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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.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, 1 Série, No. 236, 11 December 2017.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Solid waste Hazardous waste Waste disposal Pollution control Waste management Freshwater pollution Waste domestic sources Waste non-domestic sources Waste prevention
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
This Decree-Law enters into force on the date of publication.
Abstract

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.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
dre.pt

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Amended by

Decree-Law No. 102-D/2020 approving the general waste management regime, the legal regime for the disposal of waste in landfills and amending the management regime for specific waste flows, transposing EU Directives 2018/849, 2018/850, 2018/851 and 2018/852.

Legislation | Portugal | 2020

Keyword: Solid waste, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Pollution control, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Waste domestic sources, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste prevention

Source: FAO, FAOLEX