Legislation
Packaging is the aggregate of products attached to goods, which are utilized to protect, contain, deliver, preserve, easily use, and sell raw materials and finished goods and to become acquainted with them during all the cycle of the circulation of packaging from producer to consumer. Packaging is detached from the goods prior to consumption or during consumption. The packaging and packaging material, which the supplier of services adds to goods and which after rendering the service remains with the customer is also considered as packaging.
Reusable packaging - packaging, that may be utilized again for its initial purpose.
Environment hazardous goods – are goods for the production or distribution of which restrictions are imposed or goods for waste management of which special requirements are defined, if during the handling cycle they have or may have negative impact on the environment, persons life or health.
Waste management – the collection of waste (including the collection, sorting and mixing of waste in order to transport it), the storage, reloading, transportation, recovery (including waste incineration to obtain energy, equipment, the core activity of which is not waste incineration), regeneration and disposal of waste, the supervision of such activities, as well as arrangement of sites for disposal of waste, and maintenance and after-care of recovery facilities after their closing.
The purpose of the Natural resources tax (hereinafter –tax) is to promote economically effective usage of natural resources, to bring under control environment pollution, reduce production and sale of polluting products, enable introduction of new, environment friendly technologies, foster sustainable development of national economy and secure financing of environment protection activities.
Specific legislation influencing reusable waste management
Reusable packaging - packaging, that may be utilized again for its initial purpose.
Environment hazardous goods – are goods for the production or distribution of which restrictions are imposed or goods for waste management of which special requirements are defined, if during the handling cycle they have or may have negative impact on the environment, persons life or health.
Waste management – the collection of waste (including the collection, sorting and mixing of waste in order to transport it), the storage, reloading, transportation, recovery (including waste incineration to obtain energy, equipment, the core activity of which is not waste incineration), regeneration and disposal of waste, the supervision of such activities, as well as arrangement of sites for disposal of waste, and maintenance and after-care of recovery facilities after their closing.
The purpose of the Natural resources tax (hereinafter –tax) is to promote economically effective usage of natural resources, to bring under control environment pollution, reduce production and sale of polluting products, enable introduction of new, environment friendly technologies, foster sustainable development of national economy and secure financing of environment protection activities.
Specific legislation influencing reusable waste management
- “Waste Management Law” (adopted 14.12.200; entered into force 01.03.2001)
- “Natural Resources Tax Law” (adopted 15.12.2005; entered into force 01.01.2006)
- “Packaging Law” (adopted 20.12.2001; entered into force 01.07.2002)
- Regulations No.151 of 9th April 2002 "Regulations of Packaging Management Council”
- Regulations No.140 of 2nd April 2002 “Regulations on Classification and Marking of Packaging”.
- Regulations No. 504 of 20th June 2006 ”Procedure Of Calculation And Payment Of Natural Resources Tax”.
- Regulations No. 414 of 22 July “Regulations on Applying Deposit System for Reusable Packaging”.
- The Cabinet Regulations no.923 of 9th November 2004 “Regulations on Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment”.
- The Cabinet RegulationsNo. 365 of 20th April 2004 “Regulations on Types of Waste Processing, Regeneration and Disposal”.
- The Cabinet Regulations No. 985 of 30th November 2004 “Regulations on Waste Classifier and Properties which Make Waste Dangerous”.
