Transfrontier Shipment Regulations: Difference between revisions

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-The EU Regulation 1013/2006/EC on shipments of waste provides the procedures for moving waste into and out of the UK and European Union. This Regulation implements the provisions of the UN Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (The Basel Convention) and the [[OECD Decision]].
+Commonly referred to as the [[Transfrontier Shipment Regulations]] ([[TFS]]), the EU Regulation 1013/2006/EC on shipments of waste provides the procedures for moving waste into and out of the UK and European Union. This Regulation implements the provisions of the [[UN Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal]] ([[The Basel Convention]]) and the [[OECD Decision]].
-These Regulations tend to be more commonly referred to within the UK as the Transfrontier Shipment Regulations.
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