The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) Regulations 2024
28 February 2025
Amends/Commences: Assimilated Regulation 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply
Comes into force: 1st January 2025
Jurisdiction: GB
Summary
Both hazardous and non-hazardous waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) will now be subject to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure when being imported into or exported from Great Britain. The PIC procedure requires the importing party to give their consent before an exporter can export hazardous waste to them and is in place to enhance the control that countries have over the transboundary movement of waste.
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Comes into force: 1st January 2025
Jurisdiction: GB
Summary
Both hazardous and non-hazardous waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) will now be subject to the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure when being imported into or exported from Great Britain. The PIC procedure requires the importing party to give their consent before an exporter can export hazardous waste to them and is in place to enhance the control that countries have over the transboundary movement of waste.
For more information, click here.