Commission Decision (EU) 2026/2209 of 29 September 2026 amending Commission Decision 2008/312/Euratom establishing the standard document for the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel referred to in Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2006/117/Euratom of 20 November 2006 on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel, and in particular Article 17(2), second subparagraph thereof,

After consulting the advisory committee established by Article 21 of Directive 2006/117/Euratom,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Decision 2008/312/Euratom established a standard document for the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel within the scope of Directive 2006/117/Euratom.

(2) In the context of the reporting on the implementation of Directive 2006/117/Euratom, it was suggested that the authorisation registration number (ARN) of the initial shipment(s) be included in the standard document in applications for authorisation of return shipments.

(3) The inclusion of the ARN would enhance the traceability and verification of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel by enabling competent authorities to associate each shipment with the initially issued authorisation, thus reinforcing the legal and operational security of such movements.

(4) The standard document should therefore be updated.

(5) Decision 2008/312/Euratom should be amended accordingly.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1 SECTION A-1 ()(1)() SECTION B-1 ()(1)() Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of spent fuel

In the Annex to Decision 2008/312/Euratom, Sections A-1 and B-1 of the standard document are replaced by the following: Registration No: _____________________________________ (to be completed by the competent authority responsible for issuing the shipments authorisation) 1. Type of shipment (tick the appropriate box): 2. Application for authorisation for (tick the appropriate box): 3. Frontier post of exit from the Community (*): ________________________________________ Frontier post of entry to third country (*) (first country crossed): _________________________ Frontier post of exit from third country (*) (last country crossed): ________________________ Frontier post of return to the Community (*): ________________________________________ These frontier posts must be identical for all shipments covered by the application unless otherwise agreed by the competent authorities. 4. Applicant (trade name): ________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________ Postcode: _________________ Town: _______________Country: ____________________ Tel.____________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 5. Location of the radioactive waste before shipment (trade name): _______________ Address: __________________________________________________________________ Postcode: _________________ Town: _______________Country: ____________________ Tel.____________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 6. Consignee (trade name): ______________________________________________________ Address: __________________________________________________________________ Postcode: _________________ Town: _______________Country: ____________________ Tel.____________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 7. Location of radioactive waste after shipment (trade name): Address: __________________________________________________________________ Postcode: _________________ Town: _______________Country: ____________________ Tel.____________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 8. Nature of radioactive waste: _______________________________________ Physicochemical characteristics (tick as appropriate): ☐ solid, ☐ liquid, ☐ gaseous, ☐ other (e.g. fissile, low dispersible, ...), to be specified ____________ Main radionuclides: _____________________________________________________________ Maximum alpha activity: per shipment (GBq) ____________ per package (GBq) ______________ Maximum beta/gamma activity: per shipment (GBq) ________ per package (GBq) _____________ Total alpha activity (GBq): ________________________________________________________ Total beta/gamma activity (GBq): ___________________________________________________ (These values are estimates if the application relates to several shipments) 9. Total number of packages: _______________________________________________________ Total net mass of shipment (kg): ___________________________________________________ Total gross mass of shipment (kg): _________________________________________________ (These values are estimates if the application relates to several shipments) Description of consignment: Type of package (1) (if known): ____________________________________________________ Means of identification of the packages (if labelling is used, annex examples): ________________ According to Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material 2018 Edition, Specific Safety Requirements No. SSR-6 (Rev. 1, IAEA, Vienna, 2018). 10. Type of activity giving rise to the radioactive waste (tick as appropriate): 11. Purpose of the shipment: 12. Proposed mode of transport (road, rail, sea, air, inland waterway) Point of departure Point of arrival Proposed carrier (if known) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 13. Sequential list of countries concerned in the shipment (the first country is that where the radioactive waste is held and the last is the country of destination) 1. 3. 5. 7. 2. 4. 6. 8. 14. In accordance with the provisions of Directive 2006/117/Euratom, I, the applicant, hereby: (Date and place) __________________________ (Stamp) __________________________ (Signature) Only one of the asterisked statements can apply: delete as applicable. Registration No: _____________________________________ (to be completed by the competent authority responsible for issuing the shipments authorisation) 1. Type of shipment (tick the appropriate box): 2. Application for authorisation for (tick the appropriate box): 3. Frontier post of exit from the Community (*): ______________________________________ Frontier post of entry to third country (*) (first country crossed): ______________________ Frontier post of exit from third country (*) (last country crossed): _____________________ Frontier post of return to the Community (*): _____________________________________ These frontier posts must be identical for all shipments covered by the application unless otherwise agreed by the competent authorities. 4. Applicant (trade name): ________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ Postcode: ________________Town: ________________Country: ________________ Tel.________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _________________________________________________________ 5. Location of the spent fuel before shipment (trade name): ________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ Postcode: ________________Town: ________________Country: ________________ Tel. ________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 6. Consignee (trade name): ______________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ Postcode: ________________Town: ________________Country: ________________ Tel. ________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 7. Location of spent fuel after shipment (trade name): ___________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ Postcode: ________________Town: ________________Country: ________________ Tel. ________________ Fax ________________ Email: ________________ Contact person: Mr/Ms _______________________________________________________ 8. Type of spent fuel: Original fissile content: ______________________ (maximum plutonium content ___________________%) Fuel burn up (average or typical range): _________________________________ MWdays/teHM 9. Total number of packages (e.g. flasks, ...): ____________________________________ Total number of assemblies/bundles/elements/rods (specify): _________________ Total net mass (kg): __________________________________________________________ Total gross mass (kg): ______________________________________________________ (These values are estimates if the application relates to several shipments) Description of consignment (e.g. flasks): Type of package (1) (if known): ______________________________________________________ Maximum spent fuel content per package (kg): ____________________________________ Means of identification of the packages (if labelling is used, annex examples): ______________ According to Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material 2005 Edition, Safety Requirements TS-R-1, IAEA, Vienna, 2005. 10. Type of activity giving rise to the spent fuel (tick as appropriate): ☐ research, ☐ commercial nuclear power, ☐ other activity (to be specified): __________________ 11. Purpose of the spent fuel shipment: 12. Proposed mode of transport (road, rail, sea, air, inland waterway) Point of departure Point of arrival Proposed carrier (if known) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 13. Sequential list of countries concerned in the spent fuel shipment (the first country is where the spent fuel is held and the last is the country of destination) 1. 3. 5. 7. 2. 4. 6. 8. 14. In accordance with the provisions of Directive 2006/117/Euratom, I, the applicant, hereby: (Date and place) __________________________ (Stamp) __________________________ (Signature) Only one of the asterisked statements can apply: delete as applicable.

Article 1 SECTION A-1 Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste

☐ type MM: shipment between Member States (via one or more Member States or third countries)

☐ type IM: import into the Community

☐ type ME: export out of the Community

☐ type TT: transit through the Community

☐ a single shipment ___________________ Planned period of execution: ___________________

☐ several shipments: number (planned) ____________ Planned period of execution: __________

☐ Not applicable.

☐ Type MM shipment(s) via one or more third countries:

Article 1 SECTION A-1 (*) Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste

☐ Holder (for types MM, ME)

☐ Consignee (for type IM)

☐ Other (for type TT), to be specified _____________________________________________

☐ Plastic bags, ☐ metal drums (m3): ________, ☐ ISO transport container (m3): __________,

☐ other, to be specified ___________

Article 1 SECTION A-1 (*)(1) Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste

☐ medicine, ☐ research, ☐ (non-nuclear) industry, ☐ nuclear industry,

☐ other activity (to be specified): ___________________________________________________

☐ return of radioactive waste after (re)treatment or reprocessing of spent fuel Authorisation registration number of the initial shipment(s): ________________

☐ return of radioactive waste after treatment of radioactive waste Authorisation registration number of the initial shipment(s): ________________

☐ treatment, e.g. (re)packaging, conditioning, volume reduction

☐ interim storage

☐ return after interim storage Authorisation registration number of the initial shipment(s): ________________

☐ final disposal

☐ other purpose (to be specified): __________________________________________________

1. apply for authorisation to make the shipment(s) of radioactive waste described above; and

2. certify that the information provided above is correct to the best of my knowledge and that the shipment(s) will be carried out in accordance with all the relevant statutory provisions; and

3.(*) (*) (Where the shipment is of type MM or ME) undertake to take back the radioactive waste if the shipment(s) cannot take place or if the conditions for shipment cannot be fulfilled; or (Where the shipment is of type IM or TT) attach hereto the evidence of the arrangement between the consignee and the holder of the radioactive waste established in the third country, which has been accepted by the competent authority of the third country, stating that the holder in the third country will take back the radioactive waste if the shipment(s) cannot take place or if the conditions for shipment cannot be fulfilled, unless an alternative safe arrangement can be made.

Article 1 SECTION A-1 ()(1)() SECTION B-1 Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of spent fuel

☐ type MM: shipment between Member States (via one or more Member States or third countries)

☐ type IM: import into the Community

☐ type ME: export out of the Community

☐ type TT: transit through the Community

☐ a single shipment _____________Planned period of execution: _______________

☐ several shipments: number (planned) ________Planned period of execution: _________

☐ Not applicable.

☐ Type MM shipment(s) via one or more third countries:

Article 1 SECTION A-1 ()(1)() SECTION B-1 (*) Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of spent fuel

☐ Holder (for types MM, ME),

☐ Consignee (for type IM),

☐ Other (for type TT), to be specified _______________________________________________

☐ uranium metal,

☐ uranium dioxide,

☐ mixed oxide (MOX),

☐ other, please specify _______________________________________________

☐ uranium-235 __________________ (maximum enrichment __________________%)

☐ MOX ____________________ (nominal uranic enrichment ___________________%)

☐ other, please specify ______________________________________________________

Article 1 SECTION A-1 ()(1)() SECTION B-1 (*)(1) Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of radioactive waste Application for authorisation of shipment(s) of spent fuel

☐ (re)treatment or reprocessing

☐ interim storage

☐ return after interim storage Authorisation registration number of the initial shipment(s) _________________

☐ final disposal

☐ other purpose (to be specified): ____________________________________

1. apply for authorisation to make the shipment(s) of spent fuel described above; and

2. certify that the information provided above is correct to the best of my knowledge and that the shipment(s) will be carried out in accordance with all the relevant statutory provisions; and

3.(*) (*)(Where the shipment is of type MM or ME) undertake to take back the spent fuel if the shipment(s) cannot take place or if the conditions for shipment cannot be fulfilled; or (Where the shipment is of type IM or TT) attach hereto the evidence of the arrangement between the consignee and the holder of the spent fuel established in the third country, which has been accepted by the competent authority of the third country, stating that the holder in the third country will take back the spent fuel if the shipment(s) cannot take place or if the conditions for shipment cannot be fulfilled.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the seventh day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 29 September 2026. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

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2026-09-29