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National legislative framework for waste

National legislative framework for waste. Basic framework legislation . The Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Montenegro 80/05 and 73/08) established the basic legal framework for waste management activities.

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National legislative framework for waste

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  1. National legislative frameworkfor waste

  2. Basic framework legislation • The Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Montenegro 80/05 and 73/08) established the basic legal framework for waste management activities. • The waste management policy and strategy is regulated by the following documents: • National Waste Management Policy (2004); • Republic Level Strategic Master Plan for Waste Management (2005); • National Strategy of Medical Waste Management (2008).

  3. Waste ordinances which are based on the main waste act • Framework legislation on hazardous waste: • Rulebook on classification of waste and the procedures for its recovery, treatment and disposal (Official Gazette of Montenegro 68/09) • Legislation on specific types of waste treatment (incineration, landfill): • Rulebook on detailed characteristics of the location, building conditions, sanitary - technical conditions, manner of operation and closure of landfills, vocational degree and qualifications of landfill managers and types of waste and conditions for disposal of waste on a landfill (Official Gazette of Montenegro 89/09) • Rulebook on incineration of waste (Official Gazette of Montenegro 11/11)

  4. Legislation on specific waste streams or types • Based on the Law on Waste Management, the following regulations on specific streams of types of waste are adopted: • Regulation on the manner and procedure for registration of products placed on the market and establishment of a system for the acceptance, collection and treatment of waste batteries and accumulators and its operation; • Regulation on the manner and procedure for registration of electrical and electronic products and their placing on the market and establishment of a system for the acceptance, collection and treatment of waste electrical and electronic products and its operation; • Regulation on the manner and procedure for registration of vehicles and their placing on the market and establishment of a system for the acceptance, collection and treatment of end-of-life vehicles and its operation; • Regulation on the manner and procedure for registration of packaging and packed products and their placing on the market and establishment of a system for acceptance, collection and treatment of packaging waste and its operation; • Regulation on the manner and procedure for registration of tyres and their placing on the market and establishment of a system for acceptance, collection and treatment of waste tyres and its operation (Official Gazette 9/10); • Rulebook on the manner of treatment of waste oils (Official Gazette of Montenegro 21/10) • Rulebook on the method and procedure for treatment of the waste containing PCB.

  5. Legislation on shipment of waste • Shipment of waste is regulated by a system of permits for the import, transit or export of waste in line with the • Law on Waste Management (Official Gazette of Montenegro 80/05 and 73/08), • Law on Foreign Trade (Official Gazette of the Republic of Montenegro 28/04 and 37/07), • Law on Ratification of Basel Convention on the Control of the Trans-boundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal (Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, International Treaties, 2/99). On 23 October 2006, Montenegro became a signatory to the Basel Convention by the right of succession. • Rulebook of the content of documentation, which has to be submitted together with an application for the issuing of a permit for import, export and transit of waste and a list for classification of waste (Official Gazette of Montenegro 71/10),

  6. EPA • The Environmental Protection Agency, in conformity with the Decree on Public Administration Organization and Manner of Work, performs professional and other related tasks which, among other, include the following: • waste management; • issuance of integrated permits for plants that are required to have integrated permit as specified by special regulation; • strategic impact assessments and environmental impact assessments; • issuance of permits for trans-boundary movement of waste; • inspection in the area of environmental protection. • In accordance with Article 19a of the Law on Waste Management, the Environmental Protection Agency is responsible for the: • issuance of permits and other documents in line with the Law on Waste Management; • keeping register of data relating to waste generation and treatment on the basis of data included in annual reports on waste and issued permits; • keeping evidence on special types of waste placed on the market; • issuance of approvals for waste management plans submitted by waste producers; • implementation of inspection supervision relating to the Law on Waste Management; • other tasks stipulated by the Law on Waste Management.

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