Movement Transboundary Form

List of Abbreviations and Codes Used in the Movement Document

DISPOSAL OPERATIONS (block 11)

D1 Deposit into or onto land, (e.g., landfill, etc.)
D2 Land treatment, (e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils, etc.)
D3 Deep injection, (e.g., injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories, etc.)
D4 Surface impoundment, (e.g., placement of liquid or sludge discards into pits, ponds or lagoons, etc.)
D5 Specially engineered landfill, (e.g., placement into lined discrete cells which
are capped and isolated from one another and the environment), etc.
D6 Release into a water body except seas/oceans
D7 Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion
D8 Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this list which results
in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the
operations in this list
D9 Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this list which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations in this list (e.g., evaporation, drying, calcination, etc.)
D10 Incineration on land
D11 Incineration at sea
D12 Permanent storage, (e.g., emplacement of containers in a mine, etc.)
D13 Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations in this list
D14 Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations in this list
D15 Storage pending any of the operations in this list

RECOVERY OPERATIONS (block 11)

R1 Use as a fuel (other than in direct incineration) or other means to generate energy (Basel/OECD) – Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy (EU)
R2 Solvent reclamation/regeneration
R3 Recycling/reclamation of organic substances  which are not used as solvents
R4 Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds
R5 Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials
R6 Regeneration of acids or bases
R7 Recovery of components used for pollution abatement
R8 Recovery of components from catalysts
R9 Used oil re-refining or other reuses of previously used oil
R10 Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement
R11 Uses of residual materials obtained from any of the operations numbered R1-R10
R12 Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1-R11
R13 Accumulation of material intended for any operation in this list

PACKAGING TYPES (block 7)
1. Drum
2. Wooden barrel
3. Jerrican
4. Box
5. Bag
6. Composite packaging
7. Pressure receptacle
8. Bulk
9. Other (specify)

MEANS OF TRANSPORT (block 8)
R = Road
A = Air
T = Train/rail
W = Inland waterways
S = Sea

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS (block 13)
1. Powdery / powder 5. Liquid
2. Solid 6. Gaseous
3. Viscous / paste 7. Other (specify)
4. Sludgy

H-CODE AND UN CLASS (block 14)

UN classH-codeCharacteristics
1H1Explosive
3H3Flammable liquids
4.1H4.1Flammable solids
4.2H4.2Substances or wastes liable to spontaneous combustion
4.3H4.3Substances or wastes which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
5.1H5.1Oxidizing
5.2H5.2Organic peroxides
6.1H6.1Poisonous (acute)
6.2H6.2Infectious substances
8H8Corrosives
9H10Liberation of toxic gases in contact with air or water
9H11Toxic (delayed or chronic)
9H12Ecotoxic
9H13Capable, by any means, after disposal of yielding another material, e. g., leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics listed above

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