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Law No.221 of 2000 on Water Sector Organization.

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This Law consisting of 11 articles aims at restructuring Lebanese Water Sector. It defines the role and competencies of the Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) and establishes four Regional Water Authorities (based in Beirut, Tripoli, Zahle and Sidon) overseen by the Ministry. Main objective of the Law is to separate clearly between the macro and micro management of water, and to strengthen the policy of the decentralization by granting more autonomy to regional authorities involved in management
Title
Law No.221 of 2000 on Water Sector Organization.
Country
Lebanon
Type of document
Legislation
Date of text
2001
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
Glossary term(s)
institution building
environmental standard
licence
fee
groundwater
ECOLEX region
Western Asia
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/leb147003.pdf
Link to full text
https://www.lp.gov.lb