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Showing 131 - 140 of 738 resultsControl of Disposable Plastics (Amendment) Act No. 60 of 2019.| 2019 |Legislation
BarbadosRepealedThis Act makes amendments to the Principal Act regarding the prohibition of manufacturing, distribution, offer for sale or use of any single use petro-based plastic bags with effect from 1 April 2020 and prohibition on the importation of single use petro-based plastic bags with effect from 1 January 2020, and offences and penalties for the breach of the subsections (1), (2) or (3) of Section 4 of...
Legislation | 2019 |Regulations for the Control of Import or Export of Waste, 2017
South AfricaUncommencedSouth Africa National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 Regulations for the Control of Import or Export of Waste, 2017 Government Notice 22 of 2019 Published in Government Gazette 42175 on 21 January 2019 Commenced [This is the version of this document from 6 February 2025.] [Amended by Amendments to the Regulations regarding the Control of the Import and Export of Waste, 2025 (Government...Legislation | 2019 |Environmental Management (Prohibition of Plastic Carrier Bags) Regulations, 2019
United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania Environmental Management Act, 2004 Environmental Management (Prohibition of Plastic Carrier Bags) Regulations, 2019 Government Notice 394 of 2019 Published in Government Gazette Supplement 20 on 17 May 2019 Assented to on 11 May 2019 Commenced on 1 June 2019 [This is the version of this document from 17 May 2019.] [Revoked on 6 May 2022 by Environmental Management (Prohibition of Plastic...Legislation | 2019 |Environment and Health Protection – Requirements for Ambient Air Quality and Point Source/Stack Emissions
GhanaGhana Environment and Health Protection – Requirements for Ambient Air Quality and Point Source/Stack Emissions Standard 1236 of 2019 Published on 31 December 2019 Commenced [This is the version of this document from 31 December 2019.] [The publication date of this work could not be ascertained. We used the date 31 December 2019 because the work was published during the course of the year 2019.] 0...Legislation | 2019 |Litter Control and Prevention Act, 2019
Antigua and BarbudaAntigua and Barbuda Litter Control and Prevention Act, 2019 Act 3 of 2019 Published in Official Gazette 20 on 18 April 2019 Assented to on 15 April 2019 Commenced on 18 April 2019 [This is the version of this document from 18 April 2019.] AN ACT to control and prevent various acts of littering and for other connected purposes. ENACTED by the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda as follows: 1. Short...Legislation | 2019 |Directive on the Reduction of the Impact of Certain Plastic Products on the Environment
European UnionEuropean Union Directive on the Reduction of the Impact of Certain Plastic Products on the Environment Directive 904 of 2019 Published in Official Journal of the European Union L155 on 12 June 2019 Assented to on 5 June 2019 Commenced [This is the version of this document from 12 June 2019.] THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the...Legislation | 2019 |Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act, 2019
Saint LuciaSaint Lucia Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) Act, 2019 Act 22 of 2019 Assented to on 2 July 2019 Commenced on 3 July 2019 [This is the version of this document from 3 August 2020.] [Amended by Styrofoam and Plastic Food Service Containers (Prohibition) (Amendment) Act, 2020 (Act 8 of 2020) on 3 August 2020] AN ACT to ban the importation, manufacturing, sale, use or...Control of Disposable Plastics Act No.11 of 2019.| 2019 |Legislation
BarbadosRepealedThis Act lays down rules to prohibit the import, distribution, sale and utilization of single use plastic containers, cutlery, straws as well as prohibit the import, manufacture, distribution, sale and use of plastic bags made with a petroleum based resin. The list of exceptions includes bags for garbage, medical use, preservation of food, and a few other uses. This Act allows the import, sale or...
Act on the Sale, Return, and High-Quality Recycling of Packaging (VerpackG)| 2019 |Legislation
GermanyLey 8/2019, de 19 de febrero, de residuos y suelos contaminados de las Illes Balears| 2019 |Legislation
SpainEl objeto de esta ley es la ordenación del régimen de prevención en la producción y la gestión de los residuos y la regulación de los suelos contaminados en el ámbito territorial de las Illes Balears, en el marco de la legislación básica estatal y de la legislación comunitaria.
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