Waste shipments
COMMUNICATION FROM the european union
The following communication, dated 13 May 2024,
is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Union.
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1._
The EU would
like to inform the Members of the Committee on Trade and Environment that on 11 April 2024
the EU adopted Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on shipments of waste, amending
Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013 and (EU) 2020/1056 and repealing Regulation (EC)
No 1013/2006 (hereafter, the Waste Shipment Regulation).
The Waste Shipment Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the
European Union on 30 April 2024.
2._
The Waste
Shipment Regulation aims to ensure that the EU:
a._
does not export
its waste challenges to third countries and contributes to the environmentally
sound management of waste;
b._
strengthens
enforcement to prevent illegal shipments of waste occurring within the EU, as
well as from the EU to third countries;
c._
increases the
traceability of shipments of waste within the EU; and
d._
facilitates
recycling and reuse.
3._
The Waste
Shipment Regulation sets out the obligations that exporters shipping EU waste
to third countries must comply with.
4._
Building on the
Basel Convention and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
(OECD) Decision of the Council on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations, the Regulation features different
regimes for OECD and non-OECD countries. The European Commission will reach out
to non-OECD countries in the coming months to provide them with detailed
information about the rules that will be applicable to them.
5._ The Regulation will enter into force on
20 May 2024, and it will start to apply from 21 May 2026,
except for:
a._
Articles 2(2)
point (i), Articles 7(10), 11(5), 14(3), 15(6), 18(15), 27(2) and (5), 29(3)
and (6), Article 31, 41 to 43, Article 45, 51(7), 61(7), Article 66, Articles
79 to 82 and Article 83, points 1 to 3, from 20 May 2024;
b._
Article 39 point
(1)(d) from 21 November 2026;
c._
Articles 38(2)
point (b), Article 40, Article 44(2) point (a), and Articles 46 and 47 from 21
May 2027, except for Article 40(3)(b) which shall apply from 21 May 2026;
d._
Article 73 from 1 January 2026.
6._ The
transition periods will allow third countries and stakeholders to get
acquainted with the new rules and take the necessary steps.
7._
You can also find here
the European Commission dedicated webpage on Waste Shipments.
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