Annual waste management sheet - Records

The waste management authority which is in charge of the premises and of the waste collector or the waste treatment facility:

• As the authority in charge of the facilities usually: The Provincial Governor^{German text}
• For general controls (and, if applicable, as authority in charge of facilities):
  • The District Authority^{German text}
  • In Chartered Cities: The Municipal Administration^{German text}
    • In Vienna: The Municipal District Offices (→ City of Vienna)^{German text} or the Municipal Department MA 22 (→ City of Vienna)^{German text}

No tariffs or duties have to be paid.

If the competent body requests the submission of extracts or summaries of the records, these documents have to be provided to the competent body within an appropriate period to be set by the competent body, via the defined interface via edm.gv.at.

Further information for the deadlines concerning the submission of a waste balance report can also be found under Notification of the Annual Waste Balance (inclusive blanc report) on USP.

edm.gv.at (→ BMK)

Waste collectors and operators of waste treatment facilities that are subject to recording requirements must keep records on the type, quantity, origin, and whereabouts of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.

The electronic recording system must include interfaces in order that defined extracts or summaries of the data can be collected and, if necessary, sent to the authority.

The records have to be kept for seven years.

Entrepreneurs registered in the Business Service Portal USP have the possibility to use edm.gv.at and many other online procedures^{German text} with one single logging into the USP. More detailed information on the registration in the USP is available in the online guidance on USP registration^{German text}.

• section 21 paragraph 3 of the Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz (AWG)
• Abfallbilanzverordnung (AbfallbilanzV)

The records have to be presented to the competent body upon request. Upon request, extracts or summaries of the records have to be sent to that body via the defined interface.
Basically, the following procedures have to be recorded:

• Takeovers of waste from another legal person
• In-house waste movements
• Transfers of waste to another legal person
• Stocks
• Re-assignment to waste types

In particular, the following data are required every time:

• Type of booking
• Indication of dates
• Information on origin and whereabouts
• Type of waste
• Volume of waste (in kg)
• Treatment procedure

The records can be taken in any form. Upon request from the authority, extracts and summaries from the records have to be submitted to the competent authority as XML file via the register. The necessary data and the required file format for the electronic transmission have been published on edm.gv.at.

Further information for the documents concerning the submission of a waste balance report see can also be found under Notification of the Annual Waste Balance (inclusive blanc report) on USP.

The collection or treatment of waste by persons subject to recording requirements as specified in section 17 of the Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz (Waste Management Act – AWG).