ECRAN Multi country Workshop on compliance with the legislation on Trans Frontier Shipment of Waste and 3rd Annual Meeting of IED/Chemicals Working Group
Date: 25-26.05.2016
Place: Izmir, Turkey
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 The regulation has been replaced by the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. 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
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 training
The following results are expected for this activity scheme
- 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.
The following issues will be addressed in the IED/Chemicals WG Annual Meeting:
- Appropriateness of planned actions under the ECRAN IED/Chemicals WG and need for further support;
- Maximising benefits and opportunities generated though the IED/Chemicals Component suggested types of follow up actions and coordination with other initiatives;
- Evaluation of the actions in the IED/Chemicals WG 2015 Work plan;
- Potential post 2016 ECRAN activities.
