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Environment and Water Protection Ordinance.

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The present Ordinance implements the Law of 16 February 2004 introducing the Federal Environment Act and the Federal Water Protection Act. The text consists of 42 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: Waste and Water Protection Fund (1); Contributions on behalf of cantons (2); Delegation of executing tasks (3); Private control system (4); Environment protection (5); Water protection (6); Permits and duty to notify (7); Final and transitional provisions (8).
Title
Environment and Water Protection Ordinance.
Country
Switzerland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
2005
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Title abbreviation
Ordinance implementing the Law introducing the Federal Act on the protection of the environment and the Federal Act on the protection of waters.
Glossary term(s)
ocean acidification
air quality
ozone
waste
waste storage
waste collection
waste recovery
jurisprudence
compliance
environmental standard
ECOLEX region
Europe
Western Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/swi81786.pdf
Link to full text
http://www.ar.ch
Implements
Law introducing the Federal Act on the protection of the environment and the Federal Act on the protection of waters (Environment and Water Protection Law).