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Republic of Latvia

Cabinet
Regulation No. 484
Adopted 21 June 2011

Procedure for the Record Keeping, Identification, Storage, Packing, Marking and Keeping of Transport Records of Hazardous Waste

Issued pursuant to Section 17,
Paragraphs five and six of the Waste Management Law

I. General Provisions

1. This Regulation prescribes:

1.1. the procedure by which a producer or manager of hazardous waste (except for municipal hazardous waste) shall ensure identification, record keeping, packing, marking of generated or managed hazardous waste, including goods harmful to the environment, and keeping of transport records;

1.2. the procedure by which keeping of transport records of hazardous waste, including waste harmful to the environment, shall be performed by an institution authorised by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development or a merchant which has been delegated such a task by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development, by entering into a delegation contract in accordance with the procedure specified in the State Administration Structure Law; and

1.3. the fee for keeping of transport records of hazardous waste and the procedure for the payment thereof.

2. This Regulation shall not apply to:

2.1. hazardous waste produced by households, which have not been separated from other household waste;

2.2. separately collected hazardous household waste until the time of transfer thereof to a waste manager, which has received a relevant permit for the collection, recovery or disposal of the referred to hazardous waste in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding pollution or the regulatory enactments regarding waste management permits; and

2.3. transport of hazardous waste, regulated in the regulatory enactments regarding the procedure by which waste is brought in for recycling in the territory of Latvia, as well as the procedure for waste export and transit.

II. Identification and Record Keeping of Hazardous Waste

3. A producer or manager of hazardous waste shall classify hazardous waste in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding waste classification and characteristics that make waste hazardous. If classification of hazardous waste is not possible, the persons who are engaged in the management of hazardous waste shall ensure an analysis of the origin, composition and chemical properties of hazardous waste in order to make the classification of waste possible.

4. A producer or manager of hazardous waste shall ensure the record keeping of hazardous waste in a special logbook (Annex 1) in printed or electronic form.

III. Storage, Packing and Marking of Hazardous Waste

5. A producer or manager of hazardous waste shall collect and store hazardous waste, taking into account its hazardousness and quantity, only in specially equipped places and conditions which exclude the possibility of causing harm to the environment, human health and property.

6. Storage of hazardous waste shall only be allowed in durable and safe packaging in accordance with the requirements specified in the regulatory enactments regarding classification, marking and packing of chemical substances and chemical products. It is prohibited to mix or dilute waste with other chemical substances or chemical products.

7. The persons who are engaged in the management of hazardous waste shall place labelling on the packaging of hazardous waste. The name and origin of waste, the chemical composition of hazardous substances in waste, the date of packing and the person who performed packing, as well as warning signs in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding classification, marking and packing of chemical substances and chemical products, shall be indicated on the labelling.

8. A producer or manager of hazardous waste shall, at least once a month during storage of hazardous waste, ensure an inspection of the packaging.

9. In transporting and storing hazardous waste, it shall be classified, marked and packed in accordance with the requirements specified in regulatory enactments and norms of international legal acts binding to Latvia.

IV. Registration and Keeping of Transport Records of Hazardous Waste

10. The State information system for record keeping of hazardous waste (hereinafter - system) shall be issued for electronic registration and keeping of transport records of hazardous waste in the State territory.

11. The system manager shall be the State limited liability company "Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre".

12. The system users shall be:

12.1. producers, owners or collectors of hazardous waste who must transport hazardous waste (hereinafter - consignor of hazardous waste); and

12.2. the manager of hazardous waste.

13. State and local government institutions, which use the information included in the system for the fulfilment of the functions specified in regulatory enactments, shall receive the referred to information upon request free of charge.

14. The system manager shall register the system user referred to in Paragraph 12 of this Regulation, assigning him or her a user name and password on the basis of a written submission of the head of the relevant institution or a merchant.

15. Using the Internet, the system manager shall provide the system user with:

15.1. an opportunity to fill in electronically a form of transport card-bill of lading of hazardous waste (hereinafter - bill of lading) (Annex 2) in the system;

15.2. an opportunity to confirm transactions in the system, which have taken place with other users, or also to reject them;

15.3. an opportunity to perform activities in the system, indicating the quantity of processed waste;

15.4. an opportunity to follow the balance calculated by the system (the quantity of waste located with the user) regarding the activities and transport indicated by the system user; and

15.5. an opportunity to view reports on transactions performed by the system user.

16. The system user shall be responsible for timely and true entering of data into the system. If the system user does not agree to the information recorded by the system, he or she shall, within 30 days, notify the system manager thereof. The data entered in the system, which are more than 30 days old, shall become unchangeable, and they shall be deemed true.

17. In using the information accumulated and aggregated in the system, statistical reports on waste recoded during a calendar year and on transport of hazardous waste performed shall be drawn up.

18. The system manager shall ensure that information shall be stored in the active data base of the system for at least three years, then it shall be moved to the data base of the archives. Information shall be stored in the data base of the system archives for five years. After the end of the referred to time period information shall be transferred to the National Archives of Latvia in accordance with the procedures specified in the regulatory enactments regulating the operation of archives and shall be deleted from the record keeping system after drawing up of each relevant deed.

19. The system manager shall ensure the provision of generally accessible information, which exists in the system, to private individuals and State and local government institutions in electronic form. If the system manager has received a request regarding provision of such information, which is a commercial secret, it shall acquire the opinion of the relevant system user prior to the provision of or a refusal to provide such information.

V. Fee for Keeping of Transport Records of Hazardous Waste and the Procedure for the Payment Thereof

20. The system user shall pay the fee for keeping of transport records of hazardous waste to the system manager. The fee shall be formed by:

20.1. annual fee for keeping of transport records of hazardous waste regardless of the number of months in a year during which the person uses the system - 600 lats and value added tax; and

20.2. fee for the bill of lading - one lat for each bill of lading and value added tax.

21. The fee referred to in Sub-paragraph 20.1 of this Regulation shall be divided in quarterly payments. The system manager shall, until the tenth date of the month following the quarter, send the system user a bill in electronic form. The system user shall make a payment within 10 days after receipt of the bill.

22. The fee referred to in Sub-paragraph 20.2 of this Regulation shall be calculated for each quarter for the number of bills of lading actually written. The system manager shall, until the tenth date of the month following the quarter, send the system user a bill in electronic form. The system user shall make a payment within 10 days after receipt of the bill.

23. The system user who wishes to receive the bill referred to in Paragraphs 21 and 22 of this Regulation by post shall inform the system manager thereof and shall cover the delivery costs of a printed bill.

24. The fee for keeping of transport records of hazardous waste shall be paid via a credit institution.

VI. Closing Provisions

25. Cabinet Regulation No. 1051 of 16 December 2008, Procedures for the Record Keeping, Identification, Storage, Packing, Marking and Keeping of Transport Records of Hazardous Waste (Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2008, No. 201; 2010, No. 120), is repealed.

26. If a person has been registered as the system user until the day of the coming into force of this Regulation, the system manager shall write out the bill referred to in Paragraphs 21 and 22 of this Regulation to the person within a month from the day of the coming into force of this Regulation.

Informative Reference to the European Union Directive

This Regulation contains legal norms arising from Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives.

Prime Minister V. Dombrovskis

Acting for the Minister for Environmental
Protection and Regional Development -
Minister for Welfare I. Jurševska

 

Annex 1
Cabinet Regulation No. 484
21 June 2011

Record Keeping of Hazardous Waste

No.

Date

Origin of waste (technological process, supplier)

Identification performed (laboratory, date, No. of the protocol)

Waste content

Designation of waste*

Class of waste*

Quantity of waste (tonnes)

Type of waste packaging

Number of waste packaging units

Location (storage) site of waste at the undertaking

Notes on transport of waste

Person responsible for record keeping of waste (given name, surname and signature)

                         
                         
                         

* The designation and class of hazardous waste shall be indicated in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding waste classification and characteristics that make waste hazardous.

Acting for the Minister for Environmental
Protection and Regional Development -
Minister for Welfare I. Jurševska

 

Annex 2
Cabinet Regulation No. 484
21 June 2011

Registration Card-Bill of Lading of Hazardous Waste

Series ___ No. _________

To be filled in by the consignor of hazardous waste

1. INFORMATION REGARDING CONSIGNOR OF HAZARDOUS WASTE Permit for the management of hazardous waste

No. __________________,

issued on ___ _________ 20___

Registration No. of the merchant

____ _________________ 20____

Name and address of the merchant ____________________

telephone__________, fax _________, e-mail___________

Persons responsible for consignment of
hazardous waste
 

(given name, surname)

 

Telephone  
   

(signature)

Consignment date of hazardous waste

__________
(date)

_________
(month)

___________
(year)

To be filled in by the consignor of hazardous waste

2. INFORMATION REGARDING HAZARDOUS WASTE

Name

Class*

Packaging

Physical state

Quantity (t)

   

type

number

code

solid

liquid

paste

transferred

received

Composition

Objective**

                                 
                                 
                                 
Characteristics that make waste hazardous R - for recycling, D - for disposal, S - for storage**

To be filled in by the consignor of waste

3. INFORMATION REGARDING TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE Permit for the transport of hazardous waste

No. ___________________,

issued on ____ ____________ 20____

Registration No. of the merchant ___________

____ _________________ 20____

Name and address of the merchant ____________________

telephone__________, fax _________, e-mail___________

Civil liability insurance policy No. ________

of the owners of land means of transport, issued on ____ ____________, 20____

Person responsible for transport of
hazardous waste
 

(given name, surname)

 

Telephone  
   

(signature)

Acceptance date of hazardous waste

_________
(date)

_______
(month)

_________
(year)

To be filled in by the recipient of hazardous waste

4. INFORMATION REGARDING RECIPIENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE Permit for the management of hazardous waste

No. ___________________,

issued on ____ ____________ 20____

Registration No. of the merchant ___________

____ _________________ 20____

Name and address of the merchant ____________________

telephone__________, fax _________, e-mail___________

Person responsible for transport of
hazardous waste
 

(given name, surname)

 

Telephone  
   

(signature)

Acceptance date of hazardous waste

_________
(date)

_______
(month)

_________
(year)

Waste intended for** recycling _______________ disposal _______________

Notes.

1. * To be indicated in accordance with the regulatory enactments regarding waste classification and characteristics that make waste hazardous.

2. ** The code shall be indicated in accordance with legal acts regarding the types of waste recycling, recovery and disposal.

Acting for the Minister for Environmental
Protection and Regional Development -
Minister for Welfare I. Jurševska

 


Translation © 2011 Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre)

 
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Title: Bīstamo atkritumu uzskaites, identifikācijas, uzglabāšanas, iepakošanas, marķēšanas un pārvadājumu .. Status:
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Issuer: Cabinet of Ministers Type: regulation Document number: 484Adoption: 21.06.2011.Entry into force: 09.07.2011.End of validity: 11.08.2018.Publication: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 105, 08.07.2011.
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