Presidential Decree No. 190/12 approving the Regulation on Waste Management.

This Presidential Decree approves the Regulation on Waste Management. The Regulation, consisting of 4 Chapters and X Annexes, aims at establishing general rules related to residue disposal, including: production, storage in the ground and under the soil, residues disposal into water discharges or in the atmosphere, treatment, collection, storage and transport of any residue, with exception of those of radioactive nature or subject to specific regulation, in order to prevent or minimize its negative impacts on human health and the environment. It also establishes categories of residues, management of residues and prescribes sanctions to be paid by illegal activity.