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For the attention of manufacturers, importers, and distributors of products subject to the extended producers' responsibility

For the attention of manufacturers, importers, and distributors of products subject to the extended producers' responsibility

In order to implement the extended producer responsibility, the Government of Georgia, on May 25, 2020, adopted four technical regulations: waste oil management, tire waste management, waste management of electrical and electronic equipment, waste management of batteries, and accumulators. The regulations define the rights and responsibilities of all parties involved in the MG scheme.

According to the law, beginning July 1, 2022, distributors of products subject to the relevant MVG obligation are required to refrain from putting products on the market supplied by producers who are not registered in the MVG register and are not members of the EPR organisation.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia once again calls on the producers and importers of products subject to the producers' extended responsibility to register with the EPR Register and become members of the MGV organisation, And the distributors of the products subject to the EPR obligation, from July 1, 2022, will not place on the market the products supplied by the manufacturers that are not registered in the EPR register and are not members of the EPR organisation.

As of today, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia has authorised the following organisations to be subject to the producer's extended responsibility:

A (A) IP "Tegeta Green Planet"; Tel: 591 35 55 88; E-mail: info@tgp.ge. Collective compliance scheme: waste oils, waste tires, waste batteries.

"Waste Management Business Association"; Tel: 593 35 78 91, 557 19 55 99; Email: info.wmba1@gmail.com. collective compliance scheme: waste oil, waste tires, waste batteries.

‘’Georgian producers extended responsibility association’’ Tel: 599 22 40 70. Email:geoproassociation@gmail.com. collective compliance scheme, waste oil, waste tere, waste batteries and accumulators, waste electrical and electronic equipment

 

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