S.L. 549.51 Art. 8Application for authorisation of shipment.

(1) A holder who plans to carry out an intra-Community shipment of radioactive waste or spent fuel or to arrange for such a shipment to be carried out shall submit a duly completed application for authorisation to the competent authority, as competent authority of the Member State of origin.

(2) The application may be sent in respect of more than one shipment, provided that:

(a) the radioactive waste or the spent fuel to which it relates essentially shall have the same physical, chemical and radioactive characteristics; and

(b) the shipments shall be made from the same holder to the same consignee and involve the same competent authorities; and

(c) where shipments involve transit through third countries, such transit shall be via the same frontier post of entry to and, or exit from the Community and via the same frontier post(s) of the third country or countries concerned, unless otherwise agreed between the competent authorities concerned.