LT2024/0442/LTIntroduced

Draft Order of the Minister for the Environment amending Order No D1 48 of the Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 February 2022 on the approval of the description of the end-of-waste criteria for recycled tyre waste

Jurisdiction:
Lithuania
Type:
Other
Last action:
Aug 5, 2024
Tires
Amends end-of-waste criteria for recycled tyre rubber by clarifying documentation, quality-management assessment, and reuse-duration thresholds; advances circular-economy material recovery by operationalizing secondary-raw-material status and preventing waste reclassification, but is technical/administrative rather than establishing new producer duty or financial mechanism.

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TRIS notification 2024/0442/LT — draft technical regulation notified under Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (not yet adopted)

Draft Order of the Minister for the Environment amending Order No D1 48 of the Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 February 2022 on the approval of the description of the end-of-waste criteria for recycled tyre waste

End of standstill: 2024-11-06

1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0442 LT EN 05-08-2024 LT NOTIF
2. Lithuania
4. 2024/0442/LT - S20E - Waste
5. Draft Order of the Minister for the Environment amending Order No D1 48 of the Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 February 2022 on the approval of the description of the end-of-waste criteria for recycled tyre waste
6. End-of-waste secondary raw material of recycled tyre rubber
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8. The main changes proposed in the draft are:
1. It is proposed to specify the documentation certifying the compliance of tyre rubber secondary raw material with the requirements laid down in the description of end-of-waste criteria for recycled tyre waste approved by Order No D1 48 of the Minister for the Environment of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 February 2022 on the approval of the description of the end-of-waste criteria for recycled tyre waste (hereinafter ‘the description’) to be handed over to the user of this material when reselling the tyre rubber secondary raw material to another user. It is also proposed to provide that tyre rubber secondary raw material which has been disposed of shall be considered as waste if it has not been used for the declared purpose for more than six months from the date of issue of the declaration.
2. It is proposed to provide that the quality management system shall only be assessed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 when the manufacturer of tyre rubber secondary raw material submits an accreditation in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.
3. It is proposed to add to the description a provision on the application of the principle of mutual recognition introduced by Regulation (EU) 2019/515 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the mutual recognition of goods lawfully marketed in another Member State and repealing Regulation (EC) No 764/2008 to exports and imports of tyre rubber secondary raw material.
9. The draft aims to clarify the legal framework to ensure more effective state control of environmental protection.
10. References to the basic texts: 2021/0687/LT
The basic texts have been sent with the previous notification:
2021/0687/LT
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TBT aspects: No
SPS aspects: No

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