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Environmental Protection Act

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Summary

This Act lays down the general principles of environment protection in Poland, creates a framework for administration, planning and decision-making at the national level, and regulates various matters related to environment protection, in particular the principles of the establishment of: (a) the conditions for the protection of environmental resources; (b) the conditions for the release of substances or energies into the environment; (c) the costs of the use of the environment. The present Act is composed of the following sections: General provisions (sec. 1); Protection of environmental resources, i.e. air, water, land, noise pollution, electro-magnetic pollution, animals and plants (sec. 2); Pollution prevention (sec. 3); Serious breakdowns (sec. 4); Financial and legal assets (sec. 5); Liability in environment protection (sec. 6); Authorities and institutions of environment protection (sec. 7); Final provision (sec. 9). This Act establishes also an ecological policy for creating conditions required to introduce environment protection.

Thumbnail image for This Act lays down the general principles of environment protection in Poland, creates a framework for administration, planning and decision-making at the national level, and regulates various matters related to environment protection, in particular the principles of the establishment of: (a) the conditions for the protection of environmental resources; (b) the conditions for the release of substances or energies into the environment; (c) the costs of the use of the environment. The present Act is composed of the following sections: General provisions (sec. 1); Protection of environmental resources, i.e. air, water, land, noise pollution, electro-magnetic pollution, animals and plants (sec. 2); Pollution prevention (sec. 3); Serious breakdowns (sec. 4); Financial and legal assets (sec. 5); Liability in environment protection (sec. 6); Authorities and institutions of environment protection (sec. 7); Final provision (sec. 9). This Act establishes also an ecological policy for creating conditions required to introduce environment protection.
Issuer

Poland

Year

2001

Region

Europe

Issuer (type)

Ministry of the Environment (Government)

Policy Type

Other sustainability policy

Geographical scope

National

Mandatory or voluntary

Mandatory


Main industries targeted
  • Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas Extraction
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting
  • Manufacturing
  • Finance & Insurance
Restrictiveness

Low

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
  • SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • SDG 13: Climate Action
  • SDG 15: Life on Land

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