Verbringung von Abfällen in Deutschland und Europa Zustimmung für Abfälle nach der "gelben" Abfallliste und alle anderen zur Beseitigung bestimmten Abfälle

As a company, you would like to transport waste across national borders? Then the regulations of the EC regulation on the shipment of waste apply to you.

All waste that is to be disposed of or otherwise recovered and is transported across national borders must be notified. The notification procedure enables the competent authorities to monitor cross-border waste shipments. In particular, the export of hazardous waste to countries with low environmental and safety standards is to be prevented.

Notification is therefore required for

• all waste that is disposed of (exception: waste for laboratory analysis, maximum 25 kilograms),
• all waste for recovery listed in Annex IV (so-called "yellow list" waste)
• all wastes for recovery listed in Annex V Part 1 List A (hazardous wastes according to Annex VIII of the Basel Convention),
• all wastes for recovery or mixtures of wastes for recovery not listed as individual entries in Annexes III, IIIA, IIIB, IV or IVA.

You can obtain information on exemptions from the notification obligation from the competent authority.

Who must notify?

You are considered to be the notifier if you are a natural or legal person in the country of dispatch, if you transport waste yourself or have it transported. As a rule, this is the first waste producer, in the order of further notification also the new producer, a licensed collector, a registered dealer, a registered broker or the owner of the waste.

The notification shall be made via the competent authority of dispatch. The notifier submits all documents required for the notification, including the necessary copies for all authorities involved, to the authority of dispatch. The authority of dispatch then checks whether the notification has been carried out correctly, sends the documents to the authority of destination and all transit country authorities concerned within 3 working days if the assessment is positive and informs the notifier accordingly. However, the authority of dispatch may refuse to forward the documents if it requests additional documents or raises an objection to the notification within the period of 3 working days.

Furthermore, all authorities involved have 3 working days after receipt of the notification documents to request additional information and documents if this is necessary. No later than 3 working days after receipt of the documents, including those that were previously requested, the competent authority at the place of destination sends a so-called acknowledgement of receipt. Even if the notification has been carried out correctly, the authority of dispatch may request further documents necessary for the assessment of the consent. It then informs all affected parties of this additional request. However, it is obliged to forward the notification. In this case, the authority of destination may only send an acknowledgement of receipt once it has received notification from the authority of dispatch that these additional documents have also been received. No later than 30 days after the acknowledgement of receipt has been sent, all authorities involved will issue their decision on the planned notification, either consent without conditions, consent with conditions or objection.

Once all consents to the notification have been received, the notifier enters the actual date of the shipment in the movement document and completes it as far as possible. The notifier then sends copies of the completed and signed movement document to the competent authorities concerned and the consignee of the waste at least 3 working days before the planned shipment. The original movement document and a copy of the notification document as well as the copies of the approval notices must be carried during transportation. The disposal facility shall confirm acceptance of the waste on the movement document no later than 3 days after receipt and send it to the notifier and the competent authorities concerned. No later than 30 days after completion of the disposal and no later than one year after receipt of the waste, the disposal facility shall confirm this disposal to the notifier and the competent authorities concerned by sending them a signed copy of the movement document. If the waste undergoes the disposal procedure specified in the notification immediately after acceptance (for example, within 3 days) at the disposal facility, the acceptance and disposal may be transmitted simultaneously. In this case, the last step as described above is omitted.

usually 4 weeks due to various deadlines

You can notify waste at any time. If there are no documents for the procedure or if there are objections, the dispatching authority will contact you within three working days.

No later than 30 days after transmission of the acknowledgement of receipt, all authorities involved will give their decision on the planned notification and you will receive the exact date for shipment of the waste.

• Shipment of waste in Germany and Europe Consent for waste on the "amber" waste list and all other waste destined for disposal
• All waste that is to be disposed of or otherwise recovered and transported across national borders must be notified
• Responsible: TLUBN

The Thuringian State Office for the Environment, Mining and Nature Conservation is responsible.

• Online procedure possible: no
• Written form required: yes
• Personal appearance required: no