WASTE SHIPMENTS
March 1st, 2002
BY KEITH NUTHALLNATIONAL regulatory authorities have the power to block waste shipments from leaving EU ports or crossing their territories via road, rail or inland waterways, whether they represent the country sending a cargo, receiving it or being used for transshipment, the European Court of Justice has ruled.Judges said that all EU Member States had a duty to examine whether waste cargoes officially destined for recycling and recovery, (such as waste-for-energy schemes), were to be processed this way, or were in reality destined for straight disposal, (such ...
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