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Law No. 22/2000 amending Law No. 20/99 on industrial residues treatment.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Legislation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 184/2000 (1-A), 10 August 2000, pp. 3878 and 3879.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Waste non-domestic sources Pollution control Waste management
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Law establishes the requirements to be satisfied for industrial residues treatment and disposal. It consists of 8 articles regulating the aforementioned activity in order to avoid environmental pollution and protect human health. It establishes that dangerous and non-dangerous industrial residues treatment method must be approved any 2 years period according to European Catalogue of Residues (CER).

Full text
Portuguese

References - Legislation

Implements

Law No. 20/99 on industrial residues treatment.

Legislation | Portugal | 1999

Keyword: Waste non-domestic sources, Research, Institution, Pollution control, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX