Decree No. 21/2008/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP of 9 August 2006 detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Environmental Protection.

This Decree amends Decree No. 80/2006/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Environment Protection.
The Decree makes the following amendments: amends and supplements article 4 on the conversion of technical standards into environmental technical regulations; amends and supplements article 5 on responsibilities, order and procedures for the formulation, promulgation and stipulation of application of environmental technical regulations; amends and supplements clause 1 of article 6 on projects necessitating environmental impact assessment (EIA) reports; adds article 6a on the consultation of commune, ward or township People’s Committees and community representatives in the process of making EIA reports; amends and supplements article 11 on the appraisal and approval of EIA reports; amends point b, clause 1 of article 13; amends and supplements article 17, and adds articles 17a, 17b and 17c on the registration and certification of written environmental protection commitments, appraisal and approval of EIA reports, etc.; adds article 21a on provisions on the discharge of waste into the sea; amends article 22 and adds article 23a on responsibilities of the ministries.