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Hazardous waste managementUpdated: 2012-09-03 10:28
Regulation code: VAAI_ELSIDUVA_ATLIEK_02
A licence for hazardous waste management
Collection of hazardous waste; storage of hazardous waste; disposal of hazardous waste; recovery of hazardous waste.Legislation governing the granting of the authorisation
- Order No. 684 of the Minister of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 19 December 2003, Concerning Approval of Licensing Rules for Hazardous Waste Management and Qualification Requirements Applied to Employees of Enterprises Involved in Hazardous Waste Management and Attestation Procedure Thereof
- Republic of Lithuania Law on Waste Management, No. VIII-787, of 16 June 1998 (Official Gazette, 1998, No. 61-1726; 2002; No. 72-3016; 2004, No. 73-2544)
- Legal acts of the Republic of Lithuania
By taking a decision of whether or not a license for hazardous waste
management should be granted and whether or not an annex to the license should
be adjusted, the following shall be undertaken:
1. Upon receiving an application, a Regional Environmental Protection
Department, in the controlled territory of which the enterprise is pursuing its
activities, shall be requested to submit information about whether or not the
enterprise is compliant with Paragraph 33.4 of the Hazardous Waste Management
Licensing Rules approved by Order No. 684 of the Minister of Environment of the
Republic of Lithuania of 19 December 2003.<0}
- If the REPD provides information about the incompliance with the rules by the enterprise, a decision shall be taken not to issue a license for hazardous waste management and not to adjust the annex to the license.
- If the REPD provides information about the compliance with the aforementioned rules by the enterprise, the documents obtained shall be assessed to find out if they are in line with the requirements, a license shall be granted and the annex to the license shall be adjusted.
- If the documents attached to the application do not comply with the requirements, a license shall not be issued and the annex to it shall not be adjusted and the enterprise shall be notified about the shortcomings identified.
2. A decision concerning the suspension of a license, the cancellation of
suspension and the cancellation of the license shall be taken after receiving
the information from the REPD and examining it to find out whether or not the
enterprise is compliant with the conditions of the licensed activities or it has
rectified the identified infringements.
3. The information about the issuance of licenses, their suspension and
cancellation of suspension shall be published in the information supplement
"Informaciniai pranešimai" to the Official Gazette "Valstybės žinios" and shall
be communicated to the Legal Entities' Register and regional environmental
protection departments.
4. A payment transfer with banking marks or a receipt verifying that a state fee
of the established amount has been paid shall be submitted upon receiving the
license.
Licenses to enterprises are issued, annexes are adjusted or a motivated refusal is are given to issue a license or issue its annexes not later than within 30 days following the receipt of documents required for the issuance of a license or adjustment of annexes.
FeesLTL 700.
Requisite details of the payee- Vilnius Country State Tax Inspectorate
- 188659752
- AB bankas Swedbank
LT24 7300 0101 1239 4300,
- Payment code 5710.
Suspension of the license
Cancellation of suspension of the license
Issuance of a duplicate of the license
Cancellation of the suspension of the license; adjustment of the annex to the license
An enterprise willing to receive a license for hazardous waste management
shall submit an application form of the established form and data about
hazardous waste envisaged for management.
Along with the application to receive a license, the following copies of the
documents shall be submitted in line with the established procedure:
- a copy of the IPPC permit along with copies of the waste usage or disposal
technical regulations, a copy of the termination plan for waste usage or
disposal activities and a copy of the bank guarantee or insurance policy; Copies
of the IPPC permit and the plan for termination of the waste management
activities shall not be submitted if pursuant to the Law on Waste Management
these documents are not required for the pursued activities;
- a copy of the insurance policy for the activity;
- copies of qualification attestation certificates;
- a document (certificate) signed by an enterprise manager and verified by the
enterprise stamp certifying that the employees, the copies of whose
qualification attestation certificates are submitted, are employed in the
enterprise willing to receive a license or a copy of an employment contract
concluded, in line with established procedure, with another person entitled to
perform hazardous waste management works;
- a declaration (of a free form), certified by the enterprise manager and the
enterprise stamp verifying that during the submission of the application the
enterprise has not violated any hazardous waste management requirements and has
met all the commitments related to the payment of taxes under the legislation of
the Republic of Lithuania or the country in which it has been registered.
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