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Regional Act No. 17 regulating mining activities.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Emilia-Romagna
Document type
Legislation
Date
1991
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Emilia Romagna No. 49, 22 July 2001.
Subject
Mineral resources
Keyword
Mining Minerals Institution Access-to-information Environmental planning Authorization/permit Policy/planning
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Act makes rules governing mining activities and their planning, giving due account to the environmental protection requirements identified in the basin plans to be adopted as per Act No. 183 of 1989. The planning instruments shall be the following: (1) Regional Territorial Plan (art. 5); (2) Subregional Plan on Mining Activitites (art. 6); and (3) Municipal Plans on Mining Activities (art. 7). Article 2 prohibits the extraction of certain mineral resources from water courses, rivers, lakes as well as the maritime domain. Further the Act regulates the issue of the authorization and concession required to carry out mining activities. Article 23 establishes the Regional Technical Commission for Mining Activities; article 24 establishes the Regional Counsel for Mining Activities. Moreover the cadastre on mining activities is to be set up under the regional information system (art. 28).

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