Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2008 (Law No. 11(I)/2008).

Subject

Environment gen., Water

Keyword

Environmental planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Pollution control Policy/planning Waste disposal Authorization/permit Freshwater pollution

Geographical area

Asia, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia

Abstract

This Law may be cited as the Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law of 2008 and shall be read as one with the Water Pollution Control Laws of 2002 and 2007 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Law"). The principal Law and the present Law shall be read as one and will be referred to as the Water Pollution Control Laws of 2002 and 2008. The present law, for a better alignment with Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, carries forward amendments to articles 9, 10, 12 and adds up new articles (18A, 18B, 18C and 20A) of the principal law. The amendments regard the issuance of licenses for waste disposal.

Full text

Greek

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control

Legislation | European Union | 1996

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting, Access-to-information, Noise pollution, Basic legislation, Hazardous substances, Soil pollution/quality, Freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amends

Water and Soil Pollution Control Law, 2002 (Law No. 106(I)/2002).

Legislation | Cyprus | 2002

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX