Institute for Environment protection and research
Rome, 22 August
Law 133/2008, which converted with modifications Law by Decree
112/2008, was published in the "Gazzetta Ufficiale" n. 195 of
August 21st 2008.
Article 1 provides for the change of the denomination of IRPA into
ISPRA (High Institute for Environmental Protection and
Research). ISPRA carries out the functions of the Agency for
the environment protection and technical services (APAT), as stated
in article 38 of the Legislative Decree n. 300 of July 30th 1999
and following modifications, of the National institute for the wild
fauna (INFS) stated in the law February 11th 1992, n. 157 and
following modifications, and of the Central institute for the
scientific and technological research applied to the sea (ICRAM)
stated in the article 1/bis of the Law by Decree December 4th 1993,
n.496, converted in law, with modifications, by the article 1,
paragraph 1, of the Law January 21st 1994, n. 61, with the
pertaining financial, instrumental and personnel resources.