Klif - Waste Regulations

Regulations relating to the recycling of waste (Waste Regulations)

This is an unofficial translation of the Norwegian regulation. Last updated: June 2008.

Chapter 1. Waste electrical and electronic equipment
I. Introductory provisions
Section 1-1. Scope
Section 1-2. Purpose
Section 1-3. Definitions
II. Duties of the distributor
Section 1-4. Duty to receive EE waste
Section 1-5. Duty to ensure the sorting, storage and forwarding of EE waste
Section 1-6. Duty to provide information
III. Duties of the municipality
Section 1-7. Duty to receive EE waste
Section 1-8. Duty to ensure the sorting, storage and forwarding of EE waste
Section 1-9. Duty to provide information
IV. Duties of the producer
Section 1-10. Requirement regarding membership in a take-back company
Section 1-11. Requirements regarding the sale of EE equipment to purchasers abroad
Section 1-12. Duty to provide information
V. Duties of take-back companies
Section 1-13. Requirements relating to the registration and approval of take-back companies
Section 1-14. Duties of collectively financed take-back companies to collect and receive EE waste
Section 1-15. Duties of individually financed take-back companies to ensure the collection of EE waste
Section 1-16. Duties of individually financed take-back companies to furnish a financial guarantee
Section 1-17. Duty of the individually financed take-back company to participate in the financing of collective take-back companies
Section 1-18. Duty to ensure the sorting, transport, reuse, recycling and other proper treatment of EE waste
Section 1-19. Duty to report
Section 1-20. Duty to provide information
Section 1-21. Duty to cover the costs associated with the operation of the Register of Producers
VI. Producer Register
Section 1-22. Producer Register
VII. Final provisions
Section 1-23. Relationship to chapter 11 relating to hazardous waste
Section 1-24. Labelling and phasing out of components
Section 1-25. Control

Appendices to Chapter 1
Appendix 1. Categories of EE equipmen
Appendix 2. Certification of take-back companies

Chapter 2. Handling of discarded refrigeration equipment containing CFC
(not translated)
Section 2-1. Purpose
Section 2-2. Scope
Section 2-3. Definitions
Section 2-4. Duties of the municipality
Section 2-5. Duties of dealers
Section 2-6. Requirements for handling

Chapter 3. Batteries which are hazardous to the environment
(not translated)
Section 3-1. Scope
Section 3-2. Definitions
Section 3-3. Duties of dealers
Section 3-4. Duty to hand in lead batteries and nickel/cadmium batteries
Section 3-5. Duties of importers and manufacturers â€“ lead batteries
Section 3-6. Duties of importers and manufacturers â€“ nickel/cadmium batteries and other rechargeable batteries
Section 3-7. Reports and documentation
Section 3-8. Labelling and ban on certain types of batteries

Chapter 4. End-of-life vehicles
I. Introductory provisions
Section 4-1. Purpose
Section 4-2. Scope
Section 4-3. Definitions
II. Take-back systems for end-of-life vehicles
Section 4-4. Producer's responsibilites
Section 4-5. Approval of a take-back system
Section 4-6. Documentation of participation in a take-back system
III. Treatment of end-of-life vehicles
Section 4-7. Requirements for treatment facilities
IV. Completion of certificates of destruction and disbursement of refund payments
Section 4-8. Refund payments
Section 4-9. Disbursement authority
Section 4-10. Completion of a certificate of destruction
Section 4-11. Record-keeping and submission of certificates of destruction
Section 4-12. Disbursement of refund payments
Section 4-13. Archiving of accounts
V. Final Provisions
Section 4-14. Duty to provide documentation
Section 4-15. Phasing out of components, labelling and the duty to provide information
Section 4-16. Control
Section 4-17. Coercive fines
Section 4-18. Appeals
Section 4-19. Transitional provisions

Appendices to Chapter 4
Appendix 1. Minimum technical requirements for treatment facilities for end-of-life vehicles, cf. section 4-7
Appendix 2. Minimum requirements for certificates of destruction issued pursuant to section 4-10 (not translated)

Chapter 5. Collection and recycling of discarded tyres
(not translated)
Section 5-1. Purpose
Section 5-2. Scope
Section 5-3. Definitions
Section 5-4. Ban on landfill
Section 5-5. Duty to receive and collect
Section 5-6. Duty to recycle
Section 5-7. Duty to report

Chapter 6. Take-back systems for beverage packaging
Section 6-1. Scope
Section 6-2. Purpose
Section 6-3. Definitions
Section 6-4. Establishment and approval of a take-back system
Section 6-5. Determination of the return rate
Section 6-6. Labelling
Section 6-7. Return of packaging that is incorporated in a deposit scheme to points of sale
Section 6-8. Deposit rates
Section 6-9. Prohibition on particular forms of packaging

Chapter 7. Refund of taxes on trichloroethene (TRI)
Section 7-1. Purpose
Section 7-2. Definitions
Section 7-3. Claims for tax refunds
Section 7-4. Application for a refund - requirement for documentation of taxes paid
Section 7-5. Duties of the waste recipient
Section 7-6. Refund rates - disbursement of refunds
Section 7-7. Special requirements in individual cases

Chapter 8. Refund of taxes on hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Section 8-1. Purpose
Section 8-2. Technical scope
Section 8-3. Right to disbursement
Section 8-4. Application
Section 8-5. Requirements for documentation
Section 8-6. Disbursement
Section 8-7. Transitional provisions

Chapter 9. Landfilling of waste
Section 9-1. Purpose
Section 9-2. Scope
Section 9-3. Definitions
Section 9-4. Prohibition on the dumping of certain types of waste
Section 9-5. Classes of landfills
Section 9-6. Waste to be accepted in the different classes of landfill
Section 9-7. Requirements for permits
Section 9-8. Application for a permit
Section 9-9. Content of the permit
Section 9-10. Financial guarantee and covering of costs
Section 9-11. Waste acceptance
Section 9-12. Registration
Section 9-13. Reporting
Section 9-14. Control and monitoring procedures in the operational phase
Section 9-15. Closure and after-care procedures
Section 9-16. Existing landfills

Appendices to Chapter 9
Appendix I. General requirements for all classes of landfills
Appendix II. Waste acceptance procedures
Appendix III. Control and monitoring procedures in operation and after-care phases

Chapter 10. Incineration of waste
I. Introductory provisions
Section 10-1. Purpose
Section 10-2. Scope
Section 10-3. Definitions
II. Permits
Section 10-4. Requirement for discharge permit
III. Receiving waste
Section 10-5. Registration and control
Section 10-6. Exemption for industrial plants
IV. Operation of the plant
Section 10-7. Conditions for incineration
Section 10-8. Exemptions concerning temperature, time and additional burners
Section 10-9. Incineration residue
Section 10-10. Conversion into energy
Section 10-11. Noise, odours and other complaints
Section 10-12. Infectious waste
Section 10-13. Mode of operation
Section 10-14. Maintenance duties
V. Emissions to air
Section 10-15. Emission limit values
Section 10-16. Stack height
VI. Discharge to water
Section 10-17. Discharge limit values
Section 10-18. Joint waste water treatment
Section 10-19. Treatment of run-off
VII. Measurements
Section 10-20. Monitoring and control of processes
Section 10-21. Measuring emissions to air
Section 10-22. Standardising and calculating average values
Section 10-23. Compliance with emission limits to air
Section 10-24. Measuring discharge to water
Section 10-25. Normalisation
Section 10-26. Compliance with discharge limits to water
Section 10-27. Measuring noise and non-incinerated material in slag and ash
Section 10-28. Measurement methods and equipment
VIII. Abnormal operating conditions and warning
Section 10-29. Exceeding emission limits
Section 10-30. Notification
Section 10-31. Alternative disposal of waste
IX. Measurement results and reporting
Section 10-32. Storage of measurement results
Section 10-33. Annual reports
X. Final provisions
Section 10-34. Transitional provisions
Section 10-35. Repeal of chapters

Appendices to Chapter 10
Appendix I. Equivalent factors for polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofuranes
Appendix II. Limit values for emissions to air from co-incineration facilities
Appendix III. Requirements for measuring methods and equipment
Appendix IV. Limit values for discharge to water from the purification of flue gas
Appendix V. Limit values for emissions to air from waste incinerators
Appendix VI. Formula for calculating emissions at standard concentrations of oxygen
Appendix VII. Formula for calculating normalised discharges in waste water
Appendix VIII. Contents of a discharge permit
Appendix IX. Conditions for incineration
Appendix X. Standardising measurement results and calculating average values for emissions to air
Appendix XI. Conditions for exemption from the requirements to measure heavy metals and dioxins
Appendix XII. Hazardous waste exempted from the requirements concerning hazardous waste

Chapter 10a. Incineration of hazardous waste
(not translated)
Section 10a-1. The purpose of the rules in this chapter
Section 10a-2. Types of hazardous waste covered by this chapter
Section 10a-3. Permit for incineration of hazardous waste
Section 10a-4. Repeal

Chapter 10b. Incineration of municipal waste
(not translated)
Section 10b-1. Permit for incineration of municipal waste
Section 10b-2. Repeal
Chapter 10c. Incineration of waste oil
Section 10c-1. Scope
Section 10c-2. Purpose
Section 10c-3. Definitions
Section 10c-4. Permit for incineration of waste oil/quality requirements for waste oil
Section 10c-5. Limit values for emissions to air
Section 10c-6. Requirements for measurements and reports
Section 10c-7. Requirements for laboratory analyses
Section 10c-8. Repeal

Chapter 11. Hazardous waste
Section 11-1. Purpose
Section 11-2. Scope
Section 11-3. Definitions
Section 11-4. Types of hazardous waste that are covered by the provisions of this chapter
Section 11-5. Responsible storage, etc., of hazardous waste
Section 11-6. Permit for the handling of hazardous waste
Section 11-7. Exceptions from the requirement for a permit
Section 11-8. Delivery duty
Section 11-9. Notification duty upon bankruptcy
Section 11-10. Responsibility of the municipality
Section 11-11. Duty of households to provide information on the content of waste
Section 11-12. Duty of enterprises to file a declaration on the content of waste
Section 11-13. Duties of the entity that handles hazardous waste
Section 11-14. Relationship to other provisions concerning hazardous waste
Section 11-15. Supervision/control
Section 11-16. Exemptions

Appendices to Chapter 11
Appendix 1. The European classification of waste (not translated)
Appendix 2. Standardised requirements for municipal facilities
Appendix 3. Criteria for hazardous waste
Part A: Conditions under which waste will be hazardous
Part B: Specific limit values for select substances