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Act No. 70 on the Meteorological Office of Iceland.

Pays/Territoire
Islande
Type du document
Législation
Date
2008 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Air et atmosphère, Environnement gén., Eau
Mot clé
Institution Accès-à-l'information Collecte de données/déclarations Monitorage Risques Système d'alerte précoce Évaluation/gestion des risques Qualité de l'air/pollution de l'air Recherche Lutte contre la pollution Changement de climat Eaux continentales Pollution des eaux douces
Aire géographique
Arctique, Îles de l'Océan Atlantique, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Atlantique Nord, Atlantique du Nord-Est, Europe du Nord
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 1 January 2009.
Résumé

This Act establishes the Meteorological Office of Iceland and regulates its tasks, integration, funding, and delivery of data. Among its tasks are: monitoring natural hazards and issue warnings and forecasts of imminent danger caused by weather and weather-related factors, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, floods and flash floods; to take care of general systematic water measurements in inland waters; to take care of measurements of snow layers and glacier management and mapping of ice layers of waterfalls and lakes; to make observations and measurements of air, precipitation and water pollution; to map the country's weather conditions and monitor climate changes and their effects on the aspects of nature that the organization is supposed to monitor; to carry out a risk assessment due to natural disasters at the request of the public safety authorities or other authorities; etc.

Texte intégral
Islandais
Site web
www.althingi.is