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- 1. Before a notifier submits a notification for shipments tha…
- 2. For the generation of a notification number referred to in…
- 3. A notification number for shipments where the country of d…
- 4. Where waste is imported to the Union or transits through t…
- 5. Paragraph 3 of this Article shall apply to the attribution…
- 6. Regarding shipments of waste referred to in Article 4(1),…
- 7. Where waste is imported into the Union or transits through…
- 8. Where waste is imported into the Union or transits through…
- 9. A notification number, an Annex VII document number and a…
Article 15Notification number, Annex VII document number, movement document number#
1.Before a notifier submits a notification for shipments that start within the Union, the system or software the notifier is using shall allow for the generation of a notification number, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
2.For the generation of a notification number referred to in paragraph 1, the system or software used by the notifier shall require the notifier to provide the following information:
(a)its name, address and main identification number;
(b)name and address of its site, if applicable;
(c)the country of dispatch;
(d)the competent authority of dispatch.
3.A notification number for shipments where the country of dispatch is a Member State shall have the following characteristics:
(a)be unique;
(b)be prefixed with the code of the competent authority of dispatch concerned, referred to in Article 9(8);
(c)after the prefix, indicate the two last digits of the calendar year, in which the notification number was generated;
(d)consist of 12 characters;
(e)where the number is generated in the central system, the last additional character shall be the letter ‘i’;
(f)not contain blank spaces, letters other than those referred to in points (b) and (e), punctuation marks or other symbols.
4.Where waste is imported to the Union or transits through the Union from and to third countries, the systems or software shall perform the following functions:
(a)verify whether the notification number complies with requirement set out in paragraph 3, point (a);
(b)allow a user that submits all relevant information to the system pursuant to Article 51(2) point (b), Article 53(2) point (d), Article 57 or Article 58(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 to introduce in the system that the user uses the notification number attributed by the competent authority of dispatch.
5.Paragraph 3 of this Article shall apply to the attribution of numbers to Annex VII documents with the following modifications:
(a)an Annex VII document number shall be generated when an Annex VII document is submitted;
(b)each Annex VII document number shall be prefixed with ‘GLW’ followed by the code of the country of dispatch referred to in Article 9(8), point (b) of this Regulation, and the two last digits of the calendar year in which the Annex VII document was submitted;
(c)Annex VII document number shall consist of 16 characters;
(d)the abbreviation ‘GLW’ and the country code should be separated by a full stop.
6.Regarding shipments of waste referred to in Article 4(1), (2) or (3) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1157 that start within the Union, the systems or software shall assign a movement document number upon submission of a movement document. The movement document number shall have the following characteristics:
(a)be unique;
(b)start with the notification number of the notification document on the basis of which the movement document is prepared;
(c)the notification number shall be followed by the movement document serial number referred to in box 2 of Annex IB to the Regulation (EU) 2024/1157;
(d)the numbers referred to in points (b) and (c) shall be separated by a full stop;
(e)not contain blank spaces, punctuation marks, letters other than those referred to in point (b) or symbols other than those referred to in point (d).
7.Where waste is imported into the Union or transits through the Union from and to third countries, the systems shall perform the following functions:
(a)verify whether the movement document number complies with the requirement set out in paragraph 6, point (a);
(b)allow a notifier to introduce the movement document number attributed by the competent authority of dispatch in the third country in accordance with its national rules to the system the notifier uses.
8.Where waste is imported into the Union or transits through the Union from and to third countries, and where there are no national rules on the structure and assignment of movement document numbers in the country of dispatch and no such number was attributed to the movement document, the notifier shall introduce the movement document number in the system the notifier is using in accordance with the requirements referred to in paragraph 6.
9.A notification number, an Annex VII document number and a movement document number shall not be used again even where that submitted notification, Annex VII document or movement document was cancelled, withdrawn or otherwise ineffective.
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