Nitrogen Policies

 

This database compiles 2,726 nitrogen policies from 186 countries, sourced from the ECOLEX database and other databases, as originally provided for the publication by Kanter et al, 2020  and subsequently extended for South Asia by the GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub by Yang et al. 2022 (966 N policies). The database is searchable by country, keyword, date, policy instrument, economic sector and geographical scale.

References

Kanter et al. (2020) Gaps and opportunities in nitrogen pollution policies around the world. Nat Sustain, 3, pp.956–963.

Anastasia L Yang et al. (2022) Policies to combat nitrogen pollution in South Asia: gaps and opportunities. Environ. Res. Lett. 17 025007.


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Policy Title ECOLEX Ref ID Scale Sector Date of Text
Royal Decree determining the sectoral conditions for discharging wastewater from oil refineries into ordinary surface waters.
LEX-FAOC053794
National waste
Regulation on maximum national emissions of certain pollutants.
LEX-FAOC080049
National 15/12/2011
Supreme Decree Nº 024-2017-HOUSING ─ Classification of Administrative Infractions and Scale of Sanctions in Environmental Matters in the Sanitation Sector.
LEX-FAOC105510
National waste 14/09/2017
Acuerdo Nº 1.566/10 - Reglamento para el control de emisiones generadas por fuentes fijas.
LEX-FAOC150760
National 01/10/2010
Drinking Water Regulation (Y.O.I.C. 2007/139).
LEX-FAOC163208
Regional
Natural Resources Conservation (Ambient Air Quality Standards) Regulations, 1996.
LEX-FAOC162363
National
Commission Regulation (EU) No. 176/2014 amending Regulation (EU) No. 1031/2010 in particular to determine the volumes of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned in 2013-20.
LEX-FAOC008115
National 25/02/2014
Law No. 188/98 on Principal Directions of State Policy of Ukraine in Environmental Protection, Use of Natural Resources and Ensuring Environmental Safety.
LEX-FAOC159620
National 05/03/1998
Decreto Nº 83 - Reglamenta el Decreto Nº 235 de 1999, que establece sistema de incentivos para la recuperación de suelos degradados.
LEX-FAOC084991
National Agriculture 05/12/2005
Order No. 863 of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology validating Regulation on state registration of legal persons and individual entrepreneurs that are owners of the sources of emissions of pollutants to the atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC036279
National 26/10/2011

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