Central & South America
Argentina
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Stricter enforcement of restrictions on
child and adolescent labor expected
19-Jun-2013 [51190]
Ministry of Labor institutes program to
promote teleworking in the private sector 05-Jul-2013 [51529]
SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE: Mandatory
environmental insurance for companies
carrying out seismic reflection operations. 27-Jun-2013 [51257]
SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE: Facilities
located in rural areas to implement a
plan on the management of household
waste 05-Jul-2013 [51531]
SANTA CRUZ PROVINCE: Ban on the
burn and storage of damaged and disused tires 05-Jul-2013 [51545]
Brazil
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Index to update the amount of the environmental compensation fee amended
06-Jun-2013 [51442]
New rules to ensure proportionality of
fines for breaches of environmental
regulations 23-Jul-2013 [51752]
GOIÁS: Structure of the State Labor
Council amended 02-Jul-2013 [51429]
GOIÁS: New rules on the enforcement
of penalties for administrative environmental offenses 23-Jul-2013 [51437]
GOIÁS: Forestry activities have new
framework
regulation
23-Jul-2013
[51440]
MINAS GERAIS: New criterion for the
deadline for payment of the State mining fee 11-Jul-2013 [51436]
RIO DE JANEIRO: "Immediate surroundings" of conservation units defined, possible stricter enforcement of
environmental law 20-Jun-2013 [51428]
RIO DE JANEIRO: New configuration
of hydrographic regions adopted 12Jun-2013 [51438]
SÃO PAULO: Further environmentally
degrading activities prohibited in the
surroundings of the Bairro da Usina
dam in Atibaia 06-Jul-2013 [51439]
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Colombia
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The classification of flora and fauna
species is approved 25-Jul-2013
[47960]
Requirement to keep only the electronic receipt generated while sending information related to the Environmental
Qualification Resolution 03-Jul-2013
[51636]
Regulation for issuing quality environmental standards and emission standards approved 22-Jul-2013 [51712]
Criteria to establish minimum ecological flow approved 15-Aug-2013 [51741]
EEE producers and importers must
establish a take-back system 19-Jul2013 [44533]
Costa Rica
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Decree on hazardous waste classification and management consolidates
hazardous waste requirements 18-Jul2013 [36860]
Amendments to the procedure to obtain
environmental licenses adopted 17-Jul2013 [51945]
Dominican Republic
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Creation of the Ministry of Energy and
Mines approved 30-Jul-2013 [48997]
Ecuador
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Transfer of ministerial powers to the
National Secretariat of Water 13-Jun2013 [51239]
United Nations program on climate
change to be implemented in Ecuador
28-Jun-2013 [51338]
Revised fees on environmental quality
control 24-Jun-2013 [51353]
Special procedure for public consultations on the review of projects with environmental impact 15-Jul-2013 [51922]
Amendments to the Agreement on Civil
Liability for Oil Pollution Damage adopted 02-Jul-2013 [51939]
Protocol on the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund adopted 02Jul-2013 [51946]
Mexico
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Chile
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Regulation for issuing prevention and
decontamination plans approved 22Jul-2013 [51853]
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Specifications for good practices for
drug
manufacturers
25-Jun-2013
[49525]
Mandatory EHS practices for manufacture of pharmaceuticals 22-Jul-2013
[49527]
Mitigation measures to be implemented
as part of the National Climate Change
Strategy 03-Jun-2013 [51056]
Persons responsible for environmental
damage required to remediate or compensate 07-Jun-2013 [51058]
An authorization for the operation of
transformation and storage centers and
mobile transformation centers for forest
raw material required 07-Jun-2013
[51059]
Employers required to submit worker
training information using updated
forms 14-Jun-2013 [51061]
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