End-of-waste status for waste fuel products See explanation of the designation of:

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.

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/m 3 .

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

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 .

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

The same procedure applies to the annual notification.

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

No tariffs or duties have to be paid.

Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (Department V /3) ( → BMK)
Address: Stubenbastei 5, 1010 Vienna

Model forms for assessment reports ( → BMLUK ) German text

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

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