Exemption from the obligation to provide evidence and maintain registers
If your company produces, collects, transports or disposes of hazardous waste, you are obliged to keep records. You can prove proper disposal with the verification documents and in the registers.
Companies that broker or trade in hazardous waste are also subject to the register obligation.
Responsible department
In all other cases, either the lower administrative authority as the lower waste legislation authority for the cities and districts or the respective higher waste legislation authority (regional councils) for the so-called fence operations in accordance with Section 23(5)(6) of the State Waste Management Act (LKreiWiG)
Details
Prerequisite
If there is no risk of harm to the public good as a result of the waste disposal, the competent authority may grant an exemption from the obligation to keep records and registers in part or in full. In this context, the authority must take into account that there is a particularly strong public interest in keeping records and registers as standardised as possible and therefore without exemptions.
Procedure
- You submit the application for exemption to the competent authority together with all the information required to assess the facts of the case.
- The authority will process your application and decide whether an exemption can be considered.
- You will be notified of the authority's decision.
Deadlines
Before the start of the disposal to which the obligation to provide proof or register relates.
Required documents
Reasons why an exemption should be granted in the specific individual case.
Costs
Processing time
1 - 4 weeks
Legal basis
- § 26 Befreiung, Anordnung von Nachweis- und Registerpflichten
Landes-Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz (LKreiWiG):
- § 23 Abfallrechtsbehörden
Release note
Machine generated, based on the German release by: Umweltministerium Baden-Württemberg, 24.03.2025