---
title: "Hazardous Material Permits"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/hazardous-material-permits-en"
field: "Environmental & Energy Law"
description: "Hazardous material permits: chemical norms, ozone layer protection and the special permit. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-19"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Hazardous Material Permits

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/hazardous-material-permits-en

## Hazardous substances and the permitting regime

Activity connected with hazardous substances in Georgia rests on several norms of the law on environmental protection: the norms for the use of chemical agents, the protection of the ozone layer together with the special permit, and the system of state control. One rule is particularly significant: except for the cases established by law, products containing hazardous substances may be imported into Georgia only with a special permit — and this norm applies directly to chemicals that deplete the ozone layer.

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### When is a special permit required?

Products containing ozone-depleting chemical substances may be imported into Georgia only with a special permit. The production or use of such substances must be reduced or stopped.

### Where are chemical substances recorded?

In the unified state registry of chemical substances, whose compilation procedure is determined by legislation. The registry serves optimal use, risk reduction and control.

### How often are the rules renewed?

The norms for the use of chemical agents and the rules of transport, storage and use are developed and approved by the environmental ministry once every 5 years.

### Who controls this sphere?

State control is exercised by the environmental ministry and the department; the limitation period for a damage claim is 10 years.