Meeting with Mr. Nenad Šćulac, Assistant Minister of Environment and Energy

On 8 February, representatives of AmCham and European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) met with Mr. Nenad Šćulac, Assistant Minister of Environment and Energy at the Directorate for Environmental Impact Assessment and Sustainable Waste Management. The discussion focused on the topics of end-of-life-vehicle (ELV) and waste oil management in Croatia. AmCham communicated its recommendations for a significant reduction of ELV environmental fees in line with improved market conditions, the payment of ELV fees at first registration by car owners and the creation of an ELV management system based on market principles and an adequate de-registration system. In addition, AmCham stressed the importance of improving the system of waste oil management in order to reduce the related environmental risk, and recommended the creation of equal regulatory conditions for professional use (registered motor vehicle repair and maintenance activities) and retail sale. Mr. Šćulac committed to further analysis of AmCham’s recommendations and organization of further meetings in order to cooperate more closely with AmCham and ACEA representatives on improving the ELV and waste oil management in Croatia.