# Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (Text with EEA relevance), Article 19: Labelling of hazardous waste

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

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, in the course of collection, transport and temporary storage, hazardous waste is packaged and labelled in accordance with the international and Community standards in force.
2. Whenever hazardous waste is transferred within a Member State, it shall be accompanied by an identification document, which may be in electronic format, containing the appropriate data specified in Annex IB to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/98/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-98/article-19
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