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Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on movements of wastes

… Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on … to each other. This includes notifications of: (i) National definitions of hazardous wastes in addition to those … wastes for disposal within the area under their national jurisdiction; (d) Decisions taken by them to limit or ban the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… divided into maritime zones. These comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic … zone and continental shelves, as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes into their jurisdiction for disposal. The prohibition of importation can … hazardous wastes or other wastes: • from an area under the national jurisdiction of one State • to or through an area under the national jurisdiction of another State, or to or though an …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

The three pillars of the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… hazardous wastes or other wastes: from an area under the national jurisdiction of one State to or through an area under the national jurisdiction of another State, or to or though an …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Handbook for the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocols

… Through the implementation of eight protocols, which set national emission targets and identify specific measures for … We must strengthen our joint efforts, not only across national boundaries, but also across sectors to tackle air … the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere

The Basel Convention mechanism for promoting the implementation and compliance - Celebrating a decade of assistance to Parties

… with respect to nine Parties having never submitted a national report: Bhutan, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Guinea Bissau, … the development of guidance on the development of national inventories. During that meeting, the Committee also … the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes into their jurisdiction for disposal. The prohibition of importation can …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Main Provisions of the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to the PIC procedure, Parties, through their Designated National Authority (DNA), individually pronounce themselves … in the PIC Circular to those concerned within their national jurisdiction, namely all relevant agencies that may be …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… take legal, administrative and other measures within their national jurisdictions to prohibit the import of all … that parties shall prohibit all persons under their national jurisdictions from transporting or disposing of … requires very close supervision of waste in each party's jurisdiction. Further, the Waigani Convention makes waste …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Transboundary Air Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… is situated wholly or in part within the area under the national jurisdiction of one State and which has adverse effects in … and its Protocols and assess the effectiveness of national policies. In doing so, the Executive Body relies on …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

Handbook of The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer

… the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the … of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction”, Taking into account the circumstances … work and studies proceeding within both international and national organizations and, in particular, of the World Plan …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Climate and Atmosphere