As of 12 March 2018, training procedure for safety advisers on the issues of dangerous goods transportation has been clarified. In particular, the amendments clarify that:
If the draft is adopted, it would introduce the system of remote industrial safety monitoring.
Until 1 January 2019, the requirements of subsections 6.8.2.3 and 6.8.2.4 of Annex A of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods of September 30, 1957 (ADR) concerning type approval certificates as well as requirements for the inspection and tests of tank-vehicles, demountable tanks, tank-containers, tank swap bodies battery-vehicles or MEGC will not apply in the territory of the Russian Federation.
As of 13 June 2018, major hazard facilities performing works in confined spaces, hot works and repair works are required to comply with the adopted safety rules.
As of 21 March 2018, facilities operating infield pipelines are required to comply with the adopted industrial safety rules.
The rules impose requirements aimed at ensuring industrial safety, preventing accidents and incidents at major hazard facilities during the operation of infield pipelines of oil, gas and gas condensate fields, including reservoir pressure maintenance system pipelines.
As of 28 December 2017, organisations planning any activity that is subject to the environmental expert assessment (i.e. any activity that has a potentially high environmental impact) are required to comply with the revised provisions governing the performance of environmental expert assessment.
Starting from 1 January 2018 manufacturers and importers of products included into the revised list of products subject to the extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations are obliged to comply with the utilisation targets set for such products and packaging or to pay the environmental charge.
The adopted list replaces the list adopted by Government Direction No. 1886-p dated 24 September 2015.
Starting from 2018, importers and manufacturers of products subject to utilisation targets (within the extended producer responsibility - EPR – concept) are required to comply with the revised utilisation targets.
The highest targets (25% for 2018 and 45% for 2020) have been set for corrugated paper and paperboard and corrugated paper and cardboard packaging.
As of 10 July 2018, organisations operating air pollution abatement equipment (air purifying installations) are required to comply with the adopted revised set of requirements.
The adopted requirements do not apply to:
Air purification equipment for mobile emission sources;
As of 20 January 2018, organisations emitting polluting substances in the ambient air must ensure that their emissions do not cause the concentrations of such substances to exceed the set concentration limits in the adjoining urban and countryside residential areas.
The maximum allowable concentrations have been set for around 700 polluting substances, such as NOx, SOx, ammonia, acetaldehyde, barium, benz(a)pyrene, benzene, etc.
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