Presidential Decree No. 600 on Marine Pollution of 1974. País/Territorio Filipinas Tipo de documento Reglamento Fecha 1974 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Medio ambiente gen., Mar Palabra clave Contaminación marina Control de la contaminación Planificación ambiental Infracciones/sanciones Navegación Política/planificación Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Mares del Asia Oriental, Pacífico Norte, Asia Sudoriental Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force immediately. Resumen This Decree, consisting of eleven Sections, establishes the national policy to prevent and control the pollution of seas by the dumping of waste and other matter which create hazards to human health, harm living resources and marine life, damage amenities, or interfere with the legitimate uses of the sea within the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines. It prohibits to throw, discharge, or deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be thrown, discharged, or deposited either from or out of any ship, barge, or other floating craft of any kind, or from the shore, wharf, manufacturing establishment, or mill of any kind, any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the Philippines, or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water; and it shall be unlawful to deposit, or cause, suffer or procure to be deposited material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water or on the bank of any tributary of any navigable water, where the same shall be liable to be washed into such navigable water, either by ordinary or high tides, or by storms or floods, or otherwise, whereby navigation shall or may be impeded or obstructed or increase the level of pollution of such waters. Texto completo Inglés Página web www.coastguard.gov.ph Referencias - Legislación Enmendado porr Marine Pollution Decree of 1976 (Presidential Decree No. 979). Legislación | Filipinas | 1976 Palabra clave: Contaminación marina, Control de la contaminación, Planificación ambiental, Infracciones/sanciones, Política/planificación Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX