Act on the Protection of Waters Against Pollution, 1961.

The 34 sections of the Act are divided into seven Parts: General Provisions (I); Construction, Enlargement or Modification of Establishments Discharging Wastes (II); Authorizations (III); Agreements Concerning Joint Water Protection Projects (IV); Control (V); Penal Provisions (VII); Temporary and Final Provisions (VII). The Act applies to surface and underground inland waters and interior and maritime territorial waters (sect. 3). The Council of Ministers may, by Order, prohibit the discharge of any polluting substance into certain waters (sect. 5(2). Standards for pollution will be established by Order (section 5(1)).