National agency for the protection of the environment

•Creation

•Missions

•Activities

•Contact

 

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Creation

The national agency for the protection of the environment ( ANPE) was set up by law 88-91 dated August 02, 1988 and modified by law 92-115 dated November 30, 1992. It is managed by a board of directors headed by a General Director appointed by virtue of a decree upon the proposal of the Ministry of environment and territory planning .


Missions

• Contribute to the drawing up of national strategies relating to the fight against pollution and the protection of the environment.
• Act for the rational use of natural resources for a sustainable development.
• Prepare the files of investment approval for projects relating to the fight against pollution and the protection of the environment
• Contribute to the drafting of an urgency and intervention national plan in case of accidental pollution or external hazards threatening the environmental balance.
• Set up regional offices in order to make the contact with citizens and industrials easier and secure the control and follow up of the environmental situation
• Promote awareness and education actions, studies and researches on the fight against pollution and the protection of the environment.


Activities

• Analysis and follow up of the country’s environmental situation.
• Fight against any source of nuisance and degradation of the natural environment.

Preventive actions:

• Review of the environmental impact studies
• Contribution to the drafting of standards
• Promotion and public awareness
• Environmental training and education.

Corrective actions :

• Control of pollution sources
• Implementation of the legislation in force
• Technical approval of antipollution projects as well as their promotion in order to grant them the tax and financial benefits provided for by law
• Management of the cleanup fund ( FODEP )
• Management of solid wastes ( PRONAGDES )

Other activities :

• The ANPE holds the secretariat of the national committee of sustainable development
• The ANPE holds the secretariat of the national committee for the prevention and fight against marine pollution
• the ANPE follows up following agreements:
· Basel Agreement
· Montreal agreement
· Barcelona Agreement
• The ANPE supervises the Centre of regional activities for classified areas.

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Contact

Institution : Agence Nationale de Protection de l'Environnement
Acronym : ANPE
Tél : +216 71 847 122
E-mail : anpe.dg@anpe.nat.tn
Adress : 12 rue du Cameroun - Belvédère - 1002 Tunis BP 52 - Tunis.
Responsible : Chairman and managing director of the ANPE

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