Collectors, Transporters, Dealers or Brokers of Waste

Dutch regulation for collectors, transporters, dealers or brokers of waste
Companies which collect or transport waste (industrial or hazardous) on a professional basis or which arrange for disposal or recovery of waste (industrial or hazardous) for others must be registered on the Dutch list of collectors, transporters, dealers and brokers of waste (VIHB-list). Besides it makes no difference whether the waste is carried by road, rail or waterway. Also foreign companies carrying out these activities in the Netherlands should be registerd on the VIHB-list. The VIHB-list of registered collectors, transporters, dealers or brokers of waste is published on the website of NIWO: www.niwo.nl/vihblijst.

Note: For logistic brokers, no VIHB registration is required
If you are broker in the transportation of waste, you do not need a VIHB registration as a broker. You only arrange for a carrier to take care of the transport (for example a waste container). Not the waste is central here, but the broker in transport (logistical broker). The carrier of the waste needs a VIHB registration.

Registration on the VIHB-list
The Minister of Infrastructure and Environment has designated the NIWO as the authority responsible for dealing with the application for registration on the VIHB-list. A company must fulfil criteria to be registered:

• reliability - certificate of good repute;
• professional competence - only if activity is just dealer and/or broker;

Application for registration on the VIHB-list
There is a special application form for registration on the VIHB-list. This application form must be submitted to NIWO.

1. Transport companies licensed under the Dutch Road Haulage Act automatically satisfy these criteria. They will be listed as soon as NIWO receives their application form.
2. Transportcompanies established in other Member States (EU) and countries party to the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement satisfy the criteria when they possess a valid community transport licence (Regulation EC No. 1072/2009 - road haulage). They must enclose with the application form an extract of the registration at the Chamber of Commerce and a copy of the community transport licence.
3. In other cases companies need to comply with the criteria. They must enclose with his application form the following documents:

• an extract of the registration at the Chamber of Commerce;
• a certificate of good repute (not older than three months), issued by the authority in their country;
• if activity is just dealer and/or broker: a certificate of professional competence on waste, issued by the authority in their country.

Validity of the registration on the VIHB-list from 2018
From 2018 this decree VIHB is valid for an indefinite period. Companies must comply with the stipulated conditions to remain registered on the VIHB list, as was the case at the start of the registration. NIWO will periodically review the companies which already have a registration,  possible without askig the relevant company. Changes  within the company (such as change of owner or director, change of waste coordinator, change of legal form, etc.) must be reported to NIWO. Afterwards  NIWO will make these changes.
A registration will be ended if the collector, transporter, dealer or broker of waste:

• requests a cancellation;
• has provided incorrect data;
• ceases to satisfy the criteria.

More information
The complete text of the Dutch Regulation for Collectors, Transporters, Dealers and Brokers of Waste can be found on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment (www.rijksoverheid.nl/ministeries/ienm).
Questions about the application for registration on the VIHB-list you can send to vihb@niwo.nl.

1.  Application form VIHB-registration

If you have any questions about the application for registration on the VIHB-list, please send us an e-mail:  vihb@niwo.nl

 

If you have others questions about the application for registration on the VIHB-list, please send us an e-mail:  vihb@niwo.nl