(1) Within the meaning of this chapter
1. a body of water shall be surface water, ground water and the sea;
2. a nuclear facility shall be a facility for the production or treatment or processing or fission of nuclear fuels or for the enrichment of irradiated nuclear fuels;
3. dangerous goods shall be goods within the meaning of the Transportationv of Dangerous Goods Act or an ordinance based thereon and within the meaning of the provisions relating to the international transportation of dangerous goods in the respective territories of their application;
4. a duty under administrative law shall be a duty which arises from
(a) a legal provision;
(b) a judicial decision;
(c) an enforceable administrative act;
(d) an enforceable condition to an administrative act; or
(e) a contract under public law to the extent that the duty could also have been imposed by an administrative act
and which serves to protect against dangers or harmful effects on the environment, especially on persons, animals or plants, bodies of water, the air or the soil;
5. an act without a permit, planning approval or other permission shall be also an act on the basis of a permit, planning approval or other permission which was secured by threats, bribery or collusion or obtained by deception through incorrect or incomplete statements.
(2) For the purposes of the application of sections 311, 324a, 325, 326 and 328 in cases where the offence was committed in another Member State of the European Union,
1. duty under administrative law,
2 proscribed or authorised procedure,
3. injunction,
4. probition,
5. authorised facility,
6. permit and
7. planning approval
shall also mean the respective duties, procedures, injunctions, prohibitions, authorised facilities, permits and planning approvals on the basis of a legal provision or official act of the other Member State of the European Union. This shall only apply insofar as a legal act of the European Union or of the European Atomic Community is being implemented or applied which is meant to serve the protection from dangers or effects harmful to the environment, in particular to humans, animal and plants, bodies of water, the air and soil.