IRISH ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION

These Regulations amend the Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regu-lations 2007 to give effect to national waste policy regarding the regulation of the collection of household waste. In particular, the regulations provide for the weighing of household waste collected, the reporting of this weight to the householder, the preparation of customer charters, the phasing out of the collection of non-reusable waste receptacles such as bags (with the exception of areas specifically identified as only being suitable for bag collections), the collection of recyclable household waste at least every two weeks and the collection of a minimum schedule of household waste recyclable material.

These Regulations are designed to promote the segregation and recovery of household food waste. They will, in particular, contribute to the achievement of the targets set out in article 5 of EU Directive 99/31/EC on the landfill of waste for the diversion of biodegradable municipal waste from landfill sites to composting and biogas plants and to other forms of authorised treatment. They will also increase the amount of food waste that is recovered. The regulations also form part of the implementation of measures set out in the national waste management policy: úA Resource Opportunity Waste Management Policy in Irelandù published in July 2012. The Regulations place obligations: 1. on waste collectors to have a separate collection service for household food waste; and, 2. on the householders who produce food waste to segregate such waste and make it available for separate collection. Producers may alternatively compost the waste on the premises where it arises under specified conditions or take it to authorised facilities such as civic amenity sites, composting sites, anaerobic digestion sites or for incineration. The regulations also give effect to Article 22 of the EU Waste Framework Directive Directive 2008/98/EC and are a measure aimed at giving effect to the waste hierarchy and the protection of the environment requirements of that Directive as well as meeting the requirements of Articles 10, 11 and 13 of the Directive.

These Regulations amend the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 ( S.I. No. 508 of 2009 ) and are designed to promote the segregation and recovery of food waste arising in the commercial sector and to take account of the advent of úType 8ù plants in Ireland providing for the successful coexistence of these and composting plants within the overall waste treatment infrastructure in Ireland.

These Regulations replace the Waste Management (Landfill Levy) Regulations 2011. They make provision for the continued operation of the landfill levy provided for under section 73 of the Waste Management Act 1996 and make some amendments to application of the levy.

This Statutory Instrument gives effect to the decision of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to transfer the property listed in the schedule to the Order from water services authorities to Irish Water in accordance with section 12 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 .

The effect of these Regulations is to prohibit the carcase or part of the carcase of an animal to be kept on land or premises to which a dog can gain access.

This Statutory Instrument gives effect to the decision of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to transfer the property listed in the schedule to the Order from the water services authority to Irish Water in accordance with section 12 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 .

This instrument implements measures for the protection of Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus Thynnus) adopted by the European Union as a contracting party to The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. The multiannual recovery plan for bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean is implemented by COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 302/2009 of 6 April 2009 as amended by Regulation (EU) No. 500/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2012 and Regulation (EU) No 544/2014 of The European Parliament and of The Council of 15 May 2014 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/98 of 18 November 2014.