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The environmental laws at the federal and state level are generally implemented by the Länder. The highest national authority for environmental matters is the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety. The 16 Länder also have their own environment ministries.

The Federal Ministry for the Environment and Environment ministries of the Länder collates all acts and regulations within its area of competence. It is broken down into the following fields: General environmental protection; Waste management; Laws on chemicals; Renewable energy/climate protection; Water conservancy; Emission protection; Nuclear safety/radiological protection; Nature and landscape conservation; Chemicals Act (Act on protection against hazardous substances); Chemicals Prohibition Regulation; Hazardous Substances Regulation; and Chemicals Penalty Regulation.