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Ministerial Decree No. 89 implementing Ministerial Decree No. 1397 on some issues of transboundary movement of waste.

Country/Territory
Belarus
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Transboundary movement of waste Waste disposal Waste management Contract/agreement
Geographical area
CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia
Abstract

This Ministerial Decree establishes the modalities of filling in notification form on transboundary movement of waste by legal persons and individual entrepreneurs carrying out transboundary movement and transit of waste. Notification shall contain a copy of contract (agreement) between exporter and legal person (individual entrepreneur) authorized to carry out disposal (management, treatment) of waste on the territory of the importing state. The contract must contain the following specifications: (a) objective of the contract; (b) date of expiry and periodicity of shipping; (c) description of waste, including chemical composition; (d) amount of waste; (e) specification and weight of packaging; (f) description of technological process of management (treatment); (g) transfer of ownership right of waste; (h) actions of the parties in case of the impossibility of acceptance of waste; (i) duty to inform exporting and importing authority; (j) duty of re-shipping of waste within 90 days from the date of acceptance in case of impossibility of management (treatment) on the territory of the importing state; and (k) duty of compensation in the form of revenue to state budget in case of damages caused in the process of export and import of waste.

Full text
Russian
Website
pravo.levonevsky.org

References - Legislation

Implements

Ministerial Decree No. 1397 on some issues of transboundary movement of some commodities.

Legislation | Belarus | 2008 (2009)

Keyword: Ozone layer, Waste management, Transboundary movement of waste, Authorization/permit, Certification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX