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LVA-2013-L-98117
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Title_of_text
Law of 2 November 2006 on Environmental Protection.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Latvia
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
2006-11-02
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Chapter I: General Provisions
Chapter II: Rights of the Public in the Environmental Field
Chapter III: Duties of the State and Local Government Authorities in relation to the Provision and Dissemination of Environmental Information and the Involving of the Public in the Taking of Decisions
Chapter IV: Environmental Information System
Chapter V: Control in the Environmental Field
Chapter VI: Liability for Damage Caused to the Environment
Chapter VII: Voluntary Measures for Environmental Management
Chapter VIII: Environmental Science, Environmental Education and Sustainable Development
Transitional Provisions.
Repeals the Law On Environmental Protection (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas Padomes un Valdibas Zinotajs, 1991, No. 33/34).
Sections 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34 and 35 of this Law come into force on 30 April 2007; section 21, Paragraph three come into force on 1 January 2007; section 25, paragraph four, clause 10 come into force on 1 May 2008.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
2006-11-15
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Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation On-Line
Publisher
Latvijas Vestnesis
Country
Latvia
URL
http://likumi.lv/
File
Environment prot. LATVIAN.pdf (PDF in Latvian as of 18 April 2013)
Electronic source title
Legislation On-Line
Publisher
Valsts Valodas Centrs
Country
Latvia
URL
http://www.vvc.gov.lv/
File
Environmental_Protection_Law.pdf (PDF in English as of 18 April 2013)