What does illegal shipment mean?
Illegal shipment is a compliance-outcome term, not a general risk score. It should be tied to the exact defect in notification, consent, documentation, routing, recovery/disposal, or WSR prohibition that makes the waste movement illegal.
Official definitions by source
WSR
Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 on shipments of waste
any shipment carried out: (a)without notification to the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation; (b)without the consent of the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation; (c)with consent obtained from the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation through falsification, misrepresentation or fraud; (d)in a way which is not in accordance with the information contained in the notification document or contained in or to be provided in the movement document, except in case of minor clerical errors in the notification or the movement document; (e)in a way which results in recovery or disposal in contravention of Union or international law; (f)contrary to Article 4(1), Article 4(3), or Article 37, 39, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 or 52; (g)in a way which, in relation to shipments of waste as referred to in Article 4(4) and(5), is not in accordance with the requirements referred to in Article 18, paragraphs 2, 4, 6 and 10, or with the information contained or to be provided in the Annex VII document, except in case of minor clerical errors in the Annex VII document
Reference: Article 3, point 26
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Practical application
Implementation records should capture the shipment, competent authority decision, notification/consent evidence, document mismatch, route or facility deviation, recovery/disposal conflict, prohibition trigger, corrective action, and status resolution.
Minespider commentary
For Minespider, WSR terms should turn waste movement into auditable objects: waste batch, shipment, notifier or arranger, consignee, authority route, consent state, and facility receipt.
Common confusions
- Treating WSR shipment terms as ordinary logistics labels rather than waste-recovery/disposal movement controls.
- Collapsing country/authority roles when dispatch, destination, and transit have different legal functions.
- Using waste-shipment status as proof of recovery or disposal without facility receipt and treatment evidence.
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