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 Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, 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 (2014) Keyword: Pollution control, EIA, Air quality/air pollution, Soil pollution/quality, Noise pollution, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Offences/penalties, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX