Decree of the President of the Regional Council No. 9/R defining the zones vulnerable to nitrates of agricultural origin and laying down the related action programme.

Country/Territory: Italy
Territorial subdivision: Piemonte
Document type: Regulation
Date: 2002
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Original source: Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte No. 43, 24 October 2002, Supplement No. 2.

Subject: Agricultural & rural development, Water
Keyword: Zoning Fertilizers/nutrients Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge
Geographical area: Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Abstract: In implementation of Regional Act No. 61 of 2000, this Presidential Decree defines those zones falling within the regional territory that are to be considered as vulnerable to nitrates of agricultural origin (Annex A). The particular measures laid down in Annex B (along with the provisions contained in the Code of good agricultural practice approved by Ministerial Decree of 19 April 1999) shall be applied as from 1 January 2003 to the zones indicated in Annex A. Particular measures concern the management of fertilization.
Full text: Italian
Website: www.regione.piemonte.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Legislation | Italy | 2000

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX