Water use permits and the transition period
An applicant for water use permits must first know one significant transitional circumstance: in the list of permit types of the law on licenses and permits, the permits for water abstraction from a surface water object, for water discharge into a surface water object, and for combined water use enter into force on 1 September 2027. Today's practice rests on environmental decisions, and it is precisely this transition that must be taken into account when planning a project: before starting an application for water purposes, it is better to verify which regime will be in force at your time.
Assessing the transition period matters in both directions. For a holder of current environmental decisions, the question is what will happen to these documents when the new permits enter into force; for the planner of a new project — in which proceeding to engage so as not to get lost in time. The law does not detail the exact mechanism of transition in these articles, so before deciding it is necessary to make a legal assessment based on the specific calendar of your project and the documents you hold.