The Republic of LATVIA law on hazardous waste LAW terms used in hazardous waste — economic or other actions resulting from dangerous residues and by-products can be both pollutants that adversely affect human health and weed, and material resources used for the creation or immediately after it at the special processing (processing).
The meaning of this law describes the dangers: — eksplozivitāt;
— ugunsnedrošīb;
— uzliesmotspēj;
— toxicity;
-corrosive;
— chaos responsiveness;
— ability to induce carcinogenic, mutagenic and other changes in living organisms (factors which caused malignant tumors, called carcinogens; mutagens factors causing hereditary diseases and defects.)
With hazardous waste: hazardous waste generation, collection, sorting, recycling, working, processing, transportation, storage, disposal and other similar activities.
Transport of hazardous waste: any movement of hazardous wastes (including pipelines), cargo preparation before the transport (excluding storage).
The producer of hazardous waste: a natural or legal person whose economic or other activity produces hazardous waste.
Izvietotāj of hazardous waste: a natural or legal person engaged in the hazardous waste collection, sorting, recycling, reuse, recycling, transport, storage, disposal or other similar activities.
Statement: a document summarizing information contained on the origin of the hazardous waste quantity, the physico-chemical and biological characteristics, hazard class, news on hazardous waste, their type, marking, information on safety measures, as well as other technical and economic parameters.
Authorization — competent authorities issued a document that authorizes the transaction with hazardous waste (excluding transport) in a specific time period.
A transport permit issued by the competent authorities, a document that permits to transport hazardous waste in accordance with the approved schemes.
Chapter I General provisions article 1. The purpose of the law and principles that must be followed when operating with hazardous waste law, the purpose is to identify the requirements and the procedures to be followed when operating with hazardous waste in the territory of the Republic of Latvia, to protect from the effects of hazardous waste environment, human health, natural and legal persons property and interests.
Operating with hazardous waste in Latvia is carried out in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Latvia stipulated requirements.
Transactions with the hazardous waste held on charge of the Republic of Latvia laws.
In the Republic of Latvia is prohibited to import hazardous wastes to be handled, processed, stored, disposed of, or eliminate.
2. article. Types of hazardous waste Law applies to transactions with such hazardous waste (if they have a hazardous waste characteristic features):-waste containing oil and oils (mineral oil, oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, emulsions, mixtures of water, sediment, soil contaminated with them);
-waste containing organic solvents for washing and degreasing processes used solvents in metalworking, aparātbūv and other enterprises, the synthesis and extraction solvents used in the processes in the chemical, pharmaceutical, food industry, chemical cleaning processes used solvents, etc.);
-waste containing halogens;
-waste containing cyanides;
-unnecessary substances and products containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) of polychlorinated terphenyls in (PHT), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or of the impurities;
-waste containing heavy metal ions;
-skin processing plant or workshop of ģērēšan sewage treatment plant sludge generated and other chromium-containing wastes;
-varnishes, paint and adhesives, balances;
-waste containing mercury and its compounds;
-waste containing the cadmium and its compounds;
— non-organic wastes originating in various chemical processes (spent acids, alkalis, salts);
-wastes that contain a variety of organic substances, with a surface active agents (cooling fluids, washing and cleaning process waste);
— organic waste filtering and cleaning materials (textiles, paper, filtrmateriāl from natural and synthetic polymers, products contaminated with oil, wood, etc.);
-moulding and smelter waste;
-meat and fish processing wastes, waste vegetable oil;
-metal polishing and grinding waste;
— contaminated polymer materials: natural and synthetic polymers (ion exchanger, latex, plasticisers, etc.);
-wood preservative;
— plant and animal protection products chemicals (pesticides, including herbicides, insecticides, etc.);
-chemical and pharmaceutical industry;
— biocidal, biologically active substances and preparations fitofarmaceītisk industry;
-unnecessary, unused medicinal preparations microbiological preparations and medical institutions;
-sewage sludge with increased content of dangerous substances (heavy metals, petroleum products, etc.);
— the household wastes and residues;
-other hazardous waste, which can be applied to the requirements of this law. The additions to the list approved by the Republic of Latvia Ministry of welfare, in coordination with the environmental protection of the Republic of Latvia.
Transactions with the radioactive waste regulated by special legislation of the Republic of Latvia.
Chapter II competence of national institutions on activities with hazardous waste article 3. Environmental protection of the Republic of Latvia to the competence of the Committee with respect to activities with hazardous waste environmental protection of the Republic of Latvia and its territorial (regional) environmental institutions: — the public control over transactions with hazardous waste;
— the natural and legal persons to be issued permits for handling hazardous waste, as well as the issue of hazardous waste transport permits;
— sets the order of monitoring objects, which are made with hazardous waste;
— sets the minimum ecological knowledge to the officials and specialists who are responsible for handling hazardous waste;
— the Republic of Latvia of the other legislation that functions in the protection of the environment, controlling the action with hazardous waste.
4. article. Council of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia competence with respect to the hazardous waste operations of the Republic of Latvia to the Council of Ministers: — determine the ecological limits of insurance payment and compensation system for handling hazardous waste;
— ensure the transport of hazardous waste the Republican scheme development and implementation of the national territory;
— in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Latvia to coordinate and manage the consequences of the accident, caused by operating with hazardous waste;
— ensure and establishing the state sanitary supervision where is taken to a hazardous waste;
— the Republic of Latvia of the other legislation that functions in the protection of the environment, controlling the action with hazardous waste.
Agreement with the Latvian Environmental Protection Committee: — confirm the interest of the Republic of hazardous waste collection, recycling and disposal station of the company and the position, as well as landfill for hazardous waste, recycling, transport and disposal procedures;
— confirm the importance of the Republic, hazardous waste collection, recycling and disposal stations and landfill regulations.
5. article. Local government (County, city, city of Riga) the competence of the institutions concerning operations with dangerous waste municipal (County, city, city of Riga) institutions in the territory of the Republic of Latvia: — take the legal or statutory supervision over natural and legal persons actions with hazardous waste;
— in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Latvia for the accident contributed to the consequences caused by the hazardous waste operation;
— the Republic of Latvia of the other laws and regulations for the protection of the environment, the function by controlling the action with hazardous waste.
On the basis of the Republic of Latvia, the territorial (regional) environmental protection agency opinion: — issued to natural and legal persons the permission handling hazardous waste and the laws of the Republic of Latvia in accordance with the procedure laid down by the withdrawing;
— develop and approve a hazardous waste collection and transportation schemes according to the Republican scheme;
-approve the local hazardous waste and recycling and disposal company and the location of the landfill;
— physical and legal persons and the security of the plan measures anti-crash for activities with hazardous waste, as well as emergency relief plans.
Chapter Iii Actions With The Hazardous Waste Processing Required Documents

6. article. Mandatory conditions for transactions with the hazardous waste with the hazardous waste operation must only be performed once the competent authority a Declaration on hazardous waste and transportation received permission or authorization.
7. article. Notification of hazardous waste activity on any natural or legal person that is going to make or carry out transactions with hazardous waste, prepare and submit a statement of operations with dangerous waste which the competent institution is entitled to issue the permit or authorization of transport.
Communication is a prerequisite for permission or authorization to transport.
8. article. Permission handling hazardous waste to any natural or legal person who operates a hazardous waste, these steps must get permission.
Permissions handling hazardous waste (with the exception of the transportation of hazardous waste), on the basis of the territorial (regional) environmental protection institutions, shall be issued by the local authority in whose territory this operation will be performed.
The transportation of hazardous waste in the territory of the Republic of Latvia to receive transport permits. It is issued by the Republic of Latvia Environment Protection Committee of the territorial (regional) environmental protection authority (after of the transporter — natural and legal persons, location), informing the authorities.
Tranzīttransport hazardous waste permit for the territory of the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Latvia shall be issued by the environmental protection Committee, informing on their respective territorial (regional) environmental protection institutions and municipalities.
Permission handling hazardous waste shall cease to be valid in the case of legal entities reorganization, technological processes have changed, hazardous waste transport (mode of transport, technology, etc.), as well as in other cases when a change has occurred in operations with hazardous waste. To continue to perform transactions with the hazardous waste, should receive a new licence or permit for transportation.
The issuing of the authorisation is entitled to revoke the Republic of Latvia laws.
9. article. Other documents that are necessary to operate the hazardous waste in other laws of the Republic of Latvia regulating transactions with hazardous waste, can be also other documents that are required to interact with hazardous waste.
Chapter IV of the natural and legal persons of the obligations, actions with hazardous waste article 10. Obligations, performing actions with dangerous waste natural and legal persons who perform actions with hazardous waste, are obliged to comply with: — the Republic of Latvia regulatory requirements for operations with dangerous waste in the territory of the Republic of Latvia;
before start with hazardous waste, to submit to the competent institution in accordance with the procedure laid down in this period of notice on hazardous waste and obtain the relevant permission;
— to introduce production processes, no mazatlikum or closed technologies that reduce or prevent the formation of hazardous waste;
-to inform the authorities immediately and environmental institutions, if the changed technological and production process, company pārprofilēt, changed the amount of hazardous waste, composition etc. (j) — to comply with hazardous waste collection and transportation schemes;
— develop a security and plans for anti-crash for activities with hazardous waste;
— to settle payments in a timely manner on hazardous waste;
-ensure municipal and environmental institutions, citizens and public bodies with the required information on hazardous waste;
-organize monitoring of his activities with the hazardous waste;
-pay the environment, human life and health, physical and legal interests of the persons and property damage resulting from the violation of environmental protection;
-take the other laws of the Republic of Latvia obligations working with hazardous waste.
Chapter v: controls on hazardous waste article 11. Institutions that take control over transactions with hazardous waste control over transactions with hazardous waste laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia in accordance with the procedure laid down in:-Latvian Environmental Protection Committee and the territorial (regional) environmental protection authorities;
— local government bodies;
— The Republic of Latvia Ministry of welfare institutions;
— natural and legal persons carrying out transactions with hazardous waste (self-control).
Chapter VI liability for offences and disputes arising from the transactions with the hazardous waste article 12. Action on hazardous waste limitation, suspension or termination of the Republic of Latvia, the Committee of environmental protection and its territorial (regional) authorities or other authorised bodies of the Republic of Latvia Law order may restrict, suspend or terminate the operation of the hazardous waste, which is in violation of this law and other laws of the Republic of Latvia and international treaties, and may be damaged or damage the environment , human health, physical and legal interests of the persons and property.
13. article. Types of liability for offences that allow, through operations with dangerous waste natural and legal persons, carrying out activities with hazardous waste, in violation of environmental protection legislation, called the administrative responsibility at the criminal, disciplinary or other liability in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Latvia.
14. article. Liability for damage caused by activities with the hazardous waste the natural or legal persons who perform actions with hazardous waste, must be reimbursed to the environment, human health, physical and legal interests of the persons and property damage if it occurred in violation of this Act or other legislation of the Republic of Latvia.
Natural and legal persons carrying out transactions with hazardous waste, exempt from the obligation to pay damages if it had to be a compelling bacon or other circumstances (natural disasters, etc.) to which that person is not at fault.
15. article. Disputes that arise when designing and performing actions with dangerous waste disputes arising when designing and performing actions on hazardous wastes, the environmental protection of the Republic of Latvia. Latvian Environmental Protection Committee of the decision taken by the interested parties may appeal to the Court.
The Republic of Latvia in international agreements concluded in the cases specified in such disputes, the International Court of Justice or the appearance of the arbitration.
Chapter VII of the international agreement on hazardous waste article 16. International agreements on hazardous waste If the Republic of Latvia concluded the international agreement relating to handling hazardous wastes differ from the laws of the Republic of Latvia and other laws applicable in the territory of the Republic of Latvia in an international agreement, except where the laws of the Republic of Latvia shall determine the requirements more stringent.
The Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Chairman a. GORBUNOV of the Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Secretary i. DAUDIŠ 1993 in Riga on March 30.