DOCSLIB.ORG

Decree on Lists of Wastes for Transboundary Movement, Contents and Layout of Documents Accompanying Transboundary Movement of Wastes with Instructions for Completing

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Decree on Lists of Wastes for Transboundary Movement, Contents and Layout of Documents Accompanying Transboundary Movement of Wastes with Instructions for Completing DECREE ON LISTS OF WASTES FOR TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT, CONTENTS AND LAYOUT OF DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENT OF WASTES WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING ("Official Gazette of RS", No 60/2009) Article 1 The following shall be prescribed by this Decree: list of hazardous waste prohibited for import; list of hazardous waste applicable for import; list of hazardous waste applicable for export and transit; list of non-hazardous waste applicable for import, export and transit; contents, layout and instructions for completing the Notification of Transboundary Movement of Waste; contents, layout and instructions for completing the Movement Document. Article 2 Hazardous waste prohibited for import, hazardous waste applicable for import and hazardous waste applicable for export and transit are specified in List IA – Hazardous Waste, printed as Appendix 1 to this Decree and making a constituent hereof. List IA – Hazardous Waste consists of: 1) List of hazardous wastes prohibited for import; 2) List of hazardous wastes applicable for import; 3) List of hazardous wastes applicable for export and transit. Non-hazardous wastes applicable for import, export and transit is specified in List IIB – Non-Hazardous Wastes, printed as Appendix 2 to this Decree and making a constituent part hereof. List IIB – Non-Hazardous Wastes consists of the List of non-hazardous wastes applicable for import, export and transit. Article 3 The contents, layout and instructions for completing the Notification of Transboundary Movement of Waste are specified in Form 1, printed along with this Decree and making a constituent part hereof. The contents, layout and instructions for completing the Movement Document are specified in Form 2, printed along with this Decree and making a constituent part hereof. Article 4 This Decree shall come into force on the eighth day after the day of its publishing in the “Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”. Appendix 1 LIST IA – HAZARDOUS WASTE LIST OF HAZARDOUS WASTES PROHIBITED FOR IMPORT Waste Code A1. METAL AND METAL BEARING WASTE Metal wastes and waste consisting of alloys of any of the following A1. elements: A1-1 A1010 Antimony A1-2 A1010 Arsenic A1-3 A1010 Berylium A1-4 A1010 Cadmium A1-6 A1010 Mercury A1-7 A1010 Selenium A1-8 A1010 Tellurium A1-9 A1010 Thallium Waste having as constituents or contaminants, including metal A1020 waste in massive form any of the following: A1-10 A1020 Antimony, antimony compounds A1-11 A1020 Berylium, beryllium compounds A1-12 A1020 Cadmium, cadmium compounds A1-13 A1020 AA030 Lead compounds A1-14 A1020 Selenium, selenium compounds A1-15 A1020 Tellurium, tellurium compounds Waste products having as constituents or contaminants any of the A1030 following: A1-16 A1030 Arsenic, arsenic compounds A1-17 A1030 Mercury, mercury compounds A1-18 A1030 Thallium, thallium compounds A1040 Wastes containing any of the following ingredients: A1-19 A1040 Metal carbonyls A1-20 A1040 Hexavalent chromium compounds A1-21 A1050 Galvanic sludges A1-22 1060 Waste liquors from the pickling of metals Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust and sludges such A1-23 A1070 as jarosite, hematite, etc Waste zinc residues not included on list IIB, containing lead and A1-24 A1080 cadmium in concentrations sufficient to exhibit characteristics of Basel Convention Annex III A1-25 A1090 Ashes from the incineration of insulated copper wire A1-26 A1100 Dusts and residues from gas cleaning systems of copper smelters Spent electrolytic solutions from copper electrorefining and A1-27 A1110 electrowinning operations Waste sludges, excluding anode slimes, from electrolyte A1-28 A1120 purification systems in copper electrorefining and electrowinning operations A1-29 A1130 Spent etching solutions containing dissolved copper A1-30 A1140 Waste cupric chloride and copper cyanide catalysts Precious metal bearing residues in solid form containing traces of A1-31 AA150 inorganic cyanides Precious metal ash from incineration of printed circuit boards not A1-32 A1150 included on List IIB Unsorted waste batteries excluding mixtures of only List IIB batteries. A1-33 A1170 Waste batteries not specified on List IIB containing Basel Convention Annex I constituents Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap containing components such as accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury-switches, glass from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or contaminated with A1-34 A1180 Basel Convention Annex I constituents (e.g., cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl) to an extent that they possess any of the characteristics contained in Basel Convention Annex III (note the related entry on list IIB - B1110) Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal, tar, PCB, lead, cadmium, other A1-35 A1190 organohalogen compounds or other Basel Convention Annex I constituents, to the extent that they exhibit Basel Convention Annex III characteristics A1-36 AA010 Dross, scalings and other wastes from the iron or steel industry A1-37 AA060 Vanadium ashes and residues Magnesium waste and scrap that is flammable, pyrophoric or A1-38 AA190 emits, upon contact with water, flammable gases in dangerous quantities A2. WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY INORGANIC A2. CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND ORGANIC MATERIALS A2-1 A2010 Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glasses Calcium fluoride sludge. Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in A2-2 A2020 the form of liquids or sludges but excluding such wastes specified on List IIB A2-3 A2030 Waste catalysts not specified on List IIB A2-4 AA050 Aluminium waste and scrap Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, when containing Basel Convention Annex I constituents to the extent A2-4 A2040 that it exhibits Basel Convention Annex III hazardous characteristics (note the related entry on List IIB - B2080) A2-5 A2050 Waste asbestos (dusts and fibres) Coal-fired power plant fly-ash containing Basel Convention Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Basel A2-6 A2060 Convention Annex III characteristics (note the related entry on List IIB-B2050) AB Wastes from non-cyanide based systems which arise from A2-7 030 surface treatment of metals AB A2-8 Sands used in foundry operations 070 AB A2-9 Inorganic halide compounds, not elsewhere specified or included 120 AB Unrefined calcium sulphite and calcium sulphate from flue gas A2-10 150 desulphurisation (FGD) A3. WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY ORGANIC A3. CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN INORGANIC MATERIALS Waste from the production or processing of petroleum coke and A3-1 A3010 bitumen A3-2 A3020 Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended use Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with leaded A3-3 A3030 anti-knock compound sludges A3-4 A3040 Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluids Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, A3-5 A3050 plasticisers, glues/adhesives excluding such wastes specified on List IIB (note the related entry on List IIB-B4020) A3-6 A3060 Waste nitrocellulose Waste phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the A3-7 A3070 form of liquids or sludges A3-8 A3080 Waste ethers not including those specified on List IIB Waste leather (dust, ash, sludges and flours) when containing A3-9 A3090 hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on List IIB-B3100) Waste paring and other waste of leather or of composition leather not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles containing A3-10 A3100 hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on List IIB-B3090) Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds A3-11 A3110 or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on List IIB-B3110) A3-12 A3120 Fluff - light fraction from shredding A3-13 A3130 Waste organic phosphorous compounds Waste non-halogenated organic solvents but excluding such A3-14 A3140 wastes specified on List IIB A3-15 A3150 Waste halogenated organic solvents Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation A3-16 A3160 residues arising from organic solvent recovery operations Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated A3-17 A3170 hydrocarbons (such as chloromethane, dichloroethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride and epichlorhydrin) Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT), polychlorinated naphthalene A3-18 A3180 RA010 (PCN) or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), or any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds, at a concentration level of 50mg/kg or more. Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from A3-19 A3190 distillation and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materials ) Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and A3-20 A3200 maintenance, containing tar (note the related entry on List IIB- B2130 A3-21 AC060 Wastes from hydraulic fluids A3-22 AC070 Antifreeze fluids A3-23 AC080 Brake fluids A3-24 AC150 Chlorofluorocarbons A3-25 AC160 Halons A3-26 AC170 Treated cork and wood wastes A4. WASTES WHICH MAY CONTAIN INORGANIC AND A4. ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS Wastes from the production, preparation and use of A4-1 A4010 pharmaceutical products but excluding such wastes specified on list IIB Clinical and related wastes; wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, or similar practices, and wastes generated in A4-2 A4020 hospitals or other facilities
Load more

Recommended publications
  • BC-13/6: Technical Guidelines on Incineration on Land (D10) and on Specially Engineered Landfill (D5)
    BC-13/6: Technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10) and on specially engineered landfill (D5) The Conference of the Parties, Having considered the work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2016–2017, set out in the annex to decision BC-12/19, the outcome of the tenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and the results of the online survey to assess the relevance and utility of the Basel Convention documents related to environmentally sound management, 1. Recalls decision III/13, by which it adopted the technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes subject to the Basel Convention, including on incineration on land (D10) and on specially engineered landfill (D5); 2. Takes note of the recommendation made by the Open-Ended Working Group at its tenth meeting1 that the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting consider whether the technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10), on specially engineered landfill (D5) and on hazardous waste physico-chemical treatment (D9) and biological treatment (D8) should be updated; 3. Also takes note of the results of the online survey2 and the full report thereon, including the responses to the survey; 3 4. Decides that the technical guidelines on incineration on land (D10) and on specially engineered landfill (D5) should be updated; 5. Invites Parties to consider serving as lead countries in the updating of the technical guidelines referred to in paragraph 4 above and to inform the Secretariat of their willingness to do so by 31 August 2017; 6. Decides to establish a small intersessional working group, operating by electronic means, to undertake the updating referred to in paragraph 4 above; 7.
    [Show full text]
  • Understanding-E-Stewards-Trade
    00 UNDERSTANDING E-STEWARDS IMPORT, EXPORT & TRANSIT REQUIREMENTS UNDERSTANDING E-STEWARDS IMPORT, EXPORT, & TRANSIT REQUIREMENTS CONTENTS Which Laws & Agreements Are we Talking About? .............................. 1 The Basel Convention ........................................................................... 1 The Purpose of the Basel Convention ............................................... 1 How does Basel Define hazardous waste? ........................................ 1 Problematic Components & Materials (PCMs) ................................. 1 Who are the ‘Parties’ to the Basel Convention? ............................... 1 Party to non-Party Trade Prohibition in Basel................................... 1 What is the Basel Ban Amendment? ..................................................... 2 How do the Basel Ban Amendment & Basel Convention apply to e- Stewards?.............................................................................................. 2 How do we Determine which Laws and Agreements Apply to e- Stewards? ......................................................................................... 2 Applying Basel to e-Stewards Imports .............................................. 2 Applying Basel to e-Stewards Exports ............................................... 2 Acceptable Exports & Imports, if legal .................................................. 3 Transboundary Movements for Reuse.............................................. 3 Transboundary Movements of Cleaned CRT Cullet .........................
    [Show full text]
  • The E-Stewards® Standard for Ethical and Responsible Reuse, Recycling, and Disposition of Electronic Equipment and Information Technology
    The e-Stewards® Standard for Ethical and Responsible Reuse, Recycling, and Disposition of Electronic Equipment and Information Technology Version 4.0© February 25, 2020 i e-Stewards Copyright and Control The e-Stewards® Standard for Ethical and Responsible Reuse, Recycling, and Disposition of Electronic Equipment and Information Technology Version 4.0© is copyrighted as of the publication date by the Basel Action Network (BAN). This document is proprietary and its use is strictly controlled by the Basel Action Network. This document may not be copied, shared, or excerpted including via an electronic retrieval system, or be made available on the Internet, a public network, by satellite, or otherwise used or reproduced, in part or whole, without the prior written permission from or under license with the Basel Action Network. Use of the e-Stewards® Standard Logo The e-Stewards® name and logo are registered trademarks of the Basel Action Network (BAN). Use of these marks by any entity other than BAN is only allowed by written permission and controlled by a License Agreement with BAN. This edition of the e-Stewards® Standard for Ethical and Responsible Reuse, Recycling, and Disposition of Electronic Equipment and Information Technology© Version 4.0 is available at www.e-stewards.org. The current trademarked logo of e-Stewards is shown below: ii Table of Content e-Stewards Copyright and Control..................................................................................................................................... ii Use of the
    [Show full text]
  • The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal: a Legal Misfit in Global Ship Recycling Jurisprudence
    Washington International Law Journal Volume 29 Number 2 4-7-2020 The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal: A Legal Misfit in Global Ship Recycling Jurisprudence Ishtiaque Ahmed Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wilj Part of the Environmental Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Ishtiaque Ahmed, The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal: A Legal Misfit in Global Ship Recycling Jurisprudence, 29 Wash. L. Rev. 411 (2020). Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/wilj/vol29/iss2/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews and Journals at UW Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Washington International Law Journal by an authorized editor of UW Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Copyright © 2020 Washington International Law Journal Association THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL: A LEGAL MISFIT IN GLOBAL SHIP RECYCLING JURISPRUDENCE Ishtiaque Ahmed† Abstract: The Basel Convention has tempted developed nations into the practice of exporting hazardous waste into undeveloped nations’ territories simply for money in the name of recycling. Being extremely business unfriendly, particularly for the recycling industry, this convention has not been welcomed by many developing nations, leading to serious policy and legal uncertainty in those jurisdictions. However, in the absence of any dedicated, enforceable international legal instrument, the Basel Convention currently remains the foundation of ship-recycling jurisprudence in the domestic courts of all dominant, ship-recycling states and the rest of the world, and the basis for curbing the movement of end-of-life ships proceeding to undeveloped states for recycling.
    [Show full text]
  • Technical Guidelines on Wastes Collected from Households
    BASEL CONVENTION TECHNICAL GUIDELINES ON WASTES COLLECTED FROM HOUSEHOLDS Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements on Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal No. 8 Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on Wastes Collected from Households Basel Convention series/SBC No. 02/08 First Published in February 2000 and reprinted in November 2002 Sales No. E.02.III.D.208 ISBN : 92-1-158608-9 ISSN : 1020-8364 Printed in chlorine-free cyclus paper This Publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright-holder, provided that acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention would appreciate receiving a copy of any material that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from UNEP. This Publication is available from: Secretariat of the Basel Convention International Environment House 15 chemin des Anémones, CH-1219 Châtelaine, Switzerland Tel. : (4122) 9178218 Fax : (4122) 797 34 54 E-mail : [email protected] Web : www.basel.int Foreword These technical guidelines are principally meant to provide guidance to countries who are building their capacity to manage waste in an environmentally sound and efficient way and in their development of detailed procedures or waste management plan or strategy. They should not be used in isolation by the competent authorities for consenting to or rejecting a transboundary movement of hazardous waste, as they are not sufficiently comprehensive for environmentally sound management of hazardous waste and other waste as defined by the Basel Convention.
    [Show full text]
  • BASEL CONVENTION on the CONTROL of TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS of Hazardous WASTE and THEIR DISPOSAL: SHOULD the UNITED STATES RATIFY the Accord?
    THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAzARDous WASTE AND THEIR DISPOSAL: SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RATIFY THE AccoRD? 1. INTRODUCTION The infamous vessel, the Khian Sea, sailed the seas for years searching for a nation that would accept its cargo.' Its voyage began on August 31, 1986, when the freighter departed from Philadelphia with 13,000 tons of incinerator ash and headed for the Bahamas.2 After the Bahamian Government barred its entry, the Khian Sea searched for two years before finally unloading three thousand tons of noxious cargo on the Haitian shore After the Haitian government demanded that the ship leave port, the Khian Sea changed its name to the Pelicanoand continued searching through the Middle and Far East for a disposal site.4 Thereafter, reports surfaced that the freighter emptied the rest of its cargo on the ocean floor.5 This is just one blatant example of the environmental ex- ploitation of poor countries by rich industrialized nations during the 1970's and 1980's.6 The Pelicano's illegal hazardous waste dumping demonstrates the most irresponsible and reckless way a country can rid itself of its unwanted toxic refuse.7 However, the tragic events of the 1970's and 1980's brought widespread attention to the enormous global dilemma of indiscriminate hazardous waste dumping. The public outcry sent a red flag waving over the world that focused attention on the nations which were illegally dumping their waste. 8 In response to the negative attention produced by the media and environmental groups, the 1.
    [Show full text]
  • Plastic Waste Trade in Southeast Asia After China's Import
    California Western Law Review Volume 57 Number 1 Article 9 1-1-2021 Plastic Waste Trade in Southeast Asia After China’s Import Ban: Implications of the New Basel Convention Amendment and Recommendations for the Future Yeeun Uhm Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr Recommended Citation Uhm, Yeeun (2021) "Plastic Waste Trade in Southeast Asia After China’s Import Ban: Implications of the New Basel Convention Amendment and Recommendations for the Future," California Western Law Review: Vol. 57 : No. 1 , Article 9. Available at: https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cwlr/vol57/iss1/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CWSL Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in California Western Law Review by an authorized editor of CWSL Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Uhm: Plastic Waste Trade in Southeast Asia After China’s Import Ban: Uhm camera ready final (Do Not Delete) 1/25/2021 11:25 AM CALIFORNIA WESTERN LAW REVIEW VOLUME 57 FALL 2020 NUMBER 1 SYMPOSIUM PLASTIC WASTE TRADE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AFTER CHINA’S IMPORT BAN: IMPLICATIONS OF THE NEW BASEL CONVENTION AMENDMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE YEEUN UHM* ABSTRACT It has become evident when some countries strengthen their domestic plastic waste restrictions and oversight of imports, global flows of plastic waste simply shift elsewhere. However, the pattern of continually diverting plastic waste shipments to countries that have less strict regulatory standards will become difficult under new rules adopted under the Basel Convention in May 2019. This Article explores the Basel Convention’s role in reversing the existing plastics trade between developed and developing countries, and the legal implications of the new amendments on the international plastic waste trade, with a particular focus on the Southeast Asian countries that have been significantly impacted by China’s plastic waste import ban in 2018.
    [Show full text]
  • Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
    United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL By Katharina Kummer Peiry Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal United Nations Environmental Programme Background The management of hazardous wastes has been on the international environmental agenda from the early 1980s, when it was included as one of three priority areas in the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) first Montevideo Programme on Environmental Law in 1981. The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (hereinafter referred to as “the Basel Convention”) was adopted in 1989, in response to a public outcry following the discovery, in the 1980s, in Africa and other parts of the developing world of deposits of toxic wastes imported from abroad. Awakening environmental awareness and corresponding tightening of environmental regulations in the industrialized world in the 1970s and 1980s had led to increasing public resistance to the disposal of hazardous wastes – in accordance with what became known as the NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) syndrome – and to an escalation of disposal costs. This in turn led some operators to seek cheap disposal options for hazardous wastes in Eastern Europe and the developing world, where environmental awareness was much less developed and regulations and enforcement mechanisms were lacking. It was against this background that the Basel Convention was negotiated in the late 1980s, and its thrust at the time of its adoption was to combat the “toxic trade”, as it was termed.
    [Show full text]
  • Research Report on Import Management Policy of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment
    The Global Environment Facility (GEF) Approved the Full-size Project “Reduction of POPs and PTS Release by Environmentally Sound Management throughout the Life Cycle of Electrical and Electronic Equipment and Associated Wastes in China” Research Report on Import Management Policy of Electrical and Electronic Waste and Used Electrical and Electronic Equipment Tsinghua University/ Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Asia and the Pacific Region July 12 2017 Project Researchers Project Leader Jinhui Li Technical Director of Project Lixia Zheng Leading Researchers Fang Liu, Kehan He, Bailing Su, Jiajia Wang Preface Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (hereinafter referred to as "Basel Convention") started drafting since 2008 and adopted on an interim basis the technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention (hereinafter referred to as "e-waste guidelines"). The technical guidelines provide guidance on transboundary movements of waste electrical and electronic equipment (hereinafter referred to as "e-waste") and used electrical and electronic equipment (hereinafter referred to as "used equipment") that may or may not be e-waste, in particular on the distinction between waste and non-waste. And in the e-waste guidelines, the exemption conditions of transboundary movements of used equipment for conducting failure analysis, repair and refurbishment may form a legalized way for transboundary movements of e-waste. Although the guidelines do not have legal compulsion, they may play a guiding role in the policies of various countries and have attracted worldwide attention.
    [Show full text]
  • Guidance Manual for the Control of Transboundary Movements of Recoverable Wastes
    GUIDANCE MANUAL FOR THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF RECOVERABLE WASTES GUIDANCE MANUAL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COUNCIL DECISION C(2001)107/FINAL, AS AMENDED, ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF WASTES DESTINED FOR RECOVERY OPERATIONS ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as corporate governance, the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisation provides a setting where governments can compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies. The OECD member countries are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Commission of the European Communities takes part in the work of the OECD. The OECD Publishing disseminates widely the results of the Organisation’s statistics gathering and research on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as the conventions, guidelines and standards agreed by its members. This document is published on the responsibility of the Secretary General of the OECD. Also available in French under the title: Manuel d'application pour le contrôle des mouvements transfrontières de déchets recyclables © OECD 2009 ______________________________________________________________________________ No reproduction, copy, transmission or translation of this publication may be made without written permission.
    [Show full text]
  • The Responsible Guideline on Transboundary Movements of Used Electronic Equipment to Promote an Ethical Circular Economy Under the Basel Convention
    The Responsible Guideline on Transboundary Movements of Used Electronic Equipment to Promote an Ethical Circular Economy under the Basel Convention 25 April 2019 Basel Action Network Seattle, WA USA www.ban.org The Responsible Guideline on Transboundary Movements of Used Electronic Equipment to Promote an Ethical Circular Economy under the Basel Convention Basel Action Network 28 April 2019 Foreword The original Basel Convention’s Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention,1 were adopted by the Parties to the Basel Convention at COP12 on an interim basis. They could not be finally adopted because they were incomplete and there was no agreement on critical issues surrounding the transboundary movement of used electronics, especially those destined for repair and refurbishment. The unfinished guideline never should have been approved at that meeting, even on an interim basis, as it was clear that several Parties voiced their strong disagreement with the document. Decisions of the Basel Convention must be made either by consensus or by a vote. In this case, there was neither consensus nor a vote. The reason for the disagreement over policies was due to the fact that, late in the Basel discussions regarding how to manage used electronics and electronic waste under the Convention, certain electronics manufacturers represented by Digital Europe and the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) decided that they did not concur with the conclusions reached earlier in the Basel partnership programs – the Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI) and the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE).
    [Show full text]
  • Removal and Disposal of Disused Offshore Oil and Gas Installations I Ntrod Uctio
    COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 18.02.1998 COM(1998) 49 final COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT on Removal and Disposal of Disused Offshore Oil and Gas Installations I ntrod uctio . In June 1995, following receipt of a permit from the UK.bovernment Shell decided to. dispose of the Brent Spar, a redundant oil storage buoy, by sinking it a deepwater site· in the North Atlantic. This reopened an extensive debate_ on the whole question of the disposal of redundant oil and gas installations in European waters, of which there are. approximately 600. The decision coincided with the North Sea' C_onference and in the · subsequent Ministerial De;claration a majority of the Ministers present, inch.lding. the_ Commissioner, but exCluding the OK and. Norwegian Ministers who represent the . 1 - only two states with a significant number of large installations which under existing guide fines can be considered for sea disposal, effectively called for a complete ban on . 'disposal at sea of all such installations; in order to protect th~ marine envirorunent. '- - - ' ,· The Brent Spar 'afn1ir' generated considerable. public interest and demonstrated. the· . · -difliculties of implementing a-disposal policy which does not have sufficiently broad-· support. Eventually, in the face of a concerted campaign; which included a consumer boycott of Shell products in several Member States. Shell ~eversed its decision and the . Brent Spar was towed to a Norwegian fjord pending a further review of all the-options · for disposal. Following this detailed review in January 1998 Shell announced that they . were now seeki~g approval from the UK to scrap the topsides onshore and dismantle -and reuse the hull as part of a quay extensi~n in Norway.
    [Show full text]