This Decree provides for the protection of surface waters and seeks to improve their quality by preventing pollution caused by dangerous and harmful substances - Finland

Adaptation strategy is an overarching policy implementing the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change. Strategy defines goals and priorities of action. Greek NAS also lists...

This Biodiversity Strategy 2020 aims at conserving Austria’s biological diversity, at keeping in check the loss and degradation of species, genetic diversity and habitats as...

The objective of this Act is to ensure that the use of land and water areas and building activities on them create preconditions for a favourable living environment and promote...

The revised strategy was adopted by the Council of Ministers in August 2017 and acknowledged by the Conference of the Provincial Governors on 10 November 2017. It represents the...

Implementing the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)

Implementation of the Federal Nature Conservation Act for the State of Lower Saxony.

Spatial planning policy in Austria

ENRP / LEP are established processes used in land use planning on state-owned land - mainly forests, but also a number of water bodies - throughout Finland. The ENRP / LEP plans...

This law contains detailed regulations regarding the maintenance of water use and quality control in Austria.

Framework law on Conservation and landscape management of the Federal Republic of Germany. It also implements the legal requirements of the European Union as far as required.

Specific legal regulations concerning the biosphere reserve Niedersächsische Elbtalaue, further details of the Federal Nature Conservation Act and the associated Lower Saxony...

Framework law of the Federal Republic of Germany on the evaluation of the environmental impacts of certain projects, also implementing the legal requirements of the EU EIA...

The present Law implements the Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment and the Federal Act on the...

Administrative framework legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Regulation of official competences in the field of water management law in the Federal State of Lower Saxony.

State specific implementation of the Administrative Procedures Act for the Federal State of Lower Saxony (Niedersächsisches Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (NVwVfG)).

The SEA Directive assesses the effects of certain plans and programmes which are likely to have significant effects on the environment (e.g. on land use, transport, energy,...