Совершенствование правового обеспечения лицензирования деятельности хозяйствующих субъектов по утилизации отходов

Российский юридический журнал. 2023. № 4(151). С. 165–174.

Berzin O. A., Shliagina E., Игнатьева А. В.

The article proves the relevance of the development of legal support of the waste disposal industry in Russia. The hierarchy of sources of legal regulation in the field of licensing of waste disposal activities is determined. The main requirements established by environmental legislation for the license applicant are disclosed. The authors describe the current practice of licensing of waste disposal activities. They reveal the shortcomings of legal regulation, including the absence of an official interpretation of the terms «new equipment», «new technology» and the establishment of additional requirements for the license applicant, based on the internal conviction of the control and supervisory authorities. The problems of proving compliance (non-compliance) of the equipment (technology) declared by the license applicant with the criteria of novelty are considered. In order to eliminate the identified legislative gap, it is proposed to amend the Federal Law «On Environmental Expertise» and the Federal Law «On Technical Regulation», which will allow the license applicants to prove the absence of novelty in case the information about the declared equipment (technology) is contained in the information and technical reference books of the best available technologies and GOSTs.

Keywords: лицензирование, государственное регулирование, обращение с отходами, recycling, природоохранная деятельность, environmental protection, government regulation, licensing, waste disposal, утилизация