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Decree-Law No. 2/2017 approving the Urban Solid Waste Management System.

Country/Territory
Timor-Leste
Document type
Legislation
Date
2017
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Jornal da República, Serie I, No. 11, 22 March 2017.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Basic legislation Waste disposal Waste management Solid waste Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Waste prevention Polluter pays principle
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, Least Developed Countries, Small Island Developing States, South-Eastern Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the day after its publication.
Abstract

This Decree-Law, consisting of 57 articles divided into eight Chapters, defines the rules that govern the solid waste management system in Timor-Leste. The provision related to the urban waste management service complies with the following principles: a) Protection of public health and the environment; b) Promotion of universality and equal access; c) Quality and continuity of service protecting the interests of users; d) Economic and financial sustainability of services; e) User-payer principle; f) Responsibility of the citizen, adopting preventive behaviours in the matter of waste production, as well as practices that facilitate its reuse, recycling or other forms of valorisation; g) Transparency in the provision of services; h) Ensuring efficiency and continuous improvement in resources use, responding to developments in technical requirements and best available environmental techniques; i) Promoting economic and social solidarity, correct territorial planning and regional development, etc.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.jornal.gov.tl