חוק למניעת מפגעים סביבתיים (תביעות אזרחיות) (תיקון מס' 10), התשע"ט-2019Law for prevention of environmental nuisances (civil claims) (Amendment No. 10), 2019 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law for the Prevention of Environmental Hazards (Civil Actions), 1992 establishes that, at the request of someone who has been harmed or may be harmed by a certain environmental hazard, it will be possible to apply to the court, which holds the authority to issue an order to the harming party whose purpose is to refrain from or stop performing the harmful action, to repair the harm caused, to restore the situation to its previous state, and to do everything necessary in order to prevent such harm. The Bill for the Prevention of Environmental Hazards (Civil Actions) (Amendment No. 10), 2019, which was passed by the Knesset on 1 January 2019, expands the cases in which it will be possible to determine that there was environmental harm. It was established that harm to a protected area will also be considered an environmental hazard, by performing a construction action or another action that may thwart the designation of an area determined in a plan approved as a national park. In addition, it was established that harm to a protected nature value will also be defined as an environmental hazard when a person harms this value without a permit, after the Minister of Environmental Protection has declared a certain value as a protected nature value that must be preserved and protected and whose preservation has value. Among other things, it was established that harm to a protected tree or a mature tree or to forests will also be considered an environmental hazard by felling them in violation of the provisions of the Forests Ordinance, and that burning waste in an open or uncontrolled fire, including inside a container or vessel that is not sealed, will be defined as pollution and therefore as an environmental hazard.

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