National Repatriation of Illegal Waste Shipments Framework 2

The purpose of this contract is to enable the Environment Agency to meet its statutory obligations of:

• ensuring that waste which has been illegally exported from England, or
• shipments which cannot be completed as planned, or
• shipments which cannot be completed in accordance with a consignment note or a contract,
• is returned and managed in England within statutory timescales.

This is a requirement of the retained Waste Shipments Regulation EC No 1013/2006 as amended by the:

International Waste Shipments (Amendment)(EU Exit) Regulations 2019

International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020.

The Agency's obligations arise as soon as it is informed of an illegal export or a shipment which cannot be completed. This information is generally provided to the Agency by a third party such as the competent authority in the country to which the waste has been illegally exported or which the waste is transiting.

The Agency is responsible for ensuring repatriation requests are fulfilled in a timely manner. On the occasions the Agency is not able to secure voluntary return and recovery of illegally exported waste by those involved in the original export, the Agency may be required to intervene in the repatriation of the waste.