Upper Austria Law amending the Upper Austria Environment Protection Law 1996. Country/Territory Austria Territorial subdivision Oberösterreich Document type Legislation Date 2000 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Pollution control Institution Data collection/reporting Environmental standards Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Law introduces some amendments to the Environment Protection Act 1996 (LGBl. No. 84/1996). In particular, it rewords article 10 concerning the "Academy for Environment and Nature" in Upper Austria. Furthermore, it amends article 11 dealing with the environmental report; it adds, also, a paragraph 4a to article 16 on transmission of environmental data; finally, it amends paragraph 8 of article 16 establishing that the transmission of data shall be carried out free of charge. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Amends Upper Austria Environment Protection Law 1996. Legislation | Austria | 1996 Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Air quality/air pollution, Soil pollution/quality, Noise pollution, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX