Waste shipments

Community legislation

Summary of EU legislation on waste shipments

General

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 664/2011 of 11 July 2011, amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste to include certain mixtures of wastes in Annex IIIA thereto.

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 308/2009 of 15 April 2009 amending, for the purposes of adaptation to scientific and technical progress, Annexes IIIA and VI to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste.

• Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste - applicable since 12 July 2007.
  
  Corrigendum of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 per 28 November 2008

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1379/2007 of 26 November 2007 amending Annexes IA, IB, VII and VIII of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste, for the purposes of taking account of technical progress and changes agreed under the Basel Convention.
  This regulation includes in particular a revision of the forms for notification and movement documents and for the information to accompany shipments of green-listed waste.
  
  Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1379/2007 of 26 November 2007 per 08 November 2008

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 669/2008 of 15 July 2008 on completing Annex IC of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste. This regulation includes specific instructions for completing the notification and movement documents (Annex IA and Annex IB) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.

Shipments of "green-listed" non-hazardous wastes to non-OECD countries (DG TRADE)

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply.
  This regulation takes into account recent answers by non-OECD countries concerning their rules on import of green-listed non-hazardous wastes and replaces with its entry into force on 18 December 2007 Regulation (EC) No 801/2007 of 6 July 2007. Regulation No 801/2007 continues to apply for 60 days after 18.12.2007 to certain wastes (see Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007).
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 740/2008 of 29 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 as regards the procedures to be followed for export of waste to certain countries. This regulation takes account of additional answers by non-OECD countries concerning their rules on import of green-listed non-hazardous wastes

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 967/2009 of 15 October 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste to certain non-OECD countries. This regulation takes account of additional answers by non-OECD countries concerning their rules on import of green-listed non-hazardous wastes

• Commission Regulation (EC) No 837/2010 of 23 September 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste to certain non-OECD countries. This regulation takes account of additional answers by non-OECD countries concerning their rules on import of green-listed non-hazardous wastes

Travaux préparatoires for Regulation 1013/2006

http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=183890

Formerly applicable legislation

• Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (consolidated text) - applicable until 11 July 2007
  Here the links of the former first bullet on the "Community legislation" page should be used.

  • Commission Regulation (EC) No 801/2007 of 6 July 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply - applicable until 18 December 2007 and for certain cases until 16 February 2008 (see Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007).

  • Council Regulation (EC) N° 1420/1999 of 29 April 1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments to certain non-OECD countries of certain types of waste - applicable until 11 July 2007 (consolidated text of 2005 in English)

  • Commission Regulation (EC) N° 1547/1999 of 12 July 1999 determining the control procedures) to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain countries to which OECD Decision C(92)39 final does not apply - applicable until 11 July 2007 (consolidated text of 2005 in English)

  • Commission Decision 94/774/EC of 24 November 1994 concerning the standard consignment note referred to in Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community - applicable until 11 July 2007

  • Commission Decision 1999/412/EC concerning a questionnaire for the reporting obligation of Member States pursuant to Article 41(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 - applicable until 31 December 2007

  • Special provisions for waste shipments to new Member States

  Transitional rules are now contained in Article 63 of Regulation 1013/2006. Before, they were laid down for 7 new Member States in the respective Acts of Accession:

  • Latvia: Annex VIII to the Act of Accession of 2003, chapter 10(B)
  • Hungary: Annex X to the Act of Accession of 2003, chapter 8(A)
    - obsolete since 2005
  • Malta: Annex XI to the Act of Accession of 2003, chapter 10(B)
    - obsolete since 2006
  • Poland: Annex XII to the Act of Accession of 2003, chapter 13(B)
  • Slovakia: Annex XIV to the Act of Accession of 2003, chapter 9(B)
  • Bulgaria: Annex VI to the Act of Accession of 2005, chapter 9(B)
    (at p. 16)
  • Romania: Annex VII to the Act of Accession of 2005, chapter 9(B)
    (at p. 21)

Other relevant EU legislation

• Directive 2006/12/EC (pdf ~ 387 KB) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (Waste Framework Directive)
• Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (consolidated text of 2006 in English)

Some types of waste shipments are exempted from the before-mentioned EC regulations and covered by specific legal regimes; see in particular:

• Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues
• Council Directive 2006/117/EURATOM of 20 November 2006 on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel
• Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption