Legislation on shipment of waste

Shipment of waste is regulated in EU's Regulation 1013/2006 on shipment of wate. The Regulation is mandatory for all of the European Union. Beside the Regulation the Member States are obliged to set national legislation for such topics as the financial guarantee in the notification procedure. The procedure for shipment of waste is divided in to two categories: Some kinds of waste can be shipped according to the procedure for greenlistet waste, otherwise it has to notified to the national competent authority.

Shipment of waste is regulated in the European Union's Regulation 1013/2006 on shipment of waste. The Regulation is mandatory for all of the European Union and for countries in the European Economic Area. Beside the Regulation, the Member States are obliged to adopt national legislations according to for example the financial guarantee in the notification procedure pursuant of the Regulation.

The procedure for shipment of waste is divided in to two categories. Waste can either be shipped after the procedure for greenlistet waste or it has to notified to the national competent authority.

Below is link to the main regulation regarding shipment of waste.

Legislation

Regulation 1013/2006 on shipment of waste - (link to EUR-lex)

Green listed waste types are listed in Annex III in the Regulation.

Amber listed waste types are listed in Annex IV in the Regulation.

Danish Statutory Order 132/2014 on shipment of waste and shipments of used electrical and electronic equipment - (.pdf)

Forms according to legislation

Consignment document, greenlisted waste (Annex VII) - (.doc)

Guidelines

Categories of waste to be controlled (Y-codes)

List of hazardous characteristics (H-codes)

EC liste of waste - (Catalog of European waste codes)

Classifying Green List waste .pdf - Classifying Green List waste under the ‘Waste Shipments Regulation’ (Regulation No 1013/2006) - practical guidelines. Please note that the Danish version of the guidelines have had corrigendums for waste codes B1250, B2020 and B3010. These corrigendums have not yet been translated into English and thus are not part of the English version of the guidelines.