Licensing of hazardous waste management

The most important links are:

1. List of establishments licensed for the management of hazardous waste
2. Licensing rules for the management of hazardous waste (from 1 November 2024)
3. Description of the procedure for training and competence development of waste management specialists (from 20 January 2024)
4. Information on training for waste management professionals

• Please note that the provisions of the current Licensing Rules for the Management of Hazardous Waste, approved by Order No 684 of the Minister for the Environment of 19 December 2003 approving the Licensing Rules for the Management of Hazardous Waste (hereinafter ‘the Rules’), entitled ‘Licence shall be issued for the collection of hazardous waste, i.e. the collection of hazardous waste from waste holders, including the separate collection and pre-storage of hazardous waste to hazardous waste collection facilities where hazardous waste is unloaded in order to be prepared for transport to hazardous waste recovery or disposal facilities.

  From 1 November 2024, a new version of the Rules will enter into force (Order No D1-128 of the Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 24 April 2024 amending Order No 684 of the Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 19 December 2003 approving the Rules on the licensing of hazardous waste management), which states that the Licence is issued for the collection of hazardous waste, i.e. the collection of hazardous waste from its holders, including the separate collection and preparatory storage of hazardous waste, up to the collection of hazardous waste in facilities where hazardous waste is unloaded so that it can be prepared for transport to hazardous waste recovery or disposal facilities, and/or the transport, i.e. the collection of hazardous waste from its holder, its transport and its transfer to a waste user or disposer.

  Please be informed that:

  new establishments will have to hold hazardous waste management licences for the shipment of hazardous waste from 1 November 2024,

  Companies that hold a hazardous waste management licence to collect hazardous waste and carry out or plan to carry out the transport of hazardous waste, hazardous waste management licences and hazardous waste shipments will have to hold a hazardous waste management licence from 1 April 2025.

Submission of documents

In accordance with paragraph 9 of the Rules on the Licensing of Hazardous Waste Management, approved by Order No 684 of 19 December 2003 approving the Rules on the Licensing of Hazardous Waste Management, an undertaking wishing to obtain a licence or to revise the licence data shall submit to the Environmental Protection Agency the documents referred to in paragraph 10 of the Rules through the Environmental Permits Information System (ALIS system). The documents referred to in paragraph 10 of the Rules may also be submitted through the Service and Product Contact Point.

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