1. COUNCIL REGULATION No 259/93 (Legal framework) Ton Post / Kees van Hees VROM Inspection
Notes

2. Title 1 Scope and definitions
Title 2 Shipment of waste between Member States
Title 4 Export of waste outside of the Community
Title 5 Import of waste into the Community
Title 6 Transit of waste
Title 7 and 8 Provisions

3. IMPORTANT STEPS TO TAKE
Waste
International Shipment
Excluded
Disposal
Recovery: 1 Annex II (green list)
2 Annex III (amber list)
3 Annex IV (red list)

4. DEFINITION OF WASTE According to directive 75/442:
any substance or object which the holder dispose of, or is required to dispose of, pursuant to the
provision of national law enforcement

5. EXCLUDED (most important)
Shipments of radioactive waste;
  Shipment of civil aviation waste;
  Shipment of waste already covered by other
relevant legislation;
 Waste destined for recovery and listed in Annex II
(green list) (partly excluded).

6. INCLUDED (ANNEX II: green list)
Article 11
Article 17 par 1, 2 and 3
Destined for duly authorized facilities

7. NOTIFIER
Any natural person or corporate body to whom or which the duty to notify is assigned:
The person who proposes to ship waste or have waste shipped.

8. NOTIFIER (CONTINUED) The producer of the waste or;
A licensed collector, dealer or broker or;
The person having possesion or legal control of
the waste (holder);
In case of import or transit, the person designated
by the laws of the state of dispatch or the holder.

9. SHIPMENTS BETWEEN EU-MEMBERS
RECOVERY:
ANNEX III (amber list) : NOTIFICATION
ANNEX IV (red list) : NOTIFICATION
ANNEX II (green list) : ART 11
: DESTINED FOR A DULY AUTHORIZED FACILITY
DISPOSAL : NOTIFICATION

10. ART. 11 Name and address holder
Usual commercial description of the waste
Quantity
Name and adress of the consignee
Operation involving recovery
Anticipated date of shipment
Signature holder

11. SHIPMENT/DISPATCH WITH A NOTIFICATION
The notifier has to send a copy of the consignment to the
competent authorities three working days before the
shipment is made.
The consignment note shall accompany each
transport.

12. SHIPMENT/RECEIPT WITH A NOTIFICATION
Within three working days following receipt of the waste, the
consignee shall send copies of the completed consignment
note to the notifier and the competent authorities.
As soon as possible and not later than 180 days following
receipt of the waste, the consignee shall send a certificate of
recovery or disposal to the notifier and the competent
authorities.

13. PROCEDURES ANNEX II NEW MEMBERS
REGULATION 2557/2001
Recovery of waste annex II (green list): Notification
Latvia
Hungary
Malta
Poland
Slovakia

14. EXPORT FOR DISPOSAL OUT OF THE EU
Prohibited except those to EFTA countries (European Free Trade Organisation) which are also parties to the Basel Convention.

15. EXPORT FOR RECOVERY OUT OF THE EC
Export of hazardous waste to non-OECD (Organisation for Economical Cooperation and Development) States > ANNEX V
Commission Regulation No 2557/2001:
PART 1 List A : export ban
PART 1 List B : normal procedures
PART 2 : hazardous waste>export ban
PART 3 : export ban

16. EXPORT FOR RECOVERY OUT OF THE EC
Export of waste listed in annex II (green list) to non-OECD states
Regulation: 1547/99
Regulation: 1420/99

17. REGULATION 1547/99 annex A: notification annex B: notification
annex C: notification
annex D: art 11 + destined for an authorized
facility

18. REGULATION 1420/99
Annex A: export ban
Annex B: notification

19. EXPORT TO ACP-STATES
All export of waste to ACP States (African, Caribbean and Pacific States) shall be prohibited.
Exceptions:
Not for waste listed in annex II (green list);
Returning after processing in a member state.

20. IMPORT FOR DISPOSAL INTO THE EU
All import shall be prohibited except those from:
EFTA countries which are parties to the Basel Convention;
Countries with which the Community have concluded
bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements;
Countries with which individual Member States have
concluded bilateral agreements or arrangements.

21. IMPORT OF WASTE FOR RECOVERY INTO THE EC
All imports shall be prohibited except those from:
Countries to which the OECD decision applies
Other countries which are Parties
to the Basel Convention

22. ART. 26 VIOLATION Definition of the illegal shipment of waste
Who is responsible for the disposal of the waste after the
violation

23. FINANCIAL GUARANTEE Concerning every shipment of waste
Responsibility of the notifier
The guarantee will be returned:
Certificate of disposal or recovery
Controle copy T 5

24. GENERAL NOTIFICATION Waste having the same physical and
chemical characterstics
Shipped periodically
To the same consignee
Following the same route

25. MIXING UP WASTES
It is not allowed to mix up wastes which are the subject of different notifications during the shipment

26. RELEVANT COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTS
Contract
Invoice
Weighting slips
Analysis
CMR
Bill of Lading
Manifest
Airway bill
Railway bill
Dangerous good note

27. RELEVANT CUSTOM DOCUMENTS
EX A
T 1
CARNET TIR
EUR 1
ATR
FORM A
IM A/B