Belarus
Legislation of the Republic of Belarus on waste management, including POPs, ODSs, and extended producer responsibility
- Law of the Republic of Belarus on Environmental Protection
- Law of the Republic of Belarus on Sanitary and Epidemic Well-Being of Population
- Law of the Republic of Belarus on the Protection of Atmospheric Air
- Law of the Republic of Belarus on Waste Management
- Law of the Republic of Belarus on Protection of the Ozone Layer
- Law of the Republic of Belarus on the State Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Environmental Impact Assessment
- Law of the Republic of Belarus № 332-Z of December 29, 2023 On Amending the Law of the Republic of Belarus on the Protection of the Ozone Layer.
- Law of the Republic of Belarus «About Licensing»
- Code of the Administrative Offences of the Republic of Belarus
- Criminal code of the Republic of Belarus
- Civil and Tax Codes of the Republic of Belarus
- Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 594 dated 26.12.2003, the country joined the Convention)
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal (by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 541 dated 16.09.1999, the country joined the Convention)
- Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer dated 16.09.1987
- Convention on long-range transboundary air pollution (approved by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of BSSR of May 14, 1980)
- Decision of the Interstate Council of the Eurasian Economic Community (The supreme body of Customs Union) of November 27, 2009 № 19 «On a Single Non-Tariff Regulation of the Customs Union of the Republic of Belarus, Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation»
- Resolution of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission No. 30 dated 21.04.2015 on Non-Tariff Measures
- Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 16 dated 17.01.2020 on Enhancement of Goods and Package Waste Management
- Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus of June 27, 2011, No. 271 «On approval of the National Plan for the Implementation of the Obligations Accepted by the Republic of Belarus to Implement the Provisions of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2011–2015»
- National Strategy for Sustainable Socio- Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus until 2020 (Approved by the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, June 22, 2004)
- National Strategy for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development of the Republic of Belarus until 2030 (Approved by the Presidium of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus, May 2, 2017)
- Environmental Protection Strategy of the Republic of Belarus for the period up to 2035
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 205 dated 17.03.2016 on Approving the State Program for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Use of Natural Resources for 2016–2020
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 388 dated 30.06.2020 on Execution of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 16 dated 17.01.2020
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 818 dated 28.11.2019 on Waste Management
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 583 dated 05.05.2009 on Approving the Procedure for Issuing Non-Use Certificates for Ozone-Depleting Substances in Products
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 441 dated 29.07.2020 on Amending the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 960 dated 31.12.2019
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 36 dated 22.01.2020 on the List of wastes prohibited to transfer to individuals, that are no sole entrepreneurs
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 980 dated 25.07.2009 on Approval of the National Strategy on Environmental Permitting for 2009-2020
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 387 dated 29.05.2024 on Amending Decisions of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 170 dated 07.03.2023 on Measures to Ensure the Protection of the Ozone Layer and Climate
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 548 dated 24.09.2021 on Administrative Procedures carried out in relation to Business Entities
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 610 dated 27.10.2020 on Issuance of permits in the field of environmental protection for the movement of certain types of goods across the State Border of the Republic of Belarus
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 388 dated 30.06.2020 on Goods and Package Waste Management
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 74 dated 06.02.2025 on Establishing the amounts of expenditure and compensation for 2025
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 533 dated 25.07.2024 on Amending of Decisions of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 388 dated 30.06.2020 and No. 548 dated 24.09.2021
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 62 dated 24.06.2008 on Approving Management Requirements to PCB-Containing Equipment and Wastes
- Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus No. 503 dated 20.06.2013 and Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 396-ОД dated 22.11.2013 covering certain considerations on maintaining the national POP database; Order of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 88-ОД dated 02.03.2011 covering certain considerations on maintaining digital POP database
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 42 dated 08.12.2014 on Certain Implementation Actions Related to the Law of the Republic of Belarus on Protection of the Ozone Layer
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 122 dated 19.12.2008 on Approving the Guidance for Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 45 dated 22.10.2010 on Approving the Specifications for Development and Approval of the Guidance for Industrial Waste Management
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 17 dated 29.02.2008 on Approving the Guidance for Industrial Waste Inventory
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 10-T dated 21.12.2018 on Ministerial Reporting of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus, provisions establishing a reporting form for management of ozone-depleting substances
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 34 dated 30.05.2024 on Amending Decisions of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus № 122 dated 19.12.2008 and № 42 dated 08.12.2014
- Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus No. 35 dated 14.06.2024 on Amending Decision of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus № 9 dated 21.01.2022
- Decision of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus No. 57 dated 05.06.2012 On the establishment of a list of products that pose a potential danger to the life and health of the population, and the invalidation of certain regulations of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus
- Decision of the National Statistical Committee of the Republic of Belarus No. 90 dated 30.09.2022 On approval of the state statistical reporting form 1-waste (Ministry of Natural Resources) “Report on the management of industrial waste” and instructions for its completion
- EcoNiP 17.01.06-001-2017, Ecological standards and rules. Environment protection and use of natural resources. Environmental safety requirements
- EcoNiP 17.08.06-001-2022, Environmental protection and environmental management. Atmospheric air (including the ozone layer). Environmental safety requirements in the field of atmospheric air protection
- TKP 17.11-09-2014 (02120), Technical Code of Common Practice. Wastes. Management of unwanted pesticides
- TKP 17.12-04-2012 (02120), Technical Code of Common Practice. Territories. Approach to recovery of territories contaminated by persistent organic pollutants
- TKP 17.11-06-2012 (02120), Technical Code of Common Practice. Inventory rules for persistent organic pollutants added by amendments to the Stockholm Convention
- TKP 17.13-06-2012 (02120), Technical Code of Common Practice. Analytical control and monitoring. Monitoring specifications for persistent organic pollutants in natural environment components
- TKP 17.08-13-2021 (33140) Technical Code of Common Practice. Environmental ргоtесtion аnd nature use. Atmospheric air. Emissions of harmful substances into the atmospheric air. Rules of emissions calculation of persistent organic pollutants аnd polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- TKP 17.11-08-2024 (33040/33140) Technical Code of Common Practice. Environmental ргоtесtion аnd nature use. Тechnical requirements for municipal waste management