Legislation

Regulations governing the field of packaging and packaging waste in Slovakia

• Act No. 529/2002 Coll. on Packaging and on Amendments and Supplements to Some Acts
• Government Ordinance No. 220/2005 Coll. setting binding targets for packaging waste recovery and recycling in respect of total weight of packaging waste (in Slovak)
• Decree of the Slovak Ministry of Environment No. 210/2005 Coll. on Implementing Certain Provisions of the Act on Packaging (in Slovak)
• Decree of the Slovak Ministry of Environment No. 732/2002 Coll. on the List of Returnable Non-Reusable Packaging and Deposit for Returnable Reusable and Non-reusable Packaging (in Slovak)
• Guideline of the Slovak Ministry of Environment on fulfilling some obligations of obliged persons and authorized organizations under Act on Packaging No. 529/2002 Coll. (in Slovak)

• Obligations of obliged persons and sanctions for their breach in relation to the Act on Packaging

Selected regulations governing the field of waste in Slovakia 

Regulations governing the field of packaging and packaging waste in the European Union

• European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste; consolidated version, including all amendments and supplements
• Summary of valid EU acts and regulations