Prosecution of Illegal Waste Shipments

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We hereby inform about the supervision of transboundary waste shipment, as required by Article 51 of the European Waste Shipment Regulation.
The control of shipments of waste is regulated by § 11 of the German Waste Shipment Act (Abfallverbringungsgesetz).
Article 18 of the Waste Shipment Act and the Ordinance on fines for waste shipments contain provisions on administrative fines regarding waste shipments.
The illegal shipment of waste is a criminal offense pursuant to § 18a and § 18b of the Waste Shipment Act und is punished with imprisonment of up to fifteen years or a fine.
Data about enforcement are available in the tables below. To that the following additional remarks:
Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2023 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2022 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2021 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2020 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2019 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2018 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2017 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2016 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2015 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2014 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2013 Prosecution of Illegal Shipment of Waste 2012