Environmental Protection Law.

This Law shall regulate the integral system of environmental protection which shall ensure human right to live and develop in healthy environment as well as balanced economy growth and protection of the environment in the Republic. The system of environmental protection shall comprise measures, conditions and instruments for: 1) sustainable management, preservation of nature balance, integrity, diversity and quality of natural values and conditions for survival of all living beings; 2) prevention, control, reduction and rehabilitation of all kinds of environmental pollution. Sustainable management of natural values as well as the protection of the environment shall be governed by this Law, special laws and other regulations, governing: 1) Environmental impact assessment of plans, programs and projects; 2) Integrated prevention and pollution control; 3) Protection of nature; 4) Protection of air, water, soil, forests, geological resources; 5) Chemicals management; 6) Waste management; 7) Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation; 8) Protection against noise and vibrations, etc. Standards of quality of the environment and emission standards, i.e. limit values of imission and emission of pollutants and energy into air, water and soil shall be established in the Republic of Serbia, including the emission from mobile sources of pollution. Integral norms shall be established in order to: control the quality of air, water and soil, procedures with waste and chemicals, wastewater treatment, industrial pollution and risk management, level of noise and vibrations etc.
Water may be used and loaded, and wastewaters discharged in water by applying adequate treatment, in a way and up to the level which shall not represent threat towards natural resources or quality and quantity of water renewal and which shall not reduce the possibility of their multi-purpose usage. Protection and use of water shall be realized within the integral water management through implementation of measures for preservation of surface and ground waters and their reserves, quality and quantity, as well as through protection of river beds, waterfronts and courses in accordance with special law. Measures of water protection shall ensure prevention or restriction of introduction of hazardous, waste and other harmful substances into the water, monitoring and research of quality of surface and ground water, as well as quality of wastewaters and their treatment. Spatial planning, use of natural resources and goods established by spatial and urban plans and other plans (plans of spatial arranging and agricultural land basis, forests, water-system, hunting basis and programmes of enhancement of fishery in fishing areas as well as other plans) shall be regulated by the obligation to: 1) preserve and enhance natural resources and goods at greatest possible extent, and if they are not renewable, to use them rationally; 2) ensure protection and smooth realization of functions of protected natural values with their protected environment and to preserve wild plant and animal species habitats and communities at greatest possible extent; 3) ensure preservation of built-up areas; 4) ensure conditions for human relaxation and leisure; 5) establish measures of environmental protection; 6) show related existent status.
The text consists of 130 Articles divided into 10 Parts as following: Basic Provisions (1); Management (2); Environmental Protection Principles (3); Environmental Monitoring (4); Information System (5); Financing (6); Polluter’s Responsibilities (7); Inspection (8); Penalties (9) and Transitional and Final Provisions (10).