Law No. 14.675 establishing the Environmental Code within the State of Santa Catarina.
This Law, consisting of 7 Titles, divided into 296 articles, establishes the Basic Environmental Legislation within the State of Santa Catarina. This Code also creates competent authorities entitled to carry out research and inspection related to this sector, and does not apply for any actitity related to: environmental education; water resources; and water sanitation. It is divided as follows: General provisions (Title I); State Environmental Policy (Title II); Concepts and definitions (Title III); State Policy instruments (Title IV); Natural resources management (Title V); Activities potentially causing environmental degradation (Title VI); Final provisions (Title VII).