Disposal of hazardous mining waste: The current Serbian and EU legislation

Abstract

By adoption the first Law on Waste Management of the Republic of Serbia in 2009 ('Official Gazette RS', No. 36/09), the necessary preconditions for introduction the order into the subject area were created. The Law on Waste Management was amended in 2010 ('Official Gazette RS', No. 88/2010). According to the guidelines of the amended Law on Waste Management, the Government of the Republic of Serbia has adopted the Regulation on disposal of hazardous waste on landfills ('Official Gazette RS', No. 92/2010). The Government has defined with this Law, for the first time, three categories of waste disposal and all parameters necessary for selection appropriate location, design and monitoring of future waste disposal. The Government regulation on landfills represents a harmonization of domestic legislation with the European Union in the field of environmental protection and waste management and with actual Directive 1993/31/EU.

Keywords

• regulation 92/2010
• hazardous waste