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Law No. 3017 ratifying the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations framework convention on climate change.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 117, Part I, 30 May 2002, pp. 1781-1816.
Subject
Air & atmosphere
Keyword
Access-to-information Air quality/air pollution Climate change Data collection/reporting Pollution control Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Law shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

The law ratifies the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations framework convention on climate change (art. 1). The Ministry of environment, spatial planning and public works shall be the competent authority for implementing the provisions of this law and the ratified protocol as well as for drawing up of a national programme for the implementation of the provisions of articles 2 and 3 of the Protocol (art. 2). Further implementation of the provisions of the Protocol and the establishment of complementary provisions regarding administrative procedures and sanctions shall be addressed by the issuance of Joint Decrees by the various Ministries involved. With a Decree by the Cabinet of Ministers shall be implemented the national programme referred to in article 2 of this Law. (art. 3). The emission limitation or reduction commitment referred to in Annex B of the Protocol shall be further quantified among the member States of the Protocol with a Decision by the European Council in compliance with article 4, paragraph 1 of the Protocol (art.4). The fifth and last article of the law makes provisions for the entry into force of the Protocol and this law.

Full text
Greek
Website
www.et.gr