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Regional instruments on hazardous wastes- extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Africa are about to take place and to prevent them, each party is required to set up a “dump watch”. Should any such … to re- import any hazardous wastes exported to another party pursuant to agreements between persons in the countries … manner. Article 4(3) of the Bamako Convention obliges each party to impose unlimited liability as well as joint and …
Operational articles of the Minamata Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… storage. Parties wishing to import mercury from a Non-Party shall obtain a certificate stating that the mercury … http://www.informea.org/terms/party/ http://www.informea.org/terms/secretariat/ 3. … and mercury compounds intended for a use allowed to a Party under the Convention is undertaken in an …
Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on movements of wastes
… Convention National Definitions of Hazardous Wastes “Each Party shall, within six months of becoming a Party to this Convention, inform the Secretariat of the … movement procedures applicable to such wastes. Each Party shall subsequently inform the Secretariat of any …
The Minamata Convention on Mercury and its implementation in the Latin America and Caribbean region
… 2013. By December 2013, the Convention had already one Party (USA) and 94 signatures, including many countries of … or mercury compounds are used Exemptions available to a Party upon request Artisanal and small-scale gold mining … reclaimed or re-used. The Convention determines that no Party shall allow the export of mercury, unless the importing …
Main Provisions of the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Responses Stage 2: Follow up on importing and exporting Party responsibilities 3. The listing of chemicals in Annex … by Parties must be trade neutral. This means that if the Party decides not to accept imports of a specific chemical, … from any source, including from countries that are not Party to the Convention. …
Main Provisions of the Stockholm Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… of POPs in Annexes A, B and C to the Convention Any Party may submit a proposal for listing a new chemical in … (1) Submission of proposal for listing a chemical: Any Party may submit a proposal to the Secretariat for listing a … of environmental control measures and strategies.” Each Party to the Convention is as a minimum to take various …