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Ministerial Joint Decree No. 19817/1702 amending Ministerial Joint Decree No. 73537/1438/1995 and establishing and Action Plan for the disposal of batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances.

Country/Territory
Greece
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Efimeris tis Kyverniseos No. 963, Part II, 1 August 2000, pp. 13135-13140.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Hazardous substances Hazardous waste Waste management Recycling/reuse Solid waste Waste disposal
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Entry into force notes
The Decree shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette.
Abstract

The Decree aims at implementing the provisions of article 5 of Ministerial Joint Decree No. 73537/1438/1995. the Decree lays down specific technical guidelines of the Action Plan for the disposal of batteries and accumulators in order to achieve the following objectives: reduction of the heavy-metal content of batteries and accumulators; promotion of marketing of batteries and accumulators containing smaller quantities of dangerous substances and/or less polluting substances; gradual reduction, in household waste, of spent batteries and accumulators; promotion of research aimed at reducing the dangerous-substance content and favouring the use of less polluting substitute substances in batteries and accumulators, and research into methods of recycling; separate disposal of spent batteries and accumulators. For the purposes of the present Decree, article 3 of Ministerial Joint Decree No. 73537/1438 is replaced by the text contained in article 2 to this Decree.

Full text
Greek
Website
www.et.gr

References - Legislation

Amends

Ministerial Joint Decree No. 73537/1438 on batteries and accumulators containing certain dangerous substances.

Legislation | Greece | 1995

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste, Waste disposal, Internal trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Presidential Decree No. 115 replacing Ministerial Joint Decrees Nos. 73537/1438/1995 and 19817/1702/2000 and establishing measures, terms and a programme for the alternative disposal of spent batteries and accumulators.

Legislation | Greece | 2004

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste, Waste disposal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX