This Law, which consists of 4 titles, 57 articles, 7 additional provisions, 4 transitory, 1 repealing, 4 final and 3 annexes, aims to establish the system of administrative intervention of activities likely to affect the environment, security and the health of people, in the territorial area of ​​Catalonia. The present Law establishes a system of administrative intervention according to the following general principles and criteria: a) integration of the public action for the prevention and control of pollution, taking into account the environment as a whole, through the integration of authorizations and environmental control systems, the implementation of unified environmental management offices; b) decentralization; c) coordination between the competent public administrations in order to avoid overlapping actions; d) simplification of procedures; e) modernization of management tools; and f) citizen participation.
Law No. 3/1998 - Comprehensive intervention of the environmental administration.