Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (c. 1013)

TITLE II U.K. SHIPMENTS F1 ... WITH OR WITHOUT TRANSIT THROUGH THIRD COUNTRIES

CHAPTER 6 U.K. Shipments F2 ... with transit via third countries

Article 31 U.K. Shipments of waste destined for disposal

Where a shipment of waste takes place within the [F3 United Kingdom] with transit via one or more third countries, and the waste is destined for disposal, the competent authority of dispatch shall, in addition to the provisions of this Title, ask the competent authority in the third countries whether it wishes to send its written consent to the planned shipment:

(a)

in the case of Parties to the Basel Convention, within 60 days, unless it has waived this right in accordance with the terms of that Convention; or

(b)

in the case of countries not Parties to the Basel Convention, within a period agreed between the competent authorities.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Art. 31 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 67; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 32 U.K. Shipments of waste destined for recovery

1. When a shipment of waste takes place within the [F4 United Kingdom] with transit via one or more [F5 non-EU] countries to which the OECD Decision does not apply, and the waste is destined for recovery, Article 31 shall apply.

2. When a shipment of waste takes place within the [F6 United Kingdom,] with transit via one or more [F7 non-EU] countries to which the OECD Decision applies, and the waste is destined for recovery, the consent referred to in Article 9 may be provided tacitly, and if no objection has been lodged or no conditions have been specified, the shipment may start 30 days after the date of transmission of the acknowledgement by the competent authority of destination in accordance with Article 8.

Textual Amendments

F4 Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 68(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F5 Word in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 68(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F6 Words in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 68(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F7 Word in Art. 32(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 68(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Title 2 Ch. 6 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 66; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Title 2 heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 49; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)