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Waste Registration Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 497, 23 December 2008, 11 pp.
Long title
Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resources on annual registration of waste.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Waste disposal Waste management Registration Data collection/reporting
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 January 2009.
Abstract

The purpose of the present Ordinance is to: 1) introduce a general waste registration system in the whole territory of Austra; 2) improve the planning of waste management and disposal in general; 3) support competent authorities in their controlling and monitoring activities; 4) reduce administrative work by introducing an electronic data bank; 5) survey of data on waste. The text – consisting of 12 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: objectives, sphere of application, recording of data, electronic data, issuing of annual waste balance, provisional provisions, relationship to other Ordinances, enforcement of EU-directives and entry into force.

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

Implements

Federal Act on sustainable waste management.

Legislation | Austria | 2002 (2021)

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Ecological production/organic production, Emissions, Hazardous waste, Offences/penalties, Precautionary principle, Protection of environment, Soil pollution/quality, Waste management, Waste prevention, Pollution control, Basic legislation, Waste disposal, Authorization/permit, Inspection, Monitoring, Sustainable use, Environmental standards, Freshwater pollution, Internal trade, International trade, Packaging/labelling, Natural gas, Oil, Organic waste, Recycling/reuse, Transport/storage, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX