INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM, TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY LAW There are several steps to be made, according to the law, and many obligations that have to be fulfilled by accommodation companies. Firstly, the ministry competent on tourism will have to elaborate a strategic plan of circular destination, in which will appear the principles of general policy and the goals to be accomplished. After the definitions and the enumeration of principles and general goals, the new title of the law refers in chapter II to the strategy for circularity. Who must apply this strategy? According to article 96 of the Law on Tourism in the Balearic Islands, tourist establishments in the Balearic Islands that are part of these groups: hotel accommodation, which includes the categories of hotels, city hotels, aparthotels, and accommodation for tourism in the interior of the islands; tourist apartments, and rural tourism accommodation, that includes rural hotels and agrotourisms. This strategy will be made effective through the elaboration and approval of a plan of circularity. They are marked as priority sectors of the plan of circularity: water, energy, food, materials, and residues. In general, article 100 of the Law on Tourism in the Balearic Islands (novelty introduced by Law 3/2022, of 15 June), states the main actions in the different areas. In the energy sector, it focuses on the yearly carbon footprint per overnight stay, the certification of energetic efficiency of the building, ability of self-supplying energy, installed renewable capacity, and storage capacity. In the main sector of water, the ability of self- -supplying water and yearly consumption. In the case of residues, the law focuses on recycling residues from construction sites, alterations, and demolitions, and the selective pickup of residues. In the subject of food, it opts for the consumption of km 0 produce and the minimisation of use of packaging. This plan integrates circular planning and assessment to measure how the strategy for circularity progresses. The plan will have a validity of five years, after that, it will have to be renewed. It is not only about implanting it, but also about monitoring it. Companies that fulfil the obligations stated by the law will be able to obtain a certification by authorised entities, which will allow them to commercialise under the label of “circular company”. This goes hand in hand with the publicity and supply of accommodation establishments: only those that have obtained the certification will be able to present themselves as such, according to what is stated in the new article 101. Article 102 establishes the environmental and efficiency measures in the use of resources, according to the different types of tourist companies. Firstly, there
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