The Transfrontier Shipment of Radioactive Waste Regulations 1993

Receipt of shipment

9.—(1) Where, in the case of a shipment to which this Part applies by virtue of regulation 5(a), and in respect of which the country of destination is a Member State, the chief inspector receives from the competent authorities of the country of destination a copy of the acknowledgment of receipt of the shipment sent in accordance with Article 9(2) of the Directive, he shall send a copy of that acknowledgment to the person who submitted, under regulation 7(1), the application for authorisation for that shipment.

(2) Where the country of destination of a shipment is a third country, and this Part applies to the shipment by virtue of regulation 5(a), the person who submitted, under regulation 7(1), the application for authorisation for that shipment shall, within two weeks of the date of its arrival, notify the chief inspector that the waste has reached its destination in the third country, and shall indicate the last customs post in the Community through which the shipment passed.

(3) The notification referred to in paragraph (2) shall be substantiated by a declaration or certification of the consignee of the radioactive waste stating that the waste has reached its proper destination and indicating the customs post of entry into the country of destination.