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Environmental Liability Act (Umwelthaftungsgesetz - UmweltHG)

This Act imposes strict liability on the operator of a listed installation for death, personal injury or property damage caused by an environmental impact…

What Environmental Liability Act (Umwelthaftungsgesetz - UmweltHG) requires

This Act imposes strict liability on the operator of a listed installation for death, personal injury or property damage caused by an environmental impact emanating from the installation (Section 1), including from installations no longer in operation (Section 2). It defines environmental impact and related terms (Section 3), provides defined exclusions and limitation of liability for property damage (Sections 4 and 5), and creates a rebuttable presumption that the installation caused the damage where it is inherently suited to cause that damage (Section 6), subject to exclusion of the presumption (Section 7). It grants rights to information (Sections 8 to 10), sets the extent of liability for death and bodily injury (Sections 12 and 13), a maximum amount of compensation (Section 15), and requires operators of installations listed in Annex 2 to maintain financial security to meet liabilities (Section 19).

Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesministerium der Justiz) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:

Primary source: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_umwelthg/englisch_umwelthg.html

SHA-256 integrity: 2d8a86c127c9bbff37d561339b32466b3154405ebfefb80330bcb890a3c2bc52

Primary Citations — 5 traced to source

  • UmweltHG, Section 1 - Installation liability for environmental impacts
  • UmweltHG, Section 6 - Presumption of cause

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