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Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… for recycling or recovery industries in the State of import; or • the TBM in question is in accordance with other … TBM. Such restrictions may apply to the export or to the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes. The Convention … have the right to prohibit totally or partially the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes into their …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of the Rotterdam Convention

… Countries lacking adequate infrastructure to monitor the import and use of these chemicals are particularly … chemicals and to take informed decisions on their future import. Seeing the need for mandatory controls, offi cials … providing for a national decision-making process on their import and export and disseminating these decisions to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… contents 1. The Prior Informed Consent procedure Stage 1: Import Responses Stage 2: Follow up on importing and … The PIC procedure only applies to the export and import of chemicals listed in Annex III. The Convention stipulates 2 key stages; (1) Import Responses and; (2) follow up Parties’ …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region

… sound interim storage. Each Party shall not allow the import of mercury from a non-Party State or organisation to … Products which have a de�ned date after which manufacture, import and export are no longer allowed (described in part I … products of mercury-added products the manufacture, import and export of which are not allowed for it under …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… within their national jurisdictions to prohibit the import of all hazardous wastes into their territories. Any … Under article 8, parties have an added duty to re- import any hazardous wastes exported to another party … http://www.informea.org/terms/import … of final disposal. Article 5(2) authorizes parties to import wastes from non-parties into their territories only …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Ratification and Implementation Guidelines

… Importer is a Party (Article 3.8) 1. General Rule: Mercury import is prohibited. 2. Exception: The non-Party exporter … from a non-Party. Under such a waiver, a Party could import mercury from primary mining and decommissioning … and to limit global mercury supplies overall. iii. The import restriction waiver is only available until the 2nd …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Global Mercury Assessment

17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Synergies Success Stories - Enhancing cooperation and coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions

… as well as enables countries to decide if they want to import hazardous chemicals and pesticides listed in the … carried out by the Secretariat are summarized below: 1 . Import of sludge: In 2006 the customs service detected an … to the uniform customs declarations and the companies that import and treat the sludge . With this information a …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… of chlor-alkali plants as well as on mercury export and import. DEFINITION AND SCOPE While Article 2 of the … 3 TRADE OF MERCURY Export and import controls are one of the main instruments to reduce … interim storage as set out in Article 10 (paragraph 6). Import from a non-Party A Party shall not allow the import of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… for recycling or recovery industries in the State of import; or the TBM in question is in accordance with other … TBM. Such restrictions may apply to the export or to the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes. The Convention … have the right to prohibit totally or partially the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes into their …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste