Establishment of the Ministry of Environment

Type

Law

Number

216

Date of the text

02/04/1993

Official Gazette

published in 1993

Status today

Repealed in part as of 27/08/2026

Articles

9

What it provides

This law creates the Ministry of Environment and sets its duties: environmental policy, pollution control, waste and wastewater treatment, licensing conditions for industrial and extractive facilities, coastal use, and nature reserves.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 690/2005 of 26/08/2005
• Amended by Law No. 667/1997 of 29/12/1997
• Partly repealed by Law No. 667/1997 of 29/12/1997, articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 1993. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.