📋 Tender Overview
In 2025, the control over the cross-border shipment of waste in the Republic of Slovenia was carried out by environmental inspectors of the Environment and Energy Inspectorate in cooperation with the Financial Administration (FURS) and the Police.The activities took place within the framework of the IMPEL organization (European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law), which connects the member states of the European Union in the coordinated implementation and control of environmental legislation, in the Enforcement Actions project.
Controls were carried out at border crossings, highway checkpoints, former toll stations and in the port of Luka Koper. Competent supervisory authorities from Austria, Hungary and Croatia also participated in individual actions, which increased the effectiveness of supervision.
During the inspections, the inspectors, together with FURS employees and police officers, checked whether waste shipments are accompanied by appropriate documentation in accordance with European legislation, whether the contents of the shipments actually correspond to the information in the documents, and whether export to third countries is permitted. Special attention was paid to shipments to countries outside the OECD (English Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), where stricter conditions apply or the export of certain types of waste is prohibited.
A total of 67 joint control actions were carried out (52 at highway rest areas and checkpoints at former toll stations and various border crossings, 15 at the port of Luka Koper) during which more than 2,500 vehicles were inspected. In 523 cases, waste shipments were subject to control, and 12 illegal shipments were found (in six cases, waste electrical and electronic equipment (waste compressors and electric motors), in three cases waste plastic - a mixture, in two cases waste textiles and in one case contaminated waste wood). Most of the illegal shipments were discovered in the port of Luka Koper. The most common reasons for irregularities were discrepancies between actual content and documentation, export bans and attempts to send waste as used goods.
