illegal shipment

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20/08/2020 – 09/01/2025 Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘illegal shipment’ means any shipment carried out: without notification to the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation; without the consent of the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation; with consent obtained from the competent authorities concerned pursuant to this Regulation through falsification, misrepresentation or fraud; in a way which is not in accordance with the information contained in the notification document or contained in or to be provided in the movement document, except in case of minor clerical errors in the notification or the movement document; in a way which results in recovery or disposal in contravention of Union or international law; contrary to Article 4(1), Article 4(3), or Article 37, 39, 40, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50 or 52; in a way which, in relation to shipments of waste as referred to in Article 4(4) and (5), is not in accordance with the requirements referred to in Article 18, paragraphs 2, 4, 6 and 10, or with the information contained or to be provided in the Annex VII document, except in case of minor clerical errors in the Annex VII document;

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No text uses this concept on 12/11/2026.