area under the national jurisdiction of a country — any land or marine area within which a state exercises administrative and regulatory responsibility in accordance with international law as regards the protection of human health or the environment 25.

Basel Convention — the Basel Convention of 22 March 1989 on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal 16.

broker — anyone arranging the recovery or disposal of waste on behalf of others, including such brokers who do not take physical possession of the waste, as referred to in Article 12 of Directive 2006/12/EC 13.

collector — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 11.

competent authority — in the case of Member States, the body designated by the Member State concerned in accordance with Article 53; or in the case of a non-Member State that is a Party to the Basel Convention, the body designated by that country as the competent authority for the purposes of that Convention in accordance with Article 5 thereof; or in the case of any country not referred to in either (a) or (b), the body that has been designated as the competent authority by the country or region concerned or, in the absence of such designation, the regulatory authority for the country or region, as appropriate, which has jurisdiction over shipments of waste for recovery or disposal or transit, as the case may be 18.

competent authority of destination — the competent authority for the area to which the shipment is planned or takes place, or in which waste is loaded prior to recovery or disposal in an area not under the national jurisdiction of any country 20.

competent authority of dispatch — the competent authority for the area from which the shipment is planned to be initiated or is initiated 19.

competent authority of transit — the competent authority for any country, other than that of the competent authority of dispatch or destination, through which the shipment is planned or takes place 21.

consignee — the person or undertaking under the jurisdiction of the country of destination to whom or to which the waste is shipped for recovery or disposal 14.

country of destination — any country to which a shipment of waste is planned or takes place for recovery or disposal therein, or for the purpose of loading prior to recovery or disposal in an area not under the national jurisdiction of any country 23.

country of dispatch — any country from which a shipment of waste is planned to be initiated or is initiated 22.

country of transit — any country, other than the country of dispatch or destination, through which a shipment of waste is planned or takes place 24.

customs office of entry into the Community — the customs office where waste brought into the customs territory of the Community shall be conveyed to in accordance with Article 38(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 29.

customs office of exit from the Community — the customs office as defined in Article 793(2) of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (18) 28.

customs office of export from the Community — the customs office as defined in Article 161(5) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 of 12 October 1992 establishing the Community Customs Code (17) 27.

dealer — anyone who acts in the role of principal to purchase and subsequently sell waste, including such dealers who do not take physical possession of the waste, and as referred to in Article 12 of Directive 2006/12/EC 12.

disposal — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 4.

environmentally sound management — taking all practicable steps to ensure that waste is managed in a manner that will protect human health and the environment against adverse effects which may result from such waste 8.

export — the action of waste leaving the Community but excluding transit through the Community 31.

hazardous waste — as defined in Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (16) 2.

holder — the producer of the waste or the natural or legal person who is in possession of it (and as defined in Article 1(1)(c) of Directive 2006/12/EC) 10.

illegal shipment — any shipment of waste effected: without notification to all competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation; or without the consent of the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation; or with consent obtained from the competent authorities concerned through falsification, misrepresentation or fraud; or in a way which is not specified materially in the notification or movement documents; or in a way which results in recovery or disposal in contravention of Community or international rules; or contrary to Articles 34, 36, 39, 40, 41 and 43; or which, in relation to shipments of waste as referred to in Article 3(2) and (4), has resulted from: the waste being discovered not to be listed in Annexes III, IIIA or IIIB, or non-compliance with Article 3(4), the shipment being effected in a way which is not specified materially in the document set out in Annex VII 35.

import — any entry of waste into the Community but excluding transit through the Community 30.

interim disposal — disposal operations D 13 to D 15 as defined in Annex II A to Directive 2006/12/EC 5.

interim recovery — recovery operations R 12 and R 13 as defined in Annex II B to Directive 2006/12/EC 7.

mixture of wastes — waste that results from an intentional or unintentional mixing of two or more different wastes and for which mixture no single entry exists in Annexes III, IIIB, IV and IVA. Waste shipped in a single shipment of wastes, consisting of two or more wastes, where each waste is separated, is not a mixture of wastes 3.

notifier — in the case of a shipment originating from a Member State, any natural or legal person under the jurisdiction of that Member State who intends to carry out a shipment of waste or intends to have a shipment of waste carried out and to whom the duty to notify is assigned. The notifier is one of the persons or bodies listed below, selected in accordance with the ranking established in this listing: Should a notifier specified in (iv) or (v) fail to fulfil any of the take-back obligations set out in Articles 22 to 25, the original producer, new producer or licensed collector specified in (i), (ii) or (iii) respectively who authorised that dealer or broker to act on his/her behalf shall be deemed to be the notifier for the purposes of the said take-back obligations. In circumstances of illegal shipment notified by a dealer or broker specified in (iv) or (v), the person specified in (i), (ii) or (iii) who authorised that dealer or broker to act on his/her behalf shall be deemed to be the notifier for the purposes of this Regulation; the original producer, or the licensed new producer who carries out operations prior to shipment, or a licensed collector who, from various small quantities… 15.

OECD Decision — Decision C(2001)107/Final of the OECD Council concerning the revision of Decision C(92)39/Final on control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations 17.

overseas countries and territories — the overseas countries and territories as listed in Annex IA to Decision 2001/822/EC 26.

producer — anyone whose activities produce waste (original producer) and/or anyone who carries out pre-processing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this waste (new producer) (as defined in Article 1(1)(b) of Directive 2006/12/EC) 9.

recovery — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 6.

shipment — the transport of waste destined for recovery or disposal which is planned or takes place: between a country and another country; or between a country and overseas countries and territories or other areas, under that country's protection; or between a country and any land area which is not part of any country under international law; or between a country and the Antarctic; or from one country through any of the areas referred to above; or within a country through any of the areas referred to above and which originates in and ends in the same country; or from a geographic area not under the jurisdiction of any country, to a country 34.

transit — a shipment of waste or a planned shipment of waste through one or more countries other than the country of dispatch or destination 32.

transport — the carriage of waste by road, rail, air, sea or inland waterways 33.

waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own 1.