Law proposal

Legislative proposal to extend article no. 4 of the Mining Law no. 85/2003

A single article - after paragraph (3) of article 4 of Mining Law no. 85/2003 published in the Official Gazette, Part I, no. 197 from 27 March 2003 with the subsequent changes and additions, a new paragraph will be inserted, no.4 in which the following will be stated:

(4) “Mining activity based on cyanide technologies is prohibited at any stage of gold and silver extraction and also at any stage of wastes processing and enrichment. This prohibition also applies to the use cyanide compounds in any percentage as well as to its use in combination with other methods for waste processing and enrichment.”

Chronology of the legislative proposal:

Chamber of Deputies:

04/06/07 – registered at the Chamber of Deputies with reg no. 429/04.06.2007
04/06/07 – registered for debate at the Permanent Office of the Deputy Chamber
04/06/07 - sent for evaluation to the Deputy Chamber’s Industry Commission (deadline 18/09/07)
04/06/07 – sent for evaluation to the Deputy Chamber’s Environmental Commission
04/06/07 – sent to for evaluation to the Deputy Chamber’s Juridical Commission
27/08/07 – the bill is evaluated by the Deputy Chamber’s Juridical Commission (favorable)
04/09/07 – the bill is evaluated by the Deputy Chamber’s Environmental Commission (rejected)
19/03/08 - the bill receives a favorable endorsement from the Deputy Chamber's Industry Commission as well as 4 amendments
15/04/08 - the bill is debated by the Deputy Chamber and returned to the Industry Commission for re-examination.

Senate:

26/02/07 - registration of the law bill for debate
28/02/07 - sent to the Senate’s Legislative Commission for evaluation (deadline: 30.03.07)
26/03/07 - the law bill is evaluated by the Legislative Commission (favourable)
02/05/07 - presented with L348 to the Senate’s permanent Office
02/05/07 - sent to the Senate’s Economic Commission (deadline: 23/05/07)
02/05/07 – sent to the Senate’s Juridical Commission (deadline: 16/05/07)
02/05/07 – sent to the Senate’s Environmental Commission (deadline: 16/05/07)
10/05/07 – the Senate’s Economic Commission favourably approves the bill with report No. 111 23/05/07 – the Senate’s Environmental Commission favourably approves the bill with recommendation No. 169 and an amendment
30/05/07 – the Bill is debated in Senate: 55 votes in favour of the bill, 5 votes against the bill and 11 abstentions