Regional Act No. 3 laying down new provisions in matter of waste management.

Subject

Waste & hazardous substances

Keyword

Waste management Waste disposal Waste prevention Recycling/reuse Policy/planning Institution Access-to-information Offences/penalties

Geographical area

Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe

Abstract

Pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 22 of 1997 on waste, the Veneto Region aims at restricting the quantity and harmfulness of waste, promoting waste recycling and progressively reducing discharges. Special information campaigns shall be undertaken by the regional authority and local entities (art. 3). The Act is composed of the following twelve Chapters: (I) General principles; (II) Competences belonging to the Region and to local entities; (III) Waste Management Plans and Regional Plan for the restoration of Polluted Areas; (IV) Forms of cooperation; (V) Waste disposal and recycling installations; (VI) Provisions on particular installations; (VII) Surveillance; (VIII) Financial provisions; (IX) Special tax on solid waste discharges; (X) Prevention and containment of waste; (XI) Amendments to Regional Act No. 33 of 16 April 1985; (XII) Penalties. The Regional Observatory on Waste is established under the Regional Agency for the Protection of the Environment in Veneto (ARPAV) by article 5. The Observatory shall collect and make available information on management of urban and special waste, on transboundary movement of waste and on installations engaged in waste diposal or recycling.

Full text

Italian

Website

www.regione.veneto.it

References - Legislation

Implements

Legislative Decree No. 22 of 1997 implementing Directive 91/156/EEC on waste, Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste and Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

Legislation | Italy | 1997

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Waste disposal, Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Transboundary movement of waste, Hazardous waste, Transport/storage, Packaging/labelling, Authorization/permit, Policy/planning, Registration, Institution, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX