Last update: 29/08/2008

Ex INFS Institute

Decree no. 112 of 25 June 2008, converted into Law no. 133 (with amendments) on 21 August 2008  - provides for the establishment of ISPRA - High Institute for Environmental Protection and Research.
ISPRA performs, with the inherent financial resources, equipment and personnel, the duties of:
- ex-APAT, Italian Environment Protection and Technical Services Agency (article 38 of Legislative Decree no. 300/1999, and subsequently amended);
- ex-INFS, National Institute for Wildlife (Law no. 157/1992, and subsequently amended);
- ex-ICRAM, Central Institute for Scientific and Technological Research applied to the Sea (Decree no. 496/1993, article 1-bis, converted into Law no. 61, Article 1, January 21, 1994, with amendments)
 
A Decree of the Minister for the Environment and Protection of Land and Sea will determine the bodies of administration and control, the headquarters, the setting up and operating procedures, the personnel recruitment and management procedures, the ISPRA resources disbursement procedures.

Up to ISPRA implementation, contents available on the Internet about the Institute are provided by the already existing APAT, ICRAM and INFS websites.

ISPRA Ex INFS website