In order to provide the penalties compatible with the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020, Decree 08/2022/ND-CP and Decree 06/2022/ND-CP, the Government has issued Decree 45/2022/ND-CP on penalties for administrative violations in the field of environmental protection, taking effective from August 25, 2022.
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Some comments on the Draft Decree on penalties for administrative violations in environmental protection
In order to provide the penalties compatible with the provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 and the Decree guiding the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (currently in the drafting stage), the Government has published a Draft Decree on penalties for administrative violations in the field of environmental protection.
Read moreSome new regulations on preliminary environmental impact assessment
On May 21, 2021, the Government issued Decree 54/2021/ND-CP on preliminary environmental impact assessment to replace Article 12 of Decree 40/2020/ND-CP. This Decree came into force from the date of signing.
Read moreNew regulations in the Draft Decree providing details for some articles of the Law on Environmental Protection
In order to concretize some provisions of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 (LEP 2020) approved by the National Assembly on November 17, 2020, the Government is drafting a Draft Decree providing details for some articles of this law (Draft Decree). So far, the collection of comments from concerned experts and agencies to complete the contents of these regulations has finished.
Read moreSome new points of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020
After more than 5 years of implementation, besides the contributions in creating positive changes in environmental protection, the LEP 2014 has also revealed deficiencies, shortcomings and overlaps with other legal provisions, etc. To overcome the limitations of LEP 2014 and generate new mechanisms in environmental protection, the LEP 2020 was approved by the National Assembly on November 17, 2020. This article analyzes some new points of the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 that can directly impact businesses.
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