Waste Management Law

1. Without prejudice to Article 30 of this Law, inspectors, to be appointed pursuant to a decision by the Minister, shall collectively or individually detect, establish, and investigate violations of the provisions of this Law and the Regulations. The Regulations shall determine their work procedures. 2. An inspector may: a) collect, if necessary, samples of materials and items at the facility suspected of violating any of the provisions of this Law and the Regulations, provided that the inspector prepares a report of the incident that includes all the data necessary to examine the samples as well as the materials and items such samples are collected from, and that a copy of the records and data of the facility subject of the inspection is maintained, in accordance with the Regulations; and b) seize, at the expense of the violator if the violation is established, the vehicles and tools that are used, or suspected of being used, in committing the violation, and hand over the seized items to the competent agency, provided that the matter is brought before the competent court within a period not exceeding seven days to uphold or Waste Management Law cancel the seizure, as specified in the Regulations. 3. An inspector may not be prevented or hindered from performing his inspection and detection duties. The inspector shall present his credentials when performing his duties. 4. The Minister may outsource certain inspection tasks and the detection of violations of an administrative nature to specialized and qualified companies, in accordance with the controls and standards specified in the Regulations.