The new EU guidelines represent the common understanding of all Member States
on how Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste (Waste Shipment Regulation –
WSR) should be interpreted. In this case specifically Article 18 of the Regulation, which relates to shipments of non-hazardous waste for recovery purposes and the use of Annex VII to accompany the waste shipments. The guidelines were agreed by the Waste Shipment Correspondents through written procedure on 12 May 2017. They are not legally binding.
