Understanding the process
Cross-border waste shipments for the purposes of disposal or recycling entail risks for health and the environment. For this reason, any individual or legal entity (notifier) who is shipping waste or arranging for waste to be shipped across a border must apply for prior authorisation to ship waste.
Please note: The notifier may be the person who produces the waste or a broker acting on behalf of a third party.
In addition to the information that you will find in the stages set out below, we recommend that you download this guide:
Before making any application, please collect and scan the following documents.
- Contact details for the relevant authorities: Sending (Department of Urban Amenities)-transit-destination-
- Description of the company producing the waste and the treatment facility’s Installation Classified for the Protection of the Environment (ICPE) operating permit
- Chemical analysis of the composition of the waste + treatment facility’s acceptance criteria
- Prior acceptance certificate (if specified in a decree issued by the treatment facility’s local prefecture)
- For recycled waste: intended method and destination for disposal of residue remaining after recycling, the volume of material recycled compared to waste residue and non-recyclable waste, the estimated value of the recycled material, the cost of recycling and the cost of disposing of the residue. If you do not know these technical details, you will need to contact the treatment facility to obtain the information
- Liability insurance
- Contract between the notifier and the recipient-
- If the notifier is not the producer:
- Copy of the receipt for the declaration on operating a waste trading and brokerage or collection business
- Contract or mandate between the producer, the new producer or collector and the broker or trader, where the broker or trader is acting as the notifier
- Financial guarantee calculation form:
- Copy of the bank guarantee drawn up in favour of the Department of Urban Amenities
- Copy of the recent quotes used to calculate the guarantee in euros, including all taxes (quote relating to a facility in France)
- Copy of the operating permit listing admissible waste (including translation of articles justifying the permit)
- Detailed description of the treatment process
- Copy of the proof of prior consent, if available
- Liability insurance
- Full contact details for the final destination (if an intermediary is involved)
- Liability insurance (for each carrier)
- Proof of carrier registration (for each carrier)
- Detailed itinerary between place of production and place of treatment (Google Maps)
- Information regarding the measures that will be taken to ensure safety during transit
Once you have collected and scanned the documents listed above, you will need to apply for a notification number from the Department of Urban Amenities by emailing: amenagement@gouv.mc
Waste is exported to France using GISTRID (Online Tracking of International Waste Shipments), a web application developed to facilitate the procedures for submitting notifications through to completing
shipments, including certified waste processing.
Once you have created your GISTRID account, you will be able to obtain and download all of the documents you will need to export waste.
Learn more about the procedures to follow for exporting waste to France .
You cannot export your waste until the Exporting Authority has received consent from the Department of Urban Amenities. This consent may be given only once your application has been reviewed.
The application must include:
- A letter requesting permission for the shipment
- A notification document -
- A movement document -
- A bank guarantee (original document)
- The 24 documents listed in step 1 scanned onto a USB stick or CD-ROM
The application should then be sent to:
Direction de l’Aménagement Urbain
22, quai Jean-Charles Rey
98000 Monaco
Once received, the Department of Urban Amenities sends the application to the French Exporting Authority, which will send you an acknowledgement of receipt together with a request for further information if required.
Following its review, the Exporting Authority will send you the signed notification with the start and end dates for the shipment authorisation.
Complete the movement document (Annex IB):
- Scan the movement documents (download this guide to help you: )
- Write on the shipment date and estimated tonnage
- Send the movement document to amenagement@gouv.mc and the French Exporting Authority via GISTRID at least 3 working days before the loading date
- Keep a copy of the form
On receipt of the waste, the recipient indicates the date of receipt and the weight, signs the movement document and sends it to you within 3 working days.
You will need to email this document to amenagement@gouv.mc and the French Exporting Authority via GISTRID.
On receipt of the disposal/recycling of waste, the recipient certifies that this has been done on the movement document and sends it to you within 3 working days.
You will need to email this document to amenagement@gouv.mc and the French Exporting Authority via GISTRID.
Exporting waste to a foreign country other than France requires support on a case-by-case basis.
For the most appropriate advice, please contact the Department of Urban Amenities.
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Administrative contact
22, quai Jean-Charles REY
BP 645
MC 98000 MONACO
Opening hours :
from 9.30am to 5.00pm from Monday to Friday
Phone :
Fax :