(36)With a view to ensuring that competent authorities are able to correctly process the documents submitted to them relating to the shipment of waste, it is necessary to lay down an obligation for the notifier to provide an authorised translation of those documents in a language acceptable to these authorities if they so request. In order to avoid creating an unnecessary administrative burden, the electronic system for exchanging information on shipments of waste should include a function which provides courtesy translations of relevant documents submitted in that system.