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Law No. 362-II on waste.

Country/Territory
Uzbekistan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Basic legislation Waste management Hazardous waste Certification Transport/storage
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
The Law enters into force from the date of its official publication.
Abstract

The purpose of the present Law is the regulation of the relations in the sphere of waste management. The main targets of the Act are the prevention of negative impact of waste on human life, human health, environment, reduction of waste formation and ensuring rational use thereof in economic activity. The activity of legal persons in the sphere of waste management must ensure safety for human life and death, and also environment (art. 17). Rates of waste formation shall be elaborated and validated by legal persons by agreement with the authorized state institutions in the sphere of waste management (art. 18). Waste that is subject to purchase and sale, import-export operations, and also hazardous waste subject to transportation shall be submitted for ecological certification of waste for compliance with sanitary regulations and standards, ecological standards set for waste management according to which the owners of waste ecological certificate shall be issued (art. 19). Transportation of hazardous waste shall be carried out by special transport means in the presence of ecological certificate and authorization issued in conformity with the modalities established by the legislation currently in force. Transport organization shall be held responsible for safe transportation of hazardous waste (art. 20). The Law consists of 30 Articles.

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