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Waste Oil Charge Act (No. 894).

Country/Territory
Finland
Document type
Legislation
Date
1986 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste management Environmental fees/charges Oil pollution Special fund
Geographical area
Arctic, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act requires the State to collect a waste oil charge in order to cover the expenses arising from waste oil management and other hazardous waste management. The waste oil charge shall be paid on lubricating oils and greases of specified classes. Section 5 lists exemptions. Funds accruing from the waste oil charge shall be used, according to principles specified by the Government, for covering expenses arising from waste oil and its collection, transport, storage and treatment, and as allowances for the establishment and operating costs of regional reception facilities for hazardous waste and for the development of a national hazardous waste treatment facility. The State budget can transfer part of these funds to the oil pollution compensation fund referred to in the Act on the Oil Pollution Compensation Fund (379/74) to cover the expense of on-land oil pollution and combating thereof. The Ministry of the Environment is entitled to conclude contracts with parties treating waste oil on the condition that they perform specified duties in return for an allowance. (10 sections)

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English/Swedish
Website
www.finlex.fi