Article 47

Council Decision 2013/755/EU of 25 November 2013 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Union ( ‘Overseas Association Decision’ ) · European Union

1. Movements of waste between the Member States and the OCTs shall be controlled in accordance with international and Union law. The Union shall support the establishment and development of effective international cooperation in this area with a view to protecting the environment and public health. 2. The Union shall prohibit all direct or indirect export of waste to the OCTs, with the exception of exports of non-hazardous waste destined for recovery operations while at the same time the OCTs authorities shall prohibit the direct or indirect import into their territory of such waste from the Union or any third country, without prejudice to specific international undertakings concerning these areas that have been made, or may be made in future, in the competent international fora. 3. As regards those OCTs, which, due to their constitutional status, are not Party to the Basel Convention, their relevant authorities shall expedite adoption of the necessary internal legislation and administrative regulations to implement the provisions of the Basel Convention in those OCTs. 4. In addition, the Member States to which OCTs are linked shall promote the adoption by the OCTs of the necessary internal legislation and administrative regulations to implement the following acts: Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), as follows: Article 40 as regards exports of waste to overseas countries or territories; Article 46 as regards imports of waste from overseas countries or territories; Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 (5); and Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (6) subject to the time limits for transposition laid down in Article 16 thereof. 5. One or more OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked may apply their own procedures to export of waste from the OCTs to that Member State. 6. In this case, the Member State to which the OCTs is linked shall notify to the Commission the applicable legislation by 2 July 2014, as well as any future relevant national legislation, and any subsequent amendments to such legislation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.