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The regulations apply from the point of loading the waste until it has been fully recovered or disposed of at the destination facility. If you do not follow the regulations you may be committing a criminal offence and risk prosecution, financial penalties and imprisonment.
The controls that apply to your waste shipment will depend on the:
treatment planned for the waste when it reaches its destination
country of destination and the transport route
waste type
is prohibited
requires notification and consent from the competent authorities concerned before you ship (also known as notification controls)
can occur under Article 18 controls (also known as green list controls) – this is a lower form of control than notification, and mainly applies to shipping non-hazardous waste