(d) by e-mail without digital signature followed by post.
3. The documents to accompany each transport in accordance with Article 16(c) and Article 18 may be in an electronic form with digital signatures if they can be made readable at any time during the transport and if this is acceptable to the competent authorities concerned.
4. Subject to the agreement of the competent authorities concerned and of the notifier, the information and documents listed in paragraph 1 may be submitted and exchanged by means of electronic data interchange with electronic signature or electronic authentication in accordance with Directive 1999/93/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures (1), or a comparable electronic authentication system which provides the same level of security. In such cases, organisational arrangements concerning the flow of electronic data interchange may be made.
Article 27
Language
1. Any notification, information, documentation or other communication submitted pursuant to the provisions of this Title shall be supplied in a language acceptable to the competent authorities concerned.
2. The notifier shall provide the competent authorities concerned with authorised translation(s) into a language which is acceptable to them, should they so request.
Article 28
Disagreement on classification issues
1. If the competent authorities of dispatch and of destination cannot agree on the classification as regards the distinction between waste and non-waste, the subject matter shall be treated as if it were waste. This shall be without prejudice to the right of the country of destination to deal with the shipped material in accordance with its national legislation, following arrival of the shipped material and where such legislation is in accordance with Community or international law.
2. If the competent authorities of dispatch and of destination cannot agree on the classification of the notified waste as being listed in Annex III, IIIA, IIIB or IV, the waste shall be regarded as listed in Annex IV.
3. If the competent authorities of dispatch and destination cannot agree on the classification of the waste treatment operation notified as being recovery or disposal, the provisions regarding disposal shall apply.
4. Paragraphs 1 to 3 shall apply only for the purposes of this Regulation, and shall be without prejudice to rights of interested
parties to resolve any dispute related to these questions before a court of law or tribunal.
Article 29
Administrative costs
Appropriate and proportionate administrative costs of imple- menting the notification and supervision procedures and usual costs of appropriate analyses and inspections may be charged to the notifier.
Article 30
Border-area agreements
1. In exceptional cases, and if the specific geographical or demographical situation warrants such a step, Member States may conclude bilateral agreements making the notification procedure for shipments of specific flows of waste less stringent in respect of cross-border shipments to the nearest suitable facility located in the border area between the two Member States concerned.
2. Such bilateral agreements may also be concluded where waste is shipped from and treated in the country of dispatch but transits another Member State.
3. Member States may also conclude such agreements with countries that are Parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
4. Such agreements shall be notified to the Commission before they take effect.
CHAPTER 6
Shipments within the Community with transit via third countries
Article 31
Shipments of waste destined for disposal
Where a shipment of waste takes place within the Community with transit via one or more third countries, and the waste is destined for disposal, the competent authority of dispatch shall, in addition to the provisions of this Title, ask the competent authority in the third countries whether it wishes to send its written consent to the planned shipment:
(a) in the case of Parties to the Basel Convention, within 60 days, unless it has waived this right in accordance with the terms of that Convention; or
(b) in the case of countries not Parties to the Basel Convention, within a period agreed between the competent authorities.
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(1) OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 12.