The Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste Regulations 1993

Cases where approval of reshipment may not be withheld

13.—(1) Where radioactive waste was to be exported for processing, or irradiated nuclear fuel exported for reprocessing, to a Member State, or to an undertaking in a Member State, and transit of the initial shipment was approved under regulation 11, the chief inspector may not refuse to approve reshipment under regulation 11 where that reshipment concerns the same material after treatment or reprocessing if all relevant legislation is respected.

(2) Where—

(a)in relation to a shipment, the country of despatch is a Member State; and

(b)either—

(i)the shipment cannot be completed, or

(ii)the conditions and requirements contained in the authorisation and necessary approvals for the shipment are not complied with; and

(c)transit of the initial shipment was approved under regulation 11, the chief inspector may not refuse to approve under regulation 11 reshipment of the radioactive waste in question to the holder of that waste in the Member State of despatch where the reshipment is undertaken on the same conditions, and with the same specifications, as the initial shipment.

(3) Where—

(a)a shipment from a third country to a country of destination which is a Member State cannot be completed; and

(b)transit of the initial shipment was approved under regulation 11, the chief inspector may not refuse to approve under regulation 11 reshipment of that waste to the holder of the waste established in the third country where the reshipment is undertaken on the same conditions, and with the same specifications, as the initial shipment.