Reduction of inspection frequency for EMAS-registered organisations in cross-border waste transfer

The Regulation (CE) No. 1013/2006 of the European parliament and of the Council of 14th June 2006, on shipments of waste, establishes in its article 50 that the Member States will enhance Inspection Programmes have been established following an assessment of risks. In this sense, the Regional Government of Andalusia has developed a methodology for the risk assessment (taking into account the proposal provided by IMPEL and REDIA) based on systematic analysis of risks derived from waste transfer, enhancing the compliance of Regulation and establishing the minimum No. of required inspections.
This methodology is applied to all operators and waste streams involved in the cross-border transfer waste activities developed within the framework of the “Inspection Plan for Cross-border transfer waste in Andalusia” (PITTRA) where the minimum No. of inspections required is determined, considering that the environmental risk assessment associated with the cross-border waste transfer will be obtained according to the category of impact and the assessment of the operator's behaviour. Within the operator’s behaviour, EMAS is valued as long as the operator has had to maintain its EMAS registration in force during the last 2 annuities and the cross-border waste transfer activities must be included in the scope of your Environmental Management System.