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Environmental Law (Notes for the User)

Germany's environmental legislation is very extensive and is continually being updated. We hope, therefore, that users of our foreign language webpages will appreciate that there is only a limited number of foreign language translations of Ordinances and Acts available either in the Internet or as a printed version.

Where they are available, the English texts of Acts can be found under the different environmental policy sectors, e.g. waste management, water management, renewable energy.

Only the German version of the texts is legally binding.

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Date	Type	Title / Heading
Current	Download	Organisational Chart
Current	Miscellaneous	Climate Protection: short film on the topic
March 2012	Study	Long-term scenarios and strategies for the deployment of renewable energies in Germany in view of European and global developments
Jan. 2012	Publication	The German government's offer: IPBES in Bonn An ideal location for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Jan. 2012	Background	Waste Prevention and Recycling Strategy
Jan. 2012	Publication	BMU Brochure: Renewable Energy Sources in Figures - national and international development
Jan. 2012	Act/Ordinance	Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) 2012
12.12.2011	Background	Documents: Package of Durban
Dec. 2011	Publication	Renewable Energies - Perspectives for a Sustainable Energy Future
Dec. 2011	Statistics/Graphs	Development of renewable energy sources in Germany in 2010 Graphics and tables
08.11.2011	Act/Ordinance	Atomic Energy Act (AtG) - Act on the Peaceful Utilization of Atomic Energy and the Protection against its Hazards
Nov. 2011	Publication	BMU Brochure: Water - Prosperity - Change
Nov. 2011	Paper	The top-runner approach Joint concept paper from BMU/BMWi
Oct. 2011	Background	How to get to the Federal Environment Ministry Berlin Office
Oct. 2011	Publication	Brochure: Climate Challenges Germany’s international approach
Oct. 2011	Publication	BMU Brochure: Beech forests - UNESCO World Natural Heritage
Oct. 2011	Report	Report of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Fourth Review Meeting in May 2012 Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
Oct. 2011	Publication	BMU Brochure: Climate Protection and Growth
Oct. 2011	Act/Ordinance	Directive "Radiation Protection in Medicine" (Radiation Protection Ordinance, StrlSchV)
Sept 2011	Programme	Environment Action Programmes
Sep. 2011	Report	Report on the Environmental Economy 2011
Sept. 2011	Guidelines	Guidelines on the R1 energy efficiency formula for municipal waste incinerators in Annex II of Directive 2008/98/EC
Sept. 2011	Report	IRRS Report 2011
July 2011	Publication	BMU Brochure Renewably employed
Jul. 2011	Act/Ordinance	Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act - ElektroG (As of: 23 March 2005)
July 2011	Publication	BMU brochure: Closed-loop waste management Recovering wastes – conserving resources
July 2011	Flyer	BMU-Flyer: Water Management in Germany
30.06.2011	Report	Cost and benefit effects of renewable energy expansion in the German power and heat market
29.06.2011	Report	End-of-life vehicle reuse/recycling/recovery rates in Germany for 2009 pursuant to Art. 7 (2) of the End-of-life vehicles Directive 2000/53/EC
30.05.2011	Report	Germany’s energy transition - A collective project for the future by the Ethics Commission for a Safe Energy Supply
May 2011	Act/Ordinance	Act on the Promotion of Renewable Energies in the Heat Sector (Heat Act, EEWärmeG)
May 2011	Publication	BMU Brochure: Innovation Through Research 2010 Annual Report on Research Funding in the Renewable Energies Sector
May 2011	Publication	Brochure: Germany’s Commitment to the White Continent Antarctic Treaty - 30 Years of Consultative Status
May 2011	Publication	The International Climate Initiative Innovative - Financing for Climate Protection BMU Flyer and Factsheets
April 2011	Publication	BMU Flyer: All for the Climate
April 2011	Report	3R report
23.03.2011	Background	Renewable energy sources 2010 Data on the development of renewable energy sources in Germany in 2010
18.03.2011	Report	Gross employment from renewable energy in Germany in 2010
March 2011	Publication	BMU Flyer: Renewably mobile Marketable solutions for climate-friendly electric mobility
March 2011	Publication	Water Framework Directive The way towards healthy waters
Jan. 2011	Report	Responsible Use of Nanotechnologies Report and recommendations of the German Federal Government’s NanoKommission 2011
Jan. 2011	Statistics/Graphs	Waste Management in Germany 2011 Facts, Data, Graphics
22.12.2010	Act/Ordinance	Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) 2009 Act Revising the Legislation on Renewable Energy Sources in the Electricity Sector and Amending Related Provisions
11.12.2010	Resolution	Cancún Agreements Outcome of the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention
Nov. 2010	Publication	Indicator Report 2010 to the National Strategy on Biological Diversity
Nov. 2010	Act/Ordinance	Sewage Sludge Ordinance (AbfKlärV)
Nov. 2010	Publikation	Guidelines for the Sustainable Organization of Events
Nov. 2010	Report	Aktuell
Nov. 2010	Act/Ordinance	Federal Immission Control Act
Oct. 2010	Publication	Environmental Report 2010 - Environmental policy - a policy for the future