# Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom of 20 November 2006 on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel, Article 2: Reshipments related to processing and reprocessing operations

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Directive shall not affect the right of a Member State or an undertaking in the Member State to which:
(a) radioactive waste is to be shipped for processing; or
(b) other material is to be shipped with the purpose to recover the radioactive waste,
to return the radioactive waste after treatment to its country of origin. Nor shall it affect the right of a Member State or an undertaking in that Member State to which spent fuel is to be shipped for reprocessing to return to its country of origin radioactive waste recovered from the reprocessing operation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/117/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-117/article-2
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