Radioactive Waste Transport Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 1998 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 47, 31 July 1998, pp. 1918-1934. Long titleOrdinance on the transport of radioactive waste into or out of the Federal Territory. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Pollution control Transboundary movement of waste Authorization/permit International trade Enforcement/compliance Hazardous waste Waste management Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The above-mentioned Ordinance implements the Council Directive 92/3/Euratom of 3 February 1992 on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste between Member States into and out of the Community. At the outset the Ordinance contains a definition clause relating to various terms therein employed such as, for example, “radioactive waste”, “third country”, “off site disposal”. Article 5 establishes that whoever intends to transport radioactive waste to or into a third country needs an authorization by the Federal Export Office. Thereafter the text deals with aspects such as shipments between member states, imports into and exports out of Germany, transport through Germany. The text consists of 21 articles. Two Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.bmj.de References - Legislation Repealed by Radioactive Waste Shipment Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2009 (2020) Keyword: Pollution control, Waste disposal, Waste management, Hazardous waste, Transport/storage, Authorization/permit, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Monitoring, Radiation Source: FAO, FAOLEX