Legal basis

DECISION no. 1,061 of September 10, 2008 regarding the transport of hazardous and non-hazardous waste on the territory of Romania

​ (1) The transport of hazardous waste is carried out from the generator or holder, hereinafter referred to as the consignor, to the economic operator performing the collection/temporary storage/treatment/recovery/disposal operation, hereinafter referred to as the consignee, in compliance with the provisions of this decision.

(2) The consignor completes a form for the approval of the hazardous waste transport, the model of which is provided in Annex no. 1.

(3) The form for the approval of hazardous waste transport, signed and stamped, is sent to the consignee of the hazardous waste.

(4) The consignee of the hazardous waste, upon receiving the form for approval of hazardous waste transport, may accept the performance of the transport or request additional information from the consignor. If the consignee accepts the transport, they sign and stamp the form for the approval of hazardous waste transport.

The form for the approval of hazardous waste transport, signed and stamped by the consignee, is sent to the county environmental protection agency in whose territorial jurisdiction the treatment/recovery/disposal installation is located, in order to obtain its approval for the transport of hazardous waste, the maximum response time being 7 working days from receipt of all requested information.

(6) When establishing the consignee and the route for hazardous waste transport, the consignor shall consider, as far as possible, compliance with the proximity principle, which stipulates that waste should be recovered and disposed of as close as possible to the place of generation.

(7) The county environmental protection agency in whose territorial jurisdiction the treatment/recovery/disposal installation is located has the following duties:

a) to sign and stamp the form for the approval of hazardous waste transport only after verifying and analyzing the information provided, if it agrees with the treatment, recovery or disposal operations applied to hazardous waste by the consignee;

b) to request additional information from the consignor of hazardous waste, from the operator of the treatment/recovery/disposal installation or from the National Environmental Guard, as the case may be;

c) to check whether the transport of hazardous waste respects the regime of protected natural areas and Natura 2000 sites.