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Act No. 50 /50 of 2002
Date-birth: 2002-07-08 History-Hjri: 1423-04-28
Published as: 2002-07-08
Section: A law.
President
Based on the Constitution
and as adopted by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 16-4-1423-A.H. 26-6-2002
The following is issued:
Door one.
Definitions
Article 1
The following expressions in the application of the provisions of this Law shall mean the meanings set forth by them:
-Council: Environmental Protection Board
Minister: Minister of State for the Environment
-Body: Public Authority for the Environment
The environment: the ocean in which the survivors live from human, animal, plant, water, water, the earth, and what affects the ocean.
-Environmental pollution: each quantitative or qualitative change in the physical, chemical or biological qualities of one or more elements of the environment and resulting in damage to human health, life, biology or the health and safety of natural resources
-Environmental protection: a set of systems and procedures that ensure the continued balance of the environment and its development integrity and maintain a healthy and viable environment for the benefit of life, resources and property
Part two.
Its objectives/tasks
Article 2
The updated Public Authority on the Environment Legislative Decree No. 11 of 1991 To the rules set out in this law.
Article 3
The Commission has legal personality, financial and administrative independence and is associated with the Minister
Article 4
The body aims to establish basic rules for the safety and protection of the environment from pollution, and to carry out the following tasks in coordination and cooperation with the competent public bodies.
Inventory of existing environmental problems and participation in research and scientific studies needed to address them and strive to reduce the emergence of other environmental problems in the future
2/Develop policy to protect the environment, prepare and develop the necessary national strategy, and develop plans and programmes to implement them within the framework of the State policy
3/Development of environmental public awareness by various means to publicize the importance of preserving the environment and the safety and health of its environmental resources
4/Measurement and follow-up of environment components through the laboratories adopted by the Board, in which the method for the evaluation and adoption of laboratories is determined
5/Set up standard specifications and standards for environment elements and set the foundations and procedures for environmental impact assessment
6/To conduct and support environmental research and studies and to assess the dangers posed by the use of various substances that threaten the safety of the environment
7/Monitor the environmental impact activities of public and private actors to verify compliance with the standard environmental specifications and approved standards
8/Develop the environmental instructions, conditions and specifications necessary for agricultural, commercial, industrial, housing, development and other services and related services to comply with and adopt them as part of the preconditions for licensing or renewal of their licence
9/Establish the basis for the circulation, classification, storage, transport, destruction and disposal of harmful and hazardous substances on the environment and to determine what prevents it from being entered into the Syrian Arab Republic in accordance with a regime issued under the provisions of this law
10/Establish the foundations, conditions and control of the construction of natural reserves and national parks in accordance with their data and characteristics
11/Work to establish and operate environmental monitoring networks
12/Preparation, organization and follow-up to the development of the Environmental Information Bank
13/Preparation of environmental contingency plans
14/Publication of environmental publications
15/Prepare legislation, systems and studies to ensure the preservation of the environment in its various components and the manner of its development
16/Study the causes of soil drift and desertification and propose appropriate solutions
17/Take necessary measures to prevent any waste from being entered into or buried in the Syrian Arab Republic
18/Develop instructions for classification, risk identification and treatment mechanism
Article 5
The Authority works to strengthen relations between the Syrian Arab Republic and States and international and regional bodies and organizations in matters and affairs and conventions related to the preservation of the environment
Section III
Composition and administration of the Commission
Article 6
The Board is administered by a Board of Directors and General Manager
Article 7
The Governing Council consists of:
Minister -- President
Director-General-Member and Vice-Chair
Managers in the central administration of the body-members
Chairman of the Commission's trade union committee-member
Article 8
The Board of Directors shall exercise all actions leading to the achievement of the objectives of the Board within the limits of the laws and systems in force and in particular
1/Propose systems related to the body and propose to modify existing ones
2/Proposal for the budget of the Authority
3/Proposal for distribution of allocations for UN-Women and its branches
4/To approve the recruitment of Arab and foreign experts and to contract with them according to the systems in force.
5/Implementation of policy, systems and resolutions adopted or approved by the Council
6. Follow-up to the implementation of the functions assigned to the body provided for in article 4 and the issuance of instruments for its implementation
Article 9
The Director General is appointed by decree on the proposal of the Minister from the holiday campaign in environmental, engineering, medical, chemical, economic or legal sciences.
Article 10
General Manager's powers and functions:
1/The Director General directly supervises the operation of the Authority and issues instructions and administrative instructions, and follows the implementation of the decisions of the Board of Directors and represents the public body in front of others and the judiciary.
2/The expenses shall be held and the powers of the exchange and liquidation are exercised in accordance with the rules and laws of the financial regulations in force for the general administrative bodies.
3/To submit to the Board of Directors at the end of each year a general report on the environmental situation in the Syrian Arab Republic
4/Proposal to name directors of directors and branches in the body, and the minister issues a decision to name each of them.
Article 11
The financial resources of UN-Women consist of the following:
1/Provisions for which it is allocated in the general budget of the State
2. Environment Support and Protection Fund
3/Any other imports approved by the Prime Minister
Section IV
Minister duties.
Article 12
In addition to the terms of reference granted under this Act and the laws and regulations in force, the Minister shall have the following terms of reference.
1/Presentation of policy and environmental protection plans to the Board
2/Monitor the implementation of laws and regulations relating to environmental matters
3/Formation of a technical advisory committee in agreement with the relevant stakeholders and defining their functions
4/formation of sub-environmental committees in agreement with stakeholders and determination of their functions
5. To supervise the activities of the technical, administrative and financial body, and to make decisions, communications and instructions within the limits of the laws;
Article 13
The Minister is assisted in his work:
1/3, administrative and technical
2/An experienced part-time technical advisory committee representing public and private actors interested in environmental matters
Article 14
A special branch of the State Department for Environmental Affairs, which is annexed to the State budget, is included in the statement of expenditure in the State budget.
Section V
Environmental Protection Board
Composition/functions
Article 15
(1) The Environmental Protection Board shall take place and shall be constituted as follows:
Deputy Prime Minister for Services Chief
Minister of State for Environmental Affairs Deputy President
Minister of the Interior
Minister of Health
Minister of Finance Member
Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform
Minister of Housing and Utilities
Minister of Electricity
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources
Minister of Local Administration Member
Minister of Information Member
Minister of Tourism
Minister of Education
Minister of Transport Member
Minister of Social Affairs and Labour
Minister of State for Transport and Development of Technology Member
Minister of Industry
Minister of Irrigation
Head of State Planning Body Member
President of the General Confederation of Trade Unions
President of Women's General Federation Member
Chief Engineer Member
President, Union of Artisans
Co-Chairs of the Damascus and Aleppo Industry Chambers
The Director-General of the Commission is a Rapporteur.
This Council shall replace the Supreme Council for the Safety of the Environment provided for in Legislative Decree No. 11 of 1991
Article 16
1/The Council shall meet once every two months and whenever the need arises at the invitation of the President or his/her deputy in the event of his or her absence, the meeting shall be legal if the majority of its members are to attend the meeting that the President or Vice-President shall be one of them.
2/The Council shall issue its resolutions unanimously or the majority of the votes of those present and in the event that votes are equal to the likely side of the President.
3/The Council may invite experts, advisers or any person to be present at its meetings with views on matters before it without the right to vote.
Rule 17
The Board shall have the following functions and powers:
1/The adoption of the policy on environmental protection, its national strategy and its plans and programmes within the framework of the State policy
2/Adoption and adoption of standards and standards for environmental and pollution elements
3/To endorse the systems and conditions that must be provided in industrial plants and other activities that have a detrimental effect on the environment or lead to the disruption of their balance.
4/Take decisions to prevent, arrest, or impose restrictions on the operation of any facility or activity that it sees as causing damage to the environment or imbalance in its balance.
5/Adoption and adoption of instructions, decisions and executive regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Law and the regulations issued thereunder
6/Approval of contingency plans for environmental disasters
7/Consideration of matters relating to the environment presented by the Minister to the Council
8/Report on the environmental situation annually to the chairmanship of the Council of Ministers
Section VI
Environment Support and Protection Fund
Rule 18
1/The Central Bank of Syria shall open a special account on behalf of the Environment Support and Protection Fund, in which all donations, donations and funds provided by international and Arab organizations, bodies and funds shall be deposited in addition to the funds allocated by the State to the Environment Support and Protection Fund and to address environmental damage. and remove its effects in the annual budget of the Authority.
2/This account is driven by the minister and the competent administration accountant combined
Rule 19
The account resources are allocated in Article/18 for the following purposes:
-Addressing environmental disasters
-Pilot and pilot projects in natural wealth protection and environmental protection against pollution
-Transfer of modern technologies for environmental protection
-Financing for the manufacturing of first models of equipment, equipment and stations dealing with environmental pollutants
-Establishment and operation of environmental monitoring networks
-Establishing natural reserves to preserve wealth and natural resources
-Funding the studies required to prepare environmental programmes, assess environmental impact and set the rates and standards to be adhered to in order to preserve the environment
-Participation in the financing of environmental projects carried out by administrative units and municipalities
-Remove pollution
-Other purposes for environmental protection and development
2/Unspent amounts are rotated at the end of the year to the following year
Rule 20
//act and spend the expenses of the special account referred to under the orders of settling and disbursements by the minister and the competent accountant, and these disbursements are subject to the control of the Central Agency for Financial Control in accordance with the laws and the systems in force.
2./ The value of the liquidation and exchange orders is performed and the special account funds are moved under cheques or bank transfers signed by the minister and the competent accountant combined.
Rule 21
1/The Ministry of State for the Environment is granted financial agreement with decisions made by the Minister of Finance in the amounts supplied to the special account referred to in accordance with the provisions of article 20 of the accounting system of public bodies of administrative nature issued by Decree No. 1811/Date-268-1969 - The amount of financial authorization as an additional appropriation of the General Environment Authority shall be considered to be disbursed within its limits for the purposes set out in Article 19 of this Law and the undisbursed amounts at the end of the year shall be transferred to the following year
2/The expenses paid by the special account referred to in Article/18 during the financial year are reimbursed under the Liquidation and Total Exchange Order issued by the Minister and the Accountant based on a total list calculated on the appropriations specified in the Special Account and the value of the liquidation and drainage order is taken and an expense.
Section VII
Liability and compensation for damages
Rule 22
Taking into account the laws concerning the pollution of territorial and international waters and the legal provisions relating to water resources, the Authority shall cooperate, coordinate and contribute to the competent authorities for the preservation of the environment from pollution.
With respect to sectors related to water, air, soil, plant and animal biology and the marine environment
Rule 23
1/The Authority shall develop in agreement with the Minister of Justice a table of names of experts specialized in the environment from the Ministry or of the Authority, and experts who specialize in environmental matters may be employed in the State in which the conditions issued by the Minister are available to be used for entry into the field. The places designated by the Authority for them under an important order issued by the Minister have the right to inspect them and request the support of the policemen when necessary to control the violations related to this law and the standards, specifications, conditions and other environmental regulations adopted by the council. Their reports have a status of their status. Octopus organized by the judicial officer after its adoption by the Minister, and the role of inhabited housing may not be entered except with the permission of the The prosecution.
2/The Minister shall develop in agreement with the Minister of Justice a table of experts specialized in environmental matters to be used exclusively in judicial expertise on environmental issues
3/The experts before placing their names in the table will be sworn in by the President of the Civil Start Court at the county centre where they are:
??? I swear to God, to do my job honestly and honestly, and I promise to keep the information confidential."
4/The wages and compensation of experts are defined in paragraph/1/according to the systems in force
Rule 24
The fine is punishable from 100,000 Syrian pounds to 2 million Syrian pounds, which is accompanied by industrial, economic, development, tourism, service or administrative activity if it is dumped in the Syrian Arab Republic from any type of solid, liquid or gas residue. For the provisions of this law and the penalty is punishable whether these wastes are disposed of in discharge, dumping, dumping, or in any other image, and in the case of repetition, the penalty shall be at least one month in addition to the fine specified in this article.
Rule 25
1/The perpetrator of any of the offences set out in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1/23 (1/23) is punishable by 10 thousand Syrian pounds to 1 million Syrian pounds and the penalty is doubled in case of repetition for the second time and in the case of repetition for the third time and beyond, the penalty of imprisonment from two months to two years. Add to Double Fine
2. The court may order the closure of the shop, facility or institution in violation of the provisions covered by paragraph (/23) and the obligation to remove the violation during the period to which it is determined and fined by a minimum of 5,000 Syrian pounds and no more than 10,000 Syrian pounds for each day. It fails to remove it after the specified period of time.
Rule 26
1/The sources of the noise and the specifications for the upper limit of those sources and the statement of how to avoid or minimize them to the minimum allowable limit shall be determined by instructions issued by the Board
2/Everyone who contravenes the provisions of paragraph 1 of this article and the instructions issued thereunder shall be punished with a fine of 10,000 Syrian pounds to 50,000 Syrian pounds and imprisonment for a period of not more than one month or one of these penalties.
Rule 27
(1) Factory owners, plants, workshops and activities that release polluting emissions to the environment are installed to prevent the spread of such pollutants from them and to control solid particles prior to their release from the factory, facility or workshop in the air to the extent permitted under the instructions issued by them. The Council to this end.
2/Anyone who has committed any violation of the offences covered by the provisions of paragraph /1/of this article and has not removed them during the time specified by the Minister or who authorized him to do so. The Minister may refer the offence to the judiciary and the court to order the closure of the aforementioned places and to sentence the violators to imprisonment. For a period of no more than a month and a fine of 10,000 Syrian pounds to 50,000 Syrian pounds and compel it to remove the violation during the period it determines and pays a sum of 5,000 Syrian pounds to 10,000 Syrian pounds for each day after it fails to remove it beyond the limited period to remove it.
3/The penalty provided for in paragraph/2/2/of this article is doubled if the offence is repeated for the second time and should be repeated for the third time and after three times the penalty
Article 28
The competent court shall consider the offences to which the provisions of this Act shall be applicable as a matter of urgency
Rule 29
1/Each of the cause of damage to the environment or to the living, by doing it or not, or by doing the things in its guarding, whether on purpose, neglect, lack of precaution, foresight or failure to observe the smell and systems that are responsible for the authority to compensate them directly to the public treasury account for the damage. The Authority estimates that it is enough to restore the situation as it was and the compensation is being collected by law in accordance with the provisions of the Public Funds levy law.
2/The responsibility set forth in paragraph/1/of this article is assumed
Rule 30
Any contributing or assisting in the transit of nuclear or radioactive waste to the Syrian Arab Republic shall be punished with provisional arrest at least five years and a fine from 3 million Syrian pounds to 10 million Syrian pounds and the death penalty if such waste is to be carried out with intent to throw or bury it. Or dumping it or burning it or storing it in the Syrian Arab Republic.
Rule 31
If imported chemicals are found to be harmful to the environment, they need to be imported by decision of the minister, and return the offending material to the source country, such as the return to what was provided for in article /29/of this law.
Rule 32
The penalties provided for in this law are not converted from the application of the most severe penalty in any other law.
Section VIII
Transitional provisions
Rule 33
The minister has the authority to delegate some of his powers provided for in the laws and systems that are in force.
Rule 34
The facilities and activities in the date of the issuance of this law shall be given one year from the date of their warning to align their conditions with the provisions of this law, and the Council may extend this deadline for a maximum of two additional years for any of these facilities and activities, upon request and for reasoned reasons.
Rule 35
In all unless it is provided for in this law, the provisions of the Public Enterprise Act (32 /1957) and its amendments are applied in this law.
Rule 36
The rules violating this law are repealed wherever they are received.
Rule 37
This law is published in the Official Journal.
Damascus at 28-4-1423 dumped 8-7-2002, my birthday.
President
Bashar al-Assad
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