Implementation reports
Every three years, the Commission must report on the implementation of the regulation. Please see below for prior documentation.
- 2016-2019: Implementation report
- 2013-2015: Implementation report and staff working document
- 2010-2012: Implementation report and staff working document
- 2007-2009: Implementation report and staff working document part 1 and part 2
- 2001-2006: Implementation report and staff working document
- 1997-2000: Implementation report and staff working document
Waste shipment correspondents
The Waste Shipment Regulation requires EU Member States and the Commission to nominate correspondents who are responsible for informing or advising persons or undertakings making enquiries related to the implementation of the Regulation.
Please find the most recently updated list of correspondents here.
In the past, correspondents had meetings of which the minutes are publicly available. See here.
Guidelines
Read all correspondent guidelines.
Several Member States have published their own guidance documents for the implementation of the Waste Shipment Regulation:
- AT / Lebensministerium (Ministry of the Environment)
- BE / Flanders
- BE / Wallonie
- BE / Brussels
- DE / BMU (Federal Ministry of the Environment)
- UBA (Federal Environmental Agency)
- DK / Miljøstyrelsen (Danish Environmental Protection Agency)
- EE/ Estonian Ministry of the Environment (keskkonnaamet)
- FI / Finnish Environment Institute
- FR / Ministère de l'Ecologie et du Développement durable
- IE / EPA
- NL / Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment)
- SE / Naturvardsverket (Swedish Environmental Protection Agency)
IMPEL network
The cross-border shipment of waste is a key focus of IMPEL, the EU network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law. See IMPEL’s guidance on waste shipment inspection planning.
Contact
Contact details for Competent Authorities in Member States
For questions about EU environmental policy, please contact Europe Direct.