Multi country Workshop on Compliance with the Legislation on Trans Frontier Shipment of Waste
Date: 08-10.03.2016
Place: Antwerp, Belgium
Organizer: ECRAN Secretariat with EC TAIEX Unit
In 1994 the Council Regulation 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within,
into and out of the European Community, came into force. One of the main purposes of the
European waste regulation is to prevent the shipment of environmentally harmful waste to
countries that do not have the provisions to cope with these wastes. Another purpose is to take care
of the environmentally sound processing of the waste. The regulation has been replaced by the
Waste Shipment Regulation 1013/2006 in 2007 including the Amendments 660/2014. The
enforcement of this Waste Shipment Regulation WSR (further referred to as WSR) is a competence
of individual Member States. For an effective and efficient enforcement, organisations have to
cooperate over their national borders as transboundary movements of wastes exceed these borders.
General Objective
Increasing the effectiveness of inspection bodies and promoting compliance with environmental
requirements.
Specific Objective
Increased capacity in SEE in the field implementation of elements of the WSR, increased insight in
related compliance and enforcement mechanisms and knowledge about performing inspections.
Expected Results of the Workshop:
The expected results are:
- Improved knowledge based on WSR and legal and institutional requirements with compliance, and enforcement aspects at key staff of the Environment Ministries and institutions on the subject;
- Strengthened regional network of SEE professionals and experts on Trans Frontier Shipment (TFS) with its compliance and enforcement aspects.
