Azerbaijan Changes Standards Of Payment For Emission Of Pollutants In Environment
Date
8/19/2022 3:11:18 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews)
By Trend
The standards of payment for the emission of pollutants in the
environment have been changed in Azerbaijan, Trend reports via the Cabinet of Ministers of
Azerbaijan.
Resolution No. 308 of the Cabinet of Ministers on amendments to
'Resolution No. 122 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of
Azerbaijan dated March 3, 1992 on the application of payments for
natural resources, payments for emission of pollutants in the
environment and the use of means from the collection of the
specified payments' was adopted.
As a result of the development of various sectors of the economy
in the country, the impact on the environment is also increasing.
In order to comply with the established environmental and
technological requirements for economic and other activities, the
implementation of measures for the protection of the environment
and the reproduction of natural resources, it became necessary to
update the standards for payment for environmental pollution.
The current prices were approved according to the economic
indicators of 1992, which doesn't meet the modern requirements, nor
correlate with the economic development of the country.
Over the past period (since 1992), Azerbaijan acceded to the UN
Basel Convention 'On Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal' (law dated February 16,
2001).
Besides, in order to improve the system of accounting and
registration of waste, Resolution No. 13 dated January 25, 2008
approved 'Procedure for Certification of Hazardous Waste', and
Resolution No. 41 of the Cabinet of Ministers dated March 30, 2003
– 'Procedure for Conducting an Inventory of Waste Generated in
Process of Production'. These procedures also use the
classification system of the Basel Convention.
Improving the waste management system in accordance with
international requirements is of great importance for the country.
However, previously the hazard characteristics of wastes were
determined using the interim classification system of 1985. This
system didn't fully cover the harmful effects of waste on the
environment and human health.
Resolution No. 308 was adopted in order to adjust the standards
of payment for the emission of pollutants in the environment in
accordance with the new economic conditions and regulation of the
activities of nature users in the field of environmental
protection, increasing their responsibility for disposal, dumping
and discharge of waste.
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