Amendments To The Packaging Waste Legislation

New amendments to the packaging waste legislation were promulgated in the 100th issue of the Bulgarian State Gazette dated 16 December 2022. The amendments are in the Ordinance on Packaging and Packaging Waste (the "Ordinance") and are officially in force as of 20 December 2022. We have summarised the most important amendments below:

Registration requirements

According to the amendments, each person who places packaged goods on the Bulgarian market must request to be registered in a public register maintained by the executive director (or an official authorised by him) of the Executive Environment Agency ("ExEA"). The registration should be done within one month before the start of an activity defined as "placing packaged goods on the market".