Retained EU Law 2006 United Kingdom

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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What's here

7 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

What this Act requires

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  • Ensure producer signs the waste shipment notification document
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Notification

  • Notify before shipping certain waste
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Waste to be accompanied by certain information

  • Use Annex VII waste shipment form and sign contract with recovery facility
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Take-back when a shipment is illegal

  • Take back or arrange recovery/disposal of illegal waste shipments
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Procedures when exporting to EU or EFTA countries

  • Obtain all required consents before exporting waste for disposal
s.art038

Exports of waste listed in Annexes III, IIIA, IIIB, IV and IVA

  • Export waste to non-EU OECD countries only after receiving consent
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Enforcement ...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Competent authorities must maintain risk-based inspection plans for waste shipments Crown / Minister / Government department
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Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this...

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Scope

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Definitions

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Meaning of “Directive 2008/98/EC”

s.art002

References to EU country, non-EU country, EFTA country and third country

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References to competent authority

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Overall procedural framework

s.art005

Contract

s.art006

Financial guarantee

s.art007

Transmission of the notification by the competent authority of dispatch

s.art008

Requests for information and documentation by the competent authorities concerned and acknowledgement by the competent authority of destination

s.art009

Consents by the competent authorities of destination, dispatch and transit and time periods for transport, recovery or disposal

s.art010

Conditions for a shipment

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Objections to shipments of waste destined for disposal

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Objections to shipments of waste destined for recovery

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General notification

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Pre-consented recovery facilities

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Additional provisions regarding interim recovery and disposal operations

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Requirements following consent to a shipment

s.art017

Changes in the shipment after consent

s.art019

Prohibition on mixing waste during shipment

s.art020

Keeping of documents and information

s.art021

Public access to notifications

s.art022

Take-back when a shipment cannot be completed as intended

s.art023

Costs for take-back when a shipment cannot be completed

s.art025

Costs for take-back when a shipment is illegal

s.art026

Format of the communications

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Language

s.art028

Disagreement on classification issues

s.art029

Administrative costs

s.art030

Border-area agreements

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Shipments of waste destined for disposal

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Shipments of waste destined for recovery

s.art033

Application of this Regulation to shipments exclusively within Member States

s.art034

Export prohibitions etc.

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Exports prohibition

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Procedures when exporting waste listed in Annex III or IIIA

s.art039

Exports to the Antarctic

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Exports to overseas countries or territories

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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

s.art042

Procedural requirements for imports from a country Party to the Basel Convention or from other areas during situations of crisis or war

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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

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Procedural requirements for imports from an EU or OECD Decision country or from other areas during situations of crisis or war

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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

s.art046

Imports from overseas countries or territories

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Transit through the United Kingdom of waste destined for disposal

s.art048

Transit through the United Kingdom of waste destined for recovery

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Protection of the environment

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Reports

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International cooperation

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Designation of competent authorities

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Designation of correspondents

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Designation of frontier crossing points

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Notification of, and information regarding, designations

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Meeting of the correspondents

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Amendment of the Annexes

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Exercise of the delegation

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Additional measures

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Regulations

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Review

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Repeals

s.art062

Transition rules

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Transitional arrangements for certain Member States

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Entry into force and application

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