Water Pollution Control (Amendment) Law, 2009 (Law No. 78(Ι)/2009.

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 Act may be cited as the Pollution Control of Water (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2009 and shall be read together with the Pollution Control of Water Laws of 2002-2009 and the principal law and this law may be referred to collectively as the Pollution Control of Water laws of 2002. For the purpose of harmonization with the elements c), d) and e) of subsection 1 and subsection 2 of paragraph 2 of Article 11 and paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 5 of Article 13 of the European Community act with the certificate; "Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC". Amendments deal with mining waste facilities, and units in any of the categories listed in the Schedule 2, for one or more industrial activities and any other directly associated activities technically related to the activities carried out and which may affect the discharges and pollution. The Basic Law is amended by inserting after section 17, the following new Parts IIIA: Special Provisions for waste originated from Extractive Installations. 7A: defines several terms, such as: "waste"; "rehabilitation"; "competent" etc. In addition, deal with the competent Ministry who must authorize any activity ensuring that, during the construction of new extractive waste facility comply with taking all necessary measures, establishing a regular environmental monitoring.

Full text

Greek

Website

www.moa.gov.cy

References - Legislation

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