Legal basis

DECISION no. 173 of March 13, 2000 (*updated*), for regulating the special regime regarding the management and control of polychlorinated biphenyls and other similar compounds

ART. 17

(1) Economic agents shall prepare and submit to the territorial environmental protection agencies elimination plans for all equipment and materials containing designated compounds in quantities greater than the minimal amounts.

(2) The elimination plans will be drawn up according to the model presented in Annex no. 7.

(3) Elimination plans prepared by economic agents must specify that equipment containing designated compounds in concentrations between 50 and 500 ppm may continue to be used until the end of their useful life, provided that all established technological standards are fully respected.

(5) The territorial environmental protection agencies shall verify the elimination plans submitted by economic agents, requesting any necessary modifications or completions so that they may be approved and become final. One copy of the final form of the elimination plan shall be retained by the territorial environmental protection agency, and another copy shall remain with the economic agent responsible for the designated compounds.

(6) The documents and instructions for completing them upon the transfer of designated compounds to another site are established in Annex no. 8. A copy of the documents shall be sent by the territorial environmental protection agency to the fire prevention and extinguishing authorities.