COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on Member States implementation of the Council Directive 2006/117/EURATOM on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel Fourth Report
Date: 2023-02-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Energy, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, application of EU law, cross-border transport, export of waste, nuclear fuel, nuclear safety, radioactive waste, transport of dangerous goods

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 16.2.2023  SWD(2023) 43 final  COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT   Accompanying the document Report from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on Member States implementation of the Council Directive 2006/117/EURATOM on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel                                                        Fourth Report {COM(2023) 77 final}  
 
 
Contents 

List of abbreviations and acronyms ........................................................................................... 2 

1. 

2. 

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

3.3. 

3.4. 

3.5. 

4. 

4.1. 

4.2. 

4.3. 

4.4. 

4.5. 

4.6. 

4.7. 

4.8. 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 3 

General principles for shipment of spent fuel and radioactive waste .......................... 4 

Status of implementation of the general provisions ..................................................... 8 

Transposition of the Directive ...................................................................................... 8 

Standard document for the supervision and control of shipments ............................... 8 

Competent authorities .................................................................................................. 8 

Transmission ................................................................................................................ 9 

Regular reports ............................................................................................................. 9 

Shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel in 2018-2020 .................................... 10 

Overview of authorised shipments ............................................................................. 10 

Intra-community (MM type) shipments ..................................................................... 12 

Extra-Community shipments (exports and imports) .................................................. 14 

Quality of the reporting .............................................................................................. 17 

Issues reported by Member States when using the standard document ..................... 19 

Information on significant conditions required by the Member States for shipment– 
and export criteria implementation ............................................................................ 21 

Information on significant cases of refusal to give authorisation/consent ................. 21 

Highlights from the Commission ............................................................................... 21 

ANNEX I. List of competent national authorities .................................................................... 23 

ANNEX II. Reporting template ............................................................................................... 28 

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 

ARN 

EC 

EU  

Authorisation registration number 

European Commission 

European Union 

EURATOM  European Atomic Energy Community 

IAEA   

International Atomic Energy Agency 

IM 

JC 

ME 

MS 

MM 

Import/s from outside EU 

Joint Convention 

Export/s to non EU countries 

Member States 

Transit  internal  EU,  passing  from  one  Member  State  to  another  Member  State; 
Import/s intra EU; Export/s intra EU 

NORM  

Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material 

RW  

SF  

Radioactive Waste 

Spent Fuel  

SWD    

Staff Working Document 

TT  

UK  

USA 

Transit/s from a country external to EU to a country external EU 

United Kingdom 

United States of America 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION 

This  Staff  Working  Document  (SWD)  supports  the  Commission's  fourth  report  to  the  European 
Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee (COM(2023) 77 final) 
on  the  implementation  of  Council  Directive  2006/117/Euratom1  on  supervision  and  control  of 
shipments  of  spent  fuel  and  radioactive  waste  by  the  European  Union  Member  States2  (the 
Directive) in the 2018-20203 period. It is based on the latest national reports from Member States 
to the Commission on the implementation of the Directive due by December 2020.  

Pursuant to Article 20, Member States have to report every three years to the Commission on the 
implementation  of  the  Directive.  On  the  basis  of  national  reports  the  Commission  is  obliged  to 
establish,  in  accordance  with  the  procedure  laid  down  in  Article  21  (Advisory  Committee),  a 
summary report for the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social 
Committee. In its report the Commission pays particular attention to the implementation of Article 
4 on reshipment related to non-authorised shipments and undeclared radioactive waste. 

This  Staff  Working  Document  also  provides  an  overview  and  analysis  of  the  authorisations  for 
import,  export  and  transit  of  radioactive  waste  and  spent  fuel  issued  by  Member  States,  and 
summarises the feedback received from the Member States in implementing the Directive.  
As  of  2020,  nuclear  energy  accounts  for  24.6%  of  the  production4  of  electricity  in  the  27 
European Union (EU) Member States. 13 Member States5 operate 1046 nuclear power reactors in 
the Community and 2 Member States (France and Slovakia) have construction projects for new-
built  nuclear  power  plants  ongoing.  Furthermore,  7  other  Member  States  are  in  the  pre-project 
phase  for  building  new  nuclear  power  plants  (Hungary,  Poland,  etc.)  or  planning  to  build  new 
units. 

Looking  at  the  27  EU  Member  States,  69  nuclear  power  plants  are  shut  down  permanently, 
located in 10 countries7.  

19  Member  States  have  research  reactors  at  different  stages  of  their  lifecycle  –  operational, 
shutdown  or  decommissioning.  Subject  to  the  research  reactor  design  Member  States  are  often 
depending on supply of nuclear fuel from third countries such as the United States of America or 
the Russian Federation. In most cases there is also an arrangement for the return of spent fuel to 

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Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom of 20 November 2006 on the supervision and control of shipments 
of radioactive waste and spent fuel, OJ 337, 5.12.2006, p 21-32. 
Although  the  UK  formally  withdrew  from  the  EU  on  31  January  2020,  the  Union  law,  including  the 
Euratom  legislation,  continued  to  be  applicable  during  the  transitional  period  from  1  February  to  31 
December  2021.  The  assessment  provided  in  this  working  document  addresses  the  information 
submitted  by  the  UK  authorities  in  their  national  report  on  the  implementation  of  the  Directive,  and 
their authorisations have been considered as if the UK was a Member State. 
From 26 December 2017 to 25 December 2020. 
Nuclear Energy Statistics. Eurostat. February, 2021. ISSN 2443-8219. 
The  13  Member  States  that  have  nuclear  power  reactors  in  operation  are  Belgium,  Bulgaria,  Czech 
Republic,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  Hungary,  the  Netherlands,  Romania,  Slovakia,  Slovenia,  Spain, 
and Sweden (Croatia does not have a nuclear power plant within its own national borders, but co-owns 
with Slovenia the Krško power plant). 
2019 situation. 
IAEA „Power Reactor Information System“, https://pris.iaea.org/Home/Pris.asp. 

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the  supplier,  which  is  covered  both  by  the  provision  of  this  Directive  and  by  the  Directive 
2011/70/Euratom8. 

In addition, some of the fuel cycle facilities,  such as uranium  mines, fuel fabrication plants and 
reprocessing  plants  came  to  the  end  of  their  lifecycle  or  were  closed  and  are  under 
decommissioning and/or remediation.  

Member  States  that  do  not  operate  nuclear  power  plants  or  research  reactors  also  generate 
radioactive waste, from applications of ionising radiation e.g. in medical care. Therefore, all EU 
Member States produce radioactive waste from numerous activities including energy production, 
research, industrial, medical and other applications. In addition, those Member States that operate 
nuclear power plants or research reactors also generate spent fuel (which can be either regarded as 
radioactive waste to be disposed of directly, or a valuable resource that may be reprocessed).  

The  purposes  of  the  shipments  of  radioactive  waste  and  spent  fuel  are  mainly  the  treatment  of 
radioactive  waste  or  reprocessing  of  spent  fuel;  the  return  of  the  treated  radioactive  waste  or 
radioactive waste originated in the reprocessing of spent fuel back to the country of origin; and the 
return of spent fuel from research reactors to the supplier.  

The management of radioactive waste and spent fuel is subject to legal requirements with the aim 
to  ensure  the  highest  standards  of  safety  and  protection  of  workers,  the  general  public  and  the 
environment.  These  requirements  stem  from  both  international  and  Euratom  law.  At  European 
Atomic  Energy  Community  (Euratom) 
level,  Directive  2011/70/Euratom  establishes  a 
Community  framework  for  the  responsible  and  safe  management  of  spent  fuel  and  radioactive 
waste, to  avoid imposing  undue  burden  on  future  generations,  and  ensuring  that  Member  States 
provide  for  appropriate  national  arrangements  for  a  high  level  of  safety  in  the  management  of 
spent  fuel  and  radioactive  waste  to  protect  the  workers  and  the  public  against  the  dangers  of 
ionising  radiation.  The  Basic  Safety  Standards  Directive  2013/59/Euratom9  has  an  overall 
objective  to  enhance  the  protection  against  the  dangers  arising  from  exposure  to  ionizing 
radiation. It repeals and consolidates in a single piece of legislation the provisions of five Euratom 
Directives, including the High-Activity Sealed Sources Directive10. In compliance with the latter 
Directive,  EU  Member  States  have  established  restricted  national  electronic  registries  for 
radioactive sources and source holders. Building on that Directive 2013/59/Euratom, also includes 
requirements for the management of orphan sources and contaminated scrap metal, as well as on 
management of material containing naturally occurring radionuclides (NORM). 

Within the scope of this comprehensive EU framework, Directive 2006/117/Euratom specifically 
addresses transboundary shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel, laying down a system of 
supervision and control for import to, transit through and export from the Community aiming at 
adequate protection of EU population. 

2. 

GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR SHIPMENT OF SPENT FUEL AND RADIOACTIVE WASTE 

Directive 2006/117/Euratom applies to shipment of spent fuel and radioactive waste whenever the 

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Council  Directive  2011/70/Euratom  of  19  July  2011  establishing  a  Community  framework  for  the 
responsible and safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste. OJ L 199, 2.8.2011, p. 48–56. 
Council  Directive  2013/59/Euratom  of  5  December  2013  laying  down  basic  safety  standards  for 
protection  against  the  dangers  arising  from  exposure  to  ionising  radiation,  and  repealing  Directives 
89/618/Euratom,  90/641/Euratom,  96/29/Euratom,  97/43/Euratom  and  2003/122/Euratom,  OJ  L  13, 
17.1.2014, p.1. 
Council  Directive  2003/122/Euratom  of  22  December  2003  on  the  control  of  high-activity  sealed 
radioactive sources and orphan sources. 

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country of origin, the country of destination or any country of transit is an EU Member State. It 
requires  that  Member  States  involved  in  the  shipment  (State  of  origin,  State  of  destination  and 
transit States) are informed about any planned shipments on their territories, and either give their 
consent or a reasoned refusal to these shipments. 

Under  Directive  2006/117/Euratom,  each  Member  State  should  remain  fully  responsible  for  the 
choice  of  its  own  policy  on  the  management  of  radioactive  waste  and  spent  fuel  within  its 
jurisdiction. The Directive should therefore be without prejudice to the right of Member States to 
export their spent fuel for reprocessing or radioactive waste for processing. Furthermore, nothing 
in its provisions implies that a Member State of destination has to accept shipments of radioactive 
waste and/or spent fuel for final treatment or disposal, except in the case of reshipment (return to 
the country of origin). However, any refusal needs to be justified on the basis of the criteria set out 
in the Directive. The refusal should not be arbitrary and should be founded on relevant national, 
Community or international law. Moreover, in line with the provisions set by the Joint Convention 
on  the  Safety  of  Spent  Fuel  Management  and  on  the  Safety  of  Radioactive  Waste  Management 
(further the Joint Convention), the Directive prohibits the export of radioactive waste or spent fuel 
to a destination south of latitude 60° south, to African, Caribbean or Pacific countries or to a third 
country which does not have the administrative and technical capacity to manage it safely. 

For intra-Community shipments, whenever an entity which, under the applicable national law, is 
responsible for the radioactive waste or spent fuel (i.e. holder11) plans to carry out a shipment, it 
has to submit a duly completed application to the competent authorities of the Member State of 
origin12. The Competent Authority of the country of origin submits the duly completed application 
for  consent  to  the  competent authorities  of  the  Member  State  of  destination  and  of  the  Member 
States of transit, if any13. 
Imports  from  third  countries  into  the  Community  also  require  the  consignee14  to  submit  an 
application to the competent authorities of the Member State of destination15. Concerning exports 
outside  the  EU  borders,  the  holder  submits  an  application  for  authorisation  to  the  competent 
authorities of the Member State of origin and then the competent authorities in the Member State 
of origin must ask the relevant authorities of the country of destination and countries of transit, if 
any, for their consents16. 

As regards transits of radioactive waste and spent fuel through the Community originating from 
and destined to a third country, the entity responsible for the safe management of the material in 
the  first  Member  State  of  transit  submits  an  application  for  authorisation  to  the  competent 
authorities of that Member State17. The competent authorities of this Member State must ask the 
consent of the competent authorities of the Member States of transit, if any. 

The  Directive  2006/117/Euratom  sets  requirements  for  the  use  of  a  standard  document  for  the 
supervision  and  control  of  shipments  of  radioactive  waste  and  spent  fuel  (further  referred  to  as 
“standard document”), and the establishment of criteria for intra-Community shipments, imports 
from  outside  the  EU,  exports  from  Member  States  to  third  countries  and  transits  within  the 

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Any natural or legal person  who, before carrying out a  shipment of radioactive  waste or spent fuel is 
responsible under the applicable national law for such materials and plans to carry out a shipment to a 
consignee.  
See Article 6 of Directive 2006/117/Euratom. 
See Article 7 of Directive 2006/117/Euratom 
Any natural or legal person to whom radioactive waste or spent fuel is shipped. 
See Article 13 of Directive 2006/117/Euratom. 
See Article 15 of Directive 2006/117/Euratom. 
See Article 14 of Directive 2006/117/Euratom. 

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Community.  The  standard  document  was  adopted  with  a  Commission  decision  in  200818.  It 
acknowledges different types of shipments reflected in the "Type Code". The types of shipments 
and the respective Type Codes are graphically presented in Figure 1 and summarised in Table 1. 

Table  1.  Types  of  shipments  and  respective  "Type  Code"  according  to  the  standards  document  of 
Directive 2006/117/Euratom 

Type of 
Shipment19 

Different possibilities for movements  
within, into and out of Community 

Extra 
Community 

Import, from a country external to EU (third country) to an EU 
Member State 

Export, from an EU Member State to a country external to EU 
(third country) 

Intra 
Community 

Transit, from a country external to EU to a country external to 
EU (third countries of origin and destination), through one or 
more EU Member State(s). 
 

Import,  (for  the  Member  State  that  gives  consent  as 
destination)  can  be  associated  with  the  shipment  from  an 
EU  Member  State  to  another  EU  Member  State,  i.e. 
internal EU shipment.  

  Export,  (for  the  Member  State  that  authorizes  as  origin) 
can be associated with the shipment from an EU Member 
State  to  another  EU  Member  State,  i.e.  internal  EU 
shipment  

  Transit, (for the Member State that consents to the transit) 
can be associated with internal EU movement, from an EU 
Member State to another EU Member State. 

Type 
Code 
used 

IM 

ME  

TT 

MM 

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Commission  Decision  of  5  March  2008  establishing  the  standard  document  for  the  supervision  and 
control  of  shipments  of  radioactive  waste  and  spent  fuel  referred  to  in  Council  Directive 
2006/117/Euratom (notified under document number C(2008) 793) (2008/312/Euratom). The Decision 
was corrected in 2011. 

In  the  context  of  this  report  authorisations  for  shipment  to,  from,  or  across  the  UK  are  considered  as 
intra community shipments, as for the majority of the period covered by the report the UK was still a 
Member State of the Community.  

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Figure 1. Types of shipments and respective "Type Code" 

The  shipments  of  spent  fuel  and/or  radioactive  waste  cannot  take  place  until  the  competent 
authorities of the country of destination and of all countries of transit have notified the competent 
authorities  of  the  country  of  origin  their  consent.  In  case  of  MM  shipments,  the  competent 
authorities  of  the  Member  State  of  origin  shall  send  the  duly  completed  application  to  the 
competent authorities of the Member State of destination and  of the Member States of transit, if 
any  (see  Article  7  of  the  Directive).  In  case  of  ME  shipments,  the  competent  authorities  of  the 
Member State of origin shall notify the competent authorities of the country of destination of the 
planned  shipment  and  ask  their  consent,  and  send  the  application  referred  to  in  paragraph  1  for 
consent to the competent authorities of the Member States of transit, if any (see Article 15 of the 
Directive).  The  Directive  stipulates  a  period  of  two  months  after  receipt  of  the  application  for 
notification of consent or refusal. In the absence of a reply upon expiry of those two months the 
competent  authorities  of  the  Member  State  of  destination  or  of  the  Member  State  of  transit  are 
considered to have given a tacit consent to the requested shipment (see Article 9, paragraph 2 of 
the Directive).  

The authorization is issued to the holder by the competent authority of: 

 
 
 

in case of ME and MM, Member State of origin of the shipment,  
in case of IM, Member State of destination of the shipment,  
in case of TT, the first Member State of the shipment’s entry in the EU territory. 

The competent authorities in the Member States of transit or destination may add conditions to the 

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shipments  of  spent  fuel  and/or  radioactive  waste.  Nevertheless,  for  shipments  within  the 
Community,  it  is  not  possible  to  lay  down  conditions  which  are  more  stringent  than  those  laid 
down  by  the  national  law  of  a  Member  State  on  the  shipment  of  radioactive  waste  on  its  own 
territory. 

The authorisation may cover more than one shipment and can be valid up to three years. 

Finally, if the conditions applying to the shipment are not complied with or the shipment cannot 
be  completed,  the  competent  authorities  of  the  Member  State  of  origin  must  ensure  that  the 
radioactive waste and/or spent fuel in question are taken back by the holder, unless an alternative 
safe  arrangement  can  be  made.  The  holder  shall  be  liable  for  costs  arising  in  cases  where  the 
shipment cannot or may not be completed20.  

3. 

STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3.1. 

Transposition of the Directive 

All  EU  Member  States  completed  the  transposition  of  the  Directive  by  2013  and  notified  their 
transposition  measures.  Transposition  details  for  each  Member  State  are  provided  in  the  Staff 
Working Documents corresponding to the previous three reporting periods21, 22, 23. 

3.2. 

Standard document for the supervision and control of shipments 

The standard document includes forms for the following purposes: 

  Application for authorization of shipment(s) of spent fuel or radioactive waste; 
  Acknowledgement  of  receipt  of  application  –  request  for  missing  information  for  spent 

fuel and radioactive waste; 

  Refusal  or  consent  of  radioactive  waste  or  spent  fuel  shipment  by  the  competent 

authorities concerned; 

  Description of radioactive waste consignment and list of packages; 
  Acknowledgement of receipt of radioactive waste and spent fuel; 
  Authorisation of shipment(s) of spent fuel and radioactive waste. 

3.3. 

Competent authorities 

Article 5(13) of the Directive defines "competent authorities" as "any authority which, under the 

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Article 12 of the Directive. 
Commission  Staff  Working  Document  SWD(2013)150  accompanying  the  document  Report  from  the 
Commission  to  the  Council,  the  European  Parliament  and  the  European  Economic  and  Social 
Committee on the implementation by the Member States of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom on the 
supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuels{COM(2013) 240 final}. 
Commission  Staff  Working  Document  SWD(2018)4  accompanying  the  document  Report  from  the 
Commission  to  the  Council,  the  European  Parliament  and  the  European  Economic  and  Social 
Committee on the implementation by the Member States of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom on the 
supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuels{COM(2018) 6 final}. 
Commission  Staff  Working  Document  SWD(2019)437  accompanying  the  document  Report  from  the 
Commission  to  the  Council,  the  European  Parliament  and  the  European  Economic  and  Social 
Committeeon the implementation by the Member States of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom on the 
supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuels {COM(2019)633final}. 

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law or regulations of the countries of origin, transit or destination, are empowered to implement 
the system of supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste or spent fuel". In order to 
facilitate communication between Member States regarding supervision and control of shipments 
of  spent  fuel  and  radioactive  waste,  by  February  2020  all  Member  States  provided  the 
Commission  with  the  updated  contact  details  of  their  competent  authority  or  authorities  (see 
Annex I). The Commission asked for a further update of the contact details in July 2022. 

3.4. 

Transmission 

In  compliance  with  the  requirement  set  out  in  Article  19(1)  of  the  Directive,  the  Commission 
issued  a  Recommendation24  for  a  secure  and  effective  system  of  transmission  of  the  documents 
and information relating to the provisions of the Directive.  

In compliance with the requirement set out in Article 19(2) of the Directive, the Commission has 
also established a dedicated webpage (https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/nuclear-energy/radiation-
protection/transport-radioactive-materials_en)  containing  relevant  information  related  to  the 
Directive. The data has been updated, where appropriate, following information transmitted to the 
Commission by each Member State as foreseen under Article 19 of the Directive, including the 
contact details of the competent authorities in the Member States, the languages acceptable to the 
competent  authorities  of  each  Member  State,  and  all  general  conditions  and  additional 
requirements, if any, necessary for the competent authorities of each Member State to authorise a 
shipment. 

3.5. 

Regular reports 

As stated in Article 20, all Member States have to inform the Commission on the implementation 
of the Directive. This is done by means of regular reports submitted by the competent authorities 
every three years.  In order to support  Member States  in their reporting obligations and ensure a 
certain  degree of  harmonisation  of  the  information received,  the  Commission  provided  Member 
States with a reporting template that they can  – but are not obliged to – use for submitting their 
national  reports  to  the  Commission.  On  the  basis  of  national  reports,  the  Commission  issues  a 
summary  report  aimed  at  informing  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council  and  the  European 
Economic  and  Social  Committee  on  the  implementation  of  the  Directive.  This  Staff  Working 
Document supports and accompanies the aforementioded report.  

The deadline for submission of  the fourth national reports was 25 December 2020. All Member 
States submitted their reports within the deadline, except Italy and the UK, who submitted theirs 
with a delay of less than six months. 

This  fourth  reporting  period  covered  shipments  authorised  between  26  December  2017  until  25 
December 2020.  

National reports have been thoroughly assessed by the Commission. Iteration with some Member 
States  was  necessary  in  order  to  clarify  or  complete  the  information.  In  order  to  provide  an 
overview of the authorisations given Community-wide and to inform about any trends or practical 
difficulties,  the  Commission  has  prepared  the  fourth  Report  to  the  European  Parliament,  the 
Council  and  the  European  Economic  and  Social  Committee  on  the  implementation  of  the 
Directive by the Member States during the considered reporting period, supported by the present 
Staff Working Document.  

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Commission Recommendation 2009/527/Euratom, of 7 July 2009, for a secure and effective system of 
transmission  of  documents  and  information  relating  to  the  provisions  of  Council  Directive 
2006/117/Euratom (OJ L 177, 8.7.2009, p. 5).  

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Chapter 5 of the last Staff Working Document included some suggestions for the improvement of 
the  reporting  template  (from  Member  States  and  Commission  sevices).  During  the  Advisory 
Committee Meeting, some of them have been agreed and incorporated into the template. Fifteen 
Member States have used the updated reporting template in their latest national reports. 

4. 

SHIPMENTS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT FUEL IN 2018-2020  

4.1. 

Overview of authorised shipments  

The Directive requires shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel to take place only with prior 
informed  consent  of  the  competent  authorities  of  all  Member  States  involved,  including  transit 
Member States (Article 9). For the current reporting period, 21 Member States out of 28 reported 
on authorisations or consents for shipments of radioactive waste or spent fuel on their territory.  

The following 7 Member States did not report any authorisations for shipment on their territory: 
Croatia, Cyprus, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland. Among them, 3 Member States did 
not  report  any  authorisations  for  shipments  of  radioactive  waste  on  their  territory  since  the 
beginning of reporting obligations under the present Directive (2009): Croatia, Cyprus, and Malta. 
Overall,  195  authorisations  covering  1770  shipments25  and  345  consents  have  been  reported  by 
EU Member States for the period 2018-2020.  

In comparison with the three previous reporting periods under the present Directive, the number 
of reported authorisations is the highest since the beginning of the reporting obligations in 2009 
(Figure  2).  This  is  only  the  second  reporting  period  when  number  of  authorised  shipments  is 
available  to  the  Commission.  Compared  to  the  previous  reporting  period,  the  number  of 
authorised shipments decreased from 1834 to 1770. 

Number of total authorisations
(grey: radioactive waste, dotted: spent fuel, black: materials)
3

32

157

42

119

20

175

7

21

118

200

150

100

50

0

2009-2011

2012-2014

2015-2017

2018-2020

Figure 2. Number of total authorisations for shipments of radioactive waste (grey) and spent fuel (dotted) 
issued  during  the  past  and  current  reporting  period.  In  the  2012-2014  period, Member  States  have also 
reported authorisations for shipments of materials. 

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A single authorisation may cover more than one shipment, and it can be related to multiple consents. 

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As  Figure  2  and  3  shows,  for  the  195  reported  authorisations  in  2018-2020,  345  consents  have 
been  issued  by  the  receiving  or  transit  Member  States.  Approximately  90%  (175)  of  the 
authorisations  relate  to  shipments  of  radioactive  waste  and  10%  (20)  to  the  shipments  of  spent 
fuel. 

In total 1770 shipments of radioactive waste or spent fuel on the Community's territory have been 
authorised  (Figure  3).  Concerning  specifically  radioactive  waste  (and  to  a  lesser  extent  also  for 
spent fuel), some countries tend to issue one authorisation for multiple shipments. Approximately 
two thirds of the authorisations (116 authorisations) were covering multiple shipments and 40 of 
them were covering 10 or more shipments per authorisation. As a result, more than 9 times more 
shipments  have  actually  been  authorised  than  authorisations  issued.  Two  largest  authorisations 
related  to  the  treatment  of  radioactive  waste  were  for  planned  shipments  from  UK  to  Germany 
(covering 400 shipments) and from UK to Sweden (200 shipments). When it comes to the content 
of planned shipments, 98% (1732) of the authorised shipments were for shipments of radioactive 
waste, and 2% (38) were for shipments of spent fuel. 

Figure  3.  Top  left:  Number  of  authorisations  for  intra-  or  extra-Community  shipments  of  radioactive 
waste  and  spent  fuel;  top  right:  number  of  total  authorised  shipments  intra-  or  extra-Community 
shipment of radioactive waste and spent fuel; bottom left: number of authorisations for different types of 
shipments; bottom right: number of total authorised shipments for different types. 

As  regards  the  different  types  of  shipments,  85%  of  authorisations  (166  in  total)  and  92%  of 
authorised  shipments  (1639  in  total)  relate  to  shipments  between  EU  Member  States  (MM  type 

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shipments). About 8% of authorisations (16 in total) and 3% of authorised shipments (48 in total) 
relate  to  exports  to  3rd  countries  (ME  type  shipments),  and  about  7%  of  authorisations  (13  in 
total)  and  5%  of  authorised  shipments  (83  in  total)  to  imports  (IM  type  shipments).  No  transits 
originating  from  outside  the  EU  and  having  a  third  country  as  final  destination  (TT)  were 
authorised during the 2018-2020 reporting period. 

4.2. 

Intra-community (MM type) shipments  

Concerning  planned  shipments  of  radioactive  waste,  there  were  a  total  of  153  authorisations 
related to intra-community (MM-type) shipments - out of the 175 radioactive waste authorisations 
reported for 2018-2020 (see Figures 3 and 4). 

Intra-community (MM type) authorisations

Spent fuel
8%
(13)

Radioactive 
waste
92%
(153)

Radioactive waste

Spent fuel

Figure 4. Distribution of intra-community authorisations during the reporting period (2018-2020). 

Some authorisations are given for multiple shipments to be carried out over a time period that may 
exceed the one covered by the present report (2018-2020). The MM-type authorisations account 
for  1618  shipments  of  radioactive  waste  authorised  by  15  Member  States  of  origin  during  the 
current reporting period (see Figure 5). 

Two  Member  States  (Germany  and  Sweden)  issued  61%  of  the  reported  authorisations  for 
shipping  radioactive  waste  to  another  Member  State  (93  authorisations  for  589  shipments),  the 
majority for the purpose of return of treated waste to the country of origin (Figure 5). However, in 
terms of authorised shipments of radioactive waste the United Kingdom has issued authorisations 
covering  the  highest  number  of  planned  radioactive  waste  shipments  (636  planned  shipments 
covered by 9 authorisations). Two of these authorisations are for shipments of radioactive waste 
from  the  UK  to  Sweden  and  Germany  for  the  purpose  of  treatment  and  cover  400  and  200 
shipments, respectively. 

Germany and Sweden also issued 59% of consents  (90 in total) as destination country; they are 
frequently  the  destination  country  since  they  have  facilities  for  repacking,  conditioning,  and 
treatment of radioactive wastes (Figure 5).  

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Authorisations/consents per MS

Authorisations (country of origin)

Consents (country of destination)

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

Figure 5. Number of MM authorisations issued for radioactive waste shipments (country of origin) and of 
the respective consents (country of destination) during the reporting period (2018-2020).  

About 67% of the issued authorisations for intra-community shipments of radioactive waste (102 
authorisations) implied a transit through the territory of a  Member State different from both the 
country of origin and the country of destination.  

As  regards  the  purpose  of  all  authorised  intra-community  shipments  of  radioactive  waste,  88% 
relate to the treatment of waste in another Member State and its return to the country of origin26. 
Only  one  authorised  shipment  concerns  the  return  of  radioactive  waste  to  the  country  of  origin 
after  (re)treatment  or  reprocessing  of  spent  fuel  in  the  United  Kingdom.  Seventeen  authorised 
shipments are for the purpose of analysis/research. 

In case of 79% of all MM-type shipments the radioactive waste stems from the nuclear industry. 
The remaining 21% are related to non-nuclear activities (e.g. medicine, reasearch). About 49% of 
shipments  are  executed  by  using  road  transport  and  19%  by  means  of  rail.  Approx.  28%  of 
shipments involve sea ways (road/sea, road/rail/sea, or rail/sea). 

Concerning  authorised  spent  fuel  shipments,  13  authorisations  for  21  shipments  refer  to  intra-
community  shipments.  Member  States  of  origin  are  Belgium,  Finland,  France,  Germany,  the 
Netherlands and Sweden. Member States of destination are Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden 
and  the  United  Kingdom.  France  and  United  Kingdom  have  specilized  facilities  (they  receive 
spent fuel for reprocesing). 

Only  two  of  all  the  MM-type  authorisations  of  spent  fuel  are  related  to  the  (re)treatment  or 
reprocessing  of  spent  fuel  in  France.  The  remaining  11  authorisations  are  for  the  purpose  of 
analysis/research or its return after examination (as for example the shipments between Sweden 
and Belgium). About 84% of shipments are carried out by road. The remaining 15% involve the 
sea or rail (road/rail or road/rail/sea). 

26  

E.g. (re)packaging, conditioning, volume reduction. 

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In contrast to authorisations for  radioactive waste shipments,  for spent fuel there were  only few 
authorisations for multiple shipments. 

4.3. 

Extra-Community shipments (exports and imports) 

Concerning exports27 of radioactive waste from the Community to third countries, 12 authorisations 
(out  of  16  total)  -  representing  44  shipments  (ME)  -  were  issued  by  five  Member  States  (Slovenia, 
Italy,  Germany,  Sweden,  the  United  Kingdom)  during  the  considered  reporting  period  (Table  2). 
About 77% of the authorisations of those exports were carried out by three Member States (Germany, 
Sweden and the United Kingdom). 

With reference to imports28 of radioactive waste from outside the EU, four Member States (France, 
Germany,  Sweden  and  the  United  Kingdom)  issued  authorisations  for  receipt  of  radioactive  waste 
from third countries. In total, ten authorisations for 70 shipments (IM) were issued during 2018-2020.  

Three authorisations were related to the final disposal of a third country's radioactive waste within the 
Community's  territory  -  three  single  shipments  from  Monaco  to  France  for  final  disposal  in  France. 
France  states  that  a  significant  condition  for  authorizing  the  transfer  of  spent  fuel  or  foreign 
radioactive waste to the French territory is the preliminary signing of a bilateral agreement with the 
country of origin of the radioactive waste /spent fuel. French regulation also prohibits the disposal of 
foreign  radioactive  waste  on  French  territory,  except  for  those  originating  from  the  Principality  of 
Monaco.  

As regards spent fuel, a total of four authorisations for just as many shipments (ME) were issued by 
four Member States (Bulgaria, Finland, Portugal and Greece) to export spent fuel to a third country.  

Bulgaria  reports  a  single  shipment  of  spent  fuel  for  reprocessing  in  Russia,  and  states  that  it  was 
compliant with the Commission Recommendation of 4 December 2008 on the criteria for the export of 
radioactive waste and spent fuel to third countries29. 

Finland,  Portugal  and  Greece  reported  authorisations  to  repatriate  spent  fuel  from  their  research 
reactors to the country of origin (the United States of America).  

One Member State (France) authorised shipment of the research reactor’s spent fuel for (re)treatment 
or  reprocessing  from  Australia  (Extra-Community  import)  and  another  two  authorisations  for  12 
shipments (IM) were issued during 2018-2020, for research purposes (both from Norway to Sweden).  

27  

28  

29  

Pursuant to the Directive, exports are shipments from the authorising Member State to a third country; 
consents by transit Member States are required. 
Pursuant to the Directive, imports are shipments from a third country to the authorising Member State; 
consents by transit Member States are required. 
Commission Recommendation 2008/956/Euratom, of 4 December 2008, on the criteria for the export of 
radioactive waste and spent fuel to third countries (OJ L 338, 17.12.2008, p. 69). 

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Table 2. Exports from Member States to third countries 
Third country 
(country of 
destination) 

Number of 
authorisations 
(shipments per 
authorisation) 

Member 
State 
(authorising 
and sending 
the 
shipment) 
Bulgaria 

Russia 

1 (1) 

Finland 

USA 

1 (1) 

Greece 

USA 

1 (1) 

Portugal 

USA 

Slovenia 

Italy 

USA 

USA 

Germany 

USA 

Germany 

USA 

Germany 

USA 

Germany 

USA 

Germany 

Sweden 

United 
Kingdom 

Sweden 

Sweden 

United 

USA 

USA 

USA 

Norway 

USA 

USA 

1 (1) 

1 (3) 

1 (5) 

1 (3) 

1 (1) 

1 (3) 

1 (3) 

1 (3) 

1 (1) 

1 (10) 

1 (1) 

1 (1) 

1 (10) 

15 

Radioactive waste 
/ Spent fuel 

Purpose of the shipment as 
reported by Member States 

SF 

SF 

SF 

SF 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

RW 

Reprocessing 
Returning 
spent fuel 
back to the 
country of 
origin 
Returning 
spent fuel 
back to the 
country of 
origin 
Returning 
spent fuel 
back to the 
country of 
origin 
Final disposal 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
For research purposes (non-
nuclear industry) 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
Research 
For research purposes 
(nuclear industry) 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 

 
 
Kingdom 

conditioning, Volume 
reduction 

Table 3. Imports from third countries 

Member State 
(authorising and 
receiving the 
shipment) 

Third country 
(country of origin) 

Number of 
authorisations 
(shipments per 
authorisation) 

Type of 
shipment 

Purpose of the shipment as 
reported by Member States 

Germany 

Germany 

France 
France 
France 

France 

France 

USA 

USA 

Monaco 
Monaco 
Monaco 

Monaco 

Australia 

1 (3) 

1 (2) 

1 (1) 
1 (1) 
1 (1) 

1 (1) 

1 (1) 

Sweden 

Switzerland 

1 (40) 

RW 

RW 

RW 
RW 
RW 

RW 

SF 

RW 

Sweden 

Norway 

1 (6) 

SF 

Sweden 

Norway 

1 (6) 

SF 

United Kingdom 

Norway 

United Kingdom 

United Kingdom 

USA 

USA 

1 (1) 

1 (10) 

1 (10) 

RW 

RW 

RW 

Return of RW after treatment 
of RW 
Return of RW after treatment 
of RW 
Final disposal 
Final disposal 
Final disposal 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
(Re)treatment or reprocessing 
Treatment, e.g. (re)packing, 
conditioning, Volume 
reduction 
In return after research 
reactor testing and/or neutron 
radiography or for research at 
Studsvik Hot Cell Laboratory 
(UO2 or MOX fuel). 
Research on non-oxide fuel 
(ATF, metallic uranium) 
In return after research 
reactor testing and/or neutron 
radiography or for research at 
Studsvik HotCell Laboratory 
(UO2 or MOX fuel). 
Research on non-oxide fuel 
(ATF, metallic uranium) 
Treatment 
Return of RW after treatment 
(for disposal) 
Return of RW after treatment 
(for disposal) 

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Quality of the reporting 

4.4. 
During  the  XI.  meeting  of  the  Advisory  Committee30,  several  changes  to  the reporting  template 
were  proposed  and  were  later  introduced.  It  was  decided  that  these  changes  would  be 
implemented for the current 2018-2020 reporting period – though the core content of the Member 
States’ reporting did not change. The updated template is provided in Annex II of this document. 
The main objectives of these changes were to: 

  provide clear instructions when filling in the different sections; 
  align the terminology with the one used in the Standard Document; 
  be more useful and suitable for systematic analysis and data comparison; 
 
leave less room for misinterpretation for the Competent Authorities. 

The general quality of the national reports submitted by the Member States to the Commission has 
improved  over  the  subsequent  reporting  periods.  All  except  two  (from  the  UK  and  Italy)  have 
been submitted within the deadline, and these two were submitted within 6 months. The Member 
States promptly responded to requests for additional information. 

More specifically, the following aspects have been significantly improved:  

  The  overall  reporting  quality  (comprehensiveness  and  level  of  detail)  has  notably 

improved over the four reporting periods, which has facilitated the cross checks. 

  The increase in the use of the new reporting template – which contains clearer instructions 
concerning the content of the reporting – ensured that the correct technical data has been 
reported in most cases. 

  All Member States have reported on the implementation of Part A. 
  All except one Member State the template despite the usage being voluntary. 15 Member 

States used the updated version. 

  The  Number  of  Member  States  that  were  using  authorisation  reference  numbers  (ARN) 
for identification of the authorisations has increased to 17. The use of ARN has facilitated 
the cross checking of reported authorisations. 

Aspects that still lead to inconsistencies in the reporting: 

  Although more than a half of the Member States (17) used the ARN, several reports 
did not contain ARN information. As stated during the previous reporting period, the 
use  of  an  authorisation  registration  number  facilitates  the  analysis.  For  example,  the 
wider use of ARN allows to correctly address the authorisations of shipments reported 
in the previous reporting period whose consents by destination or transit countries are 
reported in the subsequent reporting cycles.  

  There  were  fewer  inconsistencies  concerning  the  mode  of  transports,  purpose  of  the 
shipments, final destination of the shipment, technical details and nature of the waste, 
in comparison with the previous reporting period. However, some still persist related 
to the tables in Part B. 
In  some  cases  Member  States  did  not  include  themselves  in  the  list  of  countries 
involved  in  the  shipment  (last  column  of  the  template)  in  their  report,  making  the 
analysis more difficult. 

 

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XI. meeting of the Advisory Committee held on 8th October 2019. 

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 

In  a  few  cases,  reporting  of  multiple  shipments  in  a  single  authorisation  did  not 
include the number of authorised shipments. 

Finally, there are unintended inconsistencies that had not appeared or that had not been detected 
yet during the previous reporting analysis. Refused or cancelled authorisations are not consistently 
reported  in  the  national  reports,  because  there  is  no  formal  procedure  in  place  for  exchange  of 
information  on  cancelled or  refused  authorisations,  so  there  were  cases  when  the  Member  State 
authorising the shipment has reported the authorisation as cancelled, but other involved Member 
States were still reporting their consents to this authorisation. 

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4.5. 

Issues reported by Member States when using the standard document 

In  light  of  the  reported  improvement  in  thequality  of  the  reports,  the  Commission  services  note 
that all the Members States are familiar with the Directive. All Members States have fulfilled its 
requirements  and  properly  implemented  it.  No  major  issues  with  the  use  of  the  Standard 
Document were reported by the Member States during the present reporting period 2018-2020. 

However, some minor issues or suggestions were raised by some of the Member States. 

  One  Member  State  reported  that  the  destination  country  was  not  familiar  with  the 
Standard  Document.  (3rd  country).  This  shows  a  need  to  increase  dissemination  of 
information on the obligations covered by Directive 2006/117/EURATOM, particularly in 
non-EU destination countries. 

  Two Member States have suggested to digitalize the Standard Document. One of them has 
already  prepared  and  is  using  an  editable  digital  version  of  the  document.  In  order  to 
streamline  the  work,  the  introduction  of  a  digital  version  was  already  considered  during 
the last Advisory Committee meeting. 

  Two  Member  States  have  reported  issues  related  to  the  transboundary  shipment  of 
contaminated  scrap metal.  There are  different  views  between  Member  States  whether  or 
not transboundary shipments of contaminated scrap metal, that is treated and recycled, is 
within the scope of the Directive. Member States that do not consider contaminated scrap 
metal  that  will  be  recycled  to  be  waste,  do  not  grant  consent  to  the  corresponding 
shipment authorisation (refusal). Clarification was requested whether contaminated scrap 
metal,  destined  for  processing  and  recycling  shall  be  considered  as  radioactive  waste  or 
not. In this context, the Commission would like to highlight the fact that according to the 
definition of radioactive waste in the Directive (Article 5.1), if the regulatory bodies under 
the legislative and regulatory framework of the countries of origin and destination control 
the  radioactive  material  for  which  no  further  use  is  foreseen  by  either  the  countries  of 
origin  or  destination,  or  a  natural  or  legal  person  whose  decision  is  accepted  by  these 
countries  as  radioactive  waste,  it  already  qualifies  as  radioactive  waste  under  the 
Directive.  

  One Member State has proposed, in case of return shipments, to include  in the Standard 
Document  information  on  the  initial  shipments  (e.g.  addition  to  box  11  of  section  A1). 
This  would  facilitate  tracking  of  shipments  by  the  involved  Member  States.  The 
Commission supports this initiative. 

  One  Member  State  indicated  their  preference  to  have  NORM  waste  shipments  always 
within the scope of Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom.  This would close the legal gap 
between  conventional  sludges  (controlled 
through  259/93/EEC),  similar  sludges 
contaminated with NORM (no control), and other radioactive waste (within the scope of 
Council  Directive  2006/117/Euratom).  According  to  the  Transport  Study31,  after  the 
implementation  of  the  Council  Directive  2013/59/Euratom  (European  Basic  Safety 

31  

Ref. ENER/2017/NUCL/SI2.751899. 

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Standards), from a legal point of view, transboundary shipments of NORM which requires 
regulatory  control  and  is  categorised  as  radioactive  waste  falls  under  the  scope  of  the 
Directive  2006/117/Euratom.  However,  the  text  of  the  Directive  2006/117/Euratom  has 
not been updated regarding NORM waste, and one Member State urges to do that, in order 
to avoid confusion and to keep consistency between all Council Directives, in particular 
with 2013/59/Euratom. The Commission does not support the amendment of the Directive 
at this point. 

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4.6. 

Information  on  significant  conditions  required  by  the  Member  States  for 
shipment– and export criteria implementation 

Exports of radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to third countries fall under Articles 15 and 16 
of  the  Directive.  When  submitting  their  national  reports  to the  Commission,  Member  States  are 
required to indicate any significant conditions they may have established regarding the shipment. 
The significant conditions reported by Member States for the period 2018-2020 are presented in 
this  section, and  complement  Member  States  information  on  significant conditions  for  the  three 
previous  reporting  periods  (see  Staff  Working  Documents  SWD  (2013)150  final,  SWD(2018)  4 
final and SWD (2019)437 final). 

Only  Portugal  has  reported  new  information  on  significant  conditions  required  by  the  Member 
State  for  shipment  and  export  criteria  implementation.  Portugal  added  to  the  authorisation  or 
consents issued during the period covered by the present report that from 26 August 2018, every 
shipment  must  abide  by  the  conditions  set  in  Decree-Law  nº  198/2009.  Besides,  the  competent 
authority  should  be  informed  a  minimum  of  3  days  prior  to  the  date  of  shipment  and  shall  be 
informed of the acknowledgment of receipt of spent fuel in the 15 days after arrival by using the 
Section B-6.  

4.7. 

Information on significant cases of refusal to give authorisation/consent 

According  to  the  Article  9  of  the  Directive,  any  refusal  of  authorisation  for  shipment  of 
radioactive waste and spent fuel: 

-  needs to be justified on the basis of the criteria set out in the Directive, 
- 
- 

should not be arbitrary, 
should be founded on relevant, Community or international law. 

Two cases of refusals were reported by Sweden. Due to a temporary inaccessibility of the Smelter 
facilities  at  the  receiving  company  in  Sweden,  two  applications  from  Czech  Republic  passing 
through  Germany  and  Denmark  for  final  treatment  (e.g.  (re)packing  conditioning,  volume 
reduction) were refused. One application concerned metal and solid combustible waste. The other 
consisted of only metallic waste. 

The  Netherlands  has  reported  two  refusals  for  transit  of  contaminated  scrap  metal.  The  Dutch 
Government considered these transits out of scope of the Directive, because contaminated scrap 
metal that will be recycled is not considered radioactive waste in the Netherlands. Although the 
approvals  were  refused,  the  transits  were  carried  out  according  to  the  applicable  Dutch 
regulations. 

4.8. 

Highlights from the Commission services  

As mentioned in Chapter 3.5, during the last (XI.) meeting of the Advisory Committe held on 8 
October  2019,  a  new  version  of  the  reporting  template  was  presented  and  discussed.  The 
Commission acknowledged that a majority of the countries used the proposed modified version of 
the template. 

Thanks to the extended use of the updated reporting template and to the good communication with 
the  Member  States  to  clarify  any  inconsistencies  found  in  the  reports,  the  analysis  covering  the 
current reporting period has been smoother. The validation of the authorisations by cross checking 
the information provided by the different Member States did not uncover contradictions. Another 
positive point is the wider use of the ARN, since it facilitates the tracking of return shipments. 

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The  Commission  identified  a  misunderstanding  regarding  the  authorisations  that  are  part  of 
previous  reporting  periods.  The  position  of  the  Commission  services  is  that  an  authorisation 
already reported during one reporting cycle will be considered only in one analysis. 

According  to  Article  20  and  the  procedures  laid  down  in  Article  21  of  the  Directive,  the  XII. 
Advisory Committee views as of 7 November 2022 on this Staff Working Document have been 
taken into account. 

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ANNEX I.  

                       LIST OF COMPETENT NATIONAL AUTHORITIES 

List of Competent National Authorities under Article 18 of 

Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom 

Austria 

Bundesministerium  für  Klimaschutz,  Umwelt,  Energie,  Mobilität, 
Innovation und Technologie 

Radetzkystraße 2 

A-1030 Vienna 

strahlenregister@bmk.gv.at 

Belgium 

Federal Agency for Nuclear Control 

Security and transport department 

Import and transport office 

Markiesstraat 1 bus 6A 

B-1000 Brussels 

Bulgaria 

Bulgarian Nuclear Regulatory Agency 

69 Shipchenski prokhod Blvd. 

BG-1574 Sofia 

Croatia 

Ministry of the Interior Civil Protection Directorate 

Nehajska 5 

HR 10000 Zagreb 

Cyprus 

Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance 

Radiation Inspection and Control Service 

Department of Labor Inspection 

12 Apellis Street 

CY-1080 Lefkosia (Nicosia) 

Czech Republic 

State Office for Nuclear Safety 

Division of Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel Management 

Senovážné namesti 9 

CZ-110 00 Prague 1 

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Denmark 

Danish Health Authority 

Radiation Protection 

Knapholm 7 

DK-2730 Herlev 

Estonia 

Ministry of the Environment of Estonia 

Paldiski rd 96 

EE-Tallinn 13522 

Finland  

Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) 

Nuclear Waste Regulation and Safegards 

France 

Jokiniemenkuja 1  

F-01370 Vantaa 

Bureau Réglementation et Affaires techniques 

Sous-direction de l'Industrie nucléaire 

Direction de l'Énergie 

Direction générale de l'Énergie et du Climat 

Ministère de la Transition énergétique (MTE) 

Tour Sequoia 

F-92055 LA DÉFENSE Cédex 

Germany 

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) 

Referat 323 – Nukleartechnik (NSG), Radioaktive Stoffe 

Frankfurter Straße 29-35 

D-65760 Eschborn 

Radionuklide@bafa.bund.de 

Greece 

Greek Atomic Energy Commission 

Chairman office 

P.O. Box 60092 

GR-153 10 Aghia Paraskevi-Attiki 

Attiki, Greece 

chairman@eeae.gr 

Hungary 

Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority 

P.O. Box 676 

Fényes Adolf str. 4 

HU-1036 Budapest 

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Ireland 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Office of Environmental Enforcement  

Radiation Protection Regulation 

3 Clonskeagh Square, Clonskeagh Road 

IE-Dublin D14 H424 

regulatory_w@epa.ie 

Italy 

Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security 

Department of Energy 

Directorate General for Competitiveness and Energy Efficiency  

Division  V  –  Monitoring  and  control  decomissioning  of  nuclear 
installations 

Via Molise, 2 

I-00187 Roma 

cordone.marianogiuseppe@mite.gov.it 

ISIN - National Inspectorate for Nuclear 

Safety and Radiation Protection 

Via Capitan Bavastro, 116 

00154 Rome 

isin-udg@isinucleare.it 

Latvia 

Radiation Safety Centre 

State Environmental Service  

Rupniecibas iela 23 

LV-Riga 1045 

Lithuania 

Radiation Protection Centre (RPC)  

Luxembourg 

Kalvariju st. 153, 

LT-08352 Vilnius 

rsc@rsc.lt 

Ministère de la Santé 

Division de la Radioprotection 

6b, Rue Nicolas-Ernest Barblé  

L-1210 Luxembourg 

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Malta 

Environment & Resources Authority 

Hexagon House 

Spencer Hill 

MT-Marsa 

MRS 1441 

Poland 

National Atomic Energy Agency 

Bonifraterska 17,  

00-203 Warsaw – Northgate 

Portugal 

Department of Emergencies and Radiation Protection 

Portuguese Environment Agency 

Agência Portugesa do Ambiente 

Rua da Murgueira 9/9A – Zambujal 

Ap.7585 

2610-124 Amadora 

radiacao@apambiente.pt 

Romania 

Commission for Nuclear Activities Control (CNCAN) 

14 Blvd. Libertatii, District 5, 

Postal Code 050706, Bucharest, Romania 

Slovakia 

Nuclear  Regulatory  Authority  of  the  Slovak  Republic  (nuclear 
safety) 

Bajkalska 27 

P. O. Box 24 

SK-820 07 Bratislava 

Ministry of Transport and Construction of 

the Slovak Republic 

Radiation Protection Department 

Namestie slobody 6 

SK-810 05 Bratislava 

alena.bujnova@mindop.sk 

Slovenia 

Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration 

Litostrojska cesta 54 

SI-1000 Ljubljana 

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Spain 

Subdirección General de Energía Nuclear 

Dirección General de Política Energética y Minas 

Ministerio para la Transición Ecológica y el Reto Demográfico 

Paseo de la Castellana 160, 6ª Planta Despacho 23 

E-28046 – Madrid  

Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear 

C/Pedro Justo Dorado Dellmans n 11 

E-28040 – Madrid 

Sweden 

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) 

Solna strandväg 96 

SE-171 16 STOCKHOLM  

The Netherlands 

Authority for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection (ANVS) 

Postbus 16001 

NL-2500 BA Den Haag  

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ANNEX II. REPORTING TEMPLATE 

REPORT ON THE IMPLEMETATION IN THE MEMBER STATES OF DIRECTIVE 
2006/117 EURATOM  ON THE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF SHIPMENTS OF 
RADIOACTIVE WASTE  AND SPENT FUEL BETWEEN MEMBER STATES AND INTO 
AND OUT OF THE COMMUNITY 

Member State: …… 

Reporting Period: from dd/mm/yyyy to dd/mm/yyyy 

PART A32 

INFORMATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 2006/117/Euratom 

1)  

INFORMATION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE  

E.g. 

- overall number of authorisations, consents and refusals for spent fuel and radioactive waste import, 
export and transit through the Community; 

- changes to the legal, regulatory and organisational basis and structure; 
- requirements for shipment of spent fuel and radioactive waste; 
- changes of the national competent authority(ies) or requirements for the electronic platform  

2)  INFORMATION  ON  SIGNIFICANT  CONDITIONS  REQUIRED  BY  THE  MEMBER  STATES  –

EXPORT CRITERIA IMPLEMENTATION  

E.g.  how  does  the  Member  State  ensure  compliance  with  the  requirements  for  shipments  to  third 
countries.  

INFORMATION  ON  CASES  OF  REFUSAL  TO  GIVE  AUTHORISATION 

3) 
RESHIPMENTS AND SHIPMENT FAILURES  

/CONSENT, 

E.g.  including  shipments  that  were  not  completed  (Article  12  –  Shipment  failure)  and  spent 
fuel/radioactive waste returned (Article 4)  

4) PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WHEN USING THE STANDARD DOCUMENT   

5)  OTHER  ISSUES,  PROPOSALS  AND  RECOMMENDATIONS  ON  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF 
THE DIRECTIVE 

32  

Part A of the form can be filled in by plain text whereas Part B also requires numerical data. 

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PART B 

INFORMATION  ON  THE  SITUATION  WITH  REGARD  TO  SHIPMENTS  OF 
RADIOACTIVE WASTE AND SPENT FUEL OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATES 

The information provided in the section should support the overview in Section A above. It is proposed 
to use the attached tables B-1 and B-2 for both authorisations and consents (all columns to be filled 
out).  

Specific information on the number and scope of (i) authorisations and (ii) consents issued for import, 
export and transit through the Community in the reporting period for: 

a) Radioactive waste will be provided in Table B-1; 

b) Spent fuel will be provided in Table B-2. 

Only  those  shipments  are  to  be  reported  for  which  either  an  authorisation  or  a  refusal  have  been 
issued during the reporting period. 

All  information  requested  in  table  B-1  and  B-2  of  the  present  reporting  template  is  based  on  the 
Standard  Document33  and  can  be  retrieved  from  it.  Footnotes  have  been  included  in  the  reporting 
template referring to specific sections of the standard document, with the objective to facilitate correct 
reporting.  

It  is  recommended  to  include  in  the  first  column  of  the  B-1  and  the  B-2  tables  the  Authorisation 
Registration Number, indicated on each Section of the Standard Document, for the reporting of both 
authorisations and consents. Please,  in column 2 of these tables, be clear on the type  of shipments 
(through use of shipment codes – MM, ME, EM, TT – as appropriate). 

In  case  of  return  shipments,  for  traceability  purposes,  reporting  Member  States  may  include  in  the 
column  <Purpose  of  the  shipment>  a  reference  to  the  Authorisation  Registration  Number  of  the 
previous shipment, if available. 

33  

Commission  Decision  of  5  March  2008  establishing  the  standard  document  for  the  supervision  and  control  of 
shipments of radioactive  waste and spent fuel referred to in Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom (notified under 
document number C(2008) 793) (2008/312/Euratom). 

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Table B-1: Information on shipments of radioactive waste within the scope of Directive 2006/117/Euratom 

Reporting period: 26/12/20xx – 25/12/20yy 

Type of 
shipment(s
)3 

Number of 
(planned) 
shipments 
per 
authorisatio
n4 

Nature of the 
waste5 and 
physico 
chemical 
characteristic
s of the 
waste6 

Member 
State 
authorising 
the 
shipment(s)1 

(recommende
d  

Authorisation 
Registration 
Number2) 

Total activity 
of the 
authorisatio
n7  

Main 
radionuclide
s8 

Maximum 
activity per 
package9  

(GBq) 

 a) total 
alpha 
activity 

 b) total 
beta/gamma 
activity 

(GBq) 

 a) 
maximum 
alpha 
activity 

b) 
maximum 
beta/gamm
a activity  

Purpose 
of the 
shipment
11 

Mode(s) 
of 
transport
12 

Ordered 
list of 
countrie
s 
involved
13 

Type 
of 
activit
y 
giving 
raise 
to the 
waste
10 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Form B-2:  Information on shipments of spent fuel within the scope of Directive 2006/117/Euratom  

Reporting period: 26/12/20xx – 25/12/20yy 

Member State 
authorising 
the 
shipment(s)14 

Type of 
shipment(s)15 

Number of 
(planned) 
shipments per 
authorization16 

Type of 
spent fuel17 

Maximum 
enrichment18: 

a)  of U-235 
(%) 

Fuel burn 
up 
(average 
or typical 
range)19  

Total 
net 
mass 20 

(kg) 

(recommended  

Authorisation 
Registration 
Number2 ) 

b) maximum 
plutonium 
content (%) 

(MWdays/ 

teHM) 

Purpose of 
the 
shipment22 

Proposed 
mode(s) of 
transport23 

Sequential 
list of 
countries 
concerned  
24 

Type 
of 
activity 
giving 
raise 
to the 
spent 
fuel21 

 
 
 
 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Explanatory  notes  for  Tables  B1  and  B2  (including  the 
location  of  the  required  information  on  the  Standard 
Document forms) 

1 Section A-4a number 21 (in case the authorisation has been granted), or Section A-4b number 24 (in 
case the authorisation has been refused). The Member State authorising the shipment(s) is the country: 
- of origin in case of a shipment type MM or ME;  - of destination in case of  a shipment type IM;  - 
where the shipment first enters the Community in case of a shipment type TT. In case the authorisation 
has been refused, state “refused”. 

2  In  column  1  of  these  tables,  the  Authorisation  Registration  Number  should  be  included.  It  is  the 
unique reference number for one single authorisation process (i.e. from application until the granting 
of the authorisation), issued by the authorising Member State and shown on the top right of every page 
of the Standard Document. 

3  Section  A-1  number  1  (possible  types:  Type  MM:  Shipment  between  Member  States  (via  one  or 
more  Member  States  or  third  countries);  Type  IM:  Import  into  the  Community  (originating  from  a 
third country); Type ME: Export out of the Community (having a third country as final destination); 
Type TT: Transit through the Community (originating from a third country and having a third country 
as final destination, it goes through the territory of one or more Member States). 

4 Section A-1 number 2. 

5 Section A-1 number 8. 

6  Section  A-1  number  8  (possible  characteristics:  solid;  liquid;  gaseous;  other  -  e.g.  fissile,  low 
dispersible …; to be specified). 

7 Section A-1 number 8. These values are estimates if the application relates to several shipments. 
Activities  are  expressed  in  gigabequerel,  unless  otherwise  indicated.  The  multiples  of  the  bequerel, 
their  prefixes  and  symbols  utilised  in  the  table  are  the  following:  kilobequerel,  kBq  =  103  Bq; 
megabequerel,  MBq  =  106  Bq;  gigabequerel,  GBq  =  109  Bq;  terabequerel,  TBq  =  1012  Bq; 
petabequerel, PBq = 1015Bq. 

8 Section A-1 number 8.  

9 Section A-1 number 8. A package consists of radioactive waste or spent fuel in a certain consignment 

(e.g. in plastic bags, metal drums, other). A shipment may involve the movement of one or more 

packages. 

10  Section  A-1  number  10  (possible  activities:  medicine;  research:  (non-nuclear)  industry,  nuclear 
industry; other activity (to be specified)). 

11  Section  A-1  number  11  (possible  purposes:  return  of  radioactive  waste  after  (re)treatment  or 
reprocessing of spent fuel; return of radioactive waste after treatment of radioactive waste; treatment, 
e.g. (re)packaging, conditioning, volume reduction; interim storage; return after interim storage; final 
disposal; other purpose (to be specified)). When referring to a return, please if possible in this column 
also include the original Authorisation Registration Number. 

 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
 
12 Section A-1 number 14 (possible modes: road, rail, sea, air, inland waterway). 

13 Section A-1 number 13.  

14 Section B-4a number 21 (in case the authorisation has been granted), or Section B-4b number 24 (in 
case the authorisation has been refused). The Member State authorising the shipment(s) is the country: 
- of origin in case of a shipment type MM or ME;  - of destination in case of a shipment type IM; - 
where the shipment first enters the Community in case of a shipment type TT. In case the authorisation 
has been refused, state “refused”. 

15 Section B-1 number 1 (possible types: see footnote 3) 

16 Section B-1 number 2 

17 Section B-1 number 8 (possible types: uranium metal; uranium dioxide; mixed oxide (MOX); other 
(please specify)) 

18 Section B-1 number 8 

19 Section B-1 number 8 

20 Section B-1 number 9.   

21 Section B-1 number 10 (possible types: research; commercial nuclear  power; other activity (to be 
specified)) 

22  Section  B-1  number  11  (possible  purposes:  (re)treatment  or  reprocessing;  interim  storage;  return 
after interim storage; final disposal; other purposes (to be specified)). When referring to a return, this 
column should also include the original Authorisation Registration Number. 

23 Section B-1 number 12 (possible modes: see footnote 14). 

24 Section B-1 number 13.