S.L. 549.51 Art. 5Use of a standard document.

(1) A standard document shall be used in respect of any shipment of radioactive waste or spent fuel between Member States or into, out of and through the Community within the scope of these regulations, as follows:

(a) Section A-1 to A-6 of Schedule 1 shall be completed for shipments of radioactive waste;

(b) Section B-1 to B-6 of Schedule 1 shall be completed for shipments of spent fuel, including that destined for final disposal and as such categorised as waste;

(c) Section A-1 or B-1 of Schedule 1 shall be used for the application for authorisation of shipments and shall be completed by the applicant, depending on the type of the shipment: Provided that the applicant shall be:

(i) the holder in case of a shipment between Member States (type MM) or an export from the Community into a third country (type ME);

(ii) the consignee in case of an import into the Community from a third country (type IM);

(iii) the person responsible for the shipment in the Member State by which the radioactive waste or spent fuel enters the Community in case of a transit through the Community (type TT);

(d) Section A-2 or B-2 of Schedule 1 shall be used for the acknowledgement of receipt of application and shall be completed by the relevant competent authorities concerned, depending on the type of the shipment: Provided that the competent authorities shall be:

(i) of origin in case of a shipment between Member States (type MM) or an export from the Community into a third country (type ME);

(ii) of destination in case of an import into the Community from a third country (type IM); or

(iii) of transit where the shipment first enters the Community in case of a transit through the Community (type TT);

(e) Section A-3 or B-3 of Schedule 1 shall be used for the refusal or consent and shall be completed by all competent authorities concerned;

(f) Section A-4a/A-4b or B-4a/B-4b of Schedule 1 shall be used for the authorisation or refusal of shipment and shall be completed by the competent authority responsible for issuing the authorisation, depending on the type of the shipment: Provided that the competent authority responsible for issuing the authorisation shall be the competent authority of:

(i) the Member State of origin in case of a shipment between Member States (type MM) or an export from the Community into a third country (type ME);

(ii) the Member State of destination in case of an import into the Community from a third country (type IM); or

(iii) the first Member State of transit, where the shipment enters the Community in case of a transit through the Community (type TT);

(g) Section A-5 or B-5 of Schedule 1 shall be used for the description of consignment and list of packages and shall be completed by the applicant: Provided that the applicant shall be:

(i) the holder in case of a shipment between Member States (type MM) or an export from the Community into a third country (type ME);

(ii) the consignee in case of an import into the Community from a third country (type IM); or

(iii) the person responsible for the shipment in the Member State by which the radioactive waste or spent fuel enters the Community in case of a transit through the Community (type TT);

(h) Section A-6 or B-6 of Schedule 1 shall be used for the acknowledgement of receipt of the shipment and shall be completed by:

(i) the consignee in case of a shipment between Member States (type MM) or an import into the Community from a third country (type IM); or

(ii) the holder in case of an export from the Community into a third country (type ME); or

(iii) the person responsible for the shipment in the Member State by which the radioactive waste or spent fuel enters the Community in case of a transit through the Community (type TT).

(2) The standard document shall be made available in electronic form, in the format presented in Schedule 1.

(3) The application for authorisation shall be completed and any further documents and information referred to in regulations 12, 19, 26, 29, 31, 32 and 33 shall be supplied in a language that is acceptable to the competent authorities of the Member State to whom the application for authorisation is submitted in accordance with these regulations: Provided that an authenticated translation shall be supplied by the holder at the request of the competent authorities of the country of destination or transit in a language acceptable to them.

(4) Any additional requirements for authorising a shipment shall be attached to the standard document.

(5) Without prejudice to any other accompanying documents required under other relevant legal provisions, the completed standard document certifying that the authorisation procedure has been duly complied with shall accompany each shipment falling under the scope of these regulations, including cases where the authorisation relates to more than one shipment in a single document.

(6) These documents shall be available to the competent authorities of the country of origin and destination and any country of transit.