Decree-Law No. 152-D/2017 unifying the regime for the management of specific waste streams subject to the principle of extended producer responsibility, transposing Directives No. 2015/720/EU, 2016/774/EU and 2017/2096/EU.

This Decree-Law establishes the legal regime to which the management of the following specific waste flows is subject: a) Packaging waste; b) Used oils and oils; c) Used tires; d) Electrical and electronic equipment; e) Batteries and accumulators; f) Vehicles. It also establishes measures to protect the environment and human health, with the objectives of preventing or reducing the adverse impacts resulting from the production and management of this waste, reducing the global impacts of the use of resources, improving the efficiency of this use and contribute to sustainable development, transposing the following directives into the internal legal legislation: a) Directive No. 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December; b) Directive No. 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September; c) Directive No. 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September; d) Directive No. 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November; e) Directive No. 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July.