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Export, Import and Transit of Waste


Waste import and export is subject to the Regulation of the MH SR No. 302/1995 Coll. on Condition for Official Permission for Import and Export of Commodities and Services in wording of the Regulation of the MH SR No. 101/1996 Coll., the Regulation of the MH SR No. 158/1996 Coll. and the Regulation of the MH SR No. 23/1997 Coll.

Permitted imports and exports of hazardous waste by country (in tons)
 
Country
Imported waste
Exported waste
 
1995
1996
1997
1995
1996
1997
Belgium
-
-
-
80
-
600
Belarus
7 500
7 000
3 200
-
-
-
Bosnia and Herzegovina
-
3 200
-
-
-
-
Czech Republic
130 710
151 250
171 260
13 980,3
10 375
2 618,2
Finland
-
-
-
150
-
300
France
104
175
505
-
-
200
Netherlands
805
2 405
730
-
-
-
Croatia
1 560
1 500
2 500
-
-
-
Lithuania
900
3 250
600
-
-
-
Hungary
135 700
112 850
132 300
-
-
-
Norway
-
-
-
-
-
10 000
Poland
78 400
12 650
49 150
-
-
-
Austria
4 578
2 260
1 090
-
2 650
60
Russian Federation
108 266
21 276
18 815
-
-
-
Slovenia
-
80
70
6 615
-
-
Germany
23 645
65 494
60 200
227,6
41
2 078,2
Switzerland
650
-
50
-
-
-
Italy
2 000
4 030
30
200
200
-
Ukraine
177 985
116 760
185 921
-
-
-
Kazachstan
-
1 000
-
-
-
-
Great Britain
-
-
55
-
290
-
Total
680 803
505 180
626 476
22 869,2
13 556
15 856,4

 Source: MŽP SR

Attached to SEA, Waste Management Centre based in Bratislava, the first Regional Training Centre for the Basel Convention and worldwide technology transfer implementation (RSC) was established following the selection process administered by the Basel Convention Secretariat. Within the framework of UNEP/SBD No. BS 3100/97-01 project, RSC administers a 2-year educational project focused on further education of managers working in the field of waste management. This project is open to 19 Central and Eastern European countries undergoing economic transformation process. RSC is also involved in activities supporting implementation of environmentally friendly methods of hazardous waste management.
 
 
List of Hazardous Waste Export permissions issued in 1997 (tonnes) 

Source: MŽP SR 
 


 
  
List of waste import permissions issued in 1997 (tonnes) 


Source: MŽP SR