This content is exclusively provided by FAO / FAOLEX

Law on sustainable waste management.

Country
Type of law
Legislation
Source

Abstract
This Law provides for all standards and necessary measures aimed to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of waste on human health and on environment by reducing the amount of waste in the development and/or production and by regulating all waste related management tasks without the use of high-risk procedures (on human health and on environment).
This Law establishes a general system of waste management, including the order of priority (sorting by types and other characteristics) of waste management, principles, objectives and methods of waste management, waste collection strategies, strategic and program documents in waste management (concrete prescribed responsibilities and obligations in waste management), location and construction of waste management, waste management monitoring provisions, rules governing the transboundary movement of waste, establishes a unique waste management information system, and also provides the rules and standards for the inspection matters.
This Law is divided into 12 Chapters and 188 articles, including all offences and related penalties.
The Annex is an integral part of this Law.
Topics
Chemicals and Waste
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day after its publication in the Official Gazette.
Notes
This Law completely adopts and implements various general and specific technical and other standards and requirements also part of many international documents and Council Regulations in order to comply with all necessary rules and procedures governing the sustainable waste management provisions on the territory of the Croatian Republic: (CELEX 32008L0098) Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (Text with EEA relevance); (CELEX 32010L0075) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 of November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) Text with EEA relevance; (CELEX 31999L0031) Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste; (CELEX 32009L0031) Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC ) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance); (CELEX 32006L0066) Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and its repealing Directive 91/157/EEC Text with EEA relevance; (CELEX 32004L0012) Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste; (CELEX 32000L0053) Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles; (CELEX 32012L0019) Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and the Council of 4 November 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Text with EEA relevance; (CELEX 32006R1013) Regulation (EC) no. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste; (CELEX 32013R0255) Commission Regulation ( EU ) No 255/2013 of 20 March 2013 amending, for the purposes of adaptation to scientific and technical progress, the Annexes of the Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste Text with EEA relevance; (CELEX 32000D0532) 2000/532/EC Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to the article 1 paragraph (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 paragraph 4 of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (notified under document number C (2000 ) 1147 Text with EEA relevance; (CELEX 32011D0753) 2011/753/EU Commission Decision of 18 November 2011 establishing rules and calculation methods for verifying compliance with the targets set in article 11 (paragraph 2) of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (notified under document C (2011) 8165).
Repealed
Yes
Publication reference
Official Gazette of the Republic of Croatia 94/2013
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Zakon o odr ivom gospodarenju otpadom.
Toolkit legislation
Plastic
Regulatory Approach
Plastic toolkit tags
Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste prevention
Implemented by
Repeals
Repealed by