ERML Environmental Resources Monitoring in Lebanon

Relevant Regulations

• Environmental Impact Assessment Decree - MoE Decree 8633 of 2012
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Decree - MoE Decree 8213 of 2012
• Environmental Compliance for Establishments - MoE Decree 8471 of 2012

Costal Zone Monitoring and Management

• Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean (ICZM, 2008 under the Barcelona Convention) – Arabic version
• Specifications And Standards Relative To Air Pollutants, And Liquid Discharges From Classified Industries And Wastewater Treatment Plants - Decision 8/1 of 2001
• Specifications And Standards For Environmental Quality And Emission Limit Values Into The Air, Water, And Soil - Decision 52/1 of 1996
• Regulation of Maritime public domain - MoE Decree 4810 of 24/6/1966 - Arabic version
• Expropriation law -Law 58 of 29/5/1991 - Arabic version
• Amendment of the Expropriation law - Law of 8/12/2006 - Arabic version
• Control fishing - Law issued as Decision No. 2775 of 28/9/1929 - Arabic version
• Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA)
• Agreement on the CoNservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contigous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) - English version
• Agreement on the CoNnservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea Mediterranean Sea and Contigous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS) - Arabic version

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1994)

Air Quality Monitoring and Management

• Kyoto protocol –Arabic version
• Draft Clean Air Act – Arabic version
• Specifications And Standards Relative To Air Pollutants, And Liquid Discharges From Classified Industries And Wastewater Treatment Plants - Decision 8/1 of 2001
• Specifications And Standards For Environmental Quality And Emission Limit Values Into The Air, Water, And Soil - Decision 52/1 of 1996
• The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer - English version

• Kyoto protocol -English version