Ministerial Decision No. OIK 84229 delegating the General Secretaries of Prefectures to approve environmental terms on certain works or activities. Country/Territory Greece Document type Regulation Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 906, Part II, 24 September 1996, pp. 9555-9557. Subject Environment gen., Water Keyword Environmental planning EIA Policy/planning Water supply Waterworks Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette. Abstract Article 4 of Law 1650/1986 states that "the approval of the environmental terms is granted by joint decision of the Minister of the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works and of the Minister competent in the relevant case. With a similar decision it is possible to delegate to the competent Prefect the approval of the environmental terms concerning some projects or activities of this category." With the present Decision, the competence of the approval of environmental terms falling under category "A" (art. 3 of Law 1650/1986) is transferred to the General Secretaries of Region, as conserning with the realisation of isolated drillings for water supplies and with the construction of water energy production installations. The only Region exempted from this rule is the Region of Attica. Full text Greek