TITLE IVEXPORTS F1... TO THIRD COUNTRIES
CHAPTER 1Exports of waste for disposal
Article 34Export F2prohibitions etc.
1
All exports of waste from the F3United Kingdom destined for disposal shall be prohibited.
2
The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to exports of waste destined for disposal in F4EU or EFTA countries which are also Parties to the Basel Convention.
3
However, exports of waste for disposal to an EFTA country Party to the Basel Convention shall also be prohibited:
a
where the EFTA country prohibits imports of such waste; or
b
if the competent authority of dispatch has reason to believe that the waste will not be managed in an environmentally sound manner, as referred to in Article 49, in the country of destination concerned.
4
This provision shall be without prejudice to the take-back obligations as laid down in Articles 22 and 24.
F55
Where a person proposes to export waste destined for disposal in an EU or EFTA country, the Secretary of State shall be required to present a prior duly reasoned request to the competent authority of the EU or EFTA country of destination on the basis that technical capacity and the necessary facilities in order to dispose of the waste in an environmentally sound manner do not exist, or cannot reasonably be acquired, in the United Kingdom.
Words in Title 4 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 70; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)