Regulation No.68 of 2020 - Hazardous Materials and Waste Management System issued in accordance with Articles 6 and 7 of Environmental Protection Law No.6 of 2017.

This Regulation consists of 14 articles and 3 Annexes. It is established at the Ministry of Environment a Technical Committee for the Management of Hazardous Substances and Waste including, among others, representatives of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Health. The Committee, which reports to the Minister, has the following main tasks (i) to classify the prohibited and restricted dangerous substances, and their waste; (ii) establish principles, conditions, and methods for the transport, collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of waste of hazardous substances; (iii) prepare models for the permits, and duration, for the collection and circulation of hazardous substances and their waste; (iv) prepare the technical requirements for testing sites for the treatment, management, and disposal of hazardous substances. The Regulation prohibits to deal with hazardous substances, including medical waste, and waste without a permit. Article 8 lists the prohiited actions related to hazardous substances and waste, such as import, circulation, throwing on the ground, in water, or in the air. Article 9 indicates the duties of operators in the sector of the circulation of dangerous substances. While article 10 delas with the operators in the field of their collection, storage, transport and treatment.
Annex 1 lists the prohibited substances; Annex 2 lists the resricted substances; and Annex 3 lists hazardous waste.