Stockholm Convention (the POPs Convention) is an international treaty that sets out a set of measures aimed at restriction or prohibition of POPs emissions as a result of their intentional or non-intentional use. The aim of the treaty is to protect human health and the environment from the negative impact of persistent organic pollutants.
As of 2 March 2019, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation is responsible for issuing licenses for all transboundary waste shipments (both import and export).
The EAEU technical regulation “On the safety of packaged drinking water, including natural mineral water” comes into force (EAEU TR 044/2017) entered into force as of 1 January 2019.
Organisations and sole traders operating category I or II facilities, must develop technological norms in order to be able to apply for an integrated environmental permit or to have this permit revised.
Technological standards for the mentioned categories of facilities must contain the following information:
The manual is recommended to be applied when inspecting the technical condition of vertical cylindrical steel overground isothermal tanks used or storage of liquefied hydrocarbon gases and liquid ammonia at a temperature not lower than minus 105 degrees Celsius and an overpressure not exceeding 0.02 MPa.
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 6 May 2020 manufacturers and importers of cosmetics and perfumery into the EAEU are required to comply with the revised Technical Regulation (TR) on the Safety of Cosmetics and Perfumery.
The amendments to the TR were introduced by Decision No. 32 of 29 March 2019 (published 6 May 2019).
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 19 February, the revised version of the Rules for the registration and record-keeping of chemical products enters into force. The amendments were introduced by Order No. 83 (Reg. No. 18326) of 19 February 2019.
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