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Regulation on environmental sanction fees (2012:259).

Country
Sweden
Type of law
Regulation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
The Regulation sets sanction fees with regard to environmental pollution control infringements. The fees shall be applied to provisions on wildlife reserves, agriculture, chemical products and biotechnical organisms, in adherence to EU regulations on chemical registration and classification (Chapter 7). The Regulation also applies to plant protection products and pesticides (Chapter 8) in adherence to EU Regulations on Plant Protection and Agriculture regulations on the use of pesticides particularly harmful to pollinating insects (chemical pesticides). Sanctions are also applied to fluorinated greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting substances in adherence to EU Regulation (Chapter 9). In Chapter 10, the Regulation applies to petrol gases and flammable liquids and implements Environmental Protection Agency s regulations on the protection against soil and water pollution from their storage. In Chapter 11 the Regulation sets rules on recycling systems of electric products and shipment of waste.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/swe123916.pdf
Web site
http://www.riksdagen.se
Date of text
Entry into force notes
1 July 2012.
Notes
Implementing Article 44, 51 of Regulation No. 845 of 2007, Article 3 of Regulation No. 10 of 2010, Articles 13, 17, 38 of Order No. 899 of 1998, Article 11 of Order No. 915 of 1998, and biotechnical organisms and Articles 11, 13-14 of Regulation on State Board of Agriculture (SJVFS 2004:62) on environmental considerations in land use.
Repealed
No
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
F rordning (2012:259) om milj sanktionsavgifter.
Amended by
Implements
Regulation (EC) No. 1946/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transboundary movements of genetically modified organisms.
Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No. 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.
Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
Regulation (EC) No. 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on substances that deplete the ozone layer.
Decree relative to chemical products and biotechnical organisms (2008:245).