CELEX: 51990PC0328
Language: en
Date: 1990-07-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 80/836/EURATOM LAYING DOWN THE BASIC SAFETY STANDARDS FOR THE HEALTH PROTECTION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND WORKERS AGAINST THE DANGERS OF IONISING RADIATION AS REGARDS PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF SHIPMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE

23. 8. 90                               Official Journal of the European Communities                           No C 210/7
              Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 80/836/Euratom laying down the basic
              safety standards for the health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers
                    of ionizing radiation as regards prior authorization of shipment of radioactive waste
                                                      COM(90) 328 final
                                        (Submitted by the Commission on 25 July 1990)
                                                         (90/C 210/07)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Articles 31
and 32 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
drawn up after obtaining the opinion of a group of
persons appointed by the Scientific and Technical
Committee from among scientific experts in the Member
States,
Having regard        to  the   opinion    of  the  European
Parliament,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,
Whereas on 2 February 1959 the Council adopted
Directives laying down the basic standards for the
protection of the health of workers and the general
public against the dangers arising from ionizing radi-
ations (2) as amended by Directive 80/836/Euratom (2)
and by Directive 84/467/Euratom (3);
Whereas,     pursant      to   Article    2    of   Directive
80/836/Euratom these basic safety standards apply to
the transport of radioactive substances;
Whereas, pursant to Directive 80/836/Euratom Member
States are requestd to make compulsory the reporting of
activities which involve a hazard arising from ionizing
radiation; whereas, in the light of possible dangers and
other relevant considerations these activities are subject
to prior authorization in cases decided upon by each
Member State;
Whereas the protection of the health of workers and the
general public requires that shipment of radioactive
waste be added to the activities set out in Article 5 of
Directive 80/836/Euratom for which a system of prior
authorization must be provided;
O OJ No 11, 20. 2. 1959, p. 221/59.
(2) OJ No L 246, 17. 9. 1980, p. 1.
(J) OJ No L 265, 5. 10. 1984, p. 4.
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Whereas the European Parliament resolution of 6 July
 1988 on the findings of the Committee of Inquiry on the
handling and transport of nuclear material ( l ) calls for
comprehensive Community rules to make transfrontier
movements of nuclear waste subject to a system of strict
controls and authorizations from their point of origin to
their point of storage; whereas the principles of unity
and indivisibility of health protection under the Euratom
Treaty require that all shipments of radioactive waste
within the Community be subject to such controls and
authorizations;
Whereas Council Directive 84/631/EEC of 6 December
 1984 on the supervision and control within the European
Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous
waste (2) does not apply to radioactive waste;
Whereas the Council decided that the Community be
party to the Basel Convention on the control of trans-
boundary movements of hazardous wastes and their
disposal of 22 March 1989; whereas this Convention
does not apply to radioactive waste;
Whereas shipments of radioactive waste necessitate
supervision and control of such waste from the moment
of its formation until its ultimate safe disposal;
Whereas this requires a compulsory and common notifi-            Whereas this requires a compulsory and common notifi-
cation procedure for shipments of radioactive waste and          cation procedure for shipments of radioactive waste and
a uniform consignment note;                                      a uniform consignment note; whereas, for practical
                                                                 reasons the uniform consignment notes must be drawn
                                                                 up taking account of the uniform consignment note
                                                                 instituted by Directive 84/631/EEC;
Whereas measures ensuring post factum            control of
shipments are also necessary;
Whereas the competent authorities of the Member State
of destination of radioactive waste should be able to
raise objections to shipments of radioactive waste;
Whereas it is also desirable for the Member State of
dispatch and the Member State of transit to be able,
subject to certain criteria, to lay down conditions in
respect of the shipment of waste on their territory;
Whereas, in connection with protecting human health
and the environment against dangers arising from such
waste, account must be taken of risks occurring outside
the Community; whereas, therefore, in case of radio-
active waste entering and /or leaving the Community, the
third State of destination or dispatch and where appro-
(') OJ No C 235, 12. 9. 1988.
O OJ No L 326, 13. 12. 1984, p. 31.
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priate the third State(s) of transit, should be involved in
the notification system laid down in this Directive;
Whereas in the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention signed at               Whereas in the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention signed at
Lome on . . . particular provisions are included which           Lome on 15 December 1989 particular provisions are
govern the shipment of radioactive waste from the                included which govern the export of radioactive waste
Community to the States party to that Convention;                from the Community to the States party to that
                                                                 Convention;
Whereas radioactive waste may contain nuclear materials
as defined by Commission Regulation (Euratom) No
3227/76 of 19 October 1976 concerning the application
of the provisions on Euratom safeguards (*),
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                           Article 1
Directive 80/836/Euratom is hereby amended as
follows:
1. In Article 5, the existing text becomes paragraph 1
     and a paragraph 2 is added as follows:
     '2.   The transport activities related to the
     management of natural and artificial radioactive
     substances for which no use is foreseen and whose
     quantities and concentration exceed the values laid
     down in Article 4 (a) and 4 (b) respectively shall be
     subject to the prior authorization system, effected by
     means of a consignment note, set out in Annex I A.'
2. An Annex I A is inserted as set out in the Annex
     hereto.
                           Article 2
Member States shall take the measures necessary to
comply with this Directive not later than 31 January
 1992.
Member States shall inform the Commission of the
provisions which they have adopted pursant to this
Directive.
These provisions shall make express reference to this
Directive.
                           Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
 (') OJ No L 363, 31. 12. 1976, p. 1.
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                                                                     ANNEX
                             'ANNEX     IA
NOTIFICATION SYSTEM OF S H I P M E N T ACTIVITIES
RELATED T O T H E MANAGEMENT O F RADIOACTIVE
                               WASTE
                               PART I
                Definitions and general requirements
 1. For the purposes of this Annex:
     (a) "radioactive waste" means radioactive substances for
         which no use is foreseen;
     (b) "competent authorities" of the Member State(s)
         concerned means the competent authority or auth-
         orities, to which the notification and information is to
         be addressed, designated in accordance with paragraph
         35 of this Annex;
     (c) "the producer of the radioactive waste" means anyone
         whose activities produce radioactive waste (original
         producer) and/or anyone who carries out treatment or
         conditioning operations resulting in a change in the
         characteristics of the radioactive waste;
     (d) "the holder of the radioactive waste" means any person
         or undertaking who or which proposes to carry out or
         to have carried out a shipment of radioactive waste;
     (e) "the consignee of the radioactive waste" means the
         person or undertaking to whom or to which the radio-
         active waste is shipped;
    (f) "shipment" means the specific transport from origin to
         destination, including loading and unloading of radio-
         active waste.
    Shipments of radioactive waste shall only take place
    between installations for which the activities involving
    radioactive wastes have been reported and in cases decided
    upon by each Member State, previously authorized as
    required by Article 3 of this Directive, if the installations are
    in the Community. In cases where installations in third
    States are concerned, the competent authorities of the
    Member State responsible for issuing the acknowledgement
    of receipt shall satisfy themselves that the installations in the
    third States comply with equivalent requirements.
   The transport operations by which the shipments are
    effected shall comply with the national provisions and,
   where applicable, with international agreements applicable
    in the field of transport of dangerous goods, which include
    radioactive materials.
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 3. Without prejudice to Commission Regulation (Euratom)
    No 3227/76, shipments of radioactive waste containing
    nuclear materials as defined in that Regulation shall comply
    with the requirements of the present Directive.
    Without prejudice to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention
    signed at Lome on . . ., shipments of radioactive waste
    involving States party to that Convention shall comply with
    the requirements of the present Directive.
 4. Shipments of radioactive waste to a destination south of 60°     4. Shipments of radioactive waste shall be prohibited:
    South latitude shall be prohibited.
                                                                        (a) to a destination south of 60° South latitude;
                                                                        (b) to a State party to the Fourth ACP-EEC Convention.
                                                                            This prohibition does not prevent a Member State to
                                                                            which an ACP State has chosen to export waste for
                                                                            processing from returning the processed waste to the
                                                                            ACP State of origin.
                            PART II
Notification by the holder of the radioactive waste prior to
                             shipment
    Where the holder of the waste intends to ship it or to have
    it shipped within one Member State or from one Member
    State to another, to have it routed through one or more
    Member States or to ship it to a Member State from a third
    State or from a Member State to a third State, he shall
    notify the competent authority of the Member State
    responsible for issuing the acknowledgement of receipt and
    in the case of shipment between Member States, with a
    copy to the competent authorities of the other Member
    States concerned and, where applicable, through the
    channel of the competent authority of the Member State of
    dispatch to the third State of destination and of the third
    State(s) of transit.
 6. Notification shall be effected by means of a uniform             6. Notification shall be effected by means of a uniform
    consignment note, hereinafter referred to as the                    consignment note, hereinafter referred to as the
    "consignment note", to be drawn up in accordance with               "consignment note", to be drawn up in accordance with
    Part XI and the contents of which are set out in Part XII.          Part XI and the contents of which are set out in Part XIII.
 7. When so notifying the competent authority of the Member          7. When so notifying the competent authority of the Member
    States responsible for issuing the acknowledgement of               States responsible for issuing the acknowledgement of
    receipt, the holder of the radioactive waste shall provide it       receipt, the holder of the radioactive waste shall provide it
    with satisfactory information about the shipment as set out         with satisfactory information about the shipment as set out
    in Part XII.                                                        in Part XIII.
 8. In the case of a shipment from a Member State to a third
    State, the holder of the radioactive waste shall, through the
    channel of the competent authority of the Member State of
    dispatch obtain the agreement in writing of the third State
    of destination before embarking upon the notification
    procedure provided for in paragraphs 5, 6 and 7. The noti-
    fication must include information on such agreement and
    on the capacity of the consignee to properly manage the
    radioactive waste.
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                              PART III
Acknowledgement        of receipt of the notification       by  the
                        competent authorities
 9. Shipments may not be effected before      the competent auth-
    orities of the Member States referred      to in paragraph 10
     (a), (b), (c) or (d) have acknowledged   receipt of the notifi-
    cation. The acknowledgement shall         be entered on the
    consignment note.
10. Not later than one month after receipt of the notification,
    the acknowledgement of receipt, any objection raised in
    accordance with paragraph 11 or any condition in respect
    of the shipment of radioactive waste shall be forwarded to
    the holder of the radioactive waste:
    (a) either, in the case of shipment within one Member
          State, by the competent authorities of the Member State
          concerned; or
    (b) in the case of intra-Community shipment and in the
         case of shipment from a third State to a Member State,
         by the competent authorities of the Member State of
         destination; or
    (c) in the case of shipments of radioactive waste from a
         third State in transit through the Community to a desti-
         nation outside the Community, by the competent auth-
         orities of the last Member State through which the
         shipment is due to pass; or
    (d) in the case of shipments of radioactive waste from a
         Member State to a destination in a third State, by the
         competent authorities of the Member State of dispatch,
         except in the case provided for in the subparagraph of
         this paragraph,
    with a copy to the consignee of the radioactive waste and
    where applicable, to the competent authorities of the other
    Member States concerned, and to the third State of desti-
    nation and the third State(s) of transit.
    Where the radioactive waste is shipped to a third State              Where the radioactive waste is shipped to a third State
    bordering on the last Member State of transit, the latter            bordering on the last Member State of transit, the latter
    shall be entitled to issue the acknowledgement of receipt or         shall be entitled to issue the acknowledgement of receipt or
    to raise any objection in place of the Member State referred         to raise any objection in place of the Member State referred
    to in (d). A Member State of transit intending to exercise           to in (d). A Member State of transit intending to exercise
    the right conferred upon it in this subparagraph shall               the right conferred upon it in this subparagraph shall
    communicate it to the Commission and other Member                    communicate it to the Commission and other Member
    States. It may not exercise this right earlier than three            States. It may not exercise this right before a transitional
    months following such communication.                                 period of three months has elapsed following such
                                                                         communication. During this period the responsibilities of
                                                                         the Member State of dispatch referred to in (d) remain
                                                                         unchanged.
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11. Objections must be substantiated on the basis of laws and
    regulations relating to health protection, environmental
    protection, public policy or public security which are in
    conformity with this Directive or with other Community
    instruments.
12. Once the competent authorities of the Member State
    referred to in paragraph 10 are satisfied that the problems
    giving rise to their objections have been resolved, they shall
    immediately send an acknowledgement to the holder of the
    radioactive waste with a copy to the consignee of the radio-
    active waste and, where applicable, to the competent auth-
    orities of the other Member State(s) concerned, and, where
    applicable, to the third State of destination and the third
    State(s) of transit.
13. The acknowledgement forwarded by the competent auth-
    orities of the Member State referred to in paragraph 10 to
    the holder of the radioactive waste pursuant to this Annex
    shall not release the producer of such waste or any other
    person from his obligations under existing national and
    Community provisions.
14. Without prejudice to paragraphs 9 and 10, and where                       14. Without prejudice to paragraphs 9 and 10, and where
    applicable, the competent authorities of the Member State                       applicable, the competent authorities of the Member State
    of dispatch, and those of the Member State or States of                         of dispatch, and those of the Member State or States of
    transit, if any, shall have fifteen days following the notifi-                  transit, if any, shall have fifteen days following the notifi-
    cation in which to lay down, if appropriate, conditions in                      cation in which to lay down, if appropriate, conditions in
    respect of the shipment of radioactive waste in their                           respect of the shipment of radioactive waste in their
    national territory. These conditions, which shall be                            national territory. These conditions, which shall be
    forwarded to the holder of the radioactive waste, with a                        forwarded to the holder of the radioactive waste, with a
    copy to the competent authorities of the Member States                          copy to the competent authorities of the Member States
    concerned, may not be more stringent than those laid down                       concerned, shall be as stringent as those laid down in
    in respect of similar shipments effected wholly within the                      respect of similar shipments effected wholly within the
    Member State in question and shall take due account of                          Member State in question and shall take due account of
    existing agreements. The holder of the radioactive waste                        existing agreements. The holder of the radioactive waste
    must comply with these conditions to be able to carry out                       must comply with these conditions to be able to carry out
    shipments.                                                                      shipments.
                             PART IV
                  General notification procedure
15. The holder of the radioactive waste may use a general noti-
    fication procedure where radioactive waste having the same
    physical, chemical and radioactive characteristics is shipped
    regularly to the same consignee from the same installation.
    If the shipments involve third States, a general notification
    procedure may only be used where shipments take place via
    the same customs office of entry and/or exit of the
    Community and via the same customs office of the third
    State(s) concerned.
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 16. The competent authorities of the Member State referred to
      in paragraph 10 and, where applicable, those of the
      Member State or States of transit, may make their
      agreement to the use of this general notification procedure
      subject to the supply of certain information, such as the
      exact quantities or periodical lists of radioactive waste to be
      shipped.
17. Under the general notification procedure, a single acknowl-
      edgement within the meaning of paragraph 9 may cover
      several shipments of radioactive waste during a maximum
      period of one year.
18. General notification shall be by means of the consignment
      note.
                               PART V
                 Shipment of the radioactive waste
19. Upon receipt of the acknowledgement referred to in Part
      III and Part IV, the holder of the radioactive waste shall
      complete the consignment note and send copies to the
      competent authorities of the Member State(s) concerned
      and, where applicable, through the channel of the
      competent authority of the Member State which issued the
      acknowledgement to the third State(s) concerned before
     shipment is carried out.
20. A copy of the consignment note, including the acknowl-
     edgement, shall accompany each shipment.
21. All undertakings subsequently involved in the operation
     shall complete the consignment note where indicated, sign it
     and retain a copy of it.
                              PART VI
                  Receipt of the radioactive waste
22. Within fifteen days following receipt of the radioactive
     waste, the consignee of the radioactive waste shall forward
     to the holder of the radioactive waste, to the competent
     authorities of the Member State(s) concerned and, where
     applicable, through the channel of the competent authorities
     of the Member State which issued the acknowledgement to
     the third States concerned, copies of the duly completed
     consignment note. These copies shall be kept for at least
     two years.
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 23. By way of derogation from paragraph 22, when radioactive
      waste leaves the Community for a destination in a third
      State, the customs service in the last Member State through
      which the shipment passes shall forward a copy of the
      consignment note to the competent authorities in that
      Member State, which, in the case referred to in paragraph
       10 (d), shall also forward a copy to the competent auth-
      orities in the Member State of dispatch. These copies shall
      be kept for at least two years.
 24. The holder of the radioactive waste shall also declare or
      certify to the competent authorities of the Member State
      referred to in paragraph 10 (c) or (d), not later than six
      weeks after the radioactive waste has left the Community,
      that the radioactive waste has reached its proper destination
      in the third State mentioned in paragraph 23 and shall
      indicate the last customs post in the Community through
      which the shipment passed. This declaration or certification
      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 in the third State.
                             PART VII
                          Duty to take back
25. Whenever a shipment of radioactive waste cannot be
     completed, the competent authorities of the Member State
     of dispatch shall ensure that the radioactive waste in
     question is taken back by the holder of the waste.
26. In case of shipments of radioactive waste from a third State
     to a destination within the Community, the competent auth-
     orities of the Member State of destination shall ensure that
     the consignee of the waste shall negotiate a clause with the
     holder of the radioactive waste established in the third
     State, obliging the holder of the radioactive waste to take
     back the waste whenever a shipment cannot be completed.
                               PART VIII
27. Member States shall forward to the Commission not later                   27. Member States shall forward to the      Commission not later
    than 31 January 1992 the name(s), addresses and telephone                       than 31 January 1992 the name(s)      and addresses of the
     and telex numbers of the competent authorities.                                competent authorities as well as all necessary information
                                                                                    for rapidly communicating with such  authorities.
     Member States shall forward regularly to the Commission                        Member States shall forward regularly to the Commission
    any modifications to such data.                                                 any modifications to such data.
28. The Commission shall forward the information referred to
    under paragraph 27 without delay to the other Member
    States.
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                                PART IX
                        Reports by Member States
 29. Every two years, and for the first time on 31 January 1994,
       Member States shall forward to the Commission reports on
       the implementation of this Annex and on the situation with
       regard to shipments concerning their respective territories.
 30. These reports shall in particular comprise the following
       information:
       — any significant irregularities in shipment of radioactive
           waste covered by this Annex which has involved or may
           yet involve serious hazards for man or the environment,
      — the quantity and type of radioactive waste produced in
           their territory and subsequently shipped,
      — the quantity and type of radioactive waste produced in
           their territory and subsequently exported to other
           Member States and to third States,
      — the quantity and type of radioactive waste which has
          entered their territory.
                                PARTX
                  Summary report by the Commission
 31. On the basis of the reports referred to in Part IX, the
      Commission shall prepare a summary report every two
      years, which it shall submit to the European Parliament, the
      Council and the Economic and Social Committee.
                                PART XI
   Preparation and adaptation of the uniform consignment note
32. The Commission shall be empowered to draw up, in                           32. The Commission shall be empowered to draw up, in
      accordance with Part XII hereinafter, the uniform                               accordance with Part XIII hereinafter, the uniform
      consignment note referred to in Part II, paragraph 6.                           consignment note referred to in Part II, paragraph 6.
33. The Commission shall be assisted by the Technical
      Committee set up under Article 18 of Council Directive
      78/319/EEC of 20 March 1978 on toxic and dangerous
      waste (').
     The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
      Committee a draft of the uniform consignment note. The
      Committee shall deliver its opinion the draft, within a time
      limit which the chairman may lay down according to the
      urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
     The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition,
     each Member State shall have the right to ask to have its
     position recorded in the minutes.
(') OJ No L 84, 31. 3. 1978, p. 43.
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     The Commission shall take the utmost account of the
     opinion delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the
     Committee of the manner in which its opinion has been
     taken into account.
 34. The Commission shall also be empowered under the same
     procedure, to adapt the consignment note to technical
     progress.
                                                                                                                PART XII
                                                                                             Designation of the competent authorities
                                                                              35. Member States shall designate the competent authorities for
                                                                                     the purpose of Part III.
                             PART XII                                                                           PART XIII
            Content of the uniform consignment note
                             Section A
     Information to be provided on notification and transport
                            arrangements
 1.   Holder of the radioactive waste. Full name or company's
name and address, telephone and telex numbers; where
applicable, registration number.
Declaration by the holder that the information is correct: place,
date, signature of holder, (a)
2.    Accompanying document number. General notification or
notification of a single shipment.
3.    Serial number assigned to each shipment (starting with 1).
Not applicable if the notification relates to a single
consignment, (b)
4.    Consignee of the radioactive waste. Full name or
company's name and address, telephone and telex numbers.
5.    Producer of the radioactive waste. Full name or company's
name and address, telephone and telex numbers of the plant or
the establishment where the radioactive wastes were produced
and the name of the person to be contacted.
When the wastes are produced by more than one producer, list
indicating the information required for each producer.
6.    Carrier of the radioactive waste. Full name or company's
name and address, telephone and telex numbers of the first
carrier. Where applicable, the licence number. If more than one
carrier is involved, list indicating the information required for
each carrier, (b) (c)
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 7.    Information relating to the contractual agreement between
 the holder and the consignee of the radioactive waste.
  8.   Number of annexes attached to the notification, (d)
 8a.     Number of annexes attached to the form accompanying
 the shipment, (b) (e)
 9.    Place of generation.
  10.    Place of destination.
 11.     Provisions made for insurance against damage to third
 parties. If required, name and full address of the insurer,
 number of policy and the last day of validity of the policy.
 12.     Identity of means of transport. Type and registration
 number or name of the means of transport (lorry, wagon, ship,
 aeroplane) on to which the radioactive waste is loaded, (b)
 13.     Mode of transport code number:
 1 : sea; 2 : rail; 3 : road; 4 : air; 8 : inland waterway.
 14.    Date of first shipment.
 15.    Date of last shipment.
 16.    Total number of shipments intended.
 17.    Actual date on which the shipment commences, (b)
 18.    Number (digits) and type of the packages containing the
radioactive waste, (b)
 19.    Code number of the radioactive waste in the country of
dispatch, when used.
20.     Code number of the radioactive waste in the country of
dispatch, when used.
21.     Intended quantity of the radioactive waste to be shipped
(in kilograms).
22.     Name, physical characteristics and chemical composition
of the radioactive waste. Nature and concentration of the most
characteristic or significant components, in terms of the toxicity
and other dangers presented by the radioactive waste. If
possible, analysis referring to the management operations
envisaged, particularly in the case of an initial shipment.
22a.      Nuclides of main radiological significance present in the
radioactive waste and corresponding activities (in becquerels).
23.    Actual quantity of radioactive waste transported                (in
kilograms), (b)
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 23a.       Actual radionuclides of main radiological significance
 transported and corresponding activity (in becquerels). (b)
 24.       United Nations classification number.
 25.       Process by which the radioactive waste was generated.
 26.       Nature of the risk subsidiary to the radioactive risk:
 explosive, oxidizing, flammable, toxic, harmful, corrosive.
 27.       Outward appearance of the radioactive waste at the
 temperature of transportation: powdery/powder, solid, viscous/
 paste, sludgy, liquid, gaseous, other. Colour. Temperature of
 transportation in degrees Celsius.
 28.       Code number of the competent                 authorities     of  the
 Member States concerned, if required.
29.       Intended radioactive waste management operations.
30.       Customs office of entry in the Community.
31.       Declaration by the holder and the carrier that the infor-
mation concerning points 3, 6, 8, 12, 17, 18, 23 and 23a is
correct: place, date, signature of holder and carrier, (a) (b)
                                  Section B
                               Acknowledgement
 1.      Date of receipt of notification.
2.       Date on which acknowledgement is sent.
(a) In signing the forms, the holder and the carrier, as indicated, certify
      that the information they have provided is correct.
(b) This information is to be given by the holder with the carrier's
      agreement after receipt of the acknowledgement by the competent
      authority.
(c) A carrier who is not required to hold a licence should be able to
      demonstrate that he complies with the rules of the Member States
      concerned in respect of transport of the radioactive wastes designated
      in the form.
(d) Information, signed by the consignee, relating to the contractual
      agreement between the holder and the consignee concerning the
      radioactive waste referred to in the notification in question.
      if applicable:
      — list of producers/carriers (points 5 and 6),
      — details concerning the radioactive waste (points 22 and 22a),
      — proof of the written agreement to the shipment of the third State
          of destination,
      — information on the capacity of the consignee to properly manage
          the radioactive waste.
(e) Including, where appropriate, any special condition          made by the
      competent authority of the Member States of dispatch       and of transit
      with respect to the shipment of the waste on their         territory and
      instructions to be followed in the event of danger or an   accident.
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 3.   Period of validity of acknowledgement.
4.    Whether acknowledgement applies to a single shipment or
to several shipments.
5.    Existence of special transport conditions, if any.
6.    Date, signature and stamp of competent authority.
                           Section C
                     Receipt by the consignee
Declaration by the consignee that he has received the radio-
active waste and the quantity thereof. Place, date, signature of
the consignee.
                           Section D
                       Customs endorsement
1.    Address of customs post through which the radioactive
waste leaves the customs territory of the Community.
2.    Declaration that the radioactive waste has been exported
from the customs territory of the Community.
3.    Customs declaration, which must be endorsed.
4.    Date of exit.
5.    Date, stamp and signature of customs authority.
                           PART XIII                                                                          SEE PART XII
            Designation of the competent authorities
35. Member States shall designate the competent authorities for
    the purpose of Part III.'