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Links

Last changed: 16/08/2007

International

• Links to international, European and national regulations, comprehensive search engine
• Conventions relevant to international environmental protection under Environment and Ocean Affairs heading. Summaries and full texts available
• Access to multilateral environmental treaties, offered by United Nations Environment Programme – UNEP Listed by topic
• Comprehensive reference source for international environmental law
• BMU link collection on international environmental treaties (in German)

Europe

• Gateway to national law of Member States of European Union
• BMU link collection on environmental policy guidelines and ordinances (in German)
• European Environmental Law Website
  European law and EU member state law (Full texts with commentary)
• Official gateway to European Union law.  Extensive user-friendly search facilities
• Legislative Observatory of the European Parliament (in English and French at present) Extensive search facilities on legislative procedures at EU level

National

• BMU reference source on federal laws and ordinances in its portfolio, listed by topic
• Alphabetically listed collection of statutes and ordinances.  Not limited to environmental law.  Statutes can be shown in full text version or in paragraph form
• Search engine for federal statute texts with references to other vendors.   Extensive listing, sorted by topic and alphabetically, easy-to-use search facility
• Up-to-date and exhaustive source of environmental law regulatory work.  Fee applies
• Homepage of the Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, also features Bavarian state law
• Homepage of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Office for Environment featuring collection of environmental law links (federal, Laender, and EU), sorted by topic)  
• Information system provided by Lower Saxony (VORIS) featuring a collection of the federal state’s statutes and ordinances
• Source for some statutes and ordinances with a focus on renewable energies and use of biomass; some waste law
• Collection of environmental law provided by the Ministry of Trade and Industry of Baden-Wuerttemberg
• Short list of environmental statutes and ordinances about waste
• Short list of legal texts, including environmental law (in English)
• Collection of legal texts provided by the Bundesverband für fachgerechten Natur- und Artenschutz e.V. (umbrella organisation for nature conservation).  Small collection of full text on nature conservation and protection of animals
• Short list of environmental statutes and ordinances
• An additional opportunity to read up on environmental acts and ordinances, provided online by BMU.
• UmweltDigital: environmental law for businesses and public administration

Environmental Assessment (EIA/SEA)

Germany

• Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (Bundesumweltministerium - BMU)
• Federal Ministries
• German EIA Association (UVP-Gesellschaft)

European Commission

• European Commission, GD XI, EIA/SEA section
• The Law of the European Community Official Journal/Contracts/Present law/Jurisdiction
• The European Court (EuGH)

UN ECE (United Nations)

• United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE)

Other countries

• Austria: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management (BMLFUW)
• Austria: Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt)
• Switzerland: Federal Agency for the Environment (BAFU)
• Great Britain: Environment Agency of England and Wales
• Great Britain: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

Training/Guidance

• The University of Manchester
• UK's Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)

 

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