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Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Law No. 45 of 2015 concerning the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. -

Adoption: 2015-12-21 | Date of entry into force: 2015-12-21 | IRQ-2015-L-102916

Approves the Accession of the Republic of Iraq to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Law No. 41 of 2015 on Noise Protection and Control. -

Adoption: 2015-12-07 | Date of entry into force: 2015-12-07 | IRQ-2015-L-102971

Chapter I: Definitions, Objectives and Scope of Application.
Chapter II: Noise Control.
Chapter III: General and Final Provisions.

Repeals Law No. 21 of 1966 on Noise Prevention.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Instruction No. 1 of 2014 on the Liquidation of Nuclear Installations. -

Adoption: 2014-08-18 | Date of entry into force: 2014-08-18 | IRQ-2014-M-100324

Provides instructions on the Liquidation of Nuclear Installations.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Instructions No. 2 of 2014 on Environmental Protection from Municipal Waste. -

Adoption: 2014-07-07 | Date of entry into force: 2014-07-07 | IRQ-2014-M-100325

These Instructions, consisting of 5 articles, aim at protecting the urban environment with a proper management of wastes, such as solid materials, recyclable and non-recyclable derived from domestic, commercial and professional activities, from the cleaning of streets, gardens, farms and public places, and construction waste.The Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works and the Municipality of Baghdad are responsible for collecting and transporting waste materials in places for the treatment and disposal; for creating the necessary supplies and equipment; for identifying appropriate locations and the development of containers to throw municipal waste; for distributing of special bags for waste producers; and for identifying waste collection dates. The aforementioned Ministry and Municipality have to decide also how to treat the reusable materials and dispose of others through landfills. Special provisions are established for waste weighing more than 50 kilograms and for farms owners and investors in farming.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Law No. 111 of 2012 Approves the Accession to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. -

Adoption: 2014-03-17 | Date of entry into force: 2014-03-17 | IRQ-2014-L-100328

Approves the Accession to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Law No. 88 of 2012 Ratifying the UN Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. -

Adoption: 2013-09-09 | Date of entry into force: 2013-09-09 | IRQ-2013-L-96894

The Republic of Iraq ratified the UN Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1996 signed on 19/08/2008.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Law No. 48 of 2012 on National Monitoring Board to Prevent the Proliferation of Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons. -

Adoption: 2012-10-01 | Date of entry into force: 2012-10-01 | IRQ-2012-L-94279

Chapter I: Definitions and Scope of Application.
Chapter II: The Board Establishment and the Objectives.
Chapter III: The Board Duties.
Chapter IV: The Board Council.
Chapter V: Financial Provisions.
Chapter VI: Criminal Provisions.
Chapter VII: General and Final Provisions.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Anti-Smoking Law (No. 19 of 2012). -

Adoption: 2012-04-02 | Date of entry into force: 2012-07-02 | IRQ-2012-L-94318

Chapter I: Definitions, Objectives and Means.
Chapter II: Prohibting Smoking in Public Places.
Chapter III: Prohibting Import, Manufacture and Sale of Tobacco.
Chapter IV: Sanctions.
Chapter V: General and Final Provisions

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Miscellaneous (circular, directive, legal notice, instruction, etc.)

Directive No. 4 of 1993 concerning occupational health, protection of workers against vibration.

Adoption: 1993 | IRQ-1993-M-57640

Pursuant to Sections 3 and 105 of the Public Health Act (No. 89 of 1981), establishes work place procedures designed to minimise vibration and any harmful effects that it might have on workers. Stipulates maximum total daily limits for exposure to vibration.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Revolutionary Command Council Resolution No. 551.

Adoption: 1987-07-27 | IRQ-1987-R-4563

English version published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Iraq, 1987-10-07, Vol. 30, No. 40, p. 4-5. Amends the organisational structure of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Inter alia, merges the Labour Department with the Vocational Training Department and the Department of the Handicapped Welfare with the Social Services Department.

Iraq - Protection against particular hazards - Law, Act

Iraqi Law on Prevention of Ionizing Radiation, No. 99 of 1980. (قرار مجلس قيادة الثورة رقم (652) باصدار القانون رقم (99) لسنة 1980م بشأن الوقاية ضد الاشعاع الايوني) -

Adoption: 1980-05-04 | Date of entry into force: 1980-05-26 | IRQ-1980-L-89063

Repeals Law No. 80 of 1971 on the same subject.

Prescribes that the acquisition, use, manufacture, storage, loan, transportation, sale, purchase, import, export or possession of ionizing radiation sources are prohibited in the absence of a licence (sect. 3). The Radiation Control Agency shall be established under the Environmental Protection Board. Its competences are to: define radiation control policies; draw up and supervise implementation plans and programmes in this area; coordinate and supervise radiation control activities; and approve plans of radiation-emitting installations and installations for the storage of radioactive substances (sect. 4). Section 5 provides for the establishment of the Radiation Control Centre under the Radiation Control Agency. Duties and competences of the centre are to: monitor all peaceful use of ionizing radiations; ensure protection against the exposure to radiations and form pollution caused by them; identify radiation sources which require a licence; issue licences (sect. 6). The Agency shall lay down the conditions for granting licences and for licensing procedures (sect. 7). The Agency shall lay down conditions concerning protective measures such as maximum permitted exposure or contamination levels, maximum permitted concentration levels of radioactive substances in air and water according to the recommendations issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency and other competent international organizations (sect. 8). The transport of ionizing radiation sources shall be subject to instructions laid down by the Agency in the light of similar international recommendations (sect. 9). The Agency shall set out instructions regarding the prevention of accidents and the elimination of their consequences (sect. 10). Duties of owners of ionizing radiations sources are defined in section 12 and 13. Section 18 provides for the establishment of a medical committee under the Radiation Protection Centre. The aims of the committee are to: determine the occurrence of radiation accidents and the level of exposure of radiation; report on the diagnosis and on medical treatments in connexion with such incidents; and grant staff leave or advise on their assignment to other jobs (sect. 18).