Compliance requirements in Bulgaria
WEEE requirements
Registration timescale
No deadline since an existing EEE producer register of the Ministry of Economy is used
Registration agency
The Ministry of Economy’s register is used to register WEEE producers in Bulgaria
Regulations in English Regulation in Bulgarian
Batteries requirements
Registration timescale
There is no initial registration. Imports are declared on entry, locally manufactured batteries through the companies’ activity code.
Registration Agency
Ministry of Environment and Water’s Environmental Executive AgencyRegistration, collection and recycling obligations for batteries producers
Producers of portable and industrial batteries
Compliance can be through:
- Individual arrangements
- Membership to collective scheme
- Payment of Product Fee levied on batteries*
*Batteries are subject to a product tax which serves as a de facto third compliance option. Producers who join a collective or individual system do not have to pay the tax. The tax increases from EUR 4,000 per tonne of portable batteries put on the market in 2008 to EUR 6,000 in 2012.
Battery Regulations in English
Packaging requirements
Obligated parties must register and submit data based on the amount of packaging handled to the Ministry of Environment and Water.
Product charges, generating revenues for the National Environmental Protection Fund, are already in force for batteries and accumulators, and the Waste Management Law provides for their introduction for packaging also. The packaging tax will apply if the recovery and recycling targets in the Waste Management Law are not met in three consecutive years.
Thresholds
The Packaging Regulations in Bulgaria apply to all businesses which handle packaging. There are no thresholds for companies who only handle small quantities of packaging.
Packaging marking requirements
Members of a collective recovery organisation shall mark their packaging with that organisation’s trademark so as to demonstrate that it is covered by that system.
Packaging Regulations in English
Packaging Regulations in Bulgarian
For further information, please contact Howard Stimpson
Senior Consultant in WEEE, RoHS & EcoDesign on +44 (0)1225 748420
