Resolution No. 119 of 24 September 2007 defining requirements and conditions for the issuance of environmental licences for olive presses. Country/Territory Syrian Arab Republic Document type Regulation Date 2007 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Official Gazette No. 46, 7 November 2007, 2 pp. Subject Environment gen., Cultivated plants, Water Keyword Authorization/permit Industrial water use Pollution control Waste non-domestic sources Plant production Oleaginous plants Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Geographical area Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Near East and North Africa, Western Asia Abstract This Resolution is composed of 5 articles. Article 1 deals with requirements and conditions for the issuance of environmental licences for olive presses which are: sites of olive presses shall be far from drinking water resources, rivers, lakes and dams; availability of hermetic sealed tanks for the collection of waste waters; availability of places for the collection of solid wastes; keeping of registers for the activity of olive presses; availability of adequate means for the transportation of waste waters; and , respecting the general rules and norms for the hygiene. Article 2 prohibits the disposal and drainage of waste waters in public waters, rivers, springs and sewage nets. Full text Arabic