Waste management
FREEDOM OF ESTABLISHMENT
If you are already established in any EU/EEA state, you are free to provide services as a natural or legal person, on a permanent basis by means of an establishment in Croatia.
It is necessary to obtain a permit, except for the treatment of one’s own waste, which may be performed by:
1. original waste producer, who is a natural person, for the treatment of his own bio-waste with aerobic biological waste treatment (home composting); and
2. original waste producer, who is a legal person or natural person - a craftsman, if bio-waste generated through his activity is subjected to biological treatment at the waste generation site and the resulting product of that treatment is not placed on the market. Still, it is used at the waste generation site, and these activities are reported to the Ministry by 31 March of the current year for the previous year.
Required documents
Along with the application for issuing the waste management permit, the applicant has to submit the following:
Exceptions:
The document on the use of the facility and the proof of the availability of the facility in which the waste management process will be carried out are not submitted with the application for issuing a mobile device permit, but the following documents have to be submitted:
The competent authority will, of its own motion, access the Company Register, the Register of Craft Business, and the Register of Associations, and will obtain the assurance that the applicant is not prohibited from exercising professional activity by means of a final judgement or as a protective measure.
The application for the mining industry waste management permit contains the following:
1. information on the operator of the facility for mining industry waste management
2. name of exploration or exploitation area
3. type of waste and waste disposal operation
4. proposal for locations of mining industry waste management facilities
5. plan of the mining industry waste management
6. decision on eligibility of the intervention for the environment, with measures to protect the environment and the environmental condition monitoring program, for an intervention for which an environmental impact assessment is mandatory
7. description of applying the best available techniques, taking into consideration technical and technological parameters of the facility, geographical position and state of the environment
8. plan for the prevention of major accidents
9. internal emergency plan
10. proof of establishing the safety management system (if this is in accordance with the Ordinance referred to in Article 48 (11) of the Waste Management Act)
11. proof of financial guarantee
12. information in accordance with the Ordinance on mining industry waste management.
Application for the mining industry waste management permit is supplemented with:
Trial operation waste management permit
Pursuant to the law regulating construction activities, for the purpose of trial operations, the waste management permit may be issued for a period of less than ten years, i.e., on a scheduled duration of trial operations, in accordance with the document issued pursuant to a special law regulating construction activities.
The application for the trial operation waste management permit is not supplemented with a document on the use of the building.
It is not established whether the document on the use of the building has been issued for the property in question. Instead, it is established whether the document on building construction has been issued pursuant to a special law regulating construction activities.
Authorization
The waste management permit determines the following:
1. person allowed to perform the activity of disposal or recovery of waste
2. location of waste management
3. types and quantities of waste in accordance with the Waste Catalogue
4. activity and process of waste management along with corresponding technological processes
5. methods for performing waste management operations, including technical and all other important conditions for work on the site regarding every individual operation
6. preventive and protective measures
7. management and monitoring measures
8. obligation of handling the emerging waste, or the waste that remains after the waste management operation
9. validity period of the waste management permit
10. measures after closing, i.e. after cessation of the operations for which the permit had been issued, including the removal of one’s own waste from the waste management location.
The mining industry waste management permit determines the following:
1. operator of the facility for the mining industry waste management
2. name of exploitation area
3. type of waste, operations, and capacity for the waste disposal
4. use of best available techniques, taking into consideration the technical and technological features of the facility for the mining industry waste management, geographical position and state of the environment
5. classification of the facility for the mining industry waste management
6. location of the facility for the mining industry waste management
7. obligations of the operator of the facility for the mining industry waste management
8. amount of the financial guarantee
9. validity period of the mining industry waste management permit.
Fees
EUR 185.81 for issuing, modifying, or amending the permit or a temporary permit for waste management
Payments are made by using online banking
Model: HR64
IBAN of the beneficiary: HR1210010051863000160
Payment reference number: 5002-54173-OIB or MB (personal identification number or company identification number); 5002 - administrative fees (REGISTER OF REVENUE TYPES) (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition; register of the budget beneficiaries) OIB or MB (identification number of the payer)
Remittance info: Državna upravna pristojba za dozvolu KLASA: UP/I- - / - /_ (administrative fee for the permit; please write here the CLASS numbers of the permit for which the administrative fee is being paid)
Competent authority and regulations
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Radnička cesta 80, 10000 Zagreb
+385 1 3717 125
okolis.otpad@mzozt.hr
Waste Management Act (OG 84/21, 142/23 )
Ordinance on waste management (OG 106/22, 138/24, 108/25)
Other relevant regulations
Time limit for permits
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition decides on the application for a waste management permit for activities involving hazardous waste management, for R 1 procedures (use of waste mainly as fuel or other means of energy generation) and D10 procedures (incineration of waste on land).
Competent authorities of counties, i.e., of the City of Zagreb, decide on an application for a waste management permit for an activity not previously covered, as well as on the application for the mining industry waste management permit.
Legal remedies
The Ministry decision may not be appealed, but administrative proceedings may be initiated before the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia having territorial jurisdiction, within 30 days of the decision. Submissions are delivered to the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia, having territorial jurisdiction directly in writing, in the form of minutes, or by post and by electronic means.
The appeal against the decision of the competent authorities of the counties may be filed with the Ministry through that competent authority.
If you are already established in any EU/EEA state, you are free to provide services as a natural or legal person, on a permanent basis by means of an establishment in Croatia.
It is necessary to obtain a permit, except for the treatment of one’s own waste, which may be performed by:
1. original waste producer, who is a natural person, for the treatment of his own bio-waste with aerobic biological waste treatment (home composting); and
2. original waste producer, who is a legal person or natural person - a craftsman, if bio-waste generated through his activity is subjected to biological treatment at the waste generation site and the resulting product of that treatment is not placed on the market. Still, it is used at the waste generation site, and these activities are reported to the Ministry by 31 March of the current year for the previous year.
Required documents
Along with the application for issuing the waste management permit, the applicant has to submit the following:
- document on the use of the building in accordance with the Construction Act
- proof of the availability of a facility for the waste management treatment
- waste management feasibility study and
- financial guarantee.
Exceptions:
The document on the use of the facility and the proof of the availability of the facility in which the waste management process will be carried out are not submitted with the application for issuing a mobile device permit, but the following documents have to be submitted:
- waste management feasibility study
- financial guarantee
- proof of the waste treatment location, where the waste treatment is being performed by a mobile device, or the location where the waste is being integrated into the material (contracts, project documents, etc.)
- proof of ownership and availability of the mobile device
- time period during which the treatment of waste or the integration of material by means of a mobile device will be conducted at a specific location.
- the document on the construction of the facility (in accordance with the Construction Act).
The competent authority will, of its own motion, access the Company Register, the Register of Craft Business, and the Register of Associations, and will obtain the assurance that the applicant is not prohibited from exercising professional activity by means of a final judgement or as a protective measure.
The application for the mining industry waste management permit contains the following:
1. information on the operator of the facility for mining industry waste management
2. name of exploration or exploitation area
3. type of waste and waste disposal operation
4. proposal for locations of mining industry waste management facilities
5. plan of the mining industry waste management
6. decision on eligibility of the intervention for the environment, with measures to protect the environment and the environmental condition monitoring program, for an intervention for which an environmental impact assessment is mandatory
7. description of applying the best available techniques, taking into consideration technical and technological parameters of the facility, geographical position and state of the environment
8. plan for the prevention of major accidents
9. internal emergency plan
10. proof of establishing the safety management system (if this is in accordance with the Ordinance referred to in Article 48 (11) of the Waste Management Act)
11. proof of financial guarantee
12. information in accordance with the Ordinance on mining industry waste management.
Application for the mining industry waste management permit is supplemented with:
- approval for the exploration of mineral raw material
- concession agreement on the exploitation of mineral raw material
Trial operation waste management permit
Pursuant to the law regulating construction activities, for the purpose of trial operations, the waste management permit may be issued for a period of less than ten years, i.e., on a scheduled duration of trial operations, in accordance with the document issued pursuant to a special law regulating construction activities.
The application for the trial operation waste management permit is not supplemented with a document on the use of the building.
It is not established whether the document on the use of the building has been issued for the property in question. Instead, it is established whether the document on building construction has been issued pursuant to a special law regulating construction activities.
Authorization
The waste management permit determines the following:
1. person allowed to perform the activity of disposal or recovery of waste
2. location of waste management
3. types and quantities of waste in accordance with the Waste Catalogue
4. activity and process of waste management along with corresponding technological processes
5. methods for performing waste management operations, including technical and all other important conditions for work on the site regarding every individual operation
6. preventive and protective measures
7. management and monitoring measures
8. obligation of handling the emerging waste, or the waste that remains after the waste management operation
9. validity period of the waste management permit
10. measures after closing, i.e. after cessation of the operations for which the permit had been issued, including the removal of one’s own waste from the waste management location.
The mining industry waste management permit determines the following:
1. operator of the facility for the mining industry waste management
2. name of exploitation area
3. type of waste, operations, and capacity for the waste disposal
4. use of best available techniques, taking into consideration the technical and technological features of the facility for the mining industry waste management, geographical position and state of the environment
5. classification of the facility for the mining industry waste management
6. location of the facility for the mining industry waste management
7. obligations of the operator of the facility for the mining industry waste management
8. amount of the financial guarantee
9. validity period of the mining industry waste management permit.
Fees
EUR 185.81 for issuing, modifying, or amending the permit or a temporary permit for waste management
Payments are made by using online banking
Model: HR64
IBAN of the beneficiary: HR1210010051863000160
Payment reference number: 5002-54173-OIB or MB (personal identification number or company identification number); 5002 - administrative fees (REGISTER OF REVENUE TYPES) (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition; register of the budget beneficiaries) OIB or MB (identification number of the payer)
Remittance info: Državna upravna pristojba za dozvolu KLASA: UP/I- - / - /_ (administrative fee for the permit; please write here the CLASS numbers of the permit for which the administrative fee is being paid)
| pisarnica@mzozt.hr (for sending photographed or scanned documents; signed and without a stamp or e-signed) |
Competent authority and regulations
Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition
Radnička cesta 80, 10000 Zagreb
+385 1 3717 125
okolis.otpad@mzozt.hr
Waste Management Act (OG 84/21, 142/23 )
Ordinance on waste management (OG 106/22, 138/24, 108/25)
Other relevant regulations
Time limit for permits
- Permits for waste management - 10 years
- Permits for mining industry waste management - 5 years
- Permits for trial operation waste management - the scheduled duration of the trial run
The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition decides on the application for a waste management permit for activities involving hazardous waste management, for R 1 procedures (use of waste mainly as fuel or other means of energy generation) and D10 procedures (incineration of waste on land).
Competent authorities of counties, i.e., of the City of Zagreb, decide on an application for a waste management permit for an activity not previously covered, as well as on the application for the mining industry waste management permit.
Legal remedies
The Ministry decision may not be appealed, but administrative proceedings may be initiated before the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia having territorial jurisdiction, within 30 days of the decision. Submissions are delivered to the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia, having territorial jurisdiction directly in writing, in the form of minutes, or by post and by electronic means.
The appeal against the decision of the competent authorities of the counties may be filed with the Ministry through that competent authority.
10/03/2026
