16:28 21 December 2024
President Signs Amendment to Waste Act Enhancing BDO Funding
President Andrzej Duda has signed an amendment to the Waste Act, increasing funding for the Database on Products, Packaging, and Waste Management (BDO) for 2025-2027. The amendment allocates 64.35 percent of registration and annual fees collected by provincial offices to the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOŚiGW) to support BDO operations. It also raises the maximum expenditure limits from NFOŚiGW for BDO-related purposes during this period.
Additionally, the amendment reduces the retention period for personal data in BDO from 100 years to 10 years, deemed sufficient for verification by control authorities. Access to BDO has been extended to the National Revenue Administration to enhance oversight and detection of fiscal offenses related to waste management and to the Institute of Environmental Protection for tasks related to BDO development.
The law is set to take effect on January 1, 2025, with certain provisions becoming effective the day after its official publication.
