Waste Recording Ordinance 2003. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2003 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part I, No.618, 30 December 2003, pp. 3801-3810. Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resources on obligation of waste recording. Subject Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste management Waste disposal Recycling/reuse Waste prevention Polluter pays principle Hazardous waste Transport/storage Data collection/reporting Offences/penalties Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 January 2004. Abstract According to articles 17 to 20 of the Waste Disposal Act 2000 (BGBl. I No. 102/2000) the present Ordinance lays down detailed regulations dealing with general obligations for waste plants and waste collectors, such as recording, notifying and registration of waste. The text deals with issues such as general obligations of recording, simplified recording, obligation to notify dangerous waste on behalf of the waste collector. In this connexion article 5 establishes that whoever is in possession of hazardous waste has to issue relating accompanying documents as to kind, quantity, etc. of such waste. Articles 7 to 9 provide regulations as to obligation to register waste, transport of waste, transport of waste from one site to another, project for change to electronic data base. The text consists of 14 articles and 2 Annexes. Annex 1 concerns production, manipulation and treatment procedures, and Annex 2 reproduces the accompanying form for hazardous waste. Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at References - Legislation Implements Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste. Legislation | European Union | 1975 Keyword: Waste management, Waste disposal, Recycling/reuse, Waste prevention, Polluter pays principle, Hazardous waste, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste. Legislation | European Union | 1991 Keyword: Effluent waste water/discharge, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Solid waste, Waste management, Waste non-domestic sources, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX