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Water Protection and Management Act 2003 (No. 13(I)/2004).

Pays/Territoire
Chypre
Type du document
Législation
Date
2004 (2018)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Sujet
Eau
Mot clé
Législation de base Gestion des resources en eau douce Eaux usées/déversement Pollution des eaux douces Eaux souterraines Déchets dangereux Eaux continentales Normes de qualité de l'eau Institution Recherche Forage de puits/puits Approvisionnement en eau Ouvrages Autorisation/permis Irrigation Égouts Lutte contre la pollution
Aire géographique
Asie, Europe, Europe et Asie Centrale, Pays de l'Union Européenne, Méditerranée, Moyen-Orient, Asie Occidentale
Résumé

This Water Protection and Management Act 2003, consisting of 34 articles divided into five Parts and 11 Annexes, implements into the National territory the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy and a list of harmful substances for water sector. Its purpose is to protect internal surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater, by adopting appropriate provisions which - (a) prevent further deterioration of aquatic ecosystems and protect and improve their status and that of immediately dependent terrestrial ecosystems and wetlands for their water needs; (b) promote sustainable water use based on long-term protection of available water resources; (c) to enhance the protection and improvement of the aquatic environment by implementing various measures, including special measures for the progressive reduction of discharges, emissions and spills of priority substances and the cessation or phasing out of discharges, emissions and spills of priority hazardous substances; (d) ensure the progressive reduction of groundwater pollution and prevent its further contamination; (e) mitigate the effects of floods and droughts. This Act deals with the following activities: Direct discharge of pollutants into groundwater without percolation throughout the soil or subsoil; competent authority is the Minister of Agriculture, natural resources and Environment; entitled to carry out controls and manage the available groundwater resources. The Act is divided as follows: Introductory Provisions (Part I); Water Systems and Environmental Targets (Part II); Programme and Project Management Measures (Part III); General Provisions (Part V).

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www.cylaw.org

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Amendé par

Water Protection and Management (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 159(I)/2015).

Législation | Chypre | 2015

Mot clé: Eaux usées/déversement, Pollution des eaux douces, Déchets dangereux, Eaux continentales, Normes de qualité de l'eau, Institution, Recherche, Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives, Ouvrages, Égouts, Eaux souterraines, Lutte contre la pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX