The Information Channel Felist.Com -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Brief description of the most interesting legal acts which have been included into the National Register of Legal Acts of the Republic of Belarus within the last week. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 10, 2003 Due to the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of February 27, 2003 # 261 On Some Issues of Managing with Plastic Waste the residents of the Republic of Belarus which produce, import or buy at importers in the territory of the Republic of Belarus goods packaged in plastic containers shall make arrangements in order to reduce their harmful impact on environment. Such measures can be the following: contribution of payment for organizing the waste recycling; creation of their own system of waste collecting and recycling; ordering the recycling to other companies. The payment for organizing the waste recycling shall be paid twice a year at the rate of 60 basic values (now 1 basic values equals 6 USD) per ton of waste. The Decision shall come into effect on April 1, 2003. Due to the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of February 27, 2003 # 269 On Improving the System of Collection (Provision) and Usage of Some Kinds of Secondary Raw Materials the residents of the Republic of Belarus which produce or sell as importers the goods packaged in glass containers and containers made of paper or cardboard in Belarus, shall create their own systems of collection (provision) and recycling waste of these containers or make payments to the special account of the Ministry of Trade for organization of the waste recycling. By the Decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of February 27, 2003 # 280 a new size of the wage of first labour grade equaling 26,500 rubles and a new size of the basic value equaling 13,300 rubles were established since March 1, 2003. By the Decision of the Administration of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus of February 17, 2003 # 30 an order of making payments to residents of the Russian Federation was significantly simplified and the newly established order does not require making the mentioned payments to the accounts opened in the authorized banks of the Russian Federation only. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) National Center of Legal Information of the Republic of Belarus 2002 WWW: http://ncpi.gov.by/eng/indexeng.htm E-Mail: mailto:losev@mail.ncpi.gov.by -*-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://felist.com/member/unsub?grp=regional.bel.belaruslegal http://felist.com/ mailto:ask@felist.com