Decree-Law No. 69/2021 approving Special Rules applicable to Construction and Demolition Waste.

This Decree-Law, composed of 18 articles and three Annexes, approves the special rules applicable to construction and demolition waste (RCD). It applies to construction and demolition waste, within the meaning article 4 of Decree-Law No. 56/2015 of 17 October, arising from construction, reconstruction, expansion, alteration, conservation and demolition works and from the collapse of buildings, according to the classification contained in Code 17 of the National Waste List, approved by Decree-Law No. 65/2018 of 20 December. Compliance with the legal regime for the management of construction and demolition waste is a condition to be observed in the execution of urbanization or building works, pursuant to Law No. 60/VIII/2014 of 23 April. The construction and demolition waste management operations referred to in Law No. 60/VIII/2014 are subject to the provisions of Decree-Law No. 56/2015.