Dubovik,O.L. Legislation of the EU on waste: new demands and obligations.

Abstract: The article is devoted to the key provisions of the Directive of the European Parliament and Council on waste of November 19, 2008, which considerably changes both the European and the national law of the EU member states in this sphere. The author explains the reasons for issuing this Directive, its defi nitions, requirements to various stages of dealing with waste, correlation with the international rules. The author then underlines the need to improve Russian legislation on waste in order to bring it into accord with the EU law and to ensure environmental security of people and territories of the Russian Federation.

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