Published on 16 December 2024

Additional information on the notification procedures for the import of wastes

Note that there may be different coding systems for waste in the countries of origin and destination.

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1. Comparison of hazardous properties Basel-EU

(available only in German, French and Italian)  

• Gefährliche Eigenschaften nach dem Basler Übereinkommen und nach der Richtlinie 2008/98/EG

  PDF85.75 kB30 April 2017

2. Companies with a pre-consent

• OECD-TBM pre-consented recovery facilities SWITZERLAND and LIECHTENSTEIN 29.01.2026.pdf

  List of companies from Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein with a pre-consent as defined in Chapter II D No. 2 Case 2 of the OECD Council Decision.

  PDF171.30 kB29 January 2026

3. Specimen contract

The specimen contract may be used for imports from countries that are not members of the European Union or the European Economic Area or for imports of wastes that are only subject to notification in Switzerland. 

• Specimen contract for the import of wastes subject to notification

  Word35.37 kB1 July 2019

Further information

• Law

  • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

  • OECD-Ratsbeschluss C(2001)107/FINAL betreffend die Änderung des Beschlusses C(92)39/FINAL über die Kontrolle grenzüberschreitender Verbringungen von Abfällen, die zur Verwertung bestimmt sind

  • Ordinance on Movements of Waste (OMW)

  • DETEC Ordinance on Lists relating to Movements of Waste (LMW)

  • Fedlex: Gebührenverordnung BAFU (GebV-BAFU)

  • OECD: Guidance manual for the control of transboundary movements of recoverable wastes (PDF)

  • Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste

• Links

  • OECD Database on Transboundary Movement of Waste