Environmental Protection Law
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- Article 1In applying the provisions of this Law, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated opposite each: Authority: The Environment Public Authority. Supreme…
- Article 2The provisions of this Law shall apply to all public and private entities and individuals.
- Article 4The Supreme Council for the Environment shall be formed under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister or the First Deputy Prime Minister, with a number of ministers…
- Article 5A decision shall be issued by the Supreme Council forming a Board of Directors for the Authority for a term of four years, renewable for one similar term. The Board of…
- Article 7The Authority shall be competent to undertake all activities and tasks that ensure the protection of the environment in the country, particularly the following: 1 -…
- Article 8The Authority shall have a Director General appointed by decree with the rank of Undersecretary, from among specialists and persons experienced in environment-related…
- Article 9The Board of Directors of the Environment Public Authority shall have all powers necessary to achieve its purposes stipulated in this Law, and shall have, in particular:…
- Article 10The Authority shall have an annexed budget within the State's general budget, and the rules and procedures governing the State's general budget shall be followed in its…
- Article 11The financial resources of the Authority shall consist of the following: 1 - The allocations made to it annually in the State's general budget. - 2 - Fees and charges…
- Article 13A special fund called the Environmental Protection Fund shall be established at the Authority, subordinate to the Supreme Council, and the following shall accrue to it:…
- Article 14The Supreme Council for the Environment shall issue a decision concerning the internal regulations of the Fund, specifying its purposes and operating system.
- Article 15The Fund shall be responsible for the following: 1 - Establishing projects aimed at protecting the environment and its resources and preserving its natural balance. 2 -…
- Article 16All entities subject to the provisions of this Law are prohibited from commencing the implementation of any project, introducing any modifications or expansions to…
- Article 17No entity, whether a company, establishment, consultancy office, centre, laboratory or any other entity with multiple activities, may engage in any activity, services or…
- Article 18All establishments shall comply with all engineering and environmental requirements specified by the Executive Regulations of this Law.
- Article 19All establishments, in carrying out their activities, shall ensure the safety of workers and that they are not exposed to any harm resulting from consequences or leakage…
- Article 20Enclosed and semi-enclosed public places are required to have adequate ventilation facilities commensurate with the size of the place, its capacity and the type of…
- Article 21The production or circulation of the chemicals specified by the Executive Regulations of this Law is prohibited unless a license is obtained from the competent entity…
- Article 22All entities that produce, package, handle, store, transport, import, and export chemicals or transit them through the territory of the State of Kuwait shall comply with…
- Article 23The approval of the concerned authorities must be obtained when importing or exporting hazardous substances and chemical substances. Authorization thereof is also…
- Article 24The Authority shall, in coordination with the competent authorities, attend to implementing the requirements of international conventions relating to the management of…
- Article 25The importation, bringing in, burial, dumping or storage of nuclear waste, or its disposal in any form whatsoever, is prohibited throughout the territory of the State of…
- Article 26Handling low-level radioactive waste generated by hospitals or certain industries without prior authorization from the concerned authorities is prohibited. Such waste…
- Article 27The import or export of hazardous waste, or allowing its entry or passage through the territory of the State of Kuwait, is prohibited. Excepted from this is the export…
- Article 28The collection, transport and disposal of solid and hazardous municipal waste, healthcare waste, and sludge resulting from sewage and industrial effluent are prohibited…
- Article 29Hazardous waste, municipal solid waste, healthcare waste and sludge of all types must be disposed of in accordance with the environmental conditions and standards…
- Article 30Municipal solid waste must be disposed of in accordance with the environmental conditions and standards specified by the Executive Regulations of this Law. The concerned…
- Article 31Sources generating hazardous waste, healthcare waste, or sludge, as well as the competent entities charged with collecting, transporting, and disposing of waste of all…
- Article 32Dumping, treating or burning solid municipal waste is prohibited except in facilities designated for that purpose. Distance from human settlements and environmentally…
- Article 33Discarding garbage or waste of any kind is prohibited except in the containers designated for that purpose.
- Article 34The Authority shall, in coordination with the competent entities, be concerned with preparing the national programme for integrated waste management, including the…
- Article 35Connecting sanitary and industrial liquid waste from industrial areas to the public rainwater and sewage networks is prohibited. The competent authorities shall…
- Article 36The establishment of new waste landfills in the State of Kuwait or the expansion of existing ones is prohibited except with the approval of the Supreme Council. In all…
- Article 37The relevant authorities shall, within five years from the date of issuance of this Law, make a complete inventory of the types, quantities and locations of waste in the…
- Article 38The entities designated to establish sewage networks and stormwater networks shall obtain environmental approvals before establishing them, and shall also maintain and…
- Article 39The concerned entities shall establish standard specifications for all recycled materials and the nature, type and mechanisms of their use, in a manner achieving safety…
- Article 40Anyone frequenting wilderness areas for the purpose of setting up camps or for any other purpose is prohibited from undertaking any activity that would damage the soil,…
- Article 41It is prohibited to engage in grazing, exploit land for traffic-related cultivation, or undertake any other activity that would harm the quantity or quality of…
- Article 42The Authority shall, in cooperation with the concerned entities, determine the requirements relating to pesticides, fertilizers, and soil conditioners with respect to…
- Article 43The spraying or use of organochlorine pesticides, pest-control pesticides or any other chemical compounds for agricultural, public health or other purposes is prohibited…
- Article 44The authority competent for the activity of extracting quarry materials or importing them shall cooperate with the Authority and the other competent authorities in…
- Article 45The entity granting the licence for quarry materials activity shall monitor all activities related to this activity, such as the extraction, handling, importation,…
- Article 46No quarry may be established, expanded, developed, merged, divided into more than one project, or subjected to any change except pursuant to a licence to that effect…
- Article 47When establishing installations in the terrestrial environment, account shall be taken of applying means of protection against sand encroachment and limiting its…
- Article 48The Authority shall undertake continuous monitoring and evaluation operations and prepare research and studies to preserve air quality and limit the harmful effects…
- Article 49The Authority shall, in coordination with the concerned entities, prepare and develop a national strategy for air quality management in the State of Kuwait and establish…
- Article 50The Authority shall work to publish air quality indicators on websites and inform the public of air quality levels and the measures that must be taken when…
Articles 51 – 10042
- Article 51The Authority shall establish, develop and update a national network for the continuous monitoring and surveillance of air quality in the State of Kuwait. Government and…
- Article 52All establishments shall, in carrying out their activities, ensure that no air pollutants are emitted or leaked beyond the permissible limits specified by the Executive…
- Article 53The owner or operator of the establishment shall carry out periodic maintenance of machinery and equipment and take all necessary precautions to prevent the occurrence…
- Article 54All entities and individuals, when conducting productive, service or other activities, particularly when operating machinery and equipment and using warning devices and…
- Article 56Smoking is absolutely prohibited on public transport. Smoking is also prohibited in enclosed and semi-enclosed public places, except in places designated for that…
- Article 57The competent authority shall prepare, develop, implement and update the national plan for the elimination of ozone-depleting substances and supervise its…
- Article 58It is prohibited to import, export or re-export substances controlled under the international conventions regulating ozone-depleting substances, or their maps,…
- Article 59The manufacture or import of all appliances, equipment, and products containing or operating with the controlled substances referred to in the preceding Article,…
- Article 60The manufacture or use of the controlled substances mentioned in Article (59) of this Law in any new industries or constructions, in the expansion of existing…
- Article 62The import, export or manufacture of controlled substances listed in Annexes (B, C, E) to the Montreal Protocol, or the import or export of appliances and equipment…
- Article 63All entities and individuals shall, when repairing and maintaining apparatus and equipment containing any controlled substances, comply with the requirements and…
- Article 65The Authority shall prepare and follow up on the implementation of the national plan for marine environment management, accompanied by a timetable for the implementation…
- Article 66The Authority shall work to establish a national network for monitoring and surveillance of the marine environment, operating to cover all territorial waters of the…
- Article 67The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to all ships, equipment, ports, and land, marine, and air installations situated within the marine areas and above them in the…
- Article 68The following marine areas, the upper layers of air above them, and their seabed and subsoil are deemed areas in which causing any pollution of the marine environment by…
- Article 69The Authority, in cooperation and coordination with the other entities concerned in the State, shall develop a national plan Index of the Law 295 Home Page Environmental…
- Article 70Ships using the prohibited marine areas must be equipped with the equipment and apparatus for preventing pollution and treating waste in accordance with international…
- Article 71All land sites and vessels and those designated for transporting oil whose tonnage is one hundred and fifty tonnes or more, and all other vessels whose tonnage is four…
- Article 72Ships, regardless of their nationality, are prohibited from discharging or dumping oil or its residues or other harmful substances in the prohibited area. They shall…
- Article 73All industrial, commercial and tourist establishments, private housing and others, whether governmental or non-governmental, are prohibited from discharging any…
- Article 74The owner or possessor of any place on land or equipment intended for storing or transporting oil, waste, sewage or any other harmful substances is prohibited from…
- Article 75National and foreign companies and bodies licensed to explore, extract or exploit offshore oilfields and other marine natural resources, including the transport of oil,…
- Article 76National and foreign companies and bodies licensed to combat pollution in prohibited areas are prohibited from using safe methods that do not result in damage to the…
- Article 77No vessel or installation may be abandoned in prohibited maritime areas without obtaining permission from the Authority, which shall specify the conditions and…
- Article 78Ships carrying harmful or polluting substances must maintain a cargo record in which the master or any other person responsible for the ship shall enter all particulars…
- Article 79All ships designated for transporting oil shall maintain an oil record book in which the master or any other person responsible for the ship shall record the date, time…
- Article 80In the event of any incident involving pollution of the marine environment by oil or other harmful substances, the person responsible for any land, marine or aerial…
- Article 82The owner of a ship carrying polluting substances, as well as oil and harmful-substance storage and transport equipment operating in the prohibited marine areas…
- Article 83The following shall be responsible for pollution in the prohibited marine areas referred to in Article (68) of this Law: a - The owner of the vessel or aircraft, the…
- Article 84The person responsible for the pollution provided for in this Chapter may limit the liability arising from marine pollution incidents in the prohibited area for you an…
- Article 85Civil liability may not be limited pursuant to the preceding Article in the following cases: a - If it is established that the occurrence giving rise to civil liability…
- Article 87The Supreme Council shall authorize the minister concerned to assign the employees necessary to monitor the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter and its…
- Article 88The Authority shall, in cooperation and coordination with the relevant authorities, preserve water sources in the State of Kuwait in a manner ensuring the safety of…
- Article 89The Authority shall, in cooperation and coordination with the concerned bodies, prepare a national programme for drinking water management in the country within five…
- Article 90The competent entities shall monitor and supervise the quality of drinking water of all types produced locally in desalination plants or from groundwater, bottling…
- Article 92The competent authorities shall preserve drinking water in the internal networks of government facilities and buildings, such as schools, hospitals, authorities and…
- Article 93The competent authority shall work to ensure the fitness of fresh water transport tanks (transport tankers) to ensure preservation of the quality of drinking water…
- Article 94Products relating to drinking water, such as strainers, filters and coolers, may not be sold, circulated or marketed without obtaining the necessary approvals from the…
- Article 96Groundwater and surface water are national wealth that may not be exploited, and wells may not be drilled, without prior permission from the competent authorities. The…
- Article 97The extraction of rocks and gravel, removal of beach sand, filling of shores, or construction of jetties, breakwaters, concrete and rock walls or other structures is…
- Article 99When establishing water distillation and electricity generation plants, ports and harbours, or other coastal installations, environmental approvals must be obtained from…
- Article 100It is prohibited to hunt, kill, capture, collect, harm, possess or transport terrestrial and marine wildlife, whether alive or dead, or to interfere with the young,…
Articles 101 – 15045
- Article 101Trade in endangered wildlife organisms, any part thereof, or their products listed in the CTTES Convention and other international conventions in force is prohibited.…
- Article 102The protected areas in the State shall be designated by a decision of the Supreme Council. The decision shall include their geographical boundaries, classification,…
- Article 103Nature reserves, ecological enclosures, areas fenced for research and scientific purposes, border areas isolated for protection and equivalent areas shall be considered…
- Article 104No part of the reserves approved in the State may be excised except by a decision of the Supreme Council, after the Authority presents the reasons necessitating it. In…
- Article 105It is prohibited to introduce any species of animals or plants not belonging to the environment into nature reserves, or to undertake any act that would obstruct efforts…
- Article 106The competent body designated by the Supreme Council shall undertake the management of nature reserves in the territory of the State, and the Supreme Council has the…
- Article 108In Kuwait Bay, as an area of a special nature, engaging in any environmentally harmful activity is prohibited, particularly the following activities: 1. Discharging…
- Article 109The Supreme Council shall issue a national plan for managing the environmental situation in Kuwait Bay, encompassing the requirements for monitoring, protection,…
- Article 111The competent entities shall develop clear work strategies within the scope of their environment-related activities, accompanied by timetables, implementation mechanisms…
- Article 112The preparation of these strategies shall be completed within five years from the date of issuance of this Law. The relevant entities shall provide the financial…
- Article 113A specialized military unit shall be established within the Ministry of Interior, called ) Environmental Police ), concerned with monitoring the application of…
- Article 114All laws and decisions regulating the work of the police service in the State shall apply to the environmental police. The Ministry of Interior shall be responsible for…
- Article 115The Minister of Interior shall be competent to issue a decision regulating the unit within six months from the date of issuance of this Law, provided that the unit…
- Article 116The Authority shall, in cooperation with the entities concerned in the State, develop a national plan for environmental data management to be approved by the Supreme…
- Article 117All State institutions shall establish monitoring and surveillance systems for their projects and affiliated work sites and link them with the Authority. The Executive…
- Article 118The Authority, in cooperation with the competent entities, shall concern itself with preparing emergency plans and plans for managing natural hazards, including dust and…
- Article 119Specialized environmental departments shall be established in State institutions to ensure the monitoring and application of environmental laws within the scope of these…
- Article 120The Supreme Council shall, when necessary, appoint environmental monitors from among the Authority's employees or from outside it in State institutions to monitor the…
- Article 121All concerned State institutions shall, in cooperation with the Authority, calculate environmental loads within the scope of their work, such as pastures, fisheries, air…
- Article 122All State institutions shall use energy-saving systems in their new facilities. The Authority shall attend to incorporating energy-saving requirements into environmental…
- Article 123Within two years from the date of issuance of this Law, the state entities concerned shall determine the conditions and standard specifications for all energy-consuming…
- Article 124Destroying, interfering with or trading in immovable or movable cultural heritage is prohibited. Establishing civilian or military installations at archaeological sites…
- Article 125The State shall establish a natural history museum for the State of Kuwait for the purpose of promoting environmental citizenship and preserving the State's natural…
- Article 126The publication and dissemination of erroneous news or information about the environmental situation in the country in all its components, which would cause panic or…
- Article 127All property owners in the State shall improve the condition of their properties by restoring them and modifying their façades so as to prevent visual pollution and…
- Article 128Anyone violating the provisions of Articles (126,47,26,18,17,16) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than five thousand dinars and not more than fifty…
- Article 129Anyone who violates the provisions of Articles (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 43) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and a fine of…
- Article 130Anyone who violates the provision of Article (25) of this Law shall be punished by death or life imprisonment and a fine of no less than five hundred thousand dinars and…
- Article 132Anyone who violates the provision of Articles (31, 35, 46) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not less than one year and not exceeding three…
- Article 134Anyone who violates the provision of Article (40) shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred and fifty dinars and not more than five thousand dinars.…
- Article 136Anyone violating the provision of Article (52/ first paragraph) and Article (53) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than thirty thousand dinars and not…
- Article 137Anyone who violates the provision of Article (54) and Article (55) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dinars and not more than five…
- Article 138Anyone who violates the provision of Article (56 / first paragraph) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty thousand dinars and not more than two…
- Article 139Anyone who violates the provisions of Articles (58, 59, 60, 62) of this Law shall be punished by a fine for a term not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than ten…
- Article 140Anyone who violates the provisions of Articles (63, 64) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and a fine of not less than one…
- Article 141Anyone who intentionally causes a state of pollution in the marine areas stipulated in Article (68) of this Law, in violation of the provisions of Articles (71, 72, 73,…
- Article 142Anyone who unintentionally causes any pollution in the marine areas provided for each in Article (68) of this Law, in violation of the provisions of Articles (72, 74,…
- Article 143 مكررAnyone who dumps rubbish or waste of any kind on public beaches and Kuwaiti islands shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten thousand Kuwaiti dinars. 1( Added by…
- Article 144Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles (160, 161) of this Law, the competent minister or his delegate may, at the request of the parties concerned, accept…
- Article 145Anyone who commits any of the following acts shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten thousand dinars and not more than forty thousand dinars: 1 Failure of the…
- Article 146The shipowner shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than two months and not more than two years and a fine of not less than ten thousand dinars and…
- Article 147Anyone who contravenes the provision of Article (95 / first paragraph) of this Law shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dinars and not more than one…
- Article 148Anyone who violates the provision of Articles (97, 96) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for no more than one year and a fine of no less than two thousand…
- Article 149Anyone who violates the first paragraph of Article (100) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than five…
- Article 150Anyone who violates the provision of Article (105) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than five…
Articles 151 – 20027
- Article 151Anyone who violates the provision of Articles (101, 124) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than three years…
- Article 152Anyone who violates the provision of Article (173) of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year and a fine of not less than one…
- Article 153The penalties stipulated in this Law shall not apply to pollution cases resulting from: a - Ensuring the safety of lives, means of transport or cargo. b - Discharge…
- Article 154In all cases, if the person responsible for pollution reoffends within five years from the date of the first violation and commits any violation of the provisions of…
- Article 155Any person entrusted with monitoring the implementation of the provisions of this Law and its implementing regulations and decisions shall be punished by imprisonment…
- Article 156Anyone who commits an act violating the provisions of this Law shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of not less than one year and not more than seven years if it…
- Article 157Where a penalty is imposed for violating any provision of this Law, the Court may order either publication of the judgment in full or in summary in newspapers it…
- Article 158The direct actor is liable for damage arising from pollution even if he is not at fault, while the indirect causer is liable only where at fault.
- Article 159If more than one person is responsible for a pollution incident, liability shall be joint and several. Law Index 311 Home Page Environmental Protection Law Law No. 42 of…
- Article 160Without prejudice to any other law, the person civilly liable for pollution shall be obliged to pay compensation for: a - Damage sustained by natural resources. b What…
- Article 161Nothing in this Law prevents any natural or legal person from claiming compensation from the person responsible for pollution for the damage he has sustained as a result…
- Article 162Both the producer and the distributor shall guarantee the safety of a product which, itself or by reason of its contents, nature or manner of use, may expose persons'…
- Article 163If the sources of harm are multiple and the injured party is unable to attribute the harm to its perpetrator, the injured party may demand that one of those causing it…
- Article 164Anyone occupying premises for residential or other purposes shall be liable to the injured party for compensation for harm caused to him by noise, odors, or other things…
- Article 165Anyone threatened by the risk of pollution may request the court to order the owner of the establishment conducting the hazardous activity or the owner of the waste site…
- Article 166The person responsible for pollution shall be exempted from liability if he proves the damage was due to: a - Force majeure. b - If it occurred entirely because of an…
- Article 168The Director General of the Authority—and what the Supreme Council decides in relation to the relevant administrative entities—shall designate the employees necessary to…
- Article 169The employees charged with implementing the provisions of this Law and its implementing regulations and decisions, referred to in the preceding Article of this Law,…
- Article 171The Environmental Public Prosecution shall undertake investigation, disposition and prosecution in all crimes arising from the application of the provisions of this Law…
- Article 172Every citizen or association concerned with environmental protection may have recourse to the competent administrative and judicial bodies for the purpose of…
- Article 173Every public employee or other person who learns, or was in a position to learn, during or by reason of the performance of their work, of a violation of the provisions…
- Article 174The General Protector or his authorized representative may grant a person violating the requirements and standards stipulated in this Law or its Executive Regulations,…
- Article 175Law No. 21 of 1995 establishing the Environment Public Authority, certain provisions of which were amended by Law No. 16 of 1996, is repealed, as is Law No. 12 of 1964…
- Article 176The application of the penalties stipulated in this Law shall not prejudice the imposition of any more severe penalty stipulated in any other law.
- Article 178The Authority shall be subject to prior oversight in accordance with the provisions of Law No. (30) of 1964 establishing the Audit Bureau, and shall also be subject to…
- Article 179The competent Minister or the Minister concerned shall issue the decisions, regulations and rules necessary to implement the provisions of Chapter One of Part Four of…
- Article 180The regulations and decisions in force on the date this Law enters into force shall continue to apply insofar as they do not conflict with its provisions, pending the…