Water protection scope of authority in order to implement the EU nitrate directive

Abstract

The water protection tasks have been transferred to the disaster management authorities with a legal succession at September 10, 2014. According to a further legislative amendment the county disaster management directorates are responsible for on-the-spot checking in the sense that those comply with the statutory requirements. This legislative amendment directly provides the implementation of the Council Directive 91/676/EEC’s 4th and 5th Article on a Member State level. The authors provide an overview about the European Union’s and the Hungarian legislation, and describe the implementing system – established by the disaster management authorities –, which ensures the fulfillment of the tasks.