Decree-Law No. 2/2017 approving the Urban Solid Waste Management System. Pays/Territoire Timor-Leste Type du document Législation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Source d'origine Jornal da República, Serie I, No. 11, 22 March 2017. Sujet Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Législation de base Élimination de déchets Gestion des déchets Déchets solides Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Prévention des déchets Principe pollueur-payeur Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Pays les moins avances, Petits états insulaires en développement, Asie du Sud-Est Entry into force notes This Law enters into force on the day after its publication. Résumé This Decree-Law, consisting of 57 articles divided into eight Chapters, defines the rules that govern the solid waste management system in Timor-Leste. The provision related to the urban waste management service complies with the following principles: a) Protection of public health and the environment; b) Promotion of universality and equal access; c) Quality and continuity of service protecting the interests of users; d) Economic and financial sustainability of services; e) User-payer principle; f) Responsibility of the citizen, adopting preventive behaviours in the matter of waste production, as well as practices that facilitate its reuse, recycling or other forms of valorisation; g) Transparency in the provision of services; h) Ensuring efficiency and continuous improvement in resources use, responding to developments in technical requirements and best available environmental techniques; i) Promoting economic and social solidarity, correct territorial planning and regional development, etc. Texte intégral Portugais Site web www.jornal.gov.tl