Verbringung von Abfällen in Deutschland und Europa Zustimmung

    As a company, do you want to transport waste across national borders? Then the provisions of the EC Regulation on shipments of waste apply to you.

    Description

    All waste for disposal and recovery that is to be shipped across national borders must in principle be notified and requires the consent of the authorities involved in the country of dispatch and the country of destination

    This consent can be granted below:

    • Consent without conditions,
    • consent with conditions
    • Objection.

    Exceptions to the notification requirement can be obtained from the competent authority.

    Competent office

    The authorities involved in the country receiving the waste.

    Contact point

    The authorities involved in the country receiving the waste.

    Forms

    Prerequisites

    Approval is granted if the notification has been carried out correctly, the documents submitted are complete and no objections have been raised.

    not specified

    Procedure

    After receiving all the necessary documents, the authority of dispatch checks whether the notification has been carried out correctly, sends the documents to the authority of destination and all transit country authorities concerned within three 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 three working days.

    No later than three working days after receipt of the documents, including those previously requested, the competent authority of destination sends a so-called acknowledgement of receipt. Even if the notification is carried out correctly, the authority of dispatch may request further documents necessary for the assessment of the approval. 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 subsequently requested documents have also been received. No later than 30 days after the acknowledgement of receipt has been sent, all authorities involved shall issue their decision on the planned notification. This is done by

    • Consent without conditions or
    • Consent with conditions or
    • raising an objection.

    Processing time

    not specified

    Costs

    Collective notification with a validity period of less than one calendar year, requested annual quantity <= 10,000 t: Fee from 200,00 EUR to 5.000,00 EUR (Information on cost composition can be found here)

    Collective notification with a period of validity of less than one calendar year, requested annual quantity > 10,000 tonnes: Fee from 500,00 EUR to 10.000,00 EUR (Information on cost composition can be found here)

    Collective notification with a total period of validity exceeding one calendar year, quantity applied for <= 15,000 tonnes: Fee from 500,00 EUR to 10.000,00 EUR (Information on cost composition can be found here)

    Collective notifications with a total period of validity exceeding one calendar year, quantity applied for > 15,000 tonnes: Fee from 1.000,00 EUR to 15.000,00 EUR (Information on cost composition can be found here)

    For waste from the "green waste list".: Fee free of charge

    Notes (specifics)

    "Shipment" means the transportation of waste destined for recovery or disposal which takes place or is intended to take place
    (a) between two countries; or
    (b) between a country and overseas countries and territories or other territories under the protection of that country; or
    c) between a State and a land territory which is not a State under international law, or
    d) between a State and Antarctica, or
    e) from a State through one of the above-mentioned territories, or
    f) within a state through one of the above-mentioned territories and which begins and ends in the same state, or
    g) from a geographical area not under the jurisdiction of a State to a State.

    Further Information

    Unterstützende Institutionen

    not specified

    Welche Dokumente resultieren aus dieser Leistung?

    not specified

    Area of validity

    Lower Saxony

    Official approval

    Officially approved by Hazardous Waste Management Company Rhineland-Palatinate mbH on 28.10.2020

    Version

    Technisch erstellt on 02.12.2020
    Technisch geändert on 27.03.2026

    Keywords

    Waste, Garbage, Waste disposal, Waste shipment, green waste, Waste transportation, Yellow waste, Waste transportation, Cross-border, Waste transportation, Garbage, green waste, Waste, Yellow waste, Waste shipment, Waste disposal, Cross-border

    Language version

    Deutsch

    Sprache: de
    Technisch erstellt on 07.06.2017
    Technisch geändert on 14.05.2025

    Englisch

    Sprache: en
    Sprachbezeichnung nativ: English
    Technisch erstellt on 22.10.2025
    Technisch geändert on 23.10.2024