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
Presidential Decree No. 348 “On environmental fees for compensation of damages caused to environment.”
LEX-FAOC027664
National
Ordinance on increased limitation of emission according to a air monitoring plan (Air Monitoring Ordinance)
LEX-FAOC079638
Regional Industry 17/02/1992
Waste Water (Standards for Discharge of Industrial Effluent into a Waste Water System) Regulations 2004 (G.N. No. 182 of 2004).
LEX-FAOC096340
National Waste 20/10/2004
Arrêté nº 662/MMMP fixant les valeurs limites en azote basique volatil total (ABVT) pour certaines catégories de produits de la pêche et les méthodes d'analyse à utiliser.
LEX-FAOC051918
National Agriculture: Aquaculture 08/01/1999
Salzburg Thermal and Medicinal Waters and Health Resort Law 1997.
LEX-FAOC076240
National
Ministerial Decree No. 63 on approval of rules for the legal persons having sources, rendering harmful chemical, biological and physical influence on atmospheric air.
LEX-FAOC015486
National 15/04/2002
Resolución Nº 21 - Por la cual se dispone que la solicitud de Autorización Previa de Importación (APIM) de productos afectados a la Resolución Nº 49/01 tenga el carácter de Declaración Jurada.
LEX-FAOC173555
National Agriculture 03/10/2005
Regulation on the methods and terms for the calculation and payment of compensation for the oxides released in the environment, in the form of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides expressed as nitrogen dioxide.
LEX-FAOC042075
National 07/07/2004
Resolution Conama No. 382 establishing maximum limits for atmospheric polluting emissions.
LEX-FAOC055020
National 26/12/2006
Environmental Management Act, 2004 (No. 20 of 2004).
LEX-FAOC075014
National 08/02/2005

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