Water and Soil Pollution Control Law, 2002 (Law No. 106(I)/2002). Country/Territory Cyprus Document type Legislation Date 2002 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Episimi Efimerida tis Kypriakis Dimokratias No. 3621, Supplement I, Part I, 12 July 2002. Subject Land & soil, Water Keyword Access-to-information Authorization/permit Pollution control Soil pollution/quality Waste non-domestic sources Waste disposal Basic legislation Data collection/reporting Environmental planning Groundwater Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Surface water Freshwater pollution Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia Abstract In the process of harmonizing the Cypriot legislation with the environmental legislative framework of the European Union, this law sets forth the basic provisions for the protection of water resources and soil against polution. The law aims at protecting surface and underground waters and soil from human and industrial polluting activities and at controlling the disposal of liquid and solid industrial waste. Specific measures are prescribed for the prevention of pollution and the adoption of an overall approach in granting licenses to industrial plants and cattle breeding facilities that cause pollution of waters and soil. The law is divided in six parts. The first part includes introductive provisions and definitions. Also, sets out the duties of the Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment. The second part refers to protection of waters and soil in general from nitrate pollution caused by agricultural activities, i.e. by the use of fertilizers, manure and recycled water in irrigation. The third part regulates all maters related to the process of issuing licenses for disposal of waste to existing and new (industrial and not) facilities that cause pollution by disposing waste in waters and soil. The fourth part introduces the concept of integrated prevention and control of pollution concerning large-scale industrial and animal breeding facilities which are considered largely responsible for environmental pollution. For the provisions of this Part, the corresponding European Directive itself includes a transitional period for waste disposal licensing to existing industrial facilities and swine houses, up to October 2007. The remaining two parts concern, administrative regulations and procedures, powers of inspectors, the keeping of a registry book for facilities to which waste disposal licenses are granted and the procedures for delivering information to the European Committee. Full text Greek Website www.moa.gov.cy References - Legislation Implemented by Water Pollution Control (General Terms for Waste Disposal deriving from Poultry Slaughterhouses) Order, 2005 (P.I. 271/2005). Legislation | Cyprus | 2005 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (General Terms for Waste Disposal deriving from Wine Factories) Order, 2007 (P.I. 38/2007). Legislation | Cyprus | 2007 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (General Terms for Olive Presses Waste Disposal) Order, 2005 (P.I. 270/2005). Legislation | Cyprus | 2005 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Discharge of Urban Waste Water) Regulations, 2003 (P.I. 772/2003). Legislation | Cyprus | 2003 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Sensitive Areas for Urban Waste Water Discharge) Regulations, 2004 (P.I. 111/2004). Legislation | Cyprus | 2004 Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Freshwater pollution, Surface water, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree no. 283 of 2023 on Water Pollution Control (Code of Good Agricultural Practice for the Protection of Waters from Nitrate Pollution of Agricultural Origin). Legislation | Cyprus | 2023 Keyword: Fertilizers/nutrients, Farming, Protection of environment, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality, Irrigation, Use restrictions, Transport/storage, Crops/grasses, Agricultural development, Organic waste, Livestock water use, Freshwater pollution, Groundwater, Surface water, Water quality standards, Pollution control, Effluent waste water/discharge, Saltwater intrusion/siltation, Waste domestic sources, Freshwater resources management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2008 (Law No. 11(I)/2008). Legislation | Cyprus | 2008 Keyword: Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Policy/planning, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment)(No.2) Law, 2008 (Law No. 53(I)/2008). Legislation | Cyprus | 2008 Keyword: Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Policy/planning, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2005 (Law No. 160(I)/2005). Legislation | Cyprus | 2005 Keyword: Access-to-information, Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Policy/planning, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2007 (Law No. 22(I)/2007). Legislation | Cyprus | 2007 Keyword: Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Policy/planning, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2006 (Law No. 76(I)/2006). Legislation | Cyprus | 2006 Keyword: Access-to-information, Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Policy/planning, Pollution control, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2009 (Law No. 68(I)-2009. Legislation | Cyprus | 2009 Keyword: Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Policy/planning, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2009 (Law No. 78(Ι)/2009. Legislation | Cyprus | 2009 Keyword: Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Policy/planning, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law 2013 (Law No. 181(I)/2013). Legislation | Cyprus | 2013 Keyword: Environmental planning, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Pollution control, Industrial water use, Waste disposal, Waste management, Policy/planning, Authorization/permit, Freshwater pollution Source: FAO, FAOLEX