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Regional Act No. 33 making rules on environmental protection.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Veneto
Document type
Legislation
Date
1985 (2001)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Air & atmosphere, Sea, Water, Environment gen.
Keyword
Pollution control Air quality/air pollution Emissions Environmental planning Institution Offences/penalties Noise pollution Policy/planning Marine pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Sewerage Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The objectives of this Regional Act are the preservation and improvement of the environment and the development of flora and fauna at regional level. The functions entrusted to the regional authority in this field shall be exercised with a view to preventing the deterioration of the ecological balance and ensuring the restoration of polluted areas. Those regional functions are to be performed in conformity with the legislative framework laid down at national level and referred to in article 1. The protection of the environment shall encompass the following: (a) emissions into the atmosphere; (b) noise; (c) use of surface and underground waters; (d) discharges into surface waters, both inland and marine; (e) realization of works and installations that are likely to have an impact on the surrounding environment. Environmental protection shall lead to prevention and restoration actions and interventions as per article 3. Articles 4 to 6 define with detail the functions and tasks belonging to the Region, the Provinces and the Communes. The regional authority shall be in charge of the collection of relevant data and information, the elaboration and approval of regional plans and the transmission to other local entities of directives and the coordination of provincial and local monitoring systems. Title II of the Act describes the institutional framework, including the Department for Ecological and Environmental Protection (art. 10) and technical commissions at regional and provincial level (arts. 11 to 14). Title III, which deals with the preservation of the environment as a whole, regulates the content and the procedure to be followed when approving the Regional Environmental Plan. Chapter II of the same Title regards more specific plans, namely the Regional Plan on Air Quality (art. 22) and the Regional Plan on Waters (art. 24). Title IV lays down particular provisions relating to the protection of air, waters and soil. Article 60 concerns the approval of the sewerage regulation. Articles 65 and 66 lay down penalties.

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.veneto.it

References - Legislation

Amended by

Regional Act No. 6 amending Regional Act No. 33 of 1985 on environmental protection.

Legislation | Italy | 2009

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Environmental planning, Institution, Offences/penalties, Noise pollution, Policy/planning, Marine pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Sewerage, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regional Act No. 11 amending Regional Act No. 33 of 1985 making rules on environmental protection.

Legislation | Italy | 2012

Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Waste non-domestic sources, Offences/penalties, Waste management, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX