The Procedural Position of the Waste Disposal Costs of Bankrupt Companies: European Convention on Human Rights Standards and Croatian Reality

Abstract

Practice has shown that bankruptcies can lead to problems of contaminated land for which no one takes responsibility. Generally speaking, this sets off avoidance and shifting of responsibility from the Government of the Republic of Croatia to regional and local self-government bodies and vice versa. Recently, the legislature has amended bankruptcy regulations several times, as well as a series of laws regulating environmental protection. The authors’ intention is to highlight the necessity for more serious consideration of waste management regulations for bankrupt companies.