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Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes

… must restrict TBM. Such restrictions may apply to the export or to the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes. … of the three following conditions is met: • the State of export does not have the technical capacity and the necessary … the Convention, Parties must prevent and not allow the export of hazardous wastes or other wastes to a State or …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… one of the three following conditions is met: the State of export does not have the technical capacity and the necessary … must restrict TBM. Such restrictions may apply to the export or to the import of hazardous wastes and other wastes. … sound manner Parties may decide to limit or ban the export of hazardous wastes or other wastes to other Parties …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

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

… chemicals in Annex III of the Convention Procedure 2. The Export Notification procedure Stage 1: Export Notification Stage 2: Acknowledgment of Receipt 1. The … by exporters. The PIC procedure only applies to the export and import of chemicals listed in Annex III. The …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Overview of the Rotterdam Convention

… for a national decision-making process on their import and export and disseminating these decisions to Parties. OF THE … contrary to the import decisions of importing Parties. • Export notifi cation An export notifi cation reminds an importing Party that it is …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… The Convention determines that no Party shall allow the export of mercury, unless the importing Party has provided … 5 Data estimated by the USGS (USGS, 2013). However, the export of commodity mercury may be less, as mining companies store it until they have a suf�cient volume to export it, not as a commodity, but as waste, for its safe …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… 13; (b) Parties shall prohibit or shall not permit the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes to the Parties … (d) Decisions taken by them to limit or ban the export of hazardous wastes or other wastes…” Article 13, … right to prohibit, totally or partially, the import or export of hazardous wastes or other wastes for disposal must …
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 … 3 TRADE OF MERCURY Export and import controls are one of the main instruments to … it is a Party or non-Party, must be obtained before an export ;  trade with non-Parties is allowed, provided the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

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

… destination country of a written consent, prior to export. Movements of hazardous wastes without such consent …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Towards responsible trade

… a national decision- making process on their import and export and by disseminating these decisions to Parties. the … more transparent and less vulnerable to abuse through its export notification provisions and by encouraging harmonized … Convention. This United Nations Convention addresses the export and import of hazardous chemicals and, by implication, …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Acting Now!

… Schematic mercury trade flow. Data from 2007, prior to the export bans in the European Union (2011) and the USA (2013). … – ACTING NOW!8 2 000 1 000 250 20 Country without mercury export ban Country with mercury export ban Estimates based on plant capacity Sources: World …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste