Links to sample documents, form completion guides, tools and websites that can help you arrange your waste shipment under the EWSR.
The European Waste Shipment Regulation, EWSR is known as Europese Verordening Overbrenging Afvalstoffen, EVOA in the Netherlands.
EWSR notification procedure
Waste shipments
- Guidelines for completing an EWSR movement document
- EWSR shipment border crossings (in Dutch) an overview of border crossings relevant for EWSR waste shipments.
- OECD: Guidance manual for the control of transboundary movements of recoverable waste
- Nationale en Internationale Wegvervoer Organisatie, NIWO (National and International Road Haulage Organisation) - Licensing authority for road transport in the Netherlands.
Sample documents and contract templates
Financial guarantee (deposit) and waste collection tax
- Regelhulp borgtool (in Dutch) calculate the amount of deposit required
- Guidelines for applying for a decision on waste tax outside the Netherlands (in Dutch)
Authorities outside the Netherlands
- European Union Member States: select 'Contact details for Competent Authorities in Member States' on Implementation of Waste Shipment Regulation at the European Commission's website.
- Basel Convention Country Contacts a filtertool for countries under the Basel Convention.
Non-OECD (third country) regulations
- Trade in waste information for importers and exporters of waste from the European Commission
- Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007
General waste information
- Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006
- Rijkswaterstaat waste management helpdesk (in Dutch)
- Rijkswasterstaat National Waste Management Plan (LAP3)
- Guidelines for the European List of Waste, Eural (in Dutch)
- Basel Convention
- Basel, OECD, EU, EVA and LGO list of countries (in Dutch)
- Rijkswaterstaat Afval Circulair circular economy and waste