European Integration

Harmonization of National Environmental Legislation with Acquis.

Sector "Waste Management"

№	European legislation	Bulgarian legislation
1	Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste Corrigendum to Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (Official Journal of the European Communities L 377 of 31 December 1991) Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (Text with EEA relevance)	Waste Management Act (Dated 18 September 2003, promulgated in State Gazette 86/2003, last amended SG 27.09.2005) Ordinance 9 on the order and the formats on which information for waste activities is provided, as for the order for keeping public register of the issued permits, registration documents and of the closed facilities and operations (State Gazette №95/ 26.10.2004) Regulation on the requirements for treatment and transportation of industrial and hazardous waste (adopted with Decree of the Council of Ministers No 53 from 1999; State Gazette No 29/1999)
2	2000/532/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (notified under document number C(2000) 1147) (Text with EEA relevance) 2001/118/EC: Commission Decision of 16 January 2001 amending Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of wastes (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 108) 2001/119/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2001 amending Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 106) 2001/573/EC: Council Decision of 23 July 2001 amending Commission Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of wastes	Ordinance No 3 on waste classification (SG 44/25.05.2004), transposing Commission Decision 2000/532/EC and its amendments
3	European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste - Statement by the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament	Ordinance on packaging and packaging waste (adopted with CM Decree 41/2004, promulgated in State Gazette 19/09.03.2004, amended 15.07.2005)
4	Council Directive 78/176/EEC of 20 February 1978 on waste from the titanium dioxide industry Council Directive 82/883/EEC of 3 December 1982 on procedures for the surveillance and monitoring of environments concerned by waste from the titanium dioxide industry Council Directive 92/112/EEC of 15 December 1992 on procedures for harmonizing the programmes for the reduction and eventual elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry Corrigendum to Council Directive 92/112/EEC of 15 December 1992 on procedures for harmonizing the programmes for the reduction and eventual elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry (OJ No L 409 of 31. 12. 1992)	Ordinance on the requirements for treatment and transportation of waste from the titanium dioxide industry (SG 39/12.05.2004)
5	Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste Corrigendum to Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (OJ L 332 of 28.12.2000)	Ordinance No 6 on the conditions and requirements for construction and operation of incineration-plants and co-incineration plants (SG 78/07.09.2004)
6	Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste 2003/33/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2002 establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC	Ordinance No 7 on the requirements for sites determined for placing of waste treatment facilities (SG 81/17.09.2004)
7	Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste 2003/33/EC: Council Decision of 19 December 2002 establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC	Ordinance No 8 on the conditions and requirements for construction and operation of landfills and other facilities and installations for waste disposal and recovery (SG 83/24.09.2004)
8	Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste	Ordinance No 9 on the procedure and formats , used to submit information on waste activities, as well as the procedure for keeping a public register of the issued permits, registration documents and the closed installations and activities (SG 95/26.10.2004)
9	Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles - Commission Statements 2001/753/EC: Commission Decision of 17 October 2001 concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 3096) 2002/151/EC: Commission Decision of 19 February 2002 on minimum requirements for the certificate of destruction issued in accordance with Article 5(3) of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 518) 2002/525/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 2002 amending Annex II of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) 2003/138/EC: Commission Decision of 27 February 2003 establishing component and material coding standards for vehicles pursuant to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (Text with EEA relevance) 2008/689/EC: Commission Decision of 1 August 2008 amending Annex II to Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles (notified under document number C(2008) 4017) (Text with EEA relevance)	Ordinance on the requirements for treatment of end of life vehicles (adopted with CM Decree 311/ 17.11.2004, SG 104/26.11.2004)
10	Directive 86/278/EEC on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture	Ordinance on the order and the way of recovery of sludge from waste water treatment through its use in the agriculture (adopted with CM Decree 339/14.12.2004, SG112/23.12.2204)
11	Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste	Law on Ratification of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
12	Directive 75/439/EC on the disposal of waste oils	Ordinance on the requirements for treatment and transportation of waste oils and waste oil products (adopted with CM Decree №230/01.11.2005, published in State Gazette № 90/2005, in force since 01.01.2006), appealing Ordinance on the requirements for treatment and transportation of waste oils and waste oil products, adopted with CM Decree №131/13.07.2000)
13	Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - Joint declaration of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission relating to Article 9 Directive 2003/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 December 2003 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) Directive 2008/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission Directive 2008/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission 2004/249/EC: Commission Decision of 11 March 2004 concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 714) 2005/369/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2005 laying down rules for monitoring compliance of Member States and establishing data formats for the purposes of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 1355) 2005/618/EC: Commission Decision of 18 August 2005 amending Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of establishing the maximum concentration values for certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 3143) 2005/717/EC: Commission Decision of 13 October 2005 amending for the purposes of adapting to the technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 3754) (Text with EEA relevance) 2005/747/EC: Commission Decision of 21 October 2005 amending for the purposes of adapting to technical progress the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (notified under document number C(2005) 4054) (Text with EEA relevance) 2006/310/EC: Commission Decision of 21 April 2006 amending, for the purposes of adapting to the technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead (notified under document number C(2006) 1622) (Text with EEA relevance) 2006/690/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2006 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead in crystal glass (notified under document number C(2006) 4789) (Text with EEA relevance) 2006/691/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2006 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead and cadmium (notified under document number C(2006) 4790) (Text with EEA relevance) 2006/692/EC: Commission Decision of 12 October 2006 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of hexavalent chromium (notified under document number C(2006) 4791) (Text with EEA relevance) 2008/385/EC: Commission Decision of 24 January 2008 amending, for the purposes of adapting to technical progress, the Annex to Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for applications of lead and cadmium (notified under document number C(2008) 268) (Text with EEA relevance)	Ordinance on the requirements for marketing of electrical and electronic equipment and treatment and transportation of waste electrical and electronic equipment (adopted with CM Decree on 30.03.2006, dated from 10.04.2006, promulgated - State Gazette, issue 36 from 02.05.2006, amended, issue 57 from 14.07.2006 , issue 53 from 10.06.2008, issue 5 from 20.01.2009, in force since 20.01.2009) Implementation Program for Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment and Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
14	Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT) 2001/68/EC: Commission Decision of 16 January 2001 establishing two reference methods of measurement for PCBs pursuant to Article 10(a) of Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCBs/PCTs) (notified under document number C(2001) 107)	Ordinance on the requirements for making an inventory of PCB containing equipment, marking and cleaning as well as for treatment and transportation of PCB containing waste (adopted with CM Decree on 09.03.2006, promulgated in State Gazette 21/24.03.2006)
15	Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) Corrigendum to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directives 91/157/EEC Directive 2008/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission Directive 2008/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the market (Text with EEA relevance) 2008/763/EC: Commission Decision of 29 September 2008 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, a common methodology for the calculation of annual sales of portable batteries and accumulators to end-users (notified under document number C(2008) 5339) (Text with EEA relevance) 2009/603/EC: Commission Decision of 5 August 2009 establishing requirements for registration of producers of batteries and accumulators in accordance with Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Notified under document C(2009) 6054) (Text with EEA relevance) Q&A on the Batteries Directive 2006/66/EC	Ordinance on the requirements for marketing batteries and accumulators and for treatment and transportation of spent batteries and accumulators (adopted with CM Decree 144/05.07.2005, promulgated in State Gazette 58/15.07.2005 in force since 1.01.2006, amended and supplemented, issue 53 from 10.06.2008, issue 5 from 20.01.2009, in force since 20.01.2009)