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In 1987, a law was passed in the Parliament of Catalonia that gave birth to the Metropolitan Body for Hydraulic Services and Waste Treatment (EMSHTR), also known as the Environmental Control Body for the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (EMMA).

Its competence includes treating and exploiting municipal waste, providing services such as supplying drinking water, wastewater disposal and inspecting and controlling discharges of industrial wastewater.

In this context, the actions of the Body are based on environmental criteria in accordance with the principles of the Letter of Sustainable European Cities and Towns (Aalborg Letter), which the Environmental Control Body is party to, the same as other documents such as the Lisbon Plan for Action and the Rio Declaration.

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