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Law of 21 October 1996, regulating the exercise of tasks by RIVM (Act of RIVM)
We Beatrix, at the grace of God, Queen of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, etc. etc. etc.
All of them, who will see or hear these, saluut! do know:
In this regard, we have taken the view that it is desirable to regulate by law that the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment are responsible for the policy development and monitoring of public health and the field of public health. is self-employed by the environment;
In this way, we, the Council of State, and with the mean consultations of the States-General, have been well-regarded and understood to be right and to be understood by the following:
For the purpose of this Act:
a. Our Minister: Our Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport;
b. RIVM: the State Institute, intended in Article 2 ;
c. the Director-General: the Director-General of RIVM, mentioned in Article 2 ;
d. multi-year activity programme: a programme as intended Article 4 .
1 There is a Rijksinstituut for public health and the environment, which falls under our Minister.
2 The management of the RIVM rests with the Director-General of RIVM. The Director General is appointed by Our Minister in agreement with Our Ministers of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environmental Management and of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
1 The RIVM shall, without prejudice to or under other laws, be responsible for:
(a) to carry out research aimed at supporting policy development and monitoring in the field of public health, the environment and the field of nature, forest and landscape;
to report periodically on the state and future development of public health and the environment;
c. to carry out other work to be carried out by our Minister.
2 The RIVM may, under the first paragraph, be the subject of a review of the A , as well as other activities other than those referred to in the first paragraph, C , carry out, if from a general interest point of view, it is useful to consider and carry out such research or work in a multi-year work programme. The costs of such research or work shall be taken into account by the RIVM in the case of the person, in whose mission the investigation or work is carried out.
1 The Director-General shall, after consulting our Minister, draw up an annual programme of activities, including all public health activities, which the RIVM intends to carry out in the years to come. The multi-year activity programme and amendments thereto require the approval of our Minister.
2 The Director-General shall, after consultation with our Minister for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, draw up a multiannual work programme which includes all activities in the field of the environment, which are the RIVM and the environment. intends to carry out in the coming years. The multi-year activity programme and amendments thereto require the approval of Our Minister and Our Minister for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment.
3 The Director-General shall, after consulting our Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, draw up a multiannual programme of activities, including activities in the field of nature, forest and landscape that are the RIVM and the other institutions concerned in the context of the preparation of the reports, referred to in Article 9a of the Nature Conservation Act 1998 , intend to carry out in the coming years. The multiannual programme and amendments thereto require the approval of Our Minister and Our Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
4 The Director-General shall, after consulting our Minister and Our Ministers of Housing, Regional Planning and Environmental Management and of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, draw up a multiannual work programme of research to be carried out by the Director-General, after consulting our Minister and Our Minister for Housing, necessary for the acquisition of insights necessary to achieve the Article 3, first paragraph, point A and B It is possible to carry out these tasks adequately.
Our Minister shall not give the Director-General any guidance on the methods, according to which the studies included in the multi-year work programmes are carried out and the results reported.
The Director-General shall send to our Minister and Our Ministers of Housing, Regional Planning and Environmental Management and of Agriculture, Nature and Food on a yearly basis before 1 June a report of the activities of the RIVM in the last year. calendar year.
Our Minister and Our Ministers of Housing, Regional Planning and Environmental Management and of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality are sending reports as intended. Article 3, first paragraph, point (b) , as well as the multi-year work programmes, Article 4 , and the report referred to in Article 6 -To the States-General.
1 There is a Commission of monitoring mission to monitor the scientific level of RIVM.
The Commission of the Supervisory Commission shall consist of:
a. two by Our Minister in agreement with Our Ministers of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environmental Management and of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, upon nomination of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences each time four years to be appointed, including the President, and
(b) appoint one member each time, by the Executive Board of the Central Planning Office, the Director of the Social and Cultural Planning Office, the Head of the Rijksplanological Service and the Director-General responsible for statistics.
3 Our Minister and Our Ministers of Housing, Regional Planning and Environmental Management and of Agriculture, Nature and Food can also be responsible for four years of scientific expertise in the field of scientific research and development of the scientific community. to appoint a member of the Commission in the field of public health, the environment or the natural environment, forest or landscape.
The Royal Decree of 30 December 1983 establishing the Rijksinstituut for Health and Environmental Hygiene ( Stb 728) is hereby repealed.
This Law shall enter into force on a date to be determined by Royal Decree.
This law is cited as: RIVM Law.
Burdens and orders that are in the State Sheet will be placed, and that all ministries, authorities, colleges and officials who so concern will keep their hands on the precise execution.
Issued in Gravenhage, 21 October 1996
Beatrix
The Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport,
E. Borst-Eilers
The Minister for Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment,
Margaretha de Boer
Published on the 26th November 1996The Minister of Justice,
W. Sorgdrager
