Bahrain Environmental Regulations

Year

Title

2022

Decision No. 14 of 2022 Regarding the ban of manufacturing, importing & circulation of single-use plastic bags with a thickness below 35 microns

2022

Law No. 7 of 2022 Regarding the Environment

2021

Decision No. 5 of 2021 Regarding the Management of electronic waste

2021

Law No. 5 of 2021 Regarding the regulation & control of international trade in endangered species

2021

Decision No. 4 of 2021 Regarding the fee categories for all Licensing & services fees provided by the Supreme Council for Environment

2021

Decision No. 3 of 2021 Regarding Water Quality Standards

2020

Decision No. 75 of 2020 Regarding the health requirements that must be met in treated wastewater

2020

Decision No. 74 of 2020 Regarding the health requirements that must be met in non-bottled drinking water & methods of testing them

2020

Decision No. 3 of 2020 Regarding Hazardous Healthcare Waste Management

2020

Decision No. 2 of 2020 Regarding the fee categories for licensing refrigerants, refrigeration units & air conditioning units

2020

Decision No. 1 of 2020 Regarding the Management of refrigeration media, refrigeration units & air conditioning units

2019

Decision No. 11 for 2019 Regarding Issuance of the technical regulation of plastic products

2019

Decision No. 2 of 2019 Banning the import of various kinds of plastic waste

2014

Law No. 54 of 2014 Approving the unified regulation regarding substances that deplete the ozone layer

2014

Law No. 37 of 2014 Regarding regulating the extraction & sale of sea sand

2014

Law No. 14 of 2014 Approving the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Minamata convention on mercury

2012

Law No. 14 of 2012 Approving the accession to the Rotterdam convention on the prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals

2011

Law No. 2 of 2011 Approving accession to the Cartagena protocol on biosafety to the convention on biological diversity

2010

Law No. 4 of 2010 Approving accession to the international convention on oil pollution preparedness, response & cooperation (OPRC) of 1990

2009

Decree No. 4 of 2009 regulating & control of non-ionizing radiation resulting from electromagnetic fields

2006

Decision No. 10 of 2006 regarding the emission from source of air pollutants

2006

Decree No. 4 of 2006 on the management of hazardous chemical substances

2005

Decree No. 45 of 2005 with respect to the accession to the Kyoto protocol appended to the United Nations framework convention on climate change

2005

Law No. 39 of 2005 ratifying Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants

2005

Law No. 12 of 2005 approving the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to international convention for the protection of new varieties of plants

2005

Decree No. 5 of 2005 defining the environmental requirements & conditions for service activity places

2005

Decree No. 4 of 2005 on the management of used oil

2005

Decree No. 3 of 2005 concerning environmental requirements & conditions for places of work

2002

Decree - Law No. 20 of 2002 with respect to the regulation of fishing & exploitation of marine resources

2002

Decree No. 9 of 2002 ratifying the convention on the conservation of wildlife & their natural habitats in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council

2002

Decision No. 8 of 2002 standards of pollutants & materials emitted from vehicles & or the exhausts & their inspection

2002

Decree No. 7 of 2002 on the control of the importation & use of prohibited & severely restricted chemical substances

2001

Decree No. 26 of 2001 ratifying the Territorial protocol regarding the control of the maritime transport of hazardous waste

2000

Decree No. 41 of 2000 ratifying the Copenhagen amendment of 1992 & the amendment to the Montreal protocol of 1997 regarding the substances depleting the ozone layer

2001

Decision No. 3 of 2001 regarding environmental standards Air & Water

1999

Decree No. 4 of 1999 on licensing work in the maintenance of equipment & buildings containing asbestos

1998

Decree No. 1 of 1998 on the environmental assessment of projects

1996

Decree No. 18 of 1996 ratifying the convention on biological diversity

1995

Decree - Law No. 2 of 1995 concerning the protection of wildlife

1990

Decree No. 10 of 1990 regarding the accession of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Vienna convention for the protection of the ozone layer

1990

Decree No. 9 of 1990 approving the protocol on marine pollution resulting from exploration & exploitation of the continental shelf

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