matters of environmental hygiene (Environment Management Act).

Legislation | Netherlands | 1979 (2023)

Keyword: Framework law, Institution, Environmental planning, EIA, Authorization/permit, Pollution control, Soil pollution/quality, Marine pollution, Environmental standards, Subsidy/incentive, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Offences/penalties, Protection of environment, Emissions, Emissions trading, Policy/planning, Standards, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable development

Source: FAO, FAOLEX