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Waste Management (Register) Regulations, 1997.

Country/Territory
Ireland
Document type
Regulation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Pollution control Waste management Waste disposal Registration Data collection/reporting Hazardous waste
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations prescribe the entries to be made in the registers maintained by the Environment Protection Agency and each local authority under the section 19 of the Waste Management Act, 1996. The data entered includes entries regarding licence applications and reviews, entries regarding waste licences, miscellaneous entries and the register shall contain an inventory for the purposes of article 15 of Council Directive 80/68/EEC of relevant waste licences granted. The Regulations give effect, in addition to Council Directive 80/68/EEC to provisions of: (a) Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste, as amended; (b) Council Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances; and (c) Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous wasted.

Full text
English
Website
www.bailii.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Waste Management Act, 1996.

Legislation | Ireland | 1996 (2022)

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Basic legislation, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge

Source: FAO, FAOLEX