For certain activities, or if certain conditions are met, in the life of a company, besides many compulsory declarations, the preparation and submission of environmental declarations may also be necessary. The basic requirement for environmental declaration is to have the KÜJ and KTJ number (environmental identifying numbers) and to keep and maintain the records necessary for environmental database during the year.
Environmental declarations may be as follows in Hungary:
- waste management declaration
- air purity protection declaration
- water protection declaration
Declarations are usually to be submitted electronically by the beginning of next year, with the exception of quarterly declarations.
Waste declarations
In the case of waste management (licensed) activities or waste production should be reported. Government Decree 309/2014 (XII. 11.) on waste registration and reporting obligations regulates waste declaration and necessary records for it.
In the case of waste production declaration is required if the following annual quantities are exceeded (per site),in case any of the waste category is exceeded, all categories are to be declared:
- for hazardous waste from 200 kg
- for non-hazardous waste - with the exception of the following point - from 2000 kg
- for non-hazardous construction-demolition waste from 5000 kg
The waste can be declared as follows:
- The company must have environmental IDs, namely KÜJ and KTJ numbers.
- The Waste Management Register should be maintained as set out in the Government Decree 309/2014. (XII. 11.), annex 1.
- If the company for the first time submits a waste declaration, it must log in to the waste management system by electronic submission of the HIR-KOT data form.
- After acceptance of the above form, the waste declaration can be submitted electronically. The declaration may be annual (HIR-EV datasheet) or quarterly (HIR_NE datasheet).
Annual and quarterly declarations
Quarterly data declarations are required if the company has a waste management license for hazardous waste, but it is NOT necessary for waste producers.
Annual declaration is required for a company dealing with production of non-hazardous waste and/or hazardous waste. Hazardous waste involved in the waste management activity can not be reported in annual declaration (only in quarterly reportings).
Waste declaration based on the annual registry maintained by the company should include summary of waste as a result of certain activity on waste production, transfer or takeover by code (so called EWC code) for each site separately and in electronic form should be submitted to registry system (ÁNYK).
Deadlines
In the case of quarterly declarations: the 30th day after the quarter concerned.
Annual declaration: the 1st of March the following.
Air Declaration
A company possessing an air protection license is obliged to submit an air quality protection declaration. The requirements of air protection license have been already specified, so on this page it will not be mentioned again.
Air declaration can be done as follows:
- The company must have environmental identifiers, that is KÜJ and KTJ number, air protection license and accepted LAL dataform package.
- If necessary, the air pollutant emission of the respective air pollutant source should be measured by professionals (accredited company). The frequency and the necessity of the measurements are set out by the competent environmental authority in the air protection license.
- Meeting the requirements in the above two points, air declaration can be electronically compiled.
In the declaration according to the given structure, quarterly declaration must show the pollutant emissions, technological parameters, operating times of point sources and equipment for the technology concerned (in some cases monthly measurement are necessary).
Deadline
The air quality declaration must be submitted by the 31st of March after the reporting year.