Act No. 151 / 2011 Coll.
Act amending Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Public Health and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts, as amended, and Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., on Water and on the Amendment of Certain Acts (Water Act), as amended
Valid
Effective from 07.06.2011
151
THE LAW
of 28 April 2011
amending Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Public Health and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts, as amended, and Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., on Water and on the Amendment of Certain Acts (Water Act), as amended
Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:
Amendment to the Public Health Protection Act
Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., on the protection of public health and on the amendment of certain related laws, as amended by Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., Act No. 274 / 2001 Coll., Act No. 13 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 76 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 86 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 22 Coll., Act No. 120 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 320 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 562 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 74 / 2003 Coll., Act No. 186 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 381 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 326 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 562 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 125 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 253 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 381 / 2005 Coll.
1. footnote 1 shall read:
"(1) Council Directive 76 / 768 / EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to cosmetic products, as amended by Commission Directive 2003 / 80 / EC of 5 September 2003 establishing a symbol for the indication of the durability of cosmetic products in Annex VIIIa to Council Directive 76 / 768 / EEC. Commission Directive 80 / 1335 / EEC of 22 December 1980 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States on the analytical methods necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products, as amended by Commission Directive 96 / 45 / EEC of 2 July 1996 on methods of analysis necessary for checking the composition of cosmetic products. Commission Decision 96 / 335 / EC of 8 May 1996 establishing the inventory and common nomenclature of additives used in cosmetic products. Council Directive 98 / 83 / EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption. Directive 2006 / 7 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76 / 160 / EEC. Directive 2000 / 54 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from the risks associated with exposure to biological agents at work. Council Directive 83 / 477 / EEC of 19 September 1983 on the protection of workers from the risks associated with exposure to asbestos at work, as amended by Directive 2003 / 18 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 March 2003. Council Directive 93 / 43 / EEC of 14 June 1993 on the hygiene of foodstuffs. Council Directive 89 / 109 / EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. Commission Directive 2004 / 19 / EC of 1 March 2004 amending Directive 2002 / 72 / EC on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs. Decision 2119 / 98 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 September 1998 establishing a network of epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases in the Community. Commission Decision 2003 / 542 / EC of 17 July 2003 amending Decision 2000 / 96 / EC as regards the functioning of specialised epidemiological surveillance networks. Directive 2002 / 49 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 June 2002 on ambient noise assessment and control. ';
2.
"Natural and artificial swimming pools and saunas
(1) In this Act:
(a) by natural swimming pool, a building authorised for the purpose of bathing or bathing tank in which bathing water is changed by the controlled presence and drain of drinking water or by the continuous presence and outflow of chemically unmodified groundwater or surface waters8a) (hereinafter referred to as "bathing tank"), or a building authorised for bathing purposes equipped with a natural bathing water purification system or surface water8a), in which the operator offers a bathing service;
b) swimming pool, swimming pool, swimming pool, swimming pool for infants and toddlers, swimming pool, sauna cooling pool.
(2) Baths and medical pools and water used for medical purposes shall not be considered as swimming pools referred to in paragraph 1. ';
3. The following Sections 6a to 6g are inserted after Section 6, including footnote 60:
(1) The operator of a natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna shall ensure that bathing persons are not exposed to health risks arising from water pollution for bathing, showering or cooling. The operator is a person who provides sauna or bathing in a natural or artificial pool. The operator shall:
(a) artificial swimming pools or saunas must ensure that bathing, showering or cooling water complies with the hygiene limits of microbiological, physical and chemical quality indicators;
(b) the natural swimming pool shall monitor the quality of bathing or showering water by ensuring laboratory control of the pollution indicators referred to in paragraph 3 (a) and (c), by carrying out visual control of bathing water pollution by macroscopic algae or waste, and by assessing bathing water pollution in view of the possible impact on the health of bathing persons; a similar obligation shall be imposed on the county health centre in the case of surface bathing waters listed in Section 6g (1) (a), unless the operator or person referred to in Section 6d so requires.
(2) The obligation referred to in paragraph 1 (a) or (b), when providing water for showering, is not fulfilled by an operator of a natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna if the water for showering is supplied in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 3 (3).
(3) Pollution of bathing or cooling water means:
(a) exceeding the hygiene limit of the microbiological bathing water quality indicator in the natural swimming pool or exceeding the hygiene limit of the physical bathing water indicator in the bathing tank or in the bathing tank with a natural treatment method;
(b) exceeding the hygiene limit of a microbiological, physical or chemical bathing water quality indicator in an artificial swimming pool or cooling in a sauna;
(c) exceeding the limit value of the sinus reproduction indicator in bathing water in the natural swimming pool; the multiplication of sines means the accumulation of sines in the form of flowers, carpets or foam; or
(d) the presence of waste or macroscopic algae to the extent that it affects the quality of bathing water in the natural swimming pool and poses a risk to the health of bathing persons.
(4) The water pollution to be showered shall be assessed according to the hygiene limits of the bathing water quality indicators, if it is a natural or artificial swimming pool, or if it is a sauna.
(5) The hygiene limits of bathing water quality indicators in an artificial swimming pool and cooling in a sauna are set as limit values or maximum limit values. The limit value shall be the value exceeding which the non-compliance with an indicator or health requirement may result in a risk to the health of bathers. The maximum limit value is the value above which the health of bathing persons is at risk.
(6) The limit and maximum limit values for microbiological, physical and chemical indicators of bathing water quality in artificial swimming pools and sauna cooling, the health limits of microbiological and physical water quality indicators in natural swimming pools, indicators and limit values for sinuses, rules for monitoring the occurrence of sinuses, rules for visual control of water pollution and rules for monitoring water quality in natural swimming pools, rules for its assessment, evaluation and classification and the manner, timing and extent of information to the public in natural swimming pools are laid down in implementing legislation.
(1) If water pollution for bathing or showering occurs, the natural swimming pool operator is obliged to inform the public about this throughout the duration of the pollution. The information shall be placed at all cash registers at the entrance to the swimming pool and, if not, close to the swimming pool in a visible place, shall be easily legible, in indelible form and shall not contain data other than those relating to water pollution.
(2) An artificial swimming pool or sauna operator shall, if the limit value of the bathing, showering or cooling water quality indicator is exceeded, carry out a check of compliance with the requirements laid down by this Act to operate an artificial swimming pool or sauna. If the maximum limit value of the bathing, showering or cooling water quality indicator is exceeded, the operation or separable part of the operation of the artificial swimming pool or sauna shall be stopped until the fault has been corrected.
(3) The artificial swimming pool or sauna operator shall inform the public of the cessation of operation of the artificial swimming pool or sauna or part thereof for the duration of water pollution; the second sentence of paragraph 1 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the implementation and location of the information.
(1) The operator of a natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna is also obliged to:
(a) ensure, for the holder of an accreditation certificate issued under the Technical Requirements Act for Products (8), the holder of a laboratory certificate issued under the Water Act (8a), or the holder of an authorisation issued under this Act (§ 83c), the sampling of bathing, showering or cooling water, including additional and additional samples, and their laboratory inspection under the implementing legislation, unless otherwise provided for by that Act; as regards showering water, the operator does not have this obligation when the water is supplied in accordance with the procedure laid down in Paragraph 3 (3);
(b) ensure, for the person referred to in (a), that a report on the results of the laboratory inspection of water quality is made in electronic form;
(c) keep a record of the results of the laboratory inspection of water quality for 5 years from the date of completion;
(d) transmit in electronic form a report on the outcome of the laboratory water quality check to the competent public health authority;
(e) meet the hygiene requirements for the breakdown, equipment and operation of a natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna;
(f) draw up an operating order indicating the business firm or name and registered office, if it is a legal person, or the name and surname and place of business, if it is an operating natural person, the identification number, if assigned, the location of the natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna, the method of securing water for showering, the method of adjusting the bathing water, the showering or cooling water, if the water is adjusted, the description of the places of sampling, the method of handling the laundry, if the consumer is lent in the framework of the service, the method of cleaning of the environment, and, in the case of artificial swimming pools and sauna, the method of checking compliance with the basic principles of the hygiene behaviour of visitors;
(g) submit for approval the draft operating rules referred to in (f) and its amendments to the competent public health authority.
(2) The methods, rules, frequency, timeliness and scope of laboratory control of bathing, showering or cooling water, the dates of transmission of the report on the result of laboratory water quality control, the formalities, form and data interface of the electronic protocol referred to in paragraph 1 (b), the hygiene requirements for the breakdown, equipment and operation of the natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna shall be adapted to the implementing legislation.
Person who, under the Trade Code (60), is in construction or facilities which are on land used for bathing in connection with surface waters or water areas resulting from mining activities,
(a) operates body or sports equipment or equipment serving regeneration or recondition;
(b) provide physical or sporting services; or
(c) conduct an innkeeper's activity in which accommodation services are provided or accommodation services in tourist hostels, camps, cottage settlements or similar accommodation facilities;
and in offering its services to the consumer or advertising expressly offers the possibility of bathing or using such surface water, it has the obligations set out in Sections 6a (1) (b), 6b (1) and 6c (1) (a) to (d).
The competent public health authority shall authorise the use of a laboratory water control method other than that provided for in the implementing legislation, provided that the applicant demonstrates that the results obtained are equivalent to those obtained by using the methods and rules of their application referred to in the implementing legislation. The method of proving equivalence of methods and rules shall be laid down in implementing legislation.
(1) The artificial swimming pool or sauna operator is also obliged
(a) in the selection of the water source, to assess its yield, quality, the possibility of its adaptation and to carry out laboratory analyses of the water source;
(b) bathing, showering or cooling water to disinfect, modify, alter and comply with the hygiene requirements for the recirculation system, its equipment and the intensity of the recirculation;
(c) check the operation of the water treatment plant, including disinfectant equipment, and carry out an indicative check on bathing water quality;
(d) comply with the hygiene requirements for the properties of the materials of artificial swimming pool or sauna equipment, the characteristics of the aids that come into contact with bathing water, their maintenance and storage and, if applicable, the operation of the swimming pool for infants and toddlers, as well as the hygiene requirements for the clothing of infants and toddlers while bathing;
(e) monitor the quality of bathing water in on-site indicators characterising the operating load of the pool and the efficiency of disinfection, and carry out a check of the water temperature in the pool and comply with the requirements relating to water temperature,
(f) indicate the measured bathing water temperature and artificial bathing air temperature and publish them in a visible place in the bathing area;
(g) comply with the hygiene requirements for the microclimate conditions of artificial swimming pools or saunas and the way in which they are measured;
(h) keep an operating log and record of the results of the checks and measurements carried out under (c), (e) and (g) and keep them for 1 year.
(2) Where an operator finds in bathing water, showering or cooling the presence of a substance not covered by an implementing legislation which may affect public health, it shall immediately submit an application for authorisation and for the conditions for its occurrence, or suspend the operation of an artificial swimming pool or sauna or parts thereof. The application shall indicate the substance and its quantity or concentration in water, the design of the hygiene limit, the assessment of the health risks of the presence of the substance and its limit and the manner, extent and frequency of the control of compliance with the proposed hygiene limit. The competent public health authority shall authorise the presence of a substance by decision if the proposed concentration or quantity does not endanger public health. If the applicant is not authorised to operate an artificial swimming pool or sauna, he shall be obliged to stop. Where the competent public health authority finds, on the basis of new knowledge and information, that a substance or its concentration affects public health, the authorisation shall be subject to an ex officio amendment or withdrawal.
(3) The hygiene requirements for the performance, quality, modification and laboratory analysis of the water source for artificial swimming pools and saunas, disinfection, treatment, replacement and temperature of bathing water, hygiene requirements for the recirculation system, its equipment and the intensity of recirculation, the characteristics of the equipment and materials of artificial swimming pools and saunas, their maintenance and storage, the clothing of infants and toddlers during bathing, the microclimatic conditions of artificial swimming pools and saunas, and the way in which they are measured, shall be adapted to the implementing legislation. The method and scope of the quality control of bathing water, the details of the operating logbook and the manner and extent of the records of the results of checks and measurements in the operating logbook shall be laid down in the implementing legislation.
(1) By 31 March each year, the Ministry of Health shall draw up, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, a list containing:
(a) natural swimming pools operated on surface waters used for bathing in accordance with § 6a and other surface waters where a large number of persons can be expected to be bathed in them and have not been issued to them by the competent public health authority a permanent prohibition on bathing or a permanent warning against bathing (hereinafter referred to as "other surface bathing waters"), except for bathing tanks and bathing tanks with a natural water cleaning method; natural swimming pools operated on surface waters pursuant to § 6a shall be included in this part of the list only if they can be expected to bathe a large number of persons and have not been issued a permanent bathing ban or permanent bathing warning by the competent public health authority; a large number of persons are assessed with regard to population density, infrastructure, local importance of the bathing site and measures taken to promote bathing,
(b) other natural swimming pools of local importance, used for bathing in accordance with § 6a, excluding bathing tanks and bathing tanks with natural means of cleaning water;
(c) bathing season.
(2) The bathing season of individual natural swimming pools is generally the period from 30 May to 1 September or the period during which a large number of bathing persons can be expected.
(3) The list referred to in paragraph 1 shall be made available to the public by the Ministry of Health for a period of 10 calendar days on its official plate and on the official plates of regional health centres and their territorial offices for comments; the date from which that period begins shall be considered as the date on which the list was posted at the latest. The list, adjusted on the basis of the evaluation of the comments made, shall be published by the Ministry of Health on the official plate at its headquarters, on the official plates at the headquarters of the regional health centres and on the Public Administration Portal. The Ministry of the Environment shall submit the list of bathing waters referred to in paragraph 1 (a) to the European Commission each year before the start of the bathing season, indicating the reasons for its changes, if they have occurred compared to the previous year.
(4) The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, shall also submit to the European Commission, by 31 December of the calendar year preceding the bathing season, a report on the results of the monitoring and assessment of the quality of surface waters listed in paragraph 1 (a), together with information on the suspension of the monitoring calendar and its reasons and a description of the significant measures taken under this Law and the Water Law (8a) by the competent administrative authorities to manage the quality of bathing water.
(5) The Ministry of Health shall also inform the European Commission of the authorisation provided for in Article 6e to carry out the microbiological analysis of bathing waters listed in paragraph 1 (a), including the evaluation of equivalence to the methods and rules laid down in the implementing legislation.
60) Act No. 455 / 1991 Coll., on Business Business (Trade Act), as amended. Government Decree No. 278 / 2008 Coll., on content content of individual trades, as amended by Government Decree No. 288 / 2010 Coll. '
4. In Article 18, the following paragraph 3 is added:
"(3) Paragraph 6a, § 6b (2) and § 6c (1) (a) to (d) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the operation of a swimming pool or sauna as part of a service provided by the care provider. This does not apply if the person listed in the first sentence brings water from a natural medical source to the pool. When using water from a natural medical source, the person referred to in the first sentence shall ensure compliance with the health limits of microbiological, physical and chemical quality indicators laid down in the implementing legislation; Article 6c (1) (a) to (d) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the quality control of this water. ';
5. In § 47a (1), the first words in the sentence "vaccination of newborns against tuberculosis and" are deleted and the second sentence is replaced by "vaccination against tuberculosis in children at higher risk of obtaining this infection in the calmetisation centres by medical practitioners pneumoftizeologists."
6. In Article 69 (1) (c), "§ 6 'is replaced by" § 6a and 6g';
7. In Article 80 (1) (f), the words ", Article 6e 'shall be inserted after the words", Article 6g';
8. In Paragraph 80, the dot is replaced by a comma at the end of paragraph 1 and the following point (v) is added:
"(v) directs the management of water quality in surface waters listed in § 6g by regional sanitation stations, in particular in accordance with the conditions laid down by European Union law (1), the number of bathing seasons on the basis of which regional public health centres shall compile sets of water quality assessment data, after informing the European Commission in advance to the extent covered by European Union law (1)."
9. The following Section 82a is inserted after Section 82:
Tasks of the Regional Health Station on bathing water quality management in natural swimming pools and other surface waters listed
(1) In the management of bathing water quality in natural swimming pools operated on surface bathing waters in which the operator offers the bathing service pursuant to § 6a, and in other surface bathing waters pursuant to § 6g Regional Sanitation Station
(a) issue a monitoring calendar by 1 May of the calendar year in accordance with the rules for monitoring the quality of surface bathing waters and determine the frequency of water sampling, distribution for the bathing season and sampling points for other surface bathing waters in the monitoring calendar; the monitoring calendar shall be issued by the Regional Sanitation Station as a general measure,
(b) decide, on its own initiative or at the request of the operator, pursuant to Article 6a or the person referred to in Article 6d, to suspend the monitoring calendar for reasons of exceptional circumstances and to continue it;
(c) issue a measure of a general nature providing for a temporary or permanent prohibition on the use of bathing water or a temporary or permanent warning against bathing if it becomes aware of an unexpected situation or if bathing water is contaminated;
(d) order the collection and testing of an additional sample of bathing water in case of suspension of a monitoring calendar or short-term water pollution or other water sample in case of potential risk to the health of bathing persons;
(e) according to the instruction given by the Ministry of Health under Section 80 (1) (v) and on the basis of the results of the monitoring of the quality of surface bathing water listed under Section 6g, it shall compile a set of data on the quality of these waters, carry out their assessment and classification and inform the public about the quality of surface bathing water near the bathing site, on its website and at the Public Administration Portal; for the purposes of assessing the quality of surface bathing water listed in § 6g, the pollution of that water shall mean the presence of microbiological contamination exceeding those at which water is classified as acceptable, the reproduction of sinuses, the multiplication of macroscopic algae or the contamination of bathing water in the natural bathing area by waste to an extent that affects its quality and poses a risk to the health of bathing persons.
(2) For the purposes of the management of bathing water quality:
(a) a monitoring point for other surface bathing waters, a place where most bathing persons are expected to be expected, or a place where the highest risk of water pollution is expected according to the water law profile of these waters;
(b) an exceptional situation, or a combination of events affecting bathing water quality at the place concerned, which are not expected to occur more frequently than once every 4 years;
(c) an unexpected situation which has or can reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the quality of bathing water or on the health of bathing persons;
(d) short-term water pollution of microbiological contamination exceeding those at which bathing water is classified as acceptable, which has clearly identifiable causes, which are usually not expected to impair water quality for more than approximately 72 hours after first affecting water quality,
(e) an additional sample of the sample replacing the sample not carried out according to the monitoring calendar;
(f) a further sample taken in order to endanger the health of bathing persons;
(g) a permanent prohibition of at least one full bathing season;
(h) permanent warning against bathing warnings lasting at least one full bathing season.
(3) According to paragraph 1 (c), the Regional Sanitary Station may issue a permanent ban on the use of bathing water or a permanent warning against bathing only if, in the five consecutive years, the water has been classified as non-compliant or, before the end of the five-year period, there is reason to believe that it is not feasible or would be excessively costly to achieve the classification of water.
(4) Regional health stations are required to inform the Ministry of Health of the suspension of the monitoring calendar and its reasons and of other significant measures taken in the bathing water management section. In addition, regional health centres are required to transmit to river basin managers, by 31 October each year, the necessary documentation for establishing, reviewing and updating the bathing surface water profiles listed in § 6g (1) (a) to the extent provided for in the Water Law 8a.
(5) The hygiene limits of microbiological water quality indicators in other surface bathing waters, indicators and limit values for the replication of sinuses, rules for monitoring the occurrence of sinuses, rules for the visual control of water pollution by macroscopic algae and waste and the method of assessing water pollution in other surface bathing waters, rules for monitoring the quality of surface bathing waters, rules for assessing the quality of such waters, criteria for classification and the manner, dates and extent of information to the public will be laid down in implementing legislation. "
10. in Article 84 (1) (a), the word "or" shall be replaced by "measures of a general nature or other binding nature."
11. in Article 84 (1) (f), the words "a swimming pool operated in accordance with § 18 (3), a sauna, a bathing tank, a bathing tank with a natural means of cleaning water or in an artificial manner" and the words "§ 6" are replaced by the words "§ 6e."
12. in Article 84 (1) (g):
"(g) may prohibit the use of water in a bathing tank, surface water used for bathing in accordance with § 6a or 6d, in a bathing tank with a natural means of cleaning water, in an artificial swimming pool or sauna, even for certain groups of inhabitants only, or prohibit the use of a water source for an artificial swimming pool or sauna, provided that the water for bathing, showering or cooling is contaminated until the defect has been corrected, ';
13. in Article 84 (1), the following point (i) is inserted after point (h):
"(i) may order a person operating a natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna, as well as a person referred to in Article 6d, to take measures to protect public health from the health risk arising from pollution of bathing, cooling or showering water, or to amend the measures taken for that purpose by a person operating a natural or artificial swimming pool or sauna or a person referred to in Article 6d,";
Points (i) to (p) shall be renumbered as points (j) to (q).
14. in Paragraph 84 (1) (j), "§ 6 (3) (c)" is replaced by "§ 6c (1) (f)."
15. in Article 84 (1) (l), "§ 6 (5)" is replaced by "§ 6e, § 6f (2)."
16. in Paragraph 84 (2), "and (l)" shall be replaced by "and (m)" and "(o)" shall be replaced by "(p)."
17. in § 90, "§ 6 (3) (a)" is replaced by "§ 6c (1) (d), § 6d, § 18 (3)."
18. In the first sentence of Paragraph 94 (2), "§ 6 (3) (c) and (5) 'is replaced by" § 6c (1) (g), § 6e'.
19. in Paragraph 94 (4), "(m)" is replaced by "(n)";
20. After Paragraph 94, the following Section 94a is inserted:
General measures
(1) A measure of a general nature as referred to in Article 82a (1) (c) shall take effect before its examination, on the date on which the measure of a general nature is put up. Within 15 days of the date of entry into force of the measure referred to in the first sentence, any person whose rights, obligations or interests may be affected by the measure may make written comments to the public health authority which issued the measure. Where comments are justified, the public health authority shall amend or repeal measures of a general nature.
(2) The examination of a measure of a general nature referred to in paragraph 1 shall be open to the public and shall take place on a date notified by the competent public health authority on the official plate at its seat at least 5 days before that date. The hearing of oral observations shall be published by the competent public health authority on the official plate at its seat. Where the comments are granted, the public health authority shall amend or repeal measures of a general nature.
(3) The general measure provided for in Article 82a (1) (a) shall take effect on the 15th day following the date of publication of the public order at the headquarters of the Regional Sanitary Station. His hearing is public.
(4) Measures of a general nature on the day following the date on which it takes effect shall be provided by the competent public health authority with a record of its effectiveness. ';
21. in § 99, the words "§ 6 (3) (c) and (5)" shall read "§ 84 (1) (e), (o) and (r)" shall be replaced by the words "§ 84 (1) (e), (p) and (r)."
22. In the first sentence of Paragraph 100e, the words "(§ 6 (2)) 'are replaced by the words" including the results of measurements or tests'.
23. In the first sentence of Article 108 (1), the words "Article 6 (3) (a) and (b), Article 6 (4) (a) to (e), Article 6 (5) 'are replaced by the words" Article 6a (6), § 6c (2), § 6e, § 6f (3)', the words "Article 18 (1) and (3) 'are replaced by the words" Article 18 (1) and (3)' and the words "Article 82a (5) 'are inserted after the words" Article 80 (1) (s) and (3)'.
Transitional provisions
1. Proceedings which were not definitively terminated before the date of entry into force of this Act shall be completed in accordance with the existing legislation. Similarly, proceedings which are not aimed at making decisions and which were not concluded before the date of entry into force of this Act shall be carried out.
2. The procedure provided for in Article 6 (3) (c) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., as effective until the date of entry into force of the Act, which was not definitively terminated before the date of entry into force of the Act, shall be terminated by the administrative authority.
3. The operating rules provided for in Article 6c (1) (f) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, shall be submitted by the legal person or the operating natural person no later than 6 months after the date of entry into force of this Act.
4. The first classification of waters under Section 82a (1) (e) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, shall be carried out at the latest by the end of the bathing season in 2015.
5. Information on bathing waters pursuant to § 82a (1) (e) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, shall be published by the competent public health protection authority through the Public Administration Portal for the first time for the 2012 bathing season, before it begins.
6. Information pursuant to § 6g (4) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, will be transmitted for the first time in 2012. By this deadline, the Ministry of Environment shall provide the European Commission with reports according to existing legislation.
Amendment of the Water Law
Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., on the Water and Amendment of Certain Laws (Water Act), as amended by Act No. 76 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 320 / 2002 Coll., Act No. 274 / 2003 Coll., Act No. 20 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 413 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 167 / 2008 Coll., Act No. 186 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 222 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 342 / 2006 Coll., Act No. 281 / 2009 Coll., Act No. 150 / 2010 Coll., Act No. 77 / 2011 Coll., amended as follows:
1. Paragraph 34, including the title and footnote 48, reads as follows:
Bathing surface waters
(1) The river basin managers, in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Health, the water authorities and the relevant regional health stations, shall compile, review and update the water profiles listed in the list of natural swimming pools operated on surface waters used for bathing and other surface waters where a large number of persons may be expected to bathe there). The bathing surface water profile is a summary of the data on surface water included in the list drawn up under the Public Health Protection Act 48). The bathing surface water profile may be compiled for several adjacent surface waters. The content and method of establishing the surface water profile used for bathing, the conditions for its review and updating and the extent and manner of transmission of the supporting documents to river basin managers shall be determined by the Ministry of Agriculture in agreement with the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Health by decree.
(2) Indicators and values of permitted water pollution for the purpose of authorising the discharge of waste water into surface waters included in the list drawn up under the Act on the Protection of Public Health 48) and the programme for reducing pollution of these waters to achieve the levels of permissible pollution of these waters are laid down by the Government by regulation.
(3) If the surface waters included in the list drawn up under the Law on the Protection of Public Health (48) cease permanently or repeatedly to comply with the bathing water quality requirements laid down in a specific legislation or regulation of the Government pursuant to paragraph 2, the Water Authority shall, after consultation with the public health authorities and the river basin administrator, impose or take appropriate measures to remedy this condition. The surface water included in the list must meet the requirements for acceptable water quality by the end of the bathing season 2015.
48) § 6g (1) (a) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., as amended by Act No. 151 / 2011 Coll. '.
2. In Paragraph 104 (1), the second sentence is deleted.
3. Paragraph 108 (4) is deleted.
Paragraphs 5 and 6 shall be renumbered paragraphs 4 and 5.
4. Article 113 shall be deleted;
Transitional provision
Bathing water profiles pursuant to Section 34 (1) of Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., as effective from the date of entry into force of this Act, are first established by 24 March 2011.
EFFECTIVE
This Act shall take effect on the day of its publication.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Act No. 151 / 2011 Coll., amending Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Public Health and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts, as amended, and Act No. 254 / 2001 Coll., on Water and on the Amendment of Certain Acts (Water Act), as amended |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 07.06.2011 |
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| Effective from | 07.06.2011 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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