{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1013/article-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1013/article-40.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/1013",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1013",
  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Exports to overseas countries or territories",
  "text": "1. Exports from the United Kingdom of waste destined for disposal in overseas countries or territories shall be prohibited.\n2. As regards exports of waste destined for recovery in overseas countries or territories, the prohibition set out in Article 36 shall apply ....\n3. As regards exports of waste destined for recovery in overseas countries or territories not covered by the prohibition set out in paragraph 2, the provisions of Title II shall apply mutatis mutandis.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 79(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 40(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 79(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1013/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:38.002033+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}