Decree No. 03/2015/ND-CP providing the assessment of environmental damage. Pays/Territoire Viet Nam Type du document Règlement Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Công Báo Nos. 161-162 (27/1/2015). Sujet Environnement gén. Mot clé Risques Responsabilité/indemnisation Lutte contre la pollution Conservation du sol/amélioration du sol EIA Aire géographique Asie, East Asian Seas, Asie du Sud-Est Entry into force notes This Decree enters into force on 1 March 2015. Résumé This Decree, consisting of 15 articles divided into five Chapters, provides the responsibility to assess, and claim compensation for, environmental damage, covering the collection of data and evidence for assessing environmental damage, computation of environmental damage, and identification of the liability to compensate for environmental damage caused by pollution or degradation in the following cases: a) Water environment for conservation, daily life, entertainment, production and other purposes is polluted, severely polluted or exceptionally severely polluted; b) Soil environment for conservation, production and other purposes is polluted, severely polluted or exceptionally severely polluted; c) Natural ecosystems belonging or not belonging to nature reserves are degraded; d) Individuals of species prioritized for protection under law die or are injured. This Decree does not apply to cases in which environmental damage is caused by any of the following circumstances: a) Natural disasters; b) Compliance with requests of competent state management agencies in force majeure or urgent circumstances. The assessment of and compensation for damage caused by environmental pollution or degradation to human health and life, assets and lawful interests of organizations and individuals must comply with the civil law. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.vietnamlawmagazine.vn Références - Législation Abroge Decree No. 113/2010/ND-CP providing for the determination of environmental damage. Législation | Viet Nam | 2010 Mot clé: Risques, Responsabilité/indemnisation, Lutte contre la pollution, Conservation du sol/amélioration du sol Source: FAO, FAOLEX