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CONTENTS
PART 1 THE INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES ........... 5
1.1. Environmental impact assessment........................................................................................ 5
1.2. Public participation............................................................................................................... 6
1.3. Liability for environmental damage ..................................................................................... 7
1.4. Nature protection .................................................................................................................. 7
1.5. Air protection...................................................................................................................... 14
1.6. Inland waters protection ..................................................................................................... 17
1.7. Protection of cultural heritage ............................................................................................ 19
1.8. Nuclear energy.................................................................................................................... 21
1.9. Hazardous substances......................................................................................................... 25
1.10. International movements of wastes .................................................................................... 29
PART 2 CZECH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW −−−− GENERAL PART ............. 32
2.1. Participation of the public in the environmental protection ............................................... 32
2.1.1. Definition of the public ........................................................................................................ 32
2.1.2. The right to gather ............................................................................................................... 33
2.1.3. The right to associate........................................................................................................... 33
2.1.4. The right to participate in administration of public matters including the right to vote..... 33
2.1.5. The right to petition ............................................................................................................. 33
2.1.6. The right to environmental information............................................................................... 33
2.1.7. The right to complain........................................................................................................... 36
2.1.8. The right to participate in procedures that do not have the character
of an administrative procedure............................................................................................ 36
2.1.9. The right to participate in the administrative proceedings.................................................. 36
2.1.10. Participation in the civil proceedings at court .................................................................. 37
2.1.11. Participation in the penal proceedings.............................................................................. 37
2.1.12. Administrative agreements................................................................................................. 38
2.1.13. Participation in the state institutions................................................................................. 38
2.2. Environmental impact assessment...................................................................................... 38
2.2.1. Stages of the EIA procedure related to projects .................................................................. 39
2.2.2. Basic principles of the EIA procedure related to projects................................................... 40
2.2.3. Competent authorities.......................................................................................................... 42
2.3. Integrated pollution prevention and control ....................................................................... 42
2.3.1. Stages of the IPPC procedure.............................................................................................. 43
2.3.2. Basic principles of IPPC...................................................................................................... 45
2.3.3. Competent authorities.......................................................................................................... 46
PART 3 CZECH ENVIRONMENTAL LAW −−−− SPECIAL PART................ 47
3.1. Legal regulation of the air protection ................................................................................. 47
3.1.1. Sources of the legal regulation ............................................................................................ 47
3.1.2. Classification of sources of air pollution............................................................................. 47
3.1.3. Standard level of air protection........................................................................................... 48
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3.1.4. Specific air protection.......................................................................................................... 50
3.1.5. Ozone layer protection......................................................................................................... 51
3.1.6. Climate system protection.................................................................................................... 52
3.1.7. Competent authorities.......................................................................................................... 52
3.2. Legal regulation of the inland water protection.................................................................. 53
3.2.1. Sources of the legal regulation............................................................................................ 53
3.2.2. Legal nature of waters......................................................................................................... 53
3.2.3. Regulatory tools of water protection ................................................................................... 53
3.2.4. Competent Authorities ......................................................................................................... 57
3.3. Legal regulation of the land protection............................................................................... 58
3.3.1. Protection of agricultural land............................................................................................ 59
3.3.2. Protection of forests............................................................................................................. 62
3.4. Nature protection ................................................................................................................ 64
3.4.1. General protection of nature ............................................................................................... 64
3.4.2. Special protection of nature................................................................................................. 66
3.4.3. Tools of legal regulation...................................................................................................... 68
3.4.4. Regulation of trade in endangered species of wild flauna and flora................................... 69
3.4.5. Competent authorities.......................................................................................................... 69
3.5. Animal rights ...................................................................................................................... 70
3.5.1. Regulatory tools................................................................................................................... 70
3.5.2. Competent authorities.......................................................................................................... 71
3.6. Legal regulation of waste disposal...................................................................................... 71
3.6.1. Definitions of the waste - hazardous waste - municipal waste............................................ 72
3.6.2. Regulatory tools................................................................................................................... 73
3.6.3. Competent authorities.......................................................................................................... 76
TABLE OF TREATIES...........................................................................................................................77
TABLE OF STATUTES..........................................................................................................................80
BIBLIOGRAPHY ....................................................................................................................................82