Hamburg Waste Water Charges Implementation Law. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Hamburg Document type Legislation Date 1988 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleHamburg Law implementing the Federal Waste Water Charges Act. Subject Water Keyword Effluent waste water/discharge Water charges Rainwater Royalties/fees Registration Pollution control Freshwater pollution Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Law implements the Waste Water Charges Act in its consolidated version of 18 January 2005 (BGBl. I p. 114).The text - consisting of 15 articles - deals with the following matters: charges to be paid for precipitation water, basis for evaluation for waste water, duties to pay charges for third parties, exemption of duty to pay charges, recording of persons due to pay and duty to declare, determination of amount, expiration and prescription, application of other provisions and penalties. Full text German Website www.hamburg.de References - Legislation Implements Waste Water Charges Act. Legislation | Germany | 1976 (2018) Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Water charges Source: FAO, FAOLEX