object Legislation Which authority

issued legislation

Year of

introductionWho is responsible?

Government/FPG

CollaborationRisk Obs.

The Environmental Impact

Assessment DirectiveEU /National

Minister of Environment,

Spatial Planning and

Energy

1990/2000/2013

Owners/public and

private golf facilities

(projects)

The owner must have an

environmental

management system in

place and comply with

the environmental

permit;

Regional and local

authorities can verify at

any time.

Handbook on Best

Management

Practices (BMPs)

for the design,

construction and

operation of golf

courses, 2009

Medium

To follow up at

regional and

national level

The newly amended

Environmental Impact

Assessment (EIA) Directive

(2014/52/EU) entered into

force on 15 May 2014 to

simplify the rules for

assessing the potential

effects of projects on the

environment.

It improves the level of

environmental protection,

with a view to making

business decisions on public

and private investments

more sound, more

predictable and sustainable

in the longer term.

Member States shall bring

into force the laws,

regulations and

administrative provisions

necessary to comply with

this Directive by 16 May

2017.

The legal framework

governing public access

Sport Facilities (construction

permit and sports activity

use authorization)

National/LocalMinistry of Youth and

Sports/local authorities

1999/Municipal

Master Plans,

Urban

Development Plans

and Detail Plans

Owners/public and

private projects

Handbook on

planning public golf

course facilities,

2002

Low

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

FROM THE EU - Revitalization

and regeneration of

degraded urban environment

Effective collaboration between Government & Federation

Handbook on Environmental Best Practices for Golf

Development in Portugal , 2009.

Efficient use of water in the urban sector: identification of

opportunities and measures at water utilities, 2006

Handbook on planning public golf course facilities, 2002

object Legislation

Which

authority

issued

legislation

Year of

introductionWho is responsible?

Government/FPG

CollaborationRisk Obs.

EU Water Framework Directive EU /National

Ministry of

Environment

and Regional

Development

2005

Owners/public and private

projects;

Owners are requested to

register boreholes with

the Water Regional

Authority as there may

well be restrictions;

The owner must have a

monitoring programme in

place but regional and

local authorities can

conduct their own

monitoring if desired;

The owner must send the

results to the local

authority and audit

inspections are conducted.

Guidelines on efficient

use of water in the

urban sector:

identification of

opportunities

and measures at water

utilities, 2006

High

To follow up at EU level

Possible EU-level

instruments that will be

drafted for adoption by the

Commission:

1. Legally-binding EU

standards on water reuse

2. Information,

communication and

knowledge enhancement

measures to improve water

efficiency

Consultation on policy

options to optimise water

reuse in the EU (Feb

2015) :

The most supported uses

among the respondents

(selected by at least 60%

of respondents) are those

in which

reclaimed water is not in

direct contact with people

(irrigation of non-food

crops, irrigation of golf

courses, etc.)

Optimizing water reuse in

the EU – Final report,

prepared for the EU

commission (March 2015)

The EU

Framework Directive on Sustainable

Use of Pesticides

EU /National

Ministry of

Agriculture,

Rural

Development

and Fisheries

- Veterinary

and Food

Department

2013 Greenkeepers and Owners

working group:

FPG/owners

association/

greenkeepers

association

High

To follow up at regional and

national level:

Product homologation

-

object Legislation Which authority

issued legislation

Year of

introductionWho is responsible?

Government/FPG

CollaborationRisk Obs.

The EU Waste Framework

DirectiveEU /National

Ministry of

Environment and

Regional

Development

2006/2008/2011Owners/public and

private projects

Low

to follow up at national level

The 2012 Energy Efficiency

Directive and

Renewable Energy Directive

(2009/28/EC)

EU /National

Minister of

Environment, Spatial

Planning and EnergyMay 2015 (?)

Owners/public and

private projects

Low

to follow up at national level

The Environmental Noise Directive EU /National

Minister of

Environment, Spatial

Planning and Energy2006/2007

Owners/public and

private projectsLow