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Provincial Law of 22 September 2017, n. 10. Reduction of waste, recovery and distribution of food and non-food surpluses and pharmaceutical products and amendments to related provincial laws (Trentino-South Tyrol Region-autonomous province of Trento).

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Type of law
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Abstract
This Law, as regards the Trentino-South Tyrol Region, here in particular for its autonomous province of Trento, provides for measures and provisions aimed at promoting the recovery and distribution of surplus food, pharmaceutical products or other movable goods, for the benefit of less well-off people or citizens in serious economic difficulty (all goods that can be recovered and distributed are identified with resolution of the provincial council after consultation with the competent permanent commission of the provincial council).
These rulers are also aimed at: implementing the responsible consumption principle and deriving actions as a means of reducing food and non-food waste; promoting initiatives aimed at guiding and educating citizens towards the purchase of adequate pharmaceutical products under the profile of costs, quality and actual needs healing; promoting initiatives to orient food solidarity interventions; reduction of waste production in general.
Actuators are defined in article 2; concrete intervention instruments are listed in article 3; issues on table for the coordination of reduction policies waste and distribution of surpluses are provided in article 4; contributions to voluntary organizations for the recovery and distribution of surpluses are set out in article 5; meanwhile financial arrangements are provided in article 13.
Also see articles 9, 10 and 11 for amendments of: article 8 of the provincial Law of 14 April 1998, n. 5 (Discipline of separate collection of waste); Provincial Law 3 November 2009, n. 13 (Rules for the promotion of agricultural products and low environmental impact agri-foods and for food education and conscious consumption); and Provincial Law of 17 June 2010, n. 13 (Promotion and development of the solidarity economy e corporate social responsibility).
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day of its publication in the Regional Official Gazette (26 September 2017).
Repealed
No
Publication reference
Official Gazette of the Republic of Italy (special edition, Gazette of the Regions, n.3) 14/2018
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Legge provinciale del 22 settembre 2017, n. 10. Riduzione degli sprechi, recupero e distribuzione delle eccedenze alimentari e non alimentari e dei prodotti farmaceutici e modifiche di leggi provinciali connesse (Regione Trentino-Alto Adige-provincia autonoma di Trento).