Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection

Unlike traditional military forces, which use large vehicles, special operations forces use smaller vehicles, smaller ships, and work in small teams, which reduces their impact on the environment during operation. The majority of forces during the exercise will be housed in military facilities and will have minimal impact on the environment.  Additionally, the exercise will be conducted far from residential areas in order to minimize any impact on the civilian population and tourists-visitors.

All participants must complay to all existing laws and regulations menitoned in the Technical agreement for the exercise and Memorandum.
During the exercise conduct, all participants must comply with all regulations related to environmental protection – Environmental Protection Act (Official Gazette no. 110/07), Law on Waste (Official Gazette no. 178/04 and 111/06) and Law on Air Protection (Official Gazette No. . 178/04), Law on Protection of Nature (Official Gazette no. 70/05) as well as many other laws and bylaws of the domestic and international legislation and applicable international agreements to protect all components of the environment (air, soil, water, sea, natural and cultural heritage, flora and fauna …)

Special conditions to be followed during the execution of military exercises on the military installations in the Republic of Croatia

• prohibition of military activities in protected areas (under the Law on the Protection of Nature)
• prohibition of conducting military exercises outside training grounds
• forbidden to use aerosol bombs and missiles
• forbidden to use flammable projectiles
• forbidden to use of projectiles with tracers in the summer months
• forbidden to use of cassette projectiles
• forbidden to use of projectiles with nuclei from depleted uranium (DU), such as A10 and other devices that use the so-called under-calibre missile
• forbidden to use materials, which cause radioactive and chemical pollution, testing of chemical warfare agents or any kind of such new assets
• abide by the existing regulation of use of military training installations
• limit aviation practice at night to the maximum because of noise, and if they are necessary, it is very important to inform the public in timely manner, – according to the EU regulations and according to the Regulations on the highest permitted level of noise
• Flight activity at the arrivals and departures to military training installations – corridors – set in a way to minimize the number of villages within the corridor and in accordance with article 70 of the Law on Nature Protection (Official Gazette 70/05)