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Act No. 494/1991 on the state administration of the waste management.

Country/Territory
Slovakia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1991 (1996)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Hazardous waste Institution Inspection
Geographical area
Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries
Entry into force notes
The Act enters into force from the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The state administration for the waste management as to the Waste Act and the present Act is executed by the followings: a) the Slovak Environmental Commission; b) the Slovak Inspection for the Environment; c) the Environmental Offices. The Slovak Environmental Commission is the central state administration authority for the waste management. The Commission a) controls the execution of the state administration for the waste management; b) executes the principal state inspection over the waste management; c) issues, updates, and publishes the programme of the waste management of the Slovak Republic; d) provides with consent ac. to the Article 4 par. 1 g) of the Waste Act for the transit of waste across the territory of the Slovak Republic; e) provides with consent ac. to the Article 3 par. 4 and 5, and Article 4 par. 1 e) of the Waste Act for the import of waste into the territory of the Slovak Republic; f) provides with consent ac. to the Article 3 par. 6, and Article 4 par. 1 f) of the Waste Act for the export of hazardous waste; g) imposes the obligation upon the operator of the waste disposal facilities to dispose of the given waste, ac. to the Article 8 par. 2 e) of the Waste Act; for this purpose, it requests the statement of the concerned state administration sanitary authority; h) pursues its tasks resulting from this Act and the related regulations. The Slovak Environmental Inspection is the expert supervising authority by means of which the commission executes the principal state inspection over the waste management in the extent of the Article 8 par. 2 of the Act.

Full text
English
Website
www.government.gov.sk