Waste Legal Framework Romania

1. Waste Legal Framework Romania

2. Waste Management Romania • Waste Framework Law & Obligations • Legislation on specific waste streams • Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipments-WEEE • Waste Batteries and Accumulators • Packaging Waste • Questions

3. Waste Framework Law & Obligations • Emergency Governmental Ordinance No. 78 from 2000, on waste regime, approved by Law No. 426/2001, with further amendments and completions • Emergency Governmental Ordinance. No. 61/2006 approved by Law No. 27/2007 • Subsequent legislation • Governmental Decision No. 856/2002 (O.J. No. 659/5.09.2002) regarding the evidence of waste management and for the approval of the list of wastes, including hazardous waste; • Governmental Decision No. 1470/2004 for the approval of the National Waste Management Strategy and National Waste Management Plan (O.J. No. 954 from 18 October 2004), amended by G.D. No. 358/11.04.2007, (O.J. 271/ 24. 04. 2007); • Ministerial Order no.1364/1499/2006 approving the Regional Waste Management Plans (O.J. 232/04.04.2007). • Romanian legislation transpose Waste framework Directive 2006/12/EC; new European legislation will be transposed until December 12 on 2010.

4. Waste Framwork Law & Obligations Producers’ obligations: • to provide the conditions necessary for a separate depositing of different categories of hazardous wastes and nature of the extinguishing substances used for each type of wastes in case of fire. to assure the recovery or disposal of the waste; • to appoint a person, an employee of the company, which has to follow and assure that the obligations of the waste holders/producers are fulfilled according to the law; • to allow the access of the inspecting authorities • to foresee and fulfill the measures that have to be taken after the end of the activities and closure of the sites; • to separate the waste, for recovery or disposal. • It is forbidden to mix different categories of hazardous wastes as well as hazardous wastes with non-hazardous wastes • to keep a record of the quantity, nature, origin, and if it is the case, the transport method and frequency, treatment method of waste, as well as the operation of disposal respectively recovery and to make them available to the competent authorities.

5. Legislationonspecificwastestreams WasteElectricalandElectronicEquipments • Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment • Governmental Decision No 1037/02.11.2010 on waste electrical and electronic equipment – WEEE • M.O. No. 901/2005 on the approval of the specific measures for the collection of WEEE representing a contamination risk for the safety and health of the collection point’s personnel (O.J. No. 910 from 12 October 2005) • M.O. No. 1223/715/2005 regarding the registration procedure of producers and the data recording and reporting procedure of data regarding EEE and WEEE (O.J. No. 1 from 3 January 2006) amended by Order No. 706/2007 (O.J. no. 307 from 9.05.2007) • M.O. No. 556/435/191 from 5 June 2006 on the specific mark of WEEE placed on the market after 31 December 2006 (O.J. No. 608 from 13 July 2006)

6. LegislationonspecificwastestreamsWaste Batteries and Accumulators • DIRECTIVE 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC • Transposed in Romanian legislation by - GD No. 1132/2008 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators – Governmental Decision • M.O. No. 669/1304/2009 on the approval of the procedure of registration for batteries and accumulators producers • M.O. No. 1399/2032/2009 for the approval of the Procedure on the data recording and the reporting procedure of data regarding batteries and accumulators

7. LegislationonspecificwastestreamsPackaging Waste • DIRECTIVE 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste, amended by Directive 2004/12/EC • Governmental Decision No. 621/2005 on packaging and packaging waste management (O.J. no. 639 from 20 July 2005) amended by G.D. no. 1872/2006 (O.J. no. 15/10.01.2007); • M.O. No. 927/2005 on the Procedure for reporting of data on packaging and packaging waste (O.J. no. 929 from 18 October 2005);M.O. No. 1281/1121/2005 concerning the settlement of identification manner of the containers for different types of materials in order to collect separately (O.J. no. 51 from 19 January 2006); • Emergency Governmental Ordinance No. 196/2005 on Environmental Fond approved by Law no. 105/2006, with further amendments and completion (E.G.O. no. 25/2008, E.G.O. no. 37/2008, Law no. 292/2007) • M.O. No. 578/2006 for the approval of Methodology for calculating contributions and fees payable to the Environment Fund, amended by Ministerial Order no. 1648/2009; • M.O. No. 549 from 5 June 2006 for the approval of the model and contain of document “Declaration of obligations to the Environment Fond” and the instructions for completion and submission of it.

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