President of the Republic
On the basis of the provisions of the Constitution

As approved by the People ' s Assembly at its meeting held on 4.10.1425/e.17.11.2004/m.
Issue:

Chapter I
Definitions

Article/1/

a. Public hygiene: the health situation that an individual aspires in his or her public and private life.

b. Aestheticity: The overall aesthetic appearance to be achieved in administrative units consistent with the surrounding environment does not prejudice general taste and distort nature ' s beauty.

c. Wastes: substances or objects relating to various aspects of humanitarian activity that must be disposed of include municipal and industrial wastes and hazardous and medical waste.

d. Municipal waste: domestic, commercial, artisanal, road and garden waste, trees, public places, building residues, debris, sewage deposits and technical drilling.

e. Industrial waste: non-hazardous waste from industrial installations and laboratories consisting of residues of raw materials used in industry or resulting from manufacturing.

Toxic and hazardous wastes: any waste containing toxic and hazardous substances such as mercury / lead cyanide organic solvents and other substances of their nature and quantity are threatened with public health and the environment.

g. Medical waste: it is the result of the work of hospitals, medical centres, clinics, laboratories, informants, end-of-life domestic and pharmaceutical treatments, whether human or animal, and is likely to carry infectious germ, chemical or radiological factors, including education and research procedures.

Article 2

Ministry: Ministry of Local Administration and Environment

Minister: Minister of Local Administration and Environment.

Administrative Unit: Governor The city... The town. Village. Rural unit, towns.

Council: Council of Administrative Unit. Municipal Council.

Office: Executive Office of the Administrative Unit.

Chapter II
Municipal waste

Article 3

One of the functions of the administrative units is to collect and deport municipal wastes to the designated location and to treat them in technical ways in order to preserve public health, environmental integrity and civil appearance and to secure the necessary requirements for the execution of these tasks.

Article 4

The Council shall issue a regulatory decision setting out the following:

1. Dates of dumping and dumping.

2. Dates of collection and removal of wastes.

3. Temporary intermediate waste collection centres.

4. Method, location and time of dumping of each type of waste.

5. Methods of waste management, investment and disposal.

Article 5

a. Public authorities and private owners of building residues, rubble, boilers, sewage deposits and automobile structures shall be obliged to relocate them to the premises assigned to them by the Administrative Unit.

b. Public and private waste generators shall be obliged to transfer their wastes of more than 50 kg to the site designated by the Administrative Unit unless such wastes are domestic.

c. Farm owners and investors in the plant and animal agricultural sector are committed to the technical disposal of plant and animal agricultural residues by the Council.

Article 6

Under Chapter VII of this Act, liability and punishment are prohibited:

1. Waste dumping of all types in non-earmarked areas and specified times.

2. Waste dumping without the court bags shutting down.

3. Transfer of containers from their designated location.

4. The dumping of trees and parks in public and private roads, areas and lands, whether fenced or absent. They must be relocated to places designated by the Council.

5. Papers, wastes and cigarette punishments in roads, streets, pavements, areas, parks and public and private places.

6. Tossing residues of beverages, carcinogens, and so on roads and public places. The owners and occupants of the premises must secure the necessary strains to be used by customers.

7. Destroy carpet, simplification, blankets and other balconies on roads, meals and building blocks.

8. Waste dumping in all its types of windows, balconies, roads, meals, building blocks and entrances.

9. Waste dumping of all kinds in rivers, watercourses and springs and depriving them by land, shop owners, cafes, restaurants, occupants and others.

10. Waste dumping at sea and lakes and beaches.

11. The dumping of household residues, commercial shops and burning materials in suspended and manned baskets.

12. Sequestration of water resulting from the drilling of wells, the dumping of excavators and the removal of wells in roads and public places.

13. Liquidation, tiles, marbles, sewage deposits and technical drilling in containers, roads and public places.

14. Water from laundry, air conditioners, balcony bars, windows on the pier, doorways and bridges is dropping.

15. Secure water resulting from the cleaning of residential buildings and commercial shops on piers and roads.

16. Car washing, vehicles and transportation in roads, public spaces, building blocks and common and shared parks.

17. Waste dumping in containers, waste collection centres, roads and public places.

18. The dumping of oil and lubricants and liquid substances of all kinds in containers, water surfaces, general sewers, rivers, water streams, flour and in the open, and their generation in suitable packagings and their transport to locations designated by the Council.

19. Throw or burn tires used in waste containers, roads, gardens, parks and parks and on their generator to areas designated by the Council.

20. Waste in containers, garbage disposals and compounds.

21. Transfer of building materials, rubble and petrol products and their requirements with mechanisms where appropriate precautions are not available to prevent road drops.

22. The operation of roads, platforms and public property with building materials, soils and rubble. He went beyond the authorized area of employment.

23. The operation of piers, roads and public property hinders hygiene.

24. Animals, livestock, birds and poultry are raised within the building and from the dwelling role in the towns of district centres, archaeological and tourist sites.

25. The passage of animals and livestock in non-roads and corridors assigned to them by the Administrative Unit.

26. Organic and human pollution outside designated places.

27. Shift salt water into rivers, lakes and seas.

Chapter III
Industrial waste

Article 7

Treatment and disposal of industrial wastes...

One.- The treatment of industrial waste according to Miley:

a. Clearance of pollutants harmful to the environment and public health.

b. Reuse within the facility.

c. recycling.

d. Investment in other industries.

Two.Disposal of wastes after treatment or not required for treatment as follows:

a. Collection of a site for the establishment with a licence from the Administrative Unit.

b. Transfer to the location designated by the Administrative Unit.

Article 8

The industrial waste product is responsible for any environmental damage caused by its waste.

Article 9/

On the administrative unit...

a. Regulate records of all industrial waste-producing facilities and laboratories and determine the quantity, quality and disposal method of such wastes.

b. Incorporation of industrial installations and laboratories licensing decision is an item that requires the licensee to process industrial wastes resulting from industrial processes before final disposal.

c. Securing the location and appropriate method of final disposal of industrial solid waste in the hazardous waste stream or municipal waste stream at a cost determined by a decision of the Board.

Article 10

Owners, managers and investors of industrial enterprises and laboratories in the public, private and joint sectors commit themselves to:

1. Maintain a register containing the quantity and quality of waste from industrial operations at the facility or laboratory.

2. Separation of industrial wastes from solid waste mentioned in chapter II of this Law (municipal waste).

3. Identification of the chemical composition of industrial wastes and their impact on public health, the environment and methods of prevention.

4. Treatment of polluted and environmentally harmful industrial wastes prior to their final disposal.

5. Transfer of industrial waste after treatment to the designated disposal site.

6. Establishment of a liquid residue processing unit resulting from the industrial process prior to its release to the public network at the limits of the environmentally permitted ratios.

7. Treatment of harmful gas emissions from the industrial process.

8. Adherence to the procedures adopted by the competent public authorities for the treatment of special wastes resulting from industries: septic-cement-cement-phosphate-olyphate, olive-activate and organized wars.

Chapter IV
Toxic and hazardous wastes

Article 11

Except for the provisions of this chapter:

a. Radioactive waste.

b. Explosives.

c. Medical waste.

d. Airborne modes.

e. Mining waste.

f. Any articles covered by their own rules.

Article 12

The competent authorities shall take appropriate measures to prevent toxic and hazardous substances when treated, reclassified, extracted or generated material and in any other treatment for the purpose of benefiting from such wastes.

Article 13

The stakeholders shall determine disposal plans for toxic and hazardous wastes, including:

a. Quality and quantity of waste to be disposed of.

b. Methods of disposal.

c. Special treatment centres whenever necessary.

d. Appropriate disposal sites.

Article 14

Institutions and facilities that transport, store, process or purify toxic or hazardous substances shall be obliged to obtain the necessary licences from the relevant authorities.

Licensing must contain all the necessary information, particularly those contained in articles 16 and 17 of the Act.

Article 21

The cost of disposal of toxic or hazardous wastes shall be borne by:

a. Waste producer or generator.

b. Waste collection and transfer contractor.

Article 16/

Institutions and plants that produce, retain or dispose of toxic or hazardous wastes shall be obliged to organize records containing the quantity and nature of such wastes and their natural and chemical properties and the manner and place of disposal, including the date of receipt, disposal and submission to the competent authorities upon request.

Article 17/

Toxic or hazardous waste carriers are committed to the development of a label attached to each packaging containing the following data:

a. Nature of waste.

b. Installation.

c. Volume or mass of waste.

d. Name and address of product or previous owner.

The name and address of the current owner.

Article 18/

Institutions and plants that produce, retain or dispose of toxic or hazardous wastes shall be subject to the control and inspection of competent authorities to ensure the application of the articles of this chapter.

Article 19

The Basel Convention applies to hazardous wastes not treated while transporting them out of Syria.

Chapter V
Medical waste

Article 20

Medical waste sources are hospitals, health centres, human doctors ' clinics, dental doctors, pharmacists, blood banks, textiles, forensic units and body opening. Medical analytics, pathogenics and pharmacological surveillance. Education, research and beauty centres. Radiation. And pharmaceuticals. And the centers of deficiency... Veterinary clinics, veterinary health care centres, veterinary clinics, teaching and research centres and veterinary pharmaceutical plants.

Article 21

Medical waste types...

1. Hazardous medical waste: which can bear the risk of chemo, chemical or radiological hazard and require special procedures during their circulation, treatment and final disposal. These are seven types:

a. Invasive waste: wastes that may contain pathogenic factors for perfume viruses... And as an example, the bandages of wounds, burns and germ farms in the cemetery... And the devices and tools that are on the blood and other.

b. Potato wastes: such as human organs, body tissue, dead foetus, animal bodies, body fluids, blood, etc. requiring special procedures.

(c) Acute waste (dry): These are the objects and instruments that can cause, disgrace or injury to the skin if it touches it like a coagle. And the syringes. And the fractured bottle, etc.

d. Medicine waste: drugs, pharmaceutical products, vaccines and crops that have expired, contaminated or unwanted use. And her empty containers and packagings.

E. Chemical wastes: Wastes containing chemicals, whether solid, liquid or gaseous, such as radiation photography, mills, laboratory chemicals, etc.

And the compressed gas containers... Like anesthesia. And sterilization isethylene, cassid, oxygen, etc.

g. Radioactive waste: wastes containing radioactive materials such as nechlorides used in diagnosing and treating tumors, in medical and other research.

2. Non-hazardous medical waste: which cannot afford a risk of chemo, chemical or radiological hazard. They result from the kitchens and administrative departments of health institutions. They are seen as regular household waste or municipal waste where they are treated and disposed of in the same way as household and municipal waste.

Article 22/

Medical waste generators are responsible for any damage to the environment and public health caused by their waste as long as they begin.

Article 23/

Owners, managers and investors of medical facilities in the public sector, the private sector, the joint sector and all others commit themselves to:

a. Separation of medical waste from municipal waste at the point of origin.

b. Status of non-hazardous medical waste in court bags Hazardous medical waste is placed in yellow plastic containers. The crude waste bags must be taught in very raw terms and the bags must be leakproof. Acute and hazardous waste containers must be marked with severe acute inert language and resistant to drilling, pricking and leakage.

c. Description of waste according to nature and degree of risk and labelling of packaging containing data: name of the enterprise. The name of the department you collected from... The kind of waste. The name and signature of those containers he collected. The date of the closing of the container... The container weight.

d. Prohibition of sites for the collection of temporary and final medical waste on non-specialists.

e. Securing special refrigeration units for degradable wastes in case they need to be stored more than 48 hours in the facility.

f. Allocating a site at the facility for final collection where safety, safety and accessibility requirements are met by individuals responsible for collecting medical waste and transport mechanisms.

g. Designation of a waste focal point at the facility whose task is to follow up on interim and final collection procedures and handover to the deporting authority.

h. Treatment of liquid medical waste before submission to the public sanitation system.

Article 24

Deportees of medical waste shall:

a. Use of special transportation mechanisms that meet safety and security requirements.

b. Maintain a register of the quality and quantity of waste received from the medical and Muslim establishment to the treatment plant and the time and date of receipt and delivery.

Article /25

Medical waste treatment plants shall:

a. Not mix medical waste with any other waste.

b. Treatment of medical waste in a healthy, safe and environmentally sound manner, as provided for in the regulations governing this.

c. Securing refrigeration units for the storage of medical waste if retained for more than 48 hours.

d. No recycling of medical waste.

e MIS - Safe, healthy and environmentally safe disposal of solid, liquid and gaseous treatment products.

f. Maintain a special register to record the quality and quantity of waste delivered to the station, the time and date of receipt and treatment.

Article 26

Health establishments are obliged to apply article 14 of chapter IV of this Law on hazardous wastes such as radioactive wastes and descendants in cancer centres and hospitals.

Chapter VI
General aesthetics in administrative units

Article /27

Owners and occupants of the residential building, commercial shops, professional offices and other legal representatives shall:
a. Take care of street, area and meal fronts in terms of their clean-up, the necessary repairs and the maintenance and cleaning of parts, joint installations, condoms and tariff plates.
b. Periodic paint and egging exercises and directives of administrative units.
c. Obligation to architectural nature, decoration and egging, as well as specifications concerning condoms and paintings provided for in the construction system and decisions of the Council of Administrative Unit.
d. No apparent dissemination of laundry in fronts of buildings and real estate on international and main roads in administrative units of an archaeological and tourist nature and in administrative units whose boards so decide.
e. Delivery of surface water and shellfish to the public sewage system in an appropriate manner.

Article /28/

The administrative unit shall require the owners and occupants of the buildings referred to in previous article 27, paragraphs a and b, to repair their premises during the period determined by the administrative unit to be less than five years and not more than ten years.

Article 29/

Publishing, writing and suspending leaflets, advertisements, photographs, prints and papers on walls, building walls, tree trunks, public roads and grounds, installation and rules, archaeological and genetic sites, power distribution centres, utility poles, public lights, telephones, distribution canisters, tags, plates and paint diapers on the name of units, areas and streets.

Article /30/
Taking into account the provisions of Legislative Decree No. 17 of 1969, publications, declarations, photos, statements and publications are placed and posted on the general boards of the Administrative Unit for this purpose.

Those who wish to benefit from non-public paintings can obtain a licence from the Administrative Unit.

Article 31

It is prohibited to exceed the licensed area of keshak and occupancy and administrative units to identify a model previously approved for these keshakes.

Article /32

Owners and operators of road-based free opportunities and land within regulatory schemes and physical scope are required to build up high meters and a half.

Article /33

Extends of stash on the grounds, streets, pierces and drums in homes, public places, shops and offices are prohibited.
If it is not possible to remove it from manoeuvres, the owner must find the appropriate way to ensure that the neighbourhood and the passage are not harmed by smoke, smell or contaminated water.

Article /34/

Can't destroy lamps and lanterns for public light or mess with them.

Article 35/

a. Cuts of trees and plantations in parks, roads and public areas are prohibited.
b. Flowers and flowers are prohibited or destroyed in public parks.

Article /36

Dual trawling vehicles in the towns of district centres, archaeological and tourist areas are prohibited only for tourism purposes.

Article 37/

Administrative units shall be entitled to carry out the construction of titles, repairs, laundry, paints and eggs referred to in articles 28 and 32 of this Act if landowners and operators fail to do so after warning of at least six months by decision of the local council.
Implementation is carried out by legal and administrative means at the expense of owners and occupants. Expenditures are obtained in accordance with the laws and regulations on the collection of funds of administrative units.

Chapter VII
Penalties

Article /38

Without prejudice to the aggravating penalties contained in the laws and regulations in force, the penalty shall be:
1. A fine of three hundred to one thousand Syrian pounds is in contravention of the provisions of paragraphs 1.2.4.5.6.7.11.14.15.23.24.26. Articles 27.29.3.5.b and 36.
2. A fine of 1,000 to three Syrian pounds in contravention of the provisions of article 5; article 6, paragraphs 3.9.10.19.20.22.25; article 33.34 and 35.a.
3. A fine of 3 thousand to 5 thousand Syrian pounds in contravention of both paragraphs 12-13-17-18-27 - 6 of this Act.

Article /39

The financial penalty provided for in article 38 of this Act shall be doubled if the offence is repeated unless it falls under a stricter provision.

Article 40/

In addition to the fine provided for in article 38 of this Act, it is the responsibility of the author of the declaration, the publication, the bonds or the person in charge of their removal expenses.

Article 41/

In addition to the fine provided for in article 38 of this Act, a decision of the President of the Local Council for the duration of the week of public establishments and shops shall be closed if the offence is repeated for the third time.

Article 42/

In addition to the fine provided for in article 38 of this Act, the vehicle or mechanism that throws or unloads the rubble on the road, squares and parks for a week is reserved and the debris is removed at the expense of the offender.

Article 43/

Without prejudice to the harsh penalties provided for in the laws in force, a penalty of one month to three months ' imprisonment and a fine of 5,000 Syrian pounds to 50,000 Syrian pounds, in contravention of articles 8.10.14-16.17.23-24-25-26 of this Act.

Article /44

a. In addition to the penalties provided for in the preceding article, facilities and shops which violate the provisions of the articles punishable under article 43 of this Act shall be closed by a decision of the President of the Local Council and shall not be reopened until such time as the establishment or shop has proved to be treated in coordination with the public authority concerned.
b. The owner or investor of the enterprise or shop shall pay damages and expenses for dealing with them.

Article /45

The regulation of the offence against offenders... The administrative unit shall not be prevented from taking the legal and administrative actions provided for in the laws and regulations in force.

Article /46/

The Council shall determine the amount of fines provided for in article 38/ of this Law by its decisions and shall be certified by the Council of Governors.

Article 47

The fines provided for in this chapter shall be paid in exchange for a formal receipt to the administrative unit safe in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.

Article 48

The fine provided for in article 38 of this Act shall be halved if the offender pays it to the Administrative Unit Fund within a fifteen-day period from the date of the regulation of the offence.

Article 4

If it is ascertained that the violation provided for in article 43 of this Act is carried out with the intention of maliciously and harmlessly, the perpetrator, his accomplices and instigators shall be punished by imprisonment for 10 days to 3 months and a fine of 1,000 Syrian pounds to 3 thousand Syrian pounds. The injured shall also be liable for damages suffered if he so claims.

Article 50

If it proves that the pressures are liberated by the employees responsible for organizing them involve bad faith... The author of the seizure shall be punished with one of the severe sentences prescribed by the Basic Law of the State ' s employees, without prejudice to the right of the injured person to be criminally prosecuted.

Chapter VIII
General provisions

Article 51

The first and second categories of employees in the administrative units responsible for the seizure of offences set forth in this Act shall be the judicial officer after they have performed the legal division in front of the magistrate in the area in which they are engaged as follows:

I swear to God, to do my job with honor and honesty.

Article 52

Administrative units are required to ensure the health and environmental conditions of waste treatment sites with effect from this Act.

Article 53

The entry of hazardous and toxic wastes of all kinds shall be prohibited to the Syrian Arab Republic and the perpetrator shall be referred to the competent judiciary in accordance with the laws and regulations in force.

Article 54

The use of recycled materials in the manufacture of packagings or packagings for the conservation of foodstuffs, pharmacies or uses harmful to public health shall be prohibited, confiscated and damaged at the expense of the offender and the provisions of article 41 of this Act shall apply.

Article 55

Any facility that does one or more of the waste collection, sorting, transport, storage, processing and recycling activities... To obtain prior authorization from the Ministry and the administrative unit within which the facility is located.

Article 56

The provisions of this Act apply to natural and legal persons, whoever they are.

Article (a)

All legal provisions in contravention of this Act are considered to be amended in accordance with its provisions, without prejudice to its provisions. Act 50 of 2002.

Article 58

The Minister shall issue executive instructions to implement the provisions of this Act.

Article 5

This Act shall be published in the Official Gazette and shall be deemed effective three months after the date of its promulgation.

Damascus, 22-10-1425 Huh.5-12-2004

President of the Republic
Bashar Al-Assad

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