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United Nations Environment Programme Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Global Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes: Final Act and Text of Basel Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

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International Legal Materials , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , May 1989 , pp. 649 - 686
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1989

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Footnotes

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[The Final Act and its attached resolutions are reproduced from U.N.E.P. Document IG.80/L.12, March 22, 1989. The Convention is reproduced from U.N.E.P. Document IG.80/3, March 22, 1989.

[As of March 28, 1989, the following countries had become signatories to the Convention: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

[The London Dumping Convention, mentioned in Resolution 2, appears at 11 I.L.M. 1291 (1972). Documents from the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment appear at 11 I.L.M. 416 (1972), and the World Charter for Nature, adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, appears at 22 I.L.M. 455 (1983).]

[O.E.C.D. Council Decision on Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Wastes (May 27, 1988), the Council Decision-Recommendation of Exports of Hazardous Wastes from the O.E.C.D. Area (June 5, 1986), and the Council Decision and Recommendation on Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Waste (February 1, 1984) appear respectively at 28 I.L.M. 257 (1989), 25 I.L.M. 1010 (1986), and 23 I.L.M. 214 (1984).]

References

* *Corresponds to the hazard classification system included in the United Nations Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (ST/SG/AC.10/l/Rev.5, United nations, New York, l988).

1/ Full name and address, telephone, telex or telefax number and the name, address, telephone, telex or telefax number of the person to be contacted.

2/ Full name and address, telephone, telex or telefax number.

3/ In the case of a general notification covering several shipments, either the expected dates of each shipment or, if this is not known, the expected frequency of the shipments will be required.

4/ information to be provided on relevant insurance requirements and how they are met by exporter, carrier and disposer.

5/ The nature and the concentration of the most hazardous components, in terms of toxicity and other dangers presented by the waste both in handling and in relation to the proposed disposal method.

6/ In the case of a general notification covering several shipments, both the estimated total quantity and the estimated quantities for each individual shipment will be required.

7/ Insofar as this is necessary to assess the hazard and determine the appropriateness of the proposed disposal operation.

1/ Full name and address, telephone, telex or telefax number and the name, address, telephone, telex or telefax number of the person to be contacted in case of emergency.