Payment of state fee
State fee rates are set out in the State Fees Act (RLS). The state fee is paid to the Ministry of Finance before submitting an application for permit to the Environmental Board. By submitting an application in the environmental decision information system KOTKAS, the state fee can be paid there.
If the state fee is not paid, the Environmental Board may leave the application unreviewed or set a term for payment of the state fee as soon as possible.
Name of the recipient: Rahandusministeerium
Account of the recipient:
Luminor Bank EE701700017001577198 (SWIFT: NDEAEE2X)
SEB Pank EE891010220034796011 (SWIFT: EEUHEE2X)
Swedbank EE932200221023778606 (SWIFT: HABAEE2X)
The description should include:
- Name of the transaction that the state fee is paid for or reference to the provision of the State Fees Act.
- If a state fee is paid for another person, the name of such person is also indicated.
Further information on the payment of state fees to the state budget can also be found on the website of the Ministry of Finance.
Reference numbers
2900081677 Review of applications for permits in proof of right to use hunting district and making of changes to boundaries of hunting district
2900081703 Review of applications for licences for release of genetically modified organisms into environment and licences for marketing of genetically modified organisms and processing of applications for permits for transfrontier movement of waste
2900081680 Review of applications for granting and amending integrated environmental permits
2900081693 Review of an application for granting and amending environmental permit; permit for handling products, equipment and systems containing fluorinated greenhouse gases; review of applications for grant or amendment of radiation practice licences; review of application for radiation expert certificate
2900081651 Certification of forest tree seeds and packaging operations
2900081664 Review of applications for grant, amendment or re-registration of permits for geological exploration of mineral resources
Refund of overpaid amount of the state fee
The payer has the right to claim back the overpaid amount of the state fee. To do this, it is necessary to submit
riigiloivu_tagastamise_avaldus.docx| 12.4 KB | docx (Application for refund of the state fee)
to the office of the Environmental Board or send it by post to Roheline 64, 80010 Pärnu, Estonia or digitally signed at e-mail address info@keskkonnaamet.ee.
The claim for refund of the state fee expires two years after the end of the year when the state fee was paid.
What should state fee be paid for?
- Acts performed on basis of Hunting Act
- Acts performed on basis of Atmospheric Air Protection Act
- Acts performed on basis of Waste Act
- Acts performed on basis of Radiation Act
- Acts performed on basis of Nature Conservation Act
- Acts performed on basis of Earth’s Crust Act
- Acts Performed on Basis of General Part of the Economic Activities Code Act
- Acts performed on basis of Forest Act
- Acts performed on basis of Plant Propagation and Plant Variety Rights Act
- Acts performed on basis of Industrial Emissions Act
- Acts performed on basis of General Part of the Environmental Code Act
A state fee is paid for the review of the application for an integrated environmental permit:
- 1,640 euros if the enterprise is a category A enterprise with a major hazard within the meaning of the Chemicals Act
- 1,520 euros if the enterprise is a category B enterprise with a major hazard within the meaning of the Chemicals Act
- EUR 1 240 in case not mentioned in points 1 and 2.
A state fee of 620 euros is paid for the review of the amendment application for an integrated environmental permit.
No state fee is charged if the amendment of an environmental permit or integrated environmental permit is decided without open proceedings in case provided for in §59 (5) of KeÜS or in §66 (3) of the Earth's Crust Act.
As of 1 July 20, state fee is not charged for amendments, checking initiated on the basis of KeA or unopened proceedings in case of §59 (5).
A state fee is paid for reviewing an application for an environmental permit on the basis of the activities applied for as follows:
- Special use of water - 520 euros
- Transfer of pollutants from a stationary source of pollution to the ambient air - 520 euros
- Waste management – 520 euros, if hazardous waste is managed – 780 euros
- Extraction of mineral resources - 1,000 euros.
State fee of 50% of the state fee rate provided for in subsection (1) of this section is paid for an application for the amendment of an environmental permit.
If, upon amendment of an environmental permit, the inclusion of the activities specified in subsection (1) of this section in the environmental permit is applied for, the state fee is paid at the rate specified in subsection (1) of this section and subsection (2) of this section does not apply.
A state agency, local government, legal person in public law, non-profit association and a micro-enterprise specified in §3 14) of the Accounting Act pays a state fee of 50 per cent of the state fee rate provided for in subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section.
A large undertaking specified in §3 17) of the Accounting Act pays a state fee of 125 per cent of the state fee rate provided for in subsection (1) of this section or calculated on the basis of subsection (2) for the review of an application for the issue or amendment of an environmental permit.
If an application for the issue or amendment of an environmental permit covers at least two activities specified in subsection (1) of this section, a state fee of 80 per cent of the amount of state fee rates for the activities specified in subsection (1) of this section is paid, taking into account provisions of subsections 2-5 of this section.
Execution of previously valid permits as an environmental permit
If on 1 January 2020 a person holds a waste permit, hazardous waste management license, permit for special use of water, water permit, air pollution permit or mining permit for spatially or technologically related activities, he or she may submit an application for a single environmental permit for those activities.
A waste permit, permit for special use of water, water permit, air pollution permit and mining permit issued before 1 January 2020 shall be issued by the issuer of the permit as an environmental permit within a reasonable time with the data set established on the basis of §53 (3) of this Act. In such case, the issuer of the permit decides to amend the previously valid permit without an open procedure.
Processing of an application specified in subsection (1) of this section and performance of an operation specified in subsection (2) are exempt from payment of a state fee if the purpose of the proceedings is joining the permits valid on 1 January 2020 or registering these as a permit with new data and no other changes but those due to joining the permits are made.
Last updated: 01.12.2022