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Federal Act amending the Federal Act on environmental sustainability testing and public participation and the Federal Act on the creation of a Commission for the Environment at the Ministry of the Environment.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Legislation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part I, No. 14, 31 March 2005, 2 pp.
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Pollution control EIA Institution
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Abstract

The Act introduces some amendments to the Federal Act on environmental sustainability testing and public participation (BGBl. No. 697/1993). In particular, a paragraph 4a is added to article 3 dealing with projects that must be subjected to a sustainability test, namely an environmental impact assessment, and the procedure to be followed for conducting and monitoring this test. Furthermore, the present Act amends article 18 of the Federal Act on the creation of a Commission for the Environment at the Ministry of the Environment (BGBl. I No. 114/2000).

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

Amends

Federal Act on Environmental Impact Assessment (UPVG).

Legislation | Austria | 1993 (2023)

Keyword: Basic legislation, EIA, Environmental planning, Climate change, Institution, Ecosystem preservation, Monitoring, Data collection/reporting, Precautionary principle, Transboundary effects, Land-use planning, Sustainable development, Public participation, Access-to-justice, Cultural heritage, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Environment Commission Act 2000.

Legislation | Austria | 2000 (2009)

Keyword: Institution, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX