National statistical instutute

"Environmental and Energy Statistics" Department

Rumen Rumenov

State expert

2 Panayot Volov St., 1038 Sofia

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 541

Information is provided about the quantities of waste generated from all economic activities (excluding households) and what happens with it. Quantities of waste passed to other enterprises for further recovery or disposal, and those exported out of the country are shown.

· List of Wastes (Appendix No.1 at the Art. 5, para. 1 of the Ordinance No. 3/1.04.2004 on waste classification issued by the Minister of environment and water and the Minister of health care, published in ?State Gazette?, No. 44 of 25 May 2004);

· European Waste Catalogue.

All economic sectors excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing, and households.

Waste means any substance, object or part thereof, which the holder disposes of, intends to dispose of or is required to dispose of, and is included into one of the categories listed in the Waste Management Act.

Economic entities whose activity causes generation, recovery, disposal, collection or disassembling of waste.

All economic entities excluding agriculture, forestry and fishing, and households.

Territory of Bulgaria

2004-2011

Not applicable.

Tons (with accuracy to kg)

Year.

· Waste Management Act (published ?SG?, No.86/30.09. 2003)

· Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

The date of release of the statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. Data is published annually.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data on Generated waste from economic activity is published on the NSI website, section Environment in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Annual

· Electronic Publication "Environment";

· Statistical Yearbook.

Data on Generated waste from economic activity are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Environment: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5086

Not accessible.

No.

• Own methodology developed by the National Statistical Institute: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Ecology_Method_2_en.pdf;

· Sample survey combined with data obtained from the Executive Environmental Agency.

· European Statistics Code of Practice;

· A common framework for quality management in the National Statistical System.

Main users of survey's statistical information are the state and municipal entities, associations, companies and citizens.

No information. Survey about satisfaction of customers has not been conducted.

The data is published according to the terms laid down in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

All publications are prepared timely, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

Not applicable.

Time series are available beginning 2004.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

In connection with the reduction of respondents' burden an electronic version of the questionnaire was introduced.

Revision of the data is applied if necessary.

See previous position.

· Sample survey covering enterprises with 10 and more employed combined with exhaustive survey for some economic sectors and activities;

· Administrative data, received from Executive Environment Agency.

Annual

Via electronic or paper questionnaires.

Comparing the data to those reported in previous years.

Via Excel and SPSS

National statistical instutute

Department "Environmental and Energy Statistics" 

Rumen Rumenov

State expert

2 Panayot Volov St., 1038 Sofia

[email protected]

+359 2 9857 541

Information is provided about the quantities of waste generated from agriculture, forestry and fishing and what happens with it. Quantities of waste passed to other enterprises for further recovery or disposal, and those exported out of the country are shown.

· List of Wastes (Appendix No.1 at the Art. 5, para. 1 of the Ordinance No. 3/1.04.2004 on waste classification issued by the Minister of environment and water and the Minister of health care, published in ?State Gazette?, No. 44 of 25 May 2004);

· European Waste Catalogue.

Enterprises and self-insured persons from the activities: agriculture, forestry and fishing.

Waste means any substance, object or part thereof, which the holder disposes of, intends to dispose of or is required to dispose of, and is included into one of the categories listed in the Waste Management Act.

Economic entities whose activity causes generation, recovery, disposal, collection or disassembling of waste.

Agriculture, forestry and fishing economic enterprises.

Territory of Bulgaria.

2004-2011

Not applicable.

Tons (with accuracy to kg).

Year.

· Waste Management Act (published "SG", No.86/30.09. 2003);

· Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics.

· Law on Statistics;

· Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.

Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law.

The date of release of the statistical information is indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. Data is published annually.

The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480

Data on Generated waste from agriculture, forestry and fishing is published on the NSI website, section Environment in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers.

Annual

· Electronic Publication "Environment";

· Statistical Yearbook.

Data on Generated waste from agriculture, forestry and fishing are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Environment: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5086

Not accessible.

No.

· Own methodology developed by the National Statistical Institute: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Ecology_Method_2_en.pdf;

· Sample survey combined with data obtained from the Executive Environmental Agency.

· European Statistics Code of Practice;

· A common framework for quality management in the National Statistical System.

Main users of survey's statistical information are the state and municipal entities, associations, companies and citizens.

No information. Survey about satisfaction of customers has not been conducted.

Survey covers enterprises and self- insured persons.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

The data is published according to the terms laid down in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

All publications are prepared timely, according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute.

Not applicable.

Time series are available beginning 2004.

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

In connection with the reduction of respondents' burden an electronic version of the questionnaire was introduced.

Revision of the data is applied if necessary.

See previous position.

· Sample survey;

· Administrative data, received from Executive Environment Agency.

Annual

Via electronic or paper questionnaires.

Comparing the data to those reported in previous years.

Via Excel ? SPSS.

Not applicable.