Integrated environmental permits are issued to legal entities and sole traders operating category I environmentally hazardous facilities. One permit is to be issued for each separate facility with a negative impact on the environment, including a linear facility following an application submitted by the operator.
As of 15 November 2018, manufacturers and importers of lighting devices and electrical lamps used in AC electrical circuits for lighting purposes have to comply with a revised set of requirements applicable to such lamps and lighting devices.
As of 1 January 2019, the list of controlled narcotics, psychotropic substances and their precursors has been amended. The list of such substances and their precursors was adopted by Decree No. 681 of 30 June 1998. As a result of the amendments, several substances were added to List I and II.
List I (prohibited narcotic substances) was supplemented by the following positions:
As of 14 May 2019, importers and manufacturers of products subject to mandatory labelling with identification marking are required to comply with the adopted Rules.
As of 4 September 2018, manufacturers and importers of products subject to the extended producer responsibility (EPR) must follow the revised procedure for calculating and paying the environmental charge. The said manufacturers and importers are required to pay the environmental charge if they do not themselves perform the utilisation (reuse, recycling, recovery etc.) of the products subject to the EPR they place on the Russian market.
As of 4 August 2018, manufacturers and importers of products subject to the extended producer responsibility (EPR) are required to follow the revised reporting procedure of products subject to the EPR.
As of 1 November 2018, products included into the lists adopted by Direction No. 2322-r of 27 October 2018, will not be subject to any circulation restrictions that are applicable to ethanol-containing products.
A clarification letter issued by the Federal Service for the Supervision of the Use of Natural Resources has issued a clarification letter explaining which facilities are not required to develop and approve waste generation and disposal limits (NOOLR).
As of 10 November 2018, importers and manufacturers of products subject to recycling, reuse and recovery (utilisation) are required to pay the revised fee rates if they do not perform utilisation of these products (i.e. either themselves or by joining a compliance scheme or by entering into a contract with a waste disposal operator). The fees will apply to products placed on the market as of 2018 within the framework of extended producer responsibility (EPR).
As of 1 January 2020 food manufacturers are to be able to market their products as “organic” only if these products comply with the adopted law on organic food.
The adopted Law defines “organic products” as environmentally clean agricultural products, raw materials and food the production process of which complies with the Law on Organic Food.
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