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 sender, to the economic operator who performs the collection/temporary storage/treatment/recovery/disposal operation, hereinafter referred to as the recipient, in compliance with the provisions of this decision.

(2) The sender completes a form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, the template of which is presented in Annex no. 1.

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

(4) The recipient of the hazardous waste, upon receiving the form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste, may accept the transport or may request additional information from the sender. If the recipient accepts the transport, he/she signs and stamps the form for the approval of the transport of hazardous waste.

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

(6) When establishing the recipient and the route for the transport of hazardous waste, the sender will consider, as much as possible, compliance with the proximity principle, which means that the waste is to 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 facility is located has the following duties:

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

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

c) to check if the transport of hazardous waste complies with the regime of protected natural areas and Natura 2000 Sites.