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 carries out the operation of collection/temporary storage/treatment/recovery/disposal, hereinafter referred to as the recipient, in compliance with the provisions of this decision.

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

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

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

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

(6) When determining the recipient and the route for transporting hazardous waste, the sender will consider, as much as possible, the observance of the proximity principle, which requires that waste be recovered and disposed of as close as possible to the place of generation.

(7) The county environmental protection agency in whose territorial area the treatment/recovery/disposal facility is located has the following responsibilities:

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

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

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