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Regional Act No. 14 establishing the Authority for Regional Basins.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Emilia-Romagna
Document type
Legislation
Date
1993
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Emilia-Romagna No. 29, 1 April 1993.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Inland waters River basin institution Policy/planning Basin/catchment/watershed Governance
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Regional Act provides for the establishment of the Authority for Regional Basins, in compliance with the principles laid down in Act No. 183 of 18 May 1989. The Authority shall govern the basins defined by article 1, paragraph 1 and coordinate, control and verify the application of programmes related to regional basins. The aims particularly pursued are soil conservation, the maintenance of quality characteristics of water bodies, water resources protection and rational use, ecosystem preservation (art. 1, par. 2). Regional basins are delineated by the cartography attached to this Act. The Authority for Regional Basins consists of an Institutional Committe (whose assignments are listed out in article 5) and a Technical Committee (art. 7).

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.emilia-romagna.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Act No. 183 concerning the organizational and functional restructuring of land conservation.

Legislation | Italy | 1989

Keyword: Basic legislation, Institution, Classification/declassification, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Policy/planning, River basin institution, EIA, Freshwater resources management, Basin/catchment/watershed, Inland waters

Source: FAO, FAOLEX