Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection

• Environmental Protection Act (OG No. 110/2007)
• Waste Management Plan in the Republic of Croatia for 2007-2015 (OG 85/07)
• Regulation on the categories, types and classification of waste with a waste catalogue and list of hazardous waste (OG No. 50/05)
• Regulation on the quality of biofuel (OG No. 141/2005)
• National Environmental Protection Strategy (OG No. 46/2002)
• Ordinance on amendments and modifications of the Ordinance on environmental impact assessment (OG No. 85/2006)
• Ordinance on amendments and modifications of the Ordinance on environmental impact assessment (OG No. 136/2004)
• Ordinance on environmental impact assessment (OG No. 59/2000)
• Contingency plan for accidental marine pollution in the Republic of Croatia (OG No. 8/1997)
• Regulation on beach water quality standards (OG No. 33/1996)

LIST OF INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS

(SEA)

• The Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona, 1976) Based on the notification of succession, the Republic of Croatia has been a party to the Convention since 8 October 1991 Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 12/93

• The Protocol for the Prevention of the Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft (Barcelona, 1976) Based on the notification of succession, the Republic of Croatia has been a party to the Convention since 8 October 1991 Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 12/93

• Amendments to the Convention for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution (Barcelona, 1995) It was published in the Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 17/98, entering into force for the Republic of Croatia on 9 July 2004, as published in the Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 11/04

• Amendments to the Protocol for the Prevention of the Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea by Dumping from Ships and Aircraft or Incineration at Sea (Barcelona, 1995) Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 17/98

• Protocol Concerning Cooperation in Preventing Pollution from Ships and, in Cases of Emergency, Combating Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea (Malta, 2002) It was published in the Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 12/03, entering into force for the Republic of Croatia on 17 March 2004, as published in the Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 4/04

• Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas and Biological Diversity in the Mediterranean (Barcelona, 1994 & Monaco, 1995)It was published in the Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 11/01, entering into force for the Republic of Croatia on 12 May 2002, as published in the Official Gazette – International Agreements No.11/04

• Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources (Athens, 1980) Based on the notification of succession, the Republic of Croatia has been a party to the Protocol since 8 October 1991 Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 12/93

• Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (Syracuse, 1996) The Republic of Croatia has signed the Protocol.

• Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution Resulting from Exploration of the Continental Shelf and the Seabed and its Subsoil (Madrid, 1994) The Republic of Croatia has signed the Protocol.

• Protocol on the Protection of Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea by Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Izmir, 1996) The Republic of Croatia has not signed the Protocol.

• Act on the adoption of the Amendments of the Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea against Pollution from Land-Based Sources  (Syracuse, 1996) Official Gazette – International Agreements No. 3/06

• Protocol on Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Mediterranean (Barcelona, 2008) The Republic of Croatia has signed the Protocol.