ECTS
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Course details
Course code: IWS10236o14
Semester: 2014/2015 winter
Name: Law and water's administration II
Major: Water Engineering and Managment
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: compulsory
Study Semester: 5
ECTS points: 1
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 30 / 0 / 0
Lecturer: prof. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Drabiński
Language of instruction: Polish


Learning outcomes: Knowledge The student has a basic knowledge of the legal system of the Polish and European, are familiar with the administrative and judicial system, known entities acting in a legal legal personality with an indication of their property rights, know the stages of the investment process and related regulatory requirements; known environmental policy and Water Policy of the country; familiar posture water rights with particular emphasis on the competence of central and local government in this regard. Knowledge It can be used in engineering practice law, is able to implement the water policy of the country, can realize the different stages of the investment process in matters related to water management, able to carry out the procedure for obtaining permits water law.

Competences: Recognizes the importance of social, professional and ethical responsibility for the development and the environment, understands the importance of correct legal procedures in relation to the responsibility for the state of the natural environment.

Prerequisites:

Course content: Introduction to Jurisprudence. Basic concepts needed to understand the legal system. Sources of law, types of instruments, the publication of the law, the interpretation of the law. Elements of civil law. The legal basis for the administrative process (CAP). The European Union law and the basic principles of international law. The environmental law and water management in Poland. Water management and conservation in National Environmental Policy. Acts of EU law in the field of water management (Water Framework Directive, Nitrates Directive, Floods Directive). Water Law, the ownership of water and obligations of the owner of water, water distribution, water conservation, water law permits, water companies. Using water management and water resource management. Authorities responsible for water management in the field of public administration and local government and their job (Ministry of Environment, National Water Management, Regional Water Management, Regional Management of Land Reclamation and Water, the powers of the Office of the Marshal of the water). Water Cadastre. Monitoring of water. Control of water management. Water management planning. Water quality. Responsibility for water protection and water management. Public participation in the implementation of the national environmental policy objectives in the field of water conservation.

Recommended literature: First Szachułowicz John, the Water Law. Comment, Publisher: LexisNexis, 2010. Second The Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC (WFD) of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. 3rd Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated. 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood ("Flood Directive"). 4th Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources ("the Nitrates Directive"). 5th Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption. 6th Regulation of the Minister of Health of 20 April 2010 amending Regulation on the quality of water intended for human consumption (Journal of Laws No. 72, item. 466). 7th www.kzgw.gov.pl, www.isip.sejm.gov.pl / law / index.htm

Assessment methods: written exam

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