Required documents

To obtain the license, you must submit the following documents:

• Application
• State registration certificate number (for individuals: the state registration number of the individual entrepreneur; for individual entrepreneurs, also a copy of the state registration certificate)
• A copy of the license for the activity subject to licensing (if related to product circulation)
• A copy of the receipt confirming the state duty payment or the electronic receipt of the state duty online payment
• Consent from the state body of the country into which the waste is being imported, according to the Basel Convention (in case of exporting waste from the customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union)
• A copy of the contract between the exporter and importer, when the applicant acts as an intermediary
• A copy of the transportation contract and a copy of the contract between the exporter and the person responsible for waste disposal, containing information on the environmentally safe handling of the waste
• Notification document on the transboundary movement of waste in accordance with the Basel Convention requirements
• Transfer document for the transboundary movement of waste in accordance with the Basel Convention requirements
• Information on the availability of technical capacity for the use of hazardous waste (an extract from the technological regulation confirming the possibility of using hazardous waste as raw material, or another document confirming that the waste can be used without generating additional hazardous waste or residues)

Grounds for license denial

The license may be denied if:

• Required documents are missing or contain incorrect information
• One or more supporting documents have expired or been suspended
• The quota or tariff quota has been exhausted

Payment amount and procedure

The license fee is 1,000 AMD. Payment must be made via bank transfer to bank account number 900005000840.

Delivery period and procedure

The license is issued by the Ministry of Environment within 1 working day after submitting the application.

A one-time license is issued for 1 year of activity exclusively for products for which import or export quotas have been established (valid until the end of the calendar year for which the quota was set).

Legal reference

• Government Decision No. 1524-N, dated December 25, 2014
• Government Decision No. 90-N, dated February 5, 2015

Legal acts can be found on arlis.am (make sure to read the latest version of the acts).