TAIEX INFRA 30117 Valencia, 12-13 June 2008

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY BACĂU

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TAIEX INFRA 30117, Valencia, June 2008

Implementation of EU legislation on ELVs in Romania, with references to Region 1 North-East

Mihaela AMBĂRUŞSenior AdvisorREPA Bacău

TAIEX INFRA 30117Valencia, 12-13 June 2008



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Geografical Facts (2005)Surface: 238 391 km2 Counties: 42Inhabitants: 21 623 849

Municipalities: 2170 (319 towns)

Surface: 36 850 km2 (15,5%)

Counties: 6

Inhabitants: 3 734 546 (17,3%)Municipalities: 551 (46 towns)



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Romanian Legislation

Directive 2000/53/CEon end-of-life vehicles

• Commission Decision2002/525/EC• Commission Decision2005/63/EC• Commission Decision 2005/438/EC• Council Decision 2005/673/EC• Directive 2008/33/CE

GD 2406/2004 regarding the ELVs management, modified by GD1313/2006

Ministerial Order of MEWM 816/2006 for the setting-up of theCommission for the evaluation and permitting of juridicalentities, regarding the taking over of the responsibilities regardingthe annual objectives for reuse, recycling and energy recovery ofELVs

Common Ministerial Order of MEWM and MEC 88/110/2005regarding the materials and components of ELVs, which are and

exception to art 4, paragraph 1 of GD 2406/2004

Ministerial Order of MEWM 1224/2005 approvingthe procedure and conditions for authorization of legal entities fortaking over the responsibility regarding the fulfillment of theannual objectives for reuse, recycling and energy recovery of ELVs

Common Ministerial Order of MEWM, MAIA and MTCT87/527/411/2005 regarding the certificate of destruction template and the issuance conditions for the ELVs

Council Decision2002/151/EC

amended by:



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Responsible

• Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

(MESD), together with:

• Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF),

• Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (MIAR),

• Ministry of Transport (MT) are responsible jointly for the transposition of the Directive into national measures and the development of an ELV management and control system



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Environmental Authorities-roles

National Institute of Research and Development for

Environmental Protection-ICIM

NEGNational Environmental Guard

MESDMinistry of Environment and Sustainable Development

NEPANational Environmental

Protection Agency

8 REPAsRegional Environmental

Protection Agencies

42 EPAsEnvironmental Protection

Agencies

EFAEnvironmental Fund

Administration

• first inventory of the collectors and the dismantlers• studies at MESD request

finances:• projects for treament of ELVs put on the market by individual producers or producers who doesn‘t exist anymore• annual programmes for renewing the national car fleet• projects regarding the purchase of compliant technologies

• 2004 MESD drafted the Implementation Plan of the ELV Directive •transposal of EU requirements in Romanian legislation, startegies and policies• Annual report to EC about the percentage of accomplishment of re-use, recycle and recovery objectives.• Every 3 year, sending to EC a report about the possible changes in the sectors of trade, treatment of ELVs that might affect competition in and between MS.Controls the activities with

environmental impact and aplies penalties

• issuing permits for treatment facilities under IPPC Directive.• collecting data•creating regional data bases

• issuing permits for collectors, dismantlers, treatment facilities• monitoring the objectives• collecting data

• implementing the legislation• issuing permits for the organizations for take over responsability• monitoring the objectives and reporting to MESD• collecting data • creating national data bases

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Objectives:

2007 2015

vehicles produced: at least

Re-use and recovery

before 1980 75%95%

after 1980 85%

Re-use and recycle

before 1980 70%85%

after 1980 80%

The objectives can be fulfilled: Individual, by each producer Transfering the responsability to an organization authorised by

National Environmental Protection Agency (until now, no application received)



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Obligations

Designing phase: - prevent waste generation; - restrict the use of hazardous

substances;- consider the possibilities of

dismantling, re-using and recovery of materials and components.

Production phase: - promote the use of recycled materials - exclude the materials containing Pb, Hg, Cd, hexavalent Cr.

Collecting phase:Establish a collection system – 1 collection point in each county, 1 in every town over 100,000 inhabitants and 3 in Bucharest

Producers and importers (for new or second hand cars):

Components of recycled plastic Recyclable plastics



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ObligationsCollectors/dismantlers: accept used vehicles without any costs issue the Certificate of destruction depollute operations separate temporary storage of recyclable waste keep the evidence of waste categories report annually, until 15th of March, to EPAOwner/holder: bring the vehicles to an authorised collector get a de-registration form



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Permits required

Collectors Dismantlers

EPA: Environmental permit, based on a contract with a dismantler

Police: Operation permit

Romanian Auto Registrer: Technical permit

EPA: Environmental permit



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Some requirements for collectors

• fence• concrete platform • waste water treatment

equipments • adequate capacity of

fire fighting equipment• Operation Register

(number of ELVs collected)



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Some requirements for dismantlers

• fence• impermeable concrete

platform• waste water treatment

equipments• adequate capacity of fire

fighting equipment• Operation Register (ELVs

number and identification data, depolluting steps, waste management: reuse, recovery, disposal)



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Steps to be taken

Owner/

holder

Collector/

dismantler

• vehicle‘s documents• owner identy papers• application form for de-registration

Certificate of distruction

De-registration



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Certificate of distruction Date de identificare ale agentului economic care tratează vehiculul uzat

Nume ............................................................................................................................Sediul social ..................................................................................................................Punct de lucru* ..............................................................................................................Cod unic de înregistrare .................................................................................................Numărul autorizaţiei de mediu ........................................................................................Emisă de Agenţia de Protecţie a Mediului (adresa) ............................................................

Date de identificare ale agentului economic care colectează vehiculul uzat **

Nume ............................................................................................................................Sediul social ...................................................................................................................Cod unic de înregistrare ..................................................................................................Numărul autorizaţiei de mediu ..........................................................................................Emisă de Agenţia de Protecţie a Mediului (adresa) ..............................................................

Deţinător vehicul uzat

Nume, prenume ................................................................Naţionalitatea ...................................................................Adresa .............................................................................Act de identitate ................................................................

Date de identificare ale vehiculului

Categorie, marcă, tipul/varianta ....................................................................................Tara de înmatriculare, ultimul număr de înmatriculare .....................................................Numărul şi seria cărţii de identitate*** ...........................................................................Numărul şi seria certificatului de înmatriculare .................................................................Numărul de identificare (serie caroserie/ şasiu) ...............................................................

Semnături

Data ............/............./..............

Emitent certificat de distrugere................................... L.S.

Deţinător....................................

Dismantler/schreder

Collector

Owner/holder

Vehicle identification data



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TAIEX INFRA 30117, Valencia, June 2008 Management of abandoned vehicles

Municipality and Police: Minute of finding a vehicle

after 30 days of research

Mayor disposition:The vehicle is declared

abandoned or without owner

The owner is summoned to take back the vehicle from the public domain within 5 days

The municipality publishes an announcement in a local newspaper within 5 days

Vehicle is declared property of the municipality

Abandoned vehicles

Vehicles without owner

Owner is not identified within 30

days

does‘t respond within 10 days

soldsent to a treatment

facility

Owner identifiedRestitution of the vehicle

Law 421/2002 modified by Law 309/2006



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Treatment phasesDepollution: removal of batteries, filters, catalysts, cooling

fluids, brake fluids, oil, fuel, components with Hg (~3%)

Dismantling: removal of valuable components,motors, tires, carburettors, plastics, glass

Schreding: metal parts Recycling Recovery

Disposal: residues (15-25% vehicle mass)



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Romania-current situation

In order to fulfil the requirements of the EU Directive 2000/53/EC by the required deadlines, several actions (institutional and operational) were realised:

• in 2004, former MEWM (MMDD), prepared an implementation plan for this Directive, establishing objectives and measures.

• since 2004, several legislative acts were approved.

• preparations activities for the first report to European Commission regarding the meeting of targets.



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Romania-current situation• According to the implementation plan, in 2003 there were:

- 1.8 mil vehicles produced by Dacia (400,000 over 20 years old)

- 100,000 vehicles produced by Daewoo (max 8 years old)

- 100,000 vehicles produced by ARO (over 20 years old)

for 1990-2003:- 120,000 new vehicles imported- 844,000 second-hand vehicles imported (mainly

OPEL and Volkswagen)In 2007: around 40 brands were on the Romanian market.



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Romania/Reg. 1NE-current situationThe total car fleet of recorded vehicles of the M1 and N1 class increases rapidly:2006 – 4,104,835 unit2007 – 4,501,266 units

Romania Region 1 NE

Producers 2 (3 in the past)

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Importers for new/second hand cars which established a collection network

22 / 7 -/ 2

Collectors and dismantlers 180 36

Shredders 3 -



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Repartition of dismantlers

Relatively uniform



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Region 1 NE – ELVs collected

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Environmental Fund• Public fund created on the bases of the European principles "polluter pays" and "producer's responsibility“ to support the most important projects on environmental protection.

• its incomes are from contributions collected for industrial activities with impact on the environment and from pollution tax, paid at the first registration of a vehicle.

Finances the collection and treatment of ELVs introduced on the Romanian market by individual producers or producers who doesn’t exist anymore, if the value of spare parts and of the recyclable materials doesn’t cover the cost.

Since 2005 - Programmes for Renewal of National Car Fleet:

EFA grant of 3000 RON for a vehicle older than 12 years, registered in Romania



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How to get in the program ?The applicants (only citizens) must:1. get an Acceptance Note from an agreed dealer;2. get the Certificate of Destruction for the ELV sent to an

authorised collector/dismantler, based on Acceptance Note;

3. de-register the old vehicle;4. buy a new vehicle.



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Reporting obligation (Ministerial Order 625/2007)

Starting with 2007. For 2006, voluntary reporting.

Methods:Weighing, calculation based on subtraction method:

mass of reused materials =mass of vehicle – (mass of liquids from depollution + mass of components sent to recycling or recovery + mass of materials sent to landfill).

Estimation of metal content, which is considered 75% of medium mass of an empty ELV and:

reuse of non-metal components – 3% recycle of liquids – 0.7% recovery of liquids – 1% recycle of tires – 1.2% recovery of tires – 2.4% recycle of glass – 1.4%



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Main problems • difficulties in setting up of individual or collective systems for

the collection of ELV, evenly distributed in the territory;• the compliance with the restrictions in the use of heavy

metals;• meeting the targets;• lack of treatment units; • difficulties in the development of technologies for the

recycling/recovery of plastics and fluids from ELVs;• due to the fact that most of ELVs in Romania are 25-30 year

old, the reuse of the spear parts is not a real option;• 5% of car fleet are orphan vehicles (source RAR);• imported vehicles: 7 second-hand vehicles to 1 new vehicle;• inexistence of an organization for taking over the

responsibility regarding the fulfillment of the annual targets.



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Waste Management Plans

2004 – approval of National Strategy and National Waste management Plan (no references to ELVs)

2006 – Regional Waste Management Plans with a special chapter for ELVs, containing the description of the current situation (number of vehicles collected and treated, identification of the existing capacities: for collecting and treatment of ELVs, for recycling, reusing, recovery and disposal of waste generated) and objectives.

2008 – County Waste Management Plans



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Contact details

Mihaela AMBĂRUŞ [email protected]

Documents

TAIEX INFRA 30117 Valencia, 12-13 June 2008