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Solid and Hazardous Waste Law, 2002 (Law No. 215(I)/2002).

Country
Cyprus
Type of law
Legislation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
The present Law aims at harmonizing the existing legislative frame of Cyprus with a number of European Community Directives on waste and hazardous waste management. The Law provides for the solid and hazardous waste handling and disposal so as to ensure a high level of environmental protection by taking the necessary measures for the management of solid and hazardous waste at a national level. The law consists in 44 articles divided in five Parts as follows: Part I - Introductory provisions; Part III - Specific provisions to manage hazardous waste; Part IV - Transboundary movements of waste; PART V - Administration and implementation. Part VI - Additional provisions.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/cyp87488.pdf
Date of text
Repealed
Yes
Serial Imprint
Episimi Efimerida tis Kypriakis Dimokratias No. 3666, Supplement I, Part I, 27 December 2002, pp. 3375-3425.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
2002 ( . 215(I)/2002).
Amended by
Implements
Council Directive 91/156/EEC amending Directive 75/442/EEC on waste.
Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste.
Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste.
Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT).
Council Directive 75/439/EEC on the disposal of waste oils.
Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC.
Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control
Implemented by
Repealed by