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Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste
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TITLE II SHIPMENTS ... WITH OR WITHOUT TRANSIT THROUGH THIRD COUNTRIES
CHAPTER 1 Prior written notification and consent
Article 7.Transmission of the notification by the competent authority of dispatch
Article 8.Requests for information and documentation by the competent authorities concerned and acknowledgement by the competent authority of destination
Article 9.Consents by the competent authorities of destination, dispatch and transit and time periods for transport, recovery or disposal
Article 11.Objections to shipments of waste destined for disposal
Article 12.Objections to shipments of waste destined for recovery
Article 15.Additional provisions regarding interim recovery and disposal operations
TITLE IV EXPORTS ... TO THIRD COUNTRIES
TITLE V IMPORTS ... FROM THIRD COUNTRIES
CHAPTER 1 Imports of waste for disposal
Article 41.Imports prohibited except from a country Party to the Basel Convention or with an agreement in place or from other areas during situations of crisis or war
Article 42.Procedural requirements for imports from a country Party to the Basel Convention or from other areas during situations of crisis or war
CHAPTER 2 Imports of waste for recovery
Article 43.Imports prohibited except from an OECD Decision country or a country Party to the Basel Convention or with an agreement in place or from other areas during situations of crisis or war
Article 44.Procedural requirements for imports from an EU or OECD Decision country or from other areas during situations of crisis or war
Article 45.Procedural requirements for imports from a non-EU, non-OECD Decision country Party to the Basel Convention or from other areas during situations of crisis or war
TITLE VI TRANSIT THROUGH THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM AND TO THIRD COUNTRIES
Notification document for transboundary movements/shipments of waste
Movement document for transboundary movements/shipments of waste
SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE NOTIFICATION AND MOVEMENT DOCUMENTS
7. A planned shipment subject to the procedure of prior written...
8. Those filling out printed copies of the documents should use...
9. The forms have also been designed to be easily completed...
10. To simplify translation, the documents require a code, rather than...
11. A six-digit format should be used to indicate the date....
12. Where it is necessary to add annexes to the documents...
IV. Specific instructions for completing the notification document
13. The notifier is to complete blocks 1–18 (except the notification...
15. Normally, the consignee would be the disposal or recovery facility...
25. Block 14 (See Annex II, Part 1, point 16): State...
(a) Subheading (i): Basel Convention Annex VIII codes should be used...
(b) Subheading (ii): OECD member countries should use OECD codes for...
(c) Subheading (iii): The codes included in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC should...
(d) Subheadings (iv) and (v): Where applicable, national identification codes other...
(e) Subheading (vi): If useful or required by the relevant competent...
(f) Subheading (vii): State the appropriate Y-code or Y-codes according to...
(g) Subheading (viii) : If applicable, state here the appropriate H-code...
(h) Subheading (ix): If applicable, state here the United Nations class...
(i) Subheadings (x and xi): If applicable, state here the appropriate...
(j) Subheading (xii): If applicable, state here customs code or codes,...
29. Block 18: Indicate the number of annexes containing any additional...
30. Block 19: Under the Basel Convention, the competent authority or...
V. Specific instructions for completing the movement document
32. At the time of notification, the notifier is to complete...
33. Block 1: The competent authority of dispatch is to enter...
35. Blocks 3 and 4: Reproduce the same information on the...
40. Block 9: Reproduce the information given in block 9 of...
41. Blocks 10 and 11: Reproduce the information given in blocks...
42. Blocks 12, 13 and 14: Reproduce the information given in...
47. Receipt of the waste consignment must be certified by any...
49. The disposal or recovery of waste must be certified by...
INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION RELATED TO NOTIFICATION
Part 1: Information to be supplied on, or annexed to, the notification document:
1. Serial number or other accepted identifier of the notification document...
2. Notifier's name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, registration...
3. If the notifier is not the producer: producer's (producers') name,...
4. Dealer's (dealers') or broker's (brokers') name, address, telephone number, fax...
5. Recovery or disposal facility's name, address, telephone number, fax number,...
6. Consignee's name, address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, registration...
7. Intended carrier's (carriers') and/or their agent's (agents') name, address, telephone...
10. Country of destination and relevant competent authority.
11. Single notification or general notification. If general notification, period of...
14. Intended routing (point of exit from and entry into each...
15. Evidence of registration of the carrier(s) regarding waste transports (e.g....
16. Designation of the waste on the appropriate list, the source(s),...
19. Specification of the recovery or disposal operation(s) as referred to...
21. Evidence of insurance against liability for damage to third parties...
22. Evidence of a contract (or a declaration certifying its existence)...
24. Evidence of a financial guarantee or equivalent insurance (or a...
25. Certification by the notifier that the information is complete and...
26. When the notifier is not the producer in accordance with...
Part 2: Information to be supplied on, or annexed to, the movement document:
Part 3: Additional information and documentation that may be requested by the competent authorities:
1. The type and duration of the authorisation pursuant to which...
2. Copy of the permit issued in accordance with the relevant...
2A. In paragraph 2, ”relevant regulations” has the meaning given in...
3. Information concerning the measures to be taken to ensure transport...
4. The transport distance(s) between the notifier and the facility, including...
5. Information about costs of transport between the notifier and the...
6. Copy of the registration of the carrier(s) regarding the waste...
9. Description of the treatment process of the facility which receives...
10. The financial guarantee or equivalent insurance or a copy thereof....
11. Information concerning the calculation of the financial guarantee or equivalent...
13. Copy of the policy of insurance against liability for damage...
14. Any other information which is pertinent to the assessment of...
LIST OF WASTES SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 18
Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and...
Wastes containing principally organic constituents, which may contain metals and...
Wastes which may contain either inorganic or organic constituents
Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and...
WASTE SUBJECT TO THE EXPORT PROHIBITION IN ARTICLE 36
List A (Annex VIII to the Basel Convention)
A1 METAL AND METAL BEARING WASTES
A1010 Metal wastes and waste consisting of alloys of any of...
A1020 Waste having as constituents or contaminants, excluding metal waste in...
A1030 Wastes having as constituents or contaminants any of the following:...
A1070 Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust and sludges such as...
A1080 Waste zinc residues not included on list B, containing lead...
A1100 Dusts and residues from gas cleaning systems of copper smelters...
A1110 Spent electrolytic solutions from copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations
A1120 Waste sludges, excluding anode slimes, from electrolyte purification systems in...
A1150 Precious metal ash from incineration of printed circuit boards not...
A1170 Unsorted waste batteries excluding mixtures of only list B batteries....
A1180 Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap containing components such...
A1190 Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or...
A2 WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND...
A2010 Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses
A2020 Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or...
A2030 Waste catalysts but excluding such wastes specified on list B...
A2040 Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, when containing Annex...
A2060 Coal-fired power plant fly-ash containing Annex I substances in concentrations...
A3 WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND...
A3010 Waste from the production or processing of petroleum coke and...
A3020 Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use
A3030 Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with leaded...
A3050 Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers,...
A3070 Waste phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form of...
A3090 Waste leather dust, ash, sludges and flours when containing hexavalent...
A3100 Waste paring and other waste of leather or of composition...
A3110 Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious...
A3140 Waste non-halogenated organic solvents but excluding such wastes specified on...
A3160 Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues arising from organic...
A3170 Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons (such...
A3180 Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or contaminated with...
A3190 Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation...
A3200 Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, containing...
A3210 Plastic waste, including mixtures of such wastes, containing or contaminated...
A4 WASTES WHICH MAY CONTAIN EITHER INORGANIC OR ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS
A4010 Wastes from the production, preparation and use of pharmaceutical products...
A4020 Clinical and related wastes; that is wastes arising from medical,...
A4030 Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and...
A4040 Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood-preserving chemicals...
A4050 Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any...
A4060 Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions
A4070 Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes,...
A4080 Wastes of an explosive nature (but excluding such wastes specified...
A4090 Waste acidic or basic solutions, other than those specified in...
A4100 Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning of industrial...
A4110 Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any...
A4120 Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with peroxides...
A4130 Waste packages and containers containing Annex I substances in concentrations...
A4140 Waste consisting of or containing off-specification or out-dated chemicals corresponding...
A4150 Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching...
A4160 Spent activated carbon not included on list B (note the...
List B (Annex IX to the Basel Convention)
B1 METAL AND METAL BEARING WASTES
B1010 Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form:
B1020 Clean, uncontaminated metal scrap, including alloys, in bulk finished form...
B1031 Molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium and rhenium metal and metal...
B1040 Scrap assemblies from electrical power generation not contaminated with lubricating...
B1050 Mixed non-ferrous metal, heavy fraction scrap, not containing Annex I...
B1060 Waste Selenium and Tellurium in metallic elemental form including powder...
B1070 Waste of copper and copper alloys in dispersible form, unless...
B1080 Zinc ash and residues including zinc alloys residues in dispersible...
B1090 Waste batteries conforming to a specification, excluding those made with...
B1100 Metal-bearing wastes arising from melting, smelting and refining of metals:...
B1115 Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics, not included...
B1120 Spent catalysts excluding liquids used as catalysts, containing any of:...
B1140 Precious-metal-bearing residues in solid form which contain traces of inorganic...
B1150 Precious metals and alloy wastes (gold, silver, the platinum group,...
B1160 Precious-metal ash from the incineration of printed circuit boards (note...
B1170 Precious-metal ash from the incineration of photographic film
B1180 Waste photographic film containing silver halides and metallic silver
B1190 Waste photographic paper containing silver halides and metallic silver
B1200 Granulated slag arising from the manufacture of iron and steel...
B1210 Slag arising from the manufacture of iron and steel including...
B1220 Slag from zinc production, chemically stabilised, having a high iron...
B1230 Mill scaling arising from the manufacture of iron and steel...
B1250 Waste end-of-life motor vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous...
B2 WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND...
B2010 Wastes from mining operations in non-dispersible form:
B2040 Other wastes containing principally inorganic constituents:
B2050 Coal-fired power plant fly-ash, not included on list A (note...
B2060 Spent activated carbon not containing any Annex I constituents to...
B2080 Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes not included on...
B2090 Waste anode butts from steel or aluminium production made of...
B2100 Waste hydrates of aluminium and waste alumina and residues from...
B2110 Bauxite residue (red mud) (pH moderated to less than 11,5)...
B2120 Waste acidic or basic solutions with a pH greater than...
B2130 Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, not...
B3 WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND...
B3011 Plastic waste listed below, provided it is destined for recycling/reclamation...
B3026 The following waste from the pre-treatment of composite packaging for...
B3027 Self-adhesive label laminate waste containing raw materials used in label...
B3060 Wastes arising from agro-food industries provided it is not infectious:...
B3065 Waste edible fats and oils of animal or vegetable origin...
B3090 Paring and other wastes of leather or of composition leather...
B3100 Leather dust, ash, sludges or flours not containing hexavalent chromium...
B3110 Fellmongery wastes not containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or...
B3130 Waste polymer ethers and waste non-hazardous monomer ethers incapable of...
B3140 Waste pneumatic tyres, excluding those destined for Annex IVA operations...
B4 WASTES WHICH MAY CONTAIN EITHER INORGANIC OR ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS
List B (Waste from Appendix 4, Part II of the...
Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and...
Wastes containing principally organic constituents, which may contain metals and...
Wastes which may contain either inorganic or organic constituents
Wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and...
INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING SHIPMENTS OF WASTE AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(2) AND (4)
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