Dutch Legislation

Chapter 4

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Algemene regels over activiteiten in de fysieke leefomgeving

Environment and Planning Act (Omgevingswet) · Articles: 43

Section 4.1

Algemene bepalingen voor regels over activiteiten

4.1 Article 4.1

In an environmental plan, water board ordinance and environmental ordinance, rules may be established with a view to the objectives of the Act…

4.2 Article 4.2

The environment and planning plan (omgevingsplan) shall contain, for the entire territory of the municipality, at least the rules necessary for the…

4.3 Article 4.3

Rules shall be laid down by Order in Council regarding the following activities that have or may have consequences for the physical living…

4.4 Article 4.4

Rules as referred to in Section 4.1.1 may include a prohibition to perform an activity without prior notification to the competent authority.

4.5 Article 4.5

Pursuant to rules as referred to in Section 4.1.1, subjects may be designated for which the competent authority may set custom-tailored requirements…

4.6 Article 4.6

In rules as referred to in Article 4.1 that are included in the environmental ordinance, it may be provided that, with regard to subjects designated…

4.7 Article 4.7

If rules as referred to in Section 4.1.1 prescribe that a measure must be taken, permission may be granted upon application to take an equivalent…

4.8 Article 4.8

For the environmental plan, the municipal executive (college van burgemeester en wethouders), for the water board by-law, the executive board of the…

4.9 Article 4.9

Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Articles 4.10 up to and including 4.13, the municipal executive (college van burgemeester en wethouders) is…

4.10 Article 4.10

Pursuant to Article 4.3, for the purpose of efficient water management, cases shall be designated regarding water activities in which the executive…

4.11 Article 4.11

Pursuant to Article 4.3, cases are designated for the following activities in which the Provincial Executive (gedeputeerde staten) is the competent…

4.12 Article 4.12

Pursuant to Article 4.3, cases are designated for the following activities in which one of Our Ministers designated for that purpose is the competent…

4.13 Article 4.13

Pursuant to Article 4.3, cases may be designated in which the administrative authority competent to decide on the application for an environmental…

4.13a Article 4.13a

An administrative authority that has been designated as the competent authority by or pursuant to this section may transfer that authority to another…

Section 4.2

Voorbereidingsbescherming

4.14 Article 4.14

The municipal council may adopt a preparatory decision for a location with a view to the preparation of rules to be laid down in the environmental…

4.15 Article 4.15

The Provincial Executive may, with due observance of the limits of Article 2.3, paragraph 2, adopt a preparatory decision for a location with a view…

4.16 Article 4.16

The Provincial Executive may, with due observance of the limits of Article 2.3, paragraph 2, adopt a preparatory decision for a location with a view…

Section 4.3

Bijzondere bepalingen voor regels over activiteiten

4.17 Article 4.17

The environment and planning plan shall, in any event, be brought into conformity with an environmental permit for a continuous off-plan environment…

4.18 Article 4.18

The environmental plan may designate locations where the structures present there must be modernised or replaced by similar development. As long as…

4.19 Article 4.19

If the environmental plan includes rules regarding the appearance of structures and the application thereof requires clarification, the municipal…

4.19a Article 4.19a

No rules shall be laid down in an environmental plan that impede the execution of a project for which a project decision has been adopted by an…

4.19b Article 4.19b

An application to establish an amendment to the environmental plan may be rejected in the cases and under the conditions referred to in Article 3 of…

4.20 Article 4.20

Pursuant to Article 4.3, rules shall in any event be laid down for the implementation of:

4.21 Article 4.21

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning construction activities, demolition activities, and the use and maintenance of structures are…

4.22 Article 4.22

The rules regarding environmentally harmful activities referred to in Article 4.3 are established with a view to:

4.23 Article 4.23

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 regarding discharge activities into a surface water body, discharge activities into a wastewater treatment…

4.24 Article 4.24

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning mining site activities shall be established with a view to:

4.25 Article 4.25

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 regarding restricted area activities in relation to a road are established with a view to protecting the…

4.26 Article 4.26

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning restricted area activities in relation to an installation in a water defence work shall, insofar as…

4.27 Article 4.27

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning the provision of opportunities for swimming and bathing shall be established with a view to ensuring…

4.28 Article 4.28

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning activities involving cultural heritage shall be established with a view to the preservation of…

4.29 Article 4.29

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning activities affecting world heritage shall be established with a view to the preservation of the…

4.30 Article 4.30

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 regarding Natura 2000 activities and activities with potential deteriorating or significantly disturbing…

4.31 Article 4.31

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 regarding the exercise of hunting, activities to manage populations of wild animals, or the control of damage…

4.32 Article 4.32

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 regarding the use, possession, trade, and the bringing into or out of the territory of the Netherlands of means…

4.33 Article 4.33

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning the catching, killing or processing of whales shall be established for the purpose of nature…

4.34 Article 4.34

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning activities that result or may result in the introduction or spread of invasive alien species shall be…

4.35 Article 4.35

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 regarding the felling and management of stands of trees are established with a view to the conservation of…

4.36 Article 4.36

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning the trading, the possession for reasons other than sale, or the bringing into or out of the territory…

4.37 Article 4.37

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning the placing on the market of timber and timber products as referred to in the European FLEGT…

4.38 Article 4.38

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning flora and fauna activities are established for the purpose of nature conservation.

4.39 Article 4.39

The rules referred to in Article 4.3 concerning land development activities shall be established with a view to the efficient implementation of a…