Law of Azerbaijan Republic "About industrial and household wastes",

on June 30 , 1998

The law consists of 5 chapters and 24 articles. It defines state policy in the field of the environmental protection from industrial and household wastes, appeared as a result of human activity, reduction of dangerous influence of these wastes, maintenance of ecological balance in the nature, use of wastes as secondary raw material. The law rules the attitudes, connected about wastes, including harmful gases, waste waters and radioactive rests.
In the first chapter of law (1-6) basic concepts, connected with industrial and household emissions, principles of state policy, responsibilities of state ruling bodies in field management of the business attitudes, connected with wastes, are determined.
In the second chapter (7-14) the requirements, showed to designing, construction and tax of installations and other objects, accommodation, transportation of wastes, and also clearing household emissions of inhabited quarters, are reflected.
The third chapter (15-17) is devoted to legal regulation of realization of the control of activity, connected with wastes. With this purpose in 15 article of the law sphere of action of the state control over industrial and household wastes is reflected. Thus the state control over wastes includes: the control over the following of requirements, showed to the legal and physical persons, attraction to the responsibility of the infringes accordingly to the legislation, restriction of activity, bringing in occurrence dangers to public health and the environment. The order of the control, import and export, transit transfer of wastes is determined.
According to the legislation of the enterprise and the organizations, carrying out economic activity, connected with emissions, should organize the industrial control in this area (16). By the purpose of the industrial control is check of realization of the ecological, sanitary and other requirements. According to the legislation of a rule of organization of the industrial control are defined to the enterprises and organizations. In 17-th article is shown, that the purpose of the public control over emissions is the analysis of fulfillment of the requirements from the party state organs, municipalities, and also legal and physical persons.
In 4-th chapters (18-21) economic regulation in sphere of activity, connected with wastes determined. In this chapter the specifications on emissions, their account, legal party of state code of wastes are determined.
In 5-th chapters (22-24) questions of international cooperation in a sphere of activity, connected with wastes, sanctions of arising disputes and responsibility for infringement of the legislation in this area are covered.
In 23-rd articles of the law is shown, that disputes, connected to wastes are permitted according to the legislation by the appropriate bodies of the executive authority and courts. Agrees 24-th articles the legal and physical persons, breaking the requirements of the law about wastes, bear administrative, disciplinary, criminal and financially - legal responsibility.