Structure of legislation

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Harmonization and Implementation/Enforcement of
Environmental Legislation in the field of
Industrial Pollution Control in Latvia
Ilze
Kirstuka Director of Latvian Environment Agency
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Structure of Legislation

• General
• Air Protection
• Water Use and Protection
• Subsoil Use and Protection
• Chemical Substances and Chemical Products
• Waste Management
• Natural Resources Use

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IPPC Legislation
Law on Environment Protection
Law on Natural Resources Taxes
Law on Pollution
Law on Waste Management
Law on EIA
Law on Chemical Substances and Chemical Products
Law on Species and Biotops
Law on Water Management
Law on Packaging
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General legislation

• Law On Environment Protection (06.08.1991)
• Law On Environment Impact Assessment (13.11.1998)
• Law On Pollution (15.03.2001)
• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No.213 Procedures of Environment Impact
  Assessment (19.06.1999)
• No.445 Statutes of the Environment Impact
  Assessment Bureau (24.11.1998)
• No.415 On the Environment State Monitoring
  (16.12.1997)

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Air protection legislation

• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No.219 On Air Quality (15.06.1999)
• No.154 On Assessment, Prevention, Limitation and
  Control of Air Polluting Emissions Caused by
  Stationary Air Pollution Sources (25.04.2000)
• No.406 On the Protection of the Ozone Layer
  (09.12.1997)
• No.241 On the Environmental Norms for Fuel
  Quality (07.07.1998)

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Water protection legislation

• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No.155 On Water Use Permits (22.04.1997)
• No.300 On Swimming Beaches Management and
  Sanitary Regulations (11.08.1998)

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Use and Protection of Subsoil

• Law On Subsoil (02.05.1996)
• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No.239 Use of Subsoil (08.07.1997)
• No.238 Use of the State Important Minerals,
  Deposits and Subsoil Areas (08.07.1997)

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Chemical substances and products

• Law on Chemical Substances and Chemical Products
  (01.04.1998)
• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No.418 Procedure for Compilation and Submitting
  Safety Data Sheets on Chemical Substances and
  Chemical Products (27.10.1998)
• No.228 Procedure for Classification, Labelling
  and Packaging of Chemical Substances and Chemical
  Products (29.06.1999)
• No. 158. Restrictions and Prohibits for Use and
  Marketing of Dangerous Chemical Substances and
  Dangerous Chemical Products (25.04.2000)

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Waste Management

• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No. 353 Order of application for activities with
  hazardous waste (17.09.1997)
• No.298 Classification of hazardous waste and
  criteria of hazardousness (12.08.1997)
• No.39 Classification of municipal waste
  (09.02.1999)
• No.205 Registration of natural and legal persons
  performing collection, storage, treatment,
  transfer and transportation of municipal waste
  (08.06.1999)

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Waste Management

• Law on Waste Management (14.12.2000)
• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations
• No.230 Regulations on Recovery and Disposal of
  Municipal Waste (29.06.1999)
• No.56 Regulations on Setting, Management and
  Closure of Municipal Waste Landfills
  (08.02.2000)
• No.316 On the Use of Effluent Sludge for Soil
  Fertilisation and Territorial Improvement
  (09.09.1997)

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Natural Resources Use Legislation

• Law on Natural Resources Taxes
• (14.09.1995)
• the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 356
  Application of the Provisions of the Law On
  Natural Resources Taxes (18.10.2000)

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The Cabinet of Ministers Draft Regulations

• On Permit Application, Permitting and Use of Best
  Available Techniques for Category A (IPPC)
  Polluting Activities
• On Requirements on Waste Incineration and Waste
  Incineration Installations setting up
• On Use of Sewage Sludge
• On Protection of Water, Soil and Sensitive
  Territories from Agriculture Nitrate Pollution
• On Reduction of Environmental Pollution caused by
  Manufacturing of Asbestos and its Products, Order
  of Management of Asbestos Waste
• On the Procedure for Prevention of Risk of
  Industrial Accidents and Measures for Reducing
  the Risk

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Main institutional structure
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LATVIAN ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT FUND
LATVIAN ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY
LATVIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
LATVIAN HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL AGENCY
STATE ENTERPRISE VIDE PROJEKTI
KEMERI NATIONAL PARK
STATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESMENT BOARD
GAUJA NATIONAL PARK
STATE ENTERPRISE RAPA
ENVIRONMENTAL STATE INSPECTORATE
STATE BUILDING INSPECTORATE
LATVIAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD
8 REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL BOARDS
SLITERE STATE RESERVE
TEICI STATE RESERVE
Subordinated Institutions
NORTH VIDZEME BIOSPHERE RESERVE
LATVIAN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND
Supervised Institutions
Institutions under
authority
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Databases

• Water Protection
• -Annual State Statistics Report Water
• (water consumption and emissions to
  water)
• -Water Permits
• Air Protection
• - Annual State Statistics Report Air
• (emissions from stationary sources)
• -Data on Greenhouse Gases
• Waste and chemicals
• - Annual State Statistics Report on Hazardous
  Waste
• - Annual State Statistics Report on Chemicals
• (use of chemical substances and
  products)
• - Radioactive Waste

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MoEPRD web Industrial Pollution Control

• IPPC Legislation
• Guidance's on BAT (20 branches)
• Reports, Addresses

http//www.varam.gov.lv/EIN/Polution/likumd/latvij
as/Elikum.htm