Guidelines for the Work and Recognition of Waste Management Associations.

The present Guidelines implement the Waste Avoidance, Recovery and Disposal Act of 27 September 1994 (BGBl. I p. 2705). These Guidelines lays down requirements for the work of waste management associations and their recognition by the supreme Land authority responsible for waste management or an authority appointed by it. For the purposes of these Guidelines, a “waste management association” shall mean an association of waste management companies within the meaning of Article 2 (1) of the Ordinance on Specialised Waste Management Companies. Article 10 establishes that a waste management association shall set up a supervisory committee. The supervisory committee shall have the task of ensuring the supervision of the member companies. It shall decide in particular on the issue and revocation of supervision certificates and supervision seals on the basis of reports issued by the experts charged with supervision and punish any violations of provisions governing the supervisory procedure or the use of the supervision seal. The text consists of 13 articles divided into 4 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Requirements for the Work of a Waste Management Association (2); Recognition and Dissolution of a Waste Management Association (3); Final provisions (4).