Article 4 of Directive 91/676/EEC requires Member States to establish a code or codes of good agricultural practice with the aim of providing for all waters a general level of protection against pollution. The present Decree, in implementation of such provision, lays down the code of good agricultural practice. This code takes into account solely the matters connected with the use of nitrogen in agriculture. The Regions shall elaborate special programmes on farmers’ training and education with a view to promoting the effective implementation of the code.

The scope of this Act is to regulate the granting of permissions by livestock holders to emit ammoniac into the environment. A system of calculation of emission is introduced. Whether a permission to keep livestock or to increase an existing production and thus emit (more) ammoniac is granted or not, depends upon the location of the proposed livestock production. No permission shall be granted in ecologically fragile areas, e.g. areas that from part of a main ecosystem and are declared as such under legislation of a prior date or are declared to be such in accordance with section 2.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is entitled to supervise over production, trade and repair of hunting and sporting weaponry. The Ministry of Housing Facilities and Public Utilities is entitled to carry out activity regarding operation and maintenance of networks, constructions, structures and equipment facilities of water supply, sewerage and water allotment services. The Ministry of Forestry is responsible for logging, soft resin procurement, sap procurement, sawing and planing production.

In implementation of article 50, paragraph 1-bis of Regional Act No. 16 of 2002, this Decree determines those waterworks and installations which may be realized by way of derogation from the prohibition laid down in the Regional Act above-mentioned. In fact, article 50, paragraph 1 of the Act prohibits the realization of waste disposal installations within 150 metres from the banks.

This Act constitutes the legislative framework in matter of environmental protection within the State of Sabah. Part II of the Act is devoted to the setting up of the Environment Protection Council whose functions shall be to advise the State Government on matters relevant to the implementation of these provisions. On the other side, Part IV of the Act provides for the establishment of the Environment Protection Fund. Further provisions as regards public servants and administration competent in the environmental field are laid down in Part V.

This Resolution establishes the Regulation of the Environmental Planning of Régua e do Carrapatelo Dam (POARC). This Regulation consists of 5 chapters, and is a special environmental plan (PEOT), according with Decree-Law No. 380/99 regulating actions and activities for the management, use and transformation of land and water.

Implements: Decree-Law No. 380/99 establishing the territorial management regime. (1999-09-22)

This Resolution establishes the Regulation of the Environmental Planning of the dam of Montargil (POAM). This Regulation consists of 5 chapters, and is a special environmental plan (PEOT), according with Decree-Law No. 380/99 regulating actions and activities for the management, use and transformation of land and water of this area.

Implements: Decree-Law No. 380/99 establishing the territorial management regime. (1999-09-22)

This Resolution establishes the Regulation of the Environmental Planning of Alqueva Dam (PROZEA). This Regulation consists of 5 chapters and 1 annex regulating actions and activities for the management, use and transformation of land and water of the aforementioned dams.

Implements: Decree-Law No. 380/99 establishing the territorial management regime. (1999-09-22)

This Decree specifies instructions that apply to farming and horticulture. In the storage and use of animal manure, Annex 1 must be complied with, in addition to what is laid down in sections 4-6. Annex 3 also makes recommendations on procedures related to the use of animal manure. Instructions concern storage of animal manure, application of animal manure on land amounts of fertilizer to be used, location of sheds and outdoor yards for animals, and analysis of nitrogen analysis. Farmers must keep a record of the amount of nitrogen fertilizers used on their fields and of crop yields.

La société anonyme «Société publique de Gestion de l'Eau», en abrégé «S.P.G.E.», est autorisée à poursuivre en son nom l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique des parcelles situées à Liège et reprises dans le tableau annexé. Le plan des emprises peut être consulté au siège du pouvoir expropriant, place Monseigneur Heylen 4, à 5000 Namur ou à la Direction générale des Ressources naturelles et de l'Environnement, Division de l'Eau, avenue Prince de Liège 15, à 5100 Jambes. Le texte comprend 4 articles.

The Campania Region promotes land reclamation interventions, which are considered to be of public interest since they help preserve the territory and, particularly, rural environments, and enable the rational utilization of water resources intended for agricultural uses. To these ends, the present Regional Act provides for the rearrangement of Land Reclamation Consortia and makes rules governing their functions and tasks, in compliance with the general principles laid down at national level in Act No. 183 of 1989 as well as in Act No. 36 of 1994.

By enacting this Decree the Regional Environmental Counsel has established the plan on hydrogeological rearrangement in the Sicilian Region. The Plan, which is attached to the Decree, defines the areas under hydrogeological risk. Only the interventions mentioned in article 2 shall be allowed, according to the various risk levels. The Plan is composed of a general report, a report concerning the territory and hydrographic basins, and cartographies.