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EGY-2015-L-102490
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Title_of_text
Law No.105 of 2015 amending some provisions of the Environmental Law No.4 of 1994.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Egypt
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-10-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
This Law consisting of 3 articles aims at replacing the reference to residential areas instead of residential communities (art.1).
It also specifies: 1. Destination of the Environment Protection Fund, more general in the original Law. It shall finance activities, studies and environmental projects of the State for protecting the environment, natural resources, sustainable development and pollution combat (amendment to art.14); 2. Resources constituting the Fund (art.14 bis).
The amendment bans import, circulating and use of coal and petroleum coke without permit from the concerned authorities (art. 40 bis) and strengthens penalties for violating the provisions of the Law (art. 86 bis).
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2015-10-20
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Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
1994-01-27 (EGY-1994-L-79054)
Environment Law (No. 4 of 1994).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Ministry of Environment
Country
Egypt
URL
http://www.eeaa.gov.eg/
File
Law_ammend_105_2015.pdf (PDF in Arabic)