Published on 15 April 2015

Contaminated sites: Acts and ordinances

Legal bases on national, european and international level

Acts and ordinances

• Environmental Protection Act (EPA)

• Contaminated Sites Ordinance (CSO)

• Ordinance on the Charge for the Remediation of Contaminated Sites (OCRCS)

Further acts and ordinances

• Subventionsgesetz (SuG)

• Waste Ordinance (ADWO)

• Ordinance on Movements of Waste (OMW)

• Federal Act on the Protection of Waters (WPA)

• Waters Protection Ordinance (WPO)

• Verordnung über Belastungen des Bodens (VBBo)

• Ordinance on Air Pollution Control (OAPC)

• Verordnung über die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVPV)

• Federal law on accident insurance (UVG)

• Ordinance on the prevention of professional accidents and illnesses (VUV)

European legislation

• EUR-Lex: Environment and climate change

Enforcement aids

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