The establishment of an ombudsman office for the environment has the aim of: 1) conservation of the natural environment as the basis for human life; 2) prevention of harmful effects on the environment (for example of on air, water or soil by noise) and reduction of existing pollution; 3) avoidance of harmful effects on the country side or nature and improvement of existing pollution. The text consists of 12 articles as follows: Purposes (1); Establishment of a Salzburg Environmental Ombudsman (2); Organisation of the ombudsman office (3); Nomination of the ombudsman (4); Incompatibility (5); Confidentiality (6); Tasks of the ombudsman (7); Participation in administrative proceedings (8); Allowances by authorities (9); Exemption of fees (10); Entry into force; expiration and final provisions (11); Entry into force of regulations (12).
Autriche · 1998-04-23