Ministerial Decree No. 171 regarding setting of charges rates collected under the Ministry of Environment

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA COUNCIL OF MINISTERS DECREE No. 171 of 27 August 1993 On the Adoption of Charges Rates Collected under the Ministry of the Environment Promulgated State Gazette No. 76/07.09.1993 T H E C O U N C I L O F M I N I S T E R S H A S D E C R E E D: Article 1 Approves the Charges Rates collected under the Ministry of the Environment as set forth in the Annex. Article 2 The charges under the Rates shall be payable prior to the provision of the service. Article 3 The proceeds from the charges under these Rates shall be remitted to the National Environmental Protection Fund. CONCLUDING PROVISIONS 1. Assigns the enforcement of the Rates to the Minister of the Environment. 2. The procedure for the payment of the charges shall be determined with an Order by the Minister of the Environment promulgated in the State Gazette. 3. These Rates are adopted pursuant to 8 of the Transitional and Concluding Provisions of the Environmental Protection Act. Chairman of the Council of Ministers: Lyuben Berov Chief Secretary of the Council of Ministers: Stoyan Denchev Annex to Article 1 RATES for the Charges Collected under the Ministry of the Environment Article 1 The following charges shall be collected for services related to the issuance of permits for: 1. Disposal of waste waters in quantities of up to 100 cubic meters daily (for each point of outflow) - 150 Levs; 2. Disposal of waste waters in quantities exceeding 100 cubic meters daily (for each point of outflow) - 300 Levs; 3. Extracting rubble from river beds - 500 Levs; 4. Transit transportation of hazardous substances and harmful wastes across the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria: a) with first degree of hazard (1.2, 3.1, 4.1, 4.2, 5, 6.1, 6.3, 7, 8.1, 8.2 in accordance with the Bulgarian State Standard 16114-85) - 3,000 Levs; b) with second degree of hazard (3.2, 4.3 in accordance with the Bulgarian State Standard 16114-85) - 2,400 Levs; c) third degree of hazard (9, 3.3, 6.2, 8.3 in accordance with the Bulgarian State Standard 16114-85) - 1,800 Levs; 5. Transit transportation of hazardous substances and harmful wastes with re loading on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria: the charge under section 4, items a), b) or c) depending on the degree of hazard increased by 50 per cent; 6. Transit transportation of wastes across the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria: a) without re-loading on the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria - 700 Levs; b) with re-loading - 1,500 Levs. 7. Establishment of artificial plantations of protected plant species, collection and export of protected plant species, catch, killing or export of protected animal species - 100 Levs per species. Article 2 The following charges shall be collected for services related to the co-ordination of import and export certificates: 1. For export of wild plant and animal species without established regime of use 50 Levs per species; 2. For export of wild plant and animal species with established regime of use 100 Levs per species; 3. For export, import or re-export of threatened species of the wild flora or fauna included in the Washington Convention: a) for each species of the Bulgarian flora or fauna, except for those under item c) - 300 Levs; b) for each species of the foreign flora or fauna, except for those under item c) - 500 Levs; c) for species belonging to a zoo or a botanical garden, circus, plant or animal exhibition or designated for museums or research institutions - 400 Levs for the whole certificate: 4. For import of hazardous substances: a) from accredited laboratories in quantities of up to 10 kg of each substance - 150 Levs; b) in all other cases - 600 Levs; 5. For import of wastes - 1,000 Levs; 6. For import of harmful wastes - 1,200 Levs. Article 3 The following charges shall be collected for services related to the co-ordination of projects: 1. Projects for expropriation of farm lands or change of their purpose: a) up to 0.5 hectares - 300 Levs; b) from 0.5 to 1 hectare - 500 Levs; c) over 1 hectare - 1,000 Levs; 2. General technical projects for extraction and processing of mineral resources 1,000 Levs; 3. Annual technical projects for extraction and processing of mineral resources 500 Levs; 4. Projects for conservation and liquidation of geological survey and mining sites and sites for processing mineral resources - 600 Levs; 5. Projects for extra losses of mineral resources - 200 Levs; 6. Conditions for the calculation of reserves of mineral resources - 300 Levs; 7. Projects for technical and biological reclamation of degraded areas - 500 Levs; 8. Projects for the drainage of lakes, marshes and other water bodies and anti erosion projects - 300 Levs; 9. Master plans, projects of sites and other investment initiatives, including landscape and architectural projects which are not subject to environmental impact assessment - 500 Levs. Article 4 The following charges shall be collected for issuance of resolutions on the environmental impact assessment: 1. For projects of international importance, including the reconstruction and expansion of existing projects (in accordance with Annex 1 to the Environmental Protection Act) - 0.05 % of the estimated value of the project but not more than 500,000 Levs; 2. For projects of national or regional importance, including the reconstruction and expansion of existing projects (in accordance with Annex 2 to the Environmental Protection Act) - 0.03 % of the estimated value of the project but not less than 100 Levs and not more than 250,000 Levs. Article 5 The charge for issuing a resolution on the environmental assessment of operating projects shall be equal to 0.01 % of the value of long-term material assets as indicated in the annual balance sheet but not more than 100,000 Levs. Article 6 A charge of 200 Levs shall be payable for services related to the issuance of documents for eintitlement to customs or taxation privileges.