Waste export controls to change
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation on changes to the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations SI 2007/1711, which will see enforcement and control of waste exports improved. This is Defra's latest move to try and crack down on waste crime.
The proposed amendments will:
- allow Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to disclose relevant export data to competent authorities in the UK in order to help them to develop better intelligence on illegal waste exports;
- clarify the role of the competent authorities for the transit of waste and the marine area - currently the Secretary of State fulfils this role as a short term measure;
- allow the Border Force to stop and detain suspect containers;
- change the fees payable for the import and export of waste into and from Northern Ireland.
Those who wish to comment on the proposed amendments can do so until 10 May 2013.
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