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Regional Act No. 45 setting up the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment of the Lazio Region (ARPA)

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Lazio
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lazio No. 29, 20 October 1998
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Pollution control Institution
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

The Lazio Region aims at strenghtening the protection of the environment. This Regional Act provides for the setting up of the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment (ARPA). The ARPA shall carry out surveillance and control functions, particularly by looking at (i) pollution sources (comprising noise pollution, air pollution, soil and subsoil pollution), (ii) chemical, physical and biological risks, as well as (iii) protection of the environment against radiation. The ARPA shall also provide other local entities and authorities with technical and scientific support.

Full text
Italian
Website
www.regione.lazio.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Decree-Law No. 496 laying down urgent measures for the reorganization of environmental checks and for the establishment of the National Agency for Environmental Protection - ANPA.

Legislation | Italy | 1993

Keyword: Institution, Environmental planning, Pollution control, EIA, Environmental standards, Policy/planning, Standards, Protection of environment

Source: FAO, FAOLEX