The DARI is a document that expresses the details of the waste produced by each production centre in one natural year.

The Annual waste declaration depends on the activity of the enterprise (CCAE-93, Catalan classification of economic activities, the equivalent of the CNAE, which is the national classification). In general terms, according to Decree 93/1999 of 6th April on waste management procedures, all companies are obliged to be registered as waste producers and to do Annual industrial waste declarations (DARI) if they perform an industrial activity and have manufacturing processes. On the other hand, service and/or trading companies do not have to be registered or do the DARI.

In our website, it is possible to consult whether a certain activity is obliged or not to do the DARI through its CCAE or the description in words of its activity.

In the first quarter of a year, the details of the waste generated in the previous year must be given. For example, the DARI to be made in the first quarter of 2006 must include the waste produced in 2005.

Any change in the enterprise may be reported by updating the data in the DARI or reporting it by letter to the Departament d'Atenció Ciutadana (Citizens' Attention Department). If it is reported by letter, it must be presented entirely separately of the DARI, by ordinary post or personally, either to the offices in Barcelona or the Territorial services (you will find the addresses on the website http://www.arc-cat.net/agencia/contacte/).

It is the waste producer's obligation to know that the DARI is a document that must be presented in the first quarter of each year and that it has to be done even if the documentation has not been received from the Agència de Residus de Catalunya. In other words, we recommend that if nothing has been received by January, you should contact the Agència de Residus de Catalunya (Tel. 93 567 33 00)

As we have explained before, the obligation to do the Annual industrial waste declaration depends on the enterprise activity.
Therefore, if they are obliged to do it due to their CCAE, it does not matter whether the enterprise generates small quantities of waste or whether or not the waste is hazardous.

As in the previous case, the obligation to do the DARI depends on the CCAE-93 of the activity. Therefore, if an industrial activity is obliged to do it, it must be presented by only completing the general data and specifying that no waste has been generated in the management section.

Yes. In the ordinary DARI there is a specific section for declaring the waste that has been stored (note 8) and in the associated instructions, we find the coding of the storage methods in order to describe the conditions under which it has been stored (in stacks, drums, in the open air, in an enclosed space...).

There is no specific section in the simplified DARI, as the forms are completed more simply than the ordinary DARI, but it has to be declared in the “Waste management” section. In any case, in the instructions of the simplified DARI there are the codes for describing the storage method.

If the DARI is done along with the PADRI, there is also a section for storage in the waste management section.

The obligation to present the DARI corresponds to each productive centre, even though they might be different centres belonging to the same enterprise. Therefore, a joint DARI can not be done including all waste from all centres. However, depending on its CCAE, each centre might or might not be obliged to do the declaration.

Yes. The DARI must be done, declaring the waste managed in the period of the year when there was activity. Furthermore, a letter must be sent to the Departament d'Atenció Ciutadana (Citizens' Attention Department) by post or in person to the Agència de Residus de Catalunya of Barcelona or to the Territorial services, reporting the closure of the enterprise and attaching a photocopy of its elimination from the tax on economic activities (IAE).

Failure to do the DARI may constitute an administrative infringement expressed in Law 6/1993 of 15th July regulating waste, and give rise to corresponding sanctions.

The DARI can only be sent by post or taken in person either to the Barcelona offices or the Territorial services. We remind you that it can not be sent by fax (in declarations done with the PADRI programme, it may be sent by Internet through the Agència de Residus de Catalunya, through the SDR, or through the CAT365 portal). Les declaracions fetes amb el PADRI tramitació en línia es desen automàticament al servidor de l'Agència de Residus de Catalunya.

The DARI must be presented in the first quarter of each year and therefore the final date is 31st March.

The instructions must be read before completing the data. If the same waste has been generated as the previous year, the box on the left must be marked and the waste code and amount must be checked. If the annual amount has varied, the transporter or the manager must be noted on the dotted line.

If none of the waste produced in the previous year has been produced, the box does not need to be marked.

If a new waste has been generated, it must be added to the space with the dotted line.

Any waste producer centre with more than 5 workers (including self-employed, management, sales personnel, etc., in other words, including all of the workers in the enterprise regardless of whether or not they work in the production process of the centre) must do the ordinary DARI. For companies with 5 workers or fewer, the simplified version is completed.

The produced goods are the finished products made by the enterprise.

The raw materials are the materials purchased by the enterprise to make the finished products.

The coding used must be that established in the CCPA-96 -the Catalan classification of products by activity. (Decree 131/1999 of 4th May, published in the Gazette of the Generalitat DOGC 2888 on 13/05/99).

This is a shaded area and therefore only has to be completed if the information is available.

The list of authorised waste managers and authorised transporters may be found on the website.

Waste producers must code their waste according to the European waste catalogue (CER).

The European waste catalogue (CER) determines the possible paths for managing each waste.

The management method is the treatment or evaluation made by the manager. The management methods starting with “V” are evaluation operations, and those starting with “T” are treatments. Each waste management enterprise's file may be consulted to know which management paths they follow.

First of all it must be ensured that all the compulsory fields have been completed. The programme has a tree structure and the sub-sections must be unfolded (normally by clicking on the + sign on the left of the screen).

In the “waste” section, you create a “new” waste with the right hand button of the mouse. Using the magnifying glass, you look for the waste code in the waste catalogue (by double clicking on the group until you find the code with the 6 digits). This is confirmed and the description of the table appears by default. The description of the declarer must be written. En les declaracions fetes amb el PADRI tramitació en línia s'ha d'utilitzar l'icona "obrir" o el doble click del ratolí. In declarations made on line with PADRI, click on the "open" icon or double click.

Having inserted the first waste, a sub-section appears (sign +) on the left of the screen. Once in this window, the management path must be chosen: management at origin, external evaluation, external treatment, by-products or storage. Then the annual amount generated must be entered, the management method, the transporter and the manager.

Regardless of the type of management or treatment, even when it goes into the sewers, it is necessary to declare all liquid waste and waste water generated in the productive process or in any associated cleaning.

This classification is found on the waste acceptance note (if there is one) or in the general instructions and annexes of the declaration form.

This programme usually arrives with the declaration procedure, however, it may also be requested by fax, post or electronic mail. It may also be collected from the offices of the Agència de Residus de Catalunya or be installed directly from the web.

The DARI can only be sent by post or taken in person either to the Barcelona offices or the Territorial services. We remind you that it can not be sent by fax (in declarations done with the PADRI programme, it may be sent by Internet through the Agència de Residus de Catalunya, through the SDR, or through the CAT365 portal). Declarations made on line with PADRI are automatically saved to the ARC server.

The waste producer must ask for it in writing from the Agència de Residus de Catalunya for the attention of the Departament d'Atenció Ciutadana (Citizens' Attention Department), and will be sent it within 15 days (roughly).

If you have not been able to resolve your queries with these questions, contact the Agència de Residus de Catalunya on 935 673 333 or 935 673 300 or by fax on 935 673 305 or by electronic mail at informacio.arc.dmah@gencat.net.