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Wastes Act.

Country/Territory
Poland
Document type
Legislation
Date
2001
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Basic legislation Waste management Waste prevention Recycling/reuse Policy/planning Transport/storage
Geographical area
Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union Countries
Abstract

The present Act is composed of the following Sections: General provisions (sect. 1); Provisions on waste management (sect. 2); Waste management plans (sect. 3); Duties of waste owners (sect. 4); Detailed requirements of management of some types of wastes (sect. 5); Thermal transformation of wastes (sect. 6); Waste storage (sect. 7); Criminal provisions (sect. 9); Final provision (sect. 10). The Act establishes the principles governing waste management in order to ensure the protection of human h

Full text
Polish
Website
isip.sejm.gov.pl

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Regulation on reports concerning wastes.

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Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on reports concerning collective sewage wastes.

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Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on qualifications for wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2007 | Repealed

Keyword: Certification, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing the list of wastes types which can be passed to physical persons or to organizational units, and allowed recycling methods.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on municipal sewage sediments.

Legislation | Poland | 2002 | Repealed

Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Sewerage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on forms of documents used to register wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2006 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation concerning the conditions under which waste can be recognized as not harmful.

Legislation | Poland | 2004

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on pollutant water abstraction.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution, Freshwater resources management, Water abstraction, Water quality standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on detailed way of dealing with medical wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007

Keyword: Classification/declassification, Solid waste, Transport/storage, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on criteria and procedures permitting wastes storage on a yard of a given wastes type.

Legislation | Poland | 2005 | Repealed

Keyword: Hazardous waste, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on recycling and prevention of wastes from installations and devices.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending the Regulation concerning drawing up plans of wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Waste management, Policy/planning, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on packaging wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2005

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Recycling/reuse, Packaging/labelling

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing detailed technical conditions of determining part of energy received from thermal processing of urban waste.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Renewable energy, Recycling/reuse, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on veterinary wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Classification/declassification, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing the list of types of wastes which can be passed to physical persons or organizational units but not enterprises, for their own needs.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on the wastes catalogue.

Legislation | Poland | 2001 | Repealed

Keyword: Registration, Classification/declassification, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation concerning the drawing up waste management plans.

Legislation | Poland | 2003

Keyword: Waste management, Policy/planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on information required for collecting and processing, and maintenance of the central and provincial databases concerning waste production and management.

Legislation | Poland | 2001 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation establishing the list of wastes types which can be passed to physical persons or to organizational units not enterprises, and allowed methods of their recycling.

Legislation | Poland | 2008

Keyword: Hazardous substances, Recycling/reuse, Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on types of medical and veterinary wastes which shall not be used for recycling.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste non-domestic sources, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on requirements concerning the process of thermal transformation of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation on criteria and procedures permitting wastes storage on a yard of a given wastes type.

Legislation | Poland | 2007 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Waste prevention, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on conditions and scope of access to the provincial database concerning generation and management of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation establishing types of wastes for which permission for collecting or transport is not required.

Legislation | Poland | 2008

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on reports concerning wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2010

Keyword: Data collection/reporting, Waste management, Effluent waste water/discharge, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing the list of types of waste for which the duty of registration shall not apply, and specifying categories of enterprises which may keep simplified record of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2001 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on scope, time, method and conditions of monitoring of wastes yards.

Legislation | Poland | 2002 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on conditions and scope of access to the provincial database concerning production and management of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing types of wastes for which permission for collecting or transport is not required.

Legislation | Poland | 2003

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Resolution on the national plan of wastes management.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Policy/planning, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on detailed requirements concerning the location, construction, exploitation and closure of individual types of wastes yards.

Legislation | Poland | 2003 | Repealed

Keyword: Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Soil pollution/quality, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater quality/freshwater pollution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on rules of working out the provincial report on wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2007 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on information required for collecting and processing, and maintenance of the central and provincial databases concerning waste generation and management.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

Keyword: Waste management, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on forms of documents used for registration of wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2010 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation establishing types of wastes which can be stored in an unselective way.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Transport/storage, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on storage of wastes derived from titanium dioxide production.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Waste management, Hazardous substances, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on preparing the provincial report on wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2011

Keyword: Waste management, Data collection/reporting, Recycling/reuse, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending Regulation on scope, time, method and conditions of monitoring of wastes yards.

Legislation | Poland | 2010 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Monitoring

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation amending the Regulation establishing types of wastes for which permission for collecting or transport is not required.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Solid waste, Waste management, Transport/storage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Regulation on transport by road of hazardous goods and wastes.

Legislation | Poland | 2002

Keyword: Transport/storage, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Act amending the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2004 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending Wastes Act and amending some other acts.

Legislation | Poland | 2005

Keyword: Waste management, Recycling/reuse

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2006

Keyword: Waste management

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2002 | Repealed

Keyword: Pollution control, Waste management, Hazardous waste, Authorization/permit, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Act amending the Geological and Mining Act and the Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2005 | Repealed

Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repealed by

Wastes Act.

Legislation | Poland | 2012

Keyword: Basic legislation, Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Waste prevention, Polluter pays principle, Hazardous waste, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX