Act No.96-766 of 3 Oct. 1996 containing the Environmental Code Jurisdiction Côte d'Ivoire Year 1996 Published in French Original/other title [French] Loi n°96-766 du 3 oct. 1996 portant Code de l'Environnement [Côte d'Ivoire] Serial title Journal officiel de la République de Côte d'Ivoire Source 6 Feb. 1997, Year 39, No.6, p.114-123. Descriptors [Primary] Côte d'Ivoire, environmental pollution, neighbourhood protection, waste disposal [Secondary] law, role of government Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract This Law defines the environment as the totality of all physical, chemical, biological, socio-economic, ethical and intellectual factors that may have a direct or indirect effect on the development of the environment, of living organisms and of human activities. Contents: definitions; aims and scope of the Law (principally, it applies to industrial plants, mines and storage facilities, and to all sources of potentially harmful emissions or waste); protection of the environment (natural or human); responsibilities of the state and local government for environmental protection; preventive measures (including prohibition of the discharge of harmful waste and other pollution into water or the atmosphere). CIS No. 97-1062 Database ID 69460