End-of-waste status for waste fuel products

General information

For waste fuels of a quality equivalent to that of conventional fuels (quality requirements see Annex 9 Abfallverbrennungsverordnung), the end of waste [Abfallende] can be declared.

Waste fuels are wastes

• that are used in their entirety or to a relevant extent for the purpose of energy generation and
• that fulfil the requirements of Annex 8 of the Abfallverbrennungsverordnung.

In this case, an assessment report [Beurteilungsnachweis] has to be prepared and to be transmitted to the Federal Minister for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMLUK). Also required is an entry in an electronic waste balance sheet [Abfallbilanz] to the documentation in a product storage facility.

Waste owners declaring the end of waste have to inform the BMLUK annually about

• the type and the quantity of the waste fuel product,
• the changes in respect of the planned acceptors of the past year and those intended for the future, as well as about
• the results of an external control.

Enterprises affected

Waste owners wishing to declare the end-of-waste status of waste fuels.

Requirements

If the following requirements are satisfied, the end-of-waste status is reached with the declaration:

• The end-of-waste status for waste fuels is tied to a designated use.
• Waste fuel products may only be incinerated in installations with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or more which comply with a dust limit of 20 mg/m³.

The designated use of waste fuel products is regarded as an appropriate risk management measure according to REACH.

Deadlines

For the end of waste of a waste fuel product an assessment report has to be submitted to the BMLUK.

An annual notification has to be sent to the BMLUK by April 10^th of the subsequent year.

Competent authority

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management (Department V/3) (→ BMLUK)

Procedure

The waste owner prepares an assessment report and sends it to the competent authority.

The same procedure applies to the annual notification.

Required documents

• Assessment report [Beurteilungsnachweis]
• Annual notification [Jahresmeldung]

Costs and fees

No tariffs or duties have to be paid.

Legal bases

• Abfallverbrennungsverordnung (AVV)
• section 5 of the Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz (AWG)

Link to form

Model forms for assessment reports (→ BMLUK)^{German text} 

For the annual end-of-waste notification, no form is available at the moment.