Water Association Act. Pays/Territoire Allemagne Type du document Législation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 11, 20 February 1991, pp. 405-418. Titre completAct on Water and Soil Associations. Sujet Terre et sols, Eau Mot clé Institution Normes environnementales Pollution du sol/qualité Conservation du sol/amélioration du sol Lutte contre la pollution Pollution des eaux douces/qualité des eaux douces Associations d'usagers de l'eau Aire géographique Alpes, Europe, EUROPE ET ASIE CENTRALE, Pays de l'union européenne, Mer du Nord, Atlantique du nord-est, Europe du ouest Résumé An Act to set new environmental policy standards by giving water and soil associations new rural management duties. Moreover, associations can promote cooperation between water management and agriculture while further developing the protection of water, soil and nature. Finally, the associations can be assigned tasks within the framework of set-aside land. The Act grants the associations a far-reaching right to self-administration as, for instance, the power to issue by-laws; furthermore, association may be established also by a decision of its members and not only ex-officio. The Act consists of 82 articles divided into 9 Parts. Texte intégral Allemand Site web www.bgbl.de