芬兰的环境相关法令剖析.doc

芬蘭的環境相關法令 http://www.lexadin.nl/wlg/legis/nofr/eur/lxwefin.htm Environmental Law Act on Jointly Owned Forests Act on Mets allitusAct on Trade in Forest Reproductive MaterialAct on Water Services (119/2001) Act on the Financing of Sustainable ForestryDecree on the Financing of Sustainable Forestry Environmental Protection Act Forest Act 1996Forest DecreeForest Management Association ActForest Management Association DecreeNature Conservation Act (1096/1996) Waste Act (1072/1993) Waste Oil Charge Act (894/1986)  N:o 86/2000 Issued in Helsinki, February 4, 2000 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT By decision of Parliament the following is enacted: Chapter 1 General provisions Section 1 Objective of the Act The objective of this Act is: 1) to prevent the pollution of the environment and to repair and reduce damage caused by pollution; 2) to safeguard a healthy, pleasant ecologically diverse and sustainable environment; 3) to prevent the generation and the harmful effects of waste; 4) to improve and integrate assessment of the impact of activities that pollute the environment; 5) to improve citizens opportunities to influence decisions concerning the environment; 6) to promote sustainable use of natural resources; and 7) to combat climate change and otherwise support sustainable development. Section 2 Scope of application This Act applies to all activities that lead or may lead to environmental pollution as laid down below. This Act also applies to activities that generate waste, and to the recovery and disposal of waste. This Act does not apply to activities prescribed upon in the Act on the Prevention of Pollution From Ships (300/1979) nor in the Act on the Protection of the Sea (1415/1994). Nor does this Act apply to prevention of the harmful effects of radiation in so far as it is prescribed upon in the Nuclear Energy Act (990/1987) or the Radiation Act (592/1991), nor to prevention of pollution of bodies of water as laid down in the Agr