05 rules of application of environmental technical regulations on waste and waste management in Vietnam

According to the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 of Vietnam, the application of environmental technical regulations on waste and waste management must adhere to the following rules:

1. Environmental technical regulations on waste and waste management must be applied to control pollutants produced by businesses; ensure no environmental pollution is caused;

2. Environmental technical regulation on waste must be applied to serve the purpose of environmental quality management in receiving areas and zones and according to the quantity and volume of waste;

3. New investment projects and expansion projects must satisfy the latest requirements specified in the environmental technical regulations on waste and waste management;

4. Businesses that are operating must formulate a plan to implement the roadmap for application of environmental technical regulations on waste and waste management or relocation plan in case of failure to satisfy the requirements;

5. If a national environmental technical regulation on technology or equipment that produces waste, environmental quality parameters or pollutants present in waste is yet to be available, the national environmental technical regulation of one of the developed countries shall apply.

Moreover, this Law also stipulates that the application of the environmental technical regulation management of scrap imported from foreign countries as production materials must adhere to the following rules:

- The environmental technical regulation management of scrap imported from foreign countries as production materials shall serve as one of the bases for customs clearance of shipments of scrap. In case of failure to satisfy the requirements, it is required to re-export them as prescribed;

- The environmental technical regulation management of scrap imported from foreign countries as production materials must be applied to each shipment of scrap registered for inspection, except for the case of exemption from inspection prescribed by law.

View more details at the Law on Environmental Protection 2020 of Vietnam, effective from January 01, 2022.

Ty Na

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