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Tyre Disposal and Recycling Law, 5767-2007

חוק לסילוק ולמיחזור צמיגים, תשס"ז-2007

Published: 2007-02-01Consolidated Hebrew text as of 2025-01-14 · Last amended 2023-11-19✓ Amendment status checked against the Knesset legislation record on 2026-09-04
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Purposes§

1.

The purpose of this Law is to regulate the disposal and recycling of tyres in a manner that ensures protection of the environment and the prevention of nuisances, including uncontrolled burning, and the reduction of the landfilling of tyres at waste disposal sites.

Definitions§

2.

In this Law –

"waste disposal site" means a place used for the removal and disposal of waste;

"business premises" means a place in which used tyres accumulate in the course of work or business, including a place used for the sale of such tyres, their replacement or storage, and a place used for the repair of punctures;

"business premises owner" means any of the following:

(1)the person managing the business premises;
(2)the occupier of the business premises;
(3)the holder of a permit or licence required under any law for the operation or management of the business premises or for carrying on the business, or a person who is under an obligation to obtain such a permit or licence;
(4)a person under whose supervision or oversight the business premises operates;

"arrears charges" and "shekel interest" – as defined in the Interest and Linkage Adjudication Law;

"the Commissioner" means a person empowered by the Minister to be Commissioner for the purposes of this Law under section 5;

"the Minister" means the Minister for Environmental Protection;

"Interest and Linkage Adjudication Law" means the Interest and Linkage Adjudication Law, 5721-1961;

"importer" means a person who imports tyres, including a person who imports a motor vehicle, but excluding an individual who imports tyres or a motor vehicle for personal use;

"manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacture of tyres;

"recycling" – as defined in the Recyclable Waste Collection and Removal Law, 5753-1993;

"disposal" means the cutting of a tyre into at least four parts and its removal to a waste disposal site regulated under any law;

"tyre" means a rubber hoop fitted to the wheels of a motor vehicle and trailer;

"motor vehicle", "trailer" – as defined under the Traffic Ordinance [New Version].

Tyre Disposal and Recycling Targets§

3.
(a)A manufacturer and an importer, other than an importer of a motor vehicle, shall act to dispose of and recycle used tyres in accordance with the provisions of section 7, at the rates set out below and subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c), out of the total weight of all tyres they marketed in Israel during the periods set out below:
(1)disposal or recycling of at least 50% per year – until the 8th of Tammuz 5769 (30 June 2009);
(2)disposal or recycling of at least 70% per year – until the 28th of Sivan 5771 (30 June 2011);
(3)recycling of at least 50% and disposal of up to 35% per year – until the 10th of Tammuz 5772 (30 June 2012);
(4)recycling of at least 85% per year – from the 11th of Tammuz 5772 (1 July 2012).
(b)In respect of an importer of a motor vehicle, the disposal and recycling targets shall be 30% of the targets set out in subsection (a), in accordance with the periods referred to therein.
(c)In respect of an importer who imports tyres otherwise than for the purpose of trade, the disposal and recycling targets, in relation to tyres first used by the importer in each year, shall be as set out in subsection (a), in accordance with the periods referred to therein.

Prohibition of Landfilling§

4.
(a)From the 23rd of Tammuz 5773 (1 July 2013), no person shall landfill whole, cut or shredded tyres at a waste disposal site or at any other place.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Commissioner shall be entitled to authorise, in writing, the landfilling of by-products of a tyre recycling process or the use of shredded tyres as a base layer at a waste disposal site.

Appointment of Commissioner§

5.

The Minister shall appoint, from among the State employees in his Ministry, a Commissioner for the purposes of this Law.

Reporting Obligations§

6.
(a)A manufacturer or importer shall report to the Commissioner, once a year, and no later than the expiry of sixty days after the end of the year in respect of which the report is submitted, on –
(1)the number of tyres marketed by the manufacturer or importer in Israel in the year preceding the date of the report, and their weight;
(2)the number of tyres collected, disposed of and recycled by the manufacturer or importer in the year preceding the date of the report, and their weight, and the methods by which they acted to dispose of and recycle the tyres;

for the purposes of this subsection, the Commissioner may direct, by written notice, the manner in which the conversion ratio between the weight of the tyres and their number shall be calculated.

(b)An importer who imports tyres otherwise than for the purpose of trade shall report as provided in subsection (a) on the number of tyres first used by the importer in the year preceding the date of the report, and their weight.
(c)Reports as referred to in this section shall be submitted certified by an auditor.

Removal of Used Tyres from Business Premises§

7.
(a)A business premises owner shall remove used tyres from the business premises; removal shall be carried out in one of the following ways:
(1)transfer to a manufacturer or importer or to a person acting on their behalf;
(2)transfer to a tyre recycling or retreading plant in Israel;
(3)transfer to an exporter for the purpose of reuse in another country;
(4)transfer to a tyre warehouse licensed under any law;
(5)sale to private customers for the purpose of reuse;
(6)transfer to a waste disposal site or a transfer station licensed under any law, provided that transfer to a waste disposal site shall not be carried out after the 23rd of Tammuz 5773 (1 July 2013); for this purpose, "transfer station" means a fixed and permanent installation at which waste is transferred in the course of its removal and disposal from one receptacle, including a refuse transport vehicle, to another receptacle, or at which waste is sorted into its components for the purposes of recycling or reuse.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Commissioner may grant a business premises owner a permit, in writing, for the removal of tyres by a method not listed in that subsection, in accordance with the purposes of this Law, in a particular matter or generally; such a permit shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the website of the Ministry for Environmental Protection.
(c)The removal of used tyres from business premises as referred to in subsection (a)(1), by a manufacturer or importer or by a person acting on their behalf, shall be at the rates set out in section 3 out of the total tyres marketed by the manufacturer or importer to those business premises during the periods set out in that section, within a reasonable period of time, without consideration and without payment.
(d)The transfer of used tyres by a business premises owner as referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall be without consideration and without payment.

Storage of Used Tyres at Business Premises§

8.
(a)Used tyres shall be stored in the area of the business premises in a manner that prevents the accumulation of water in them, until the time of their removal, in one of the following ways:
(1)roofing the tyre storage area;
(2)covering the tyres;
(3)storing the tyres after they have been cut into at least four parts.
(b)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the Commissioner may grant a business premises owner a permit, in writing, for the storage of tyres by a method not listed in that subsection, in accordance with the purposes of this Law, in a particular matter or generally; such a permit shall be published in Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the website of the Ministry for Environmental Protection.

Records and Inspection§

9.
(a)A manufacturer and an importer shall maintain full and detailed records of the matters included in the reporting obligations under section 6.
(b)A business premises owner shall maintain full and detailed records of the places to which tyres were removed pursuant to section 7, including the number of tyres removed to each place and their weight.
(c)The Commissioner or a person acting on the Commissioner's behalf shall be entitled to inspect records as referred to in this section and to obtain a true copy thereof.
10.§

(Repealed — תשע״א)

Powers of the Commissioner§

11.
(a)For the purpose of supervising the implementation of the provisions of this Law, the Commissioner may –
(1)require any manufacturer, importer or business premises owner, as well as any employee employed by any of them, and if they are a corporation – any office holder thereof, to identify themselves, to furnish the Commissioner, as the case may be, with information or a document, and to clarify with the Commissioner facts relating to the business of the manufacturer, importer or business premises owner; in this paragraph, "document" includes a printout as defined in the Computers Law, 5755-1995;
(2)enter any place in which the business of a manufacturer or importer is conducted or any business premises, at any reasonable time, provided that the Commissioner shall not enter –
(a)a place used as a dwelling, except pursuant to an order of a court;
(b)a place held by the defence establishment, unless the Commissioner holds an entry authorisation for such a place from the Minister of Defence or from a person empowered by the Minister of Defence for this purpose, and provided that no operational activity or hostile activity is taking place at that place at the time of the Commissioner's entry; for the purposes of this paragraph, "defence establishment" means the Israel Defence Forces, the Ministry of Defence and units attached to the Ministry of Defence.
(b)(Repealed)

Financial Penalty§

12.
(a)If a manufacturer or importer has failed to meet the disposal or recycling targets referred to in section 3, the Commissioner may impose on that person a financial penalty of NIS 2,776.65 in respect of each tonne of tyres not disposed of or recycled in accordance with those targets; the said amount shall be updated on 1 January of each year, in accordance with the rate of increase of the Consumer Price Index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, as known at that date compared with the index known on 1 January of the preceding year.
(b)If the Commissioner has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has done any of the following, the Commissioner may impose on that person a financial penalty of half the fine prescribed for an offence under section 15(a):
(1)failed to submit a report in accordance with the provisions of section 6;
(2)failed to maintain records in accordance with the provisions of section 9.

Demand for Financial Penalty and its Payment§

13.
(a)A financial penalty shall be paid, upon demand by the Commissioner, in writing, within thirty days of the date of receipt of the demand for payment; the demand shall be issued after the Commissioner has notified the person to whom the demand is addressed of the intention to issue it and has given that person an opportunity to state their arguments.
(b)A financial penalty shall be calculated according to its updated amount on the date of the demand for payment, and if a petition has been filed and the court hearing the petition has ordered a stay of its payment – according to its updated amount on the date of the decision on the petition.
(c)If a financial penalty is not paid on time, shekel interest and arrears charges shall be added thereto, in respect of the period of arrears, until its payment, and the provisions of the Interest and Linkage Adjudication Law shall apply, with the necessary modifications.
(d)The filing of a petition against a demand for payment of a financial penalty shall not operate to stay the payment of the financial penalty, unless the Commissioner has agreed thereto or the court has ordered otherwise.
(e)If a petition against a demand for payment of a financial penalty is granted after payment has been made, the amount paid shall be refunded with the addition of shekel interest from the date of payment until the date of refund, and the provisions of the Interest and Linkage Adjudication Law shall apply in respect of such interest, with the necessary modifications.
(f)Payment of a financial penalty shall not exempt a person from fulfilling an obligation under this Law.

Preservation of Criminal Liability§

14.
(a)The provisions of section 12 shall not derogate from the power of a prosecutor to file an indictment as referred to in section 15, if the prosecutor considers that the circumstances justify doing so.
(b)If an indictment has been filed against a person for an offence under section 15, that person shall not be liable to payment of a financial penalty in respect thereof, and if payment has been made, the amount paid shall be refunded with the addition of shekel interest from the date of payment until the date of refund, and the provisions of the Interest and Linkage Adjudication Law shall apply in respect of such interest, with the necessary modifications.

Penalties§

15.
(a)A person who does any of the following is liable to a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(3) of the Penal Law, 5737-1977 (in this Law – the Penal Law), and if the offence was committed by a corporation, it is liable to double the said fine:
(1)carries out landfilling in contravention of the provisions of section 4;
(2)fails to submit a report in accordance with the provisions of section 6;
(3)removes used tyres from business premises otherwise than by one of the methods listed in section 7(a) or (b);
(4)stores used tyres at business premises otherwise than by one of the methods listed in section 8(a) or (b);
(5)fails to maintain records in accordance with the provisions of section 9(a) or (b);
(6)fails to allow the Commissioner or a person acting on the Commissioner's behalf to inspect records in accordance with the provisions of section 9(c).
(a1)A person who commits an offence as referred to in subsection (a) in a manner or in aggravating circumstances as a result of which actual damage or pollution is caused or likely to be caused is liable to imprisonment for three years or to double the fine that the court was entitled to impose on that person under the provisions of this section in respect of the offence of which convicted, and if the offence was committed by a corporation, it is liable to double the fine referred to in section 61(a)(4) of the Penal Law.
(a2)
(1)In respect of an offence committed by a person under this section as a result of which that person obtained a benefit or profit, for himself or for another, the court may impose on that person a fine in the amount of the benefit or profit so obtained, in addition to any other penalty;
(2)for the purposes of this subsection, "benefit" includes an expense saved;
(3)the provisions of this subsection shall not derogate from the provisions of section 63 of the Penal Law.
(b)If the offence is a continuing offence, the court may impose an additional fine at a rate of ten percent of the fine referred to in subsection (a), for each day on which the offence continues.
(c)Where an indictment has been filed for an offence under this Law, the court may issue a mandatory order, a prohibitory order and any other relief, as it sees fit in the circumstances before it, all for the purpose of preventing, stopping or reducing the offence.
(d)Payment of a fine imposed under this section shall not exempt a person from fulfilling an obligation under this Law.

Liability of Employer and Office Holder in a Corporation§

16.
(a)An employer and an office holder in a corporation are obligated to supervise and do everything possible to prevent the commission of an offence under this Law by an employee, the corporation or an employee of the corporation, as the case may be; a person who contravenes this provision is liable to a fine as referred to in section 61(a)(2) of the Penal Law; for the purposes of this section, "office holder in a corporation" means an active manager in a corporation, a partner other than a limited partner, or another functionary in the corporation who is responsible on behalf of the corporation for the area in which the offence was committed, as well as a director, except in respect of an offence under section 15(a)(3).
(b)If an offence under section 15 was committed by an employee, a corporation or an employee of the corporation, it shall be presumed that the employer, or the office holder in the corporation, as the case may be, contravened the duty imposed on that person under subsection (a), unless the employer or office holder proves that they did everything possible to fulfil their duty.

Release of Tyres from Customs§

17.

A customs officer shall withhold the release of tyres from the customs authority if the Commissioner has notified the customs officer that an importer, other than an importer of a motor vehicle, has not fulfilled the importer's obligations under this Law, or that judicial proceedings under section 15 or under item 32(2) of the First Schedule to the Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000, are being conducted in respect of such an importer.

Implementation and Regulations§

18.

The Minister is responsible for the implementation of this Law and may, with the approval of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee of the Knesset, make Regulations on any matter relating to its implementation, including in respect of –

(1)additional matters to be included in the report under section 6, as well as the manner of reporting;
(2)restrictions and conditions on the methods for the removal of used tyres from business premises as listed in section 7;
(3)the deposit of a guarantee for the purpose of ensuring the fulfilment of obligations under this Law; Regulations under this paragraph shall be made with the consent of the Minister of Finance.

Minister's Report§

19.

The Minister shall report to the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee of the Knesset, once a year, on the disposal and recycling targets achieved in the year preceding the date of the report, and the Committee shall hold a discussion on the matter.

Application to the State§

20.

This Law shall also apply to the State.

Amendment of the Administrative Affairs Courts Law – No. 26§

21.

In the Administrative Affairs Courts Law, 5760-2000, in the First Schedule –

(1)in item 23, after paragraph (2) the following shall be inserted:

"(3) A decision of the Commissioner under the Tyre Disposal and Recycling Law, 5767-2007.";

(2)in item 32, after paragraph (1) the following shall be inserted:

"(2) A decision of the Commissioner under section 12 of the Tyre Disposal and Recycling Law, 5767-2007."

Commencement§

22.

This Law shall come into force on the fifteenth of Tammuz 5767 (1 July 2007).

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