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Art.3.1 |
1. Each State shall, within six months of becoming a Party to this Convention, inform the Secretariat of the Convention of the wastes, other than those listed in Annex I of this Convention, considered or defined as hazardous under its national legislation and of any requirements concerning transboundary movement procedures applicable to such wastes. |
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Art.3.2 |
2. Each Party shall subsequently inform the Secretariat of any significant changes to the information it has provided pursuant to Paragraph 1 of this Article. |
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Art.3.3 |
3. The Secretariat shall forthwith inform all Parties of the information it has received pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. |
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Art.3.4 |
4. Parties shall be responsible for making the information transmitted to them by the Secretariat under Paragraph 3 of this Article available to their exporters and other appropriate bodies. |
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Art.4.1.(1x).a |
(a) forward as soon as possible, all information relating to such illegal hazardous waste import activity to the Secretariat who shall distribute the information to all Contracting Parties; |
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Art.4.2.b |
(b) Parties shall forward, as soon as possible, all information relating to dumping of hazardous wastes to the Secretariat which shall distribute the information to all Contracting Parties. |
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Art.4.3.(1x).a |
(a) ensure that hazardous waste generators submit to the Secretariat reports regarding the wastes that they generate in order to enable the Secretariat of the Convention to produce a complete hazardous waste audit; |
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Art.4.3.(3x).h |
(h) The issue of preventing the transfer to Africa of polluting technologies shall e kept under systematic review by the Secretariat of the Conference and periodic report shall be made to the Conference of the Parties; |
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Art.4.3.(4x).q |
(q) Parties exercising their right to prohibit the import of hazardous wastes for disposal shall inform the other Parties of their decision pursuant to Article 13 of this Convention; |
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Art.4.3.(4x).u |
(u) Parties shall require that information about a proposed transboundary movement of hazardous wastes be provided to the States concerned, according to Annex IV A of this Convention, and clearly state the potential effects of the proposed movement on human health and the environment. |
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Art.6.1 |
1. The State of export shall notify, or shall require the generator or exporter to notify, in writing, through the channel of the competent authority of the State of export, the competent authority of the States concerned of any proposed transboundary movement of hazardous wastes. Such notification shall contain the declarations and information specified in Annex IV A of this Convention, written in a language acceptable to the State of import. Only one notification needs to be sent to each State concerned. |
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Art.6.2 |
2. The State of import shall respond to the notifier in writing consenting to the movement with or without conditions, denying permission for the movement, or requesting additional information. A copy of the final response of the State of import shall be sent tot he competent authorities of the States concerned that are Parties to this Convention. |
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Art.6.4 |
4. Each State of transit which is a Party to this Convention shall promptly acknowledge to the notifier receipt of the notification. It may subsequently respond to the notifier in writing, within 60 days, consenting to the movement with or without conditions, denying permission for the movement, or requesting additional information. The State of export shall not allow the transboundary movement to commence until it has received the written consent of the State of transit. |
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Art.6.7 |
7. Each Party to this Convention shall limit their points or ports of entry and notify the Secretariat to this effect for distribution to all Contracting Parties. Such points and ports shall be the only ones permitted for the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes. |
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Art.6.8 |
8. The Parties to this Convention shall require that each person who takes charge of a transboundary movement of hazardous wastes sign the movement document either upon delivery or receipt of the wastes in question. They shall also require that the disposer inform both the exporter and the competent authority of the State of export of receipt by the disposer of the wastes in question and, in due course, of the completion of disposal as specified in the notification. If no such information is received within the State of export, the competent authority of the State of export or the exporter shall so notify the State of import. |
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Art.6.9 |
9. The notification and response required by this Article shall be transmitted to the competent authority of the States concerned. |
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Art.10.2.a |
(a) make available information, whether on a bilateral or multilateral basis, with a view to promoting clean production methods and the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, including harmonization of technical standards and practices for the adequate management of hazardous wastes; |
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Art.10.2.f |
(f) co-operate in the exchange and dissemination of information on the movement of hazardous wastes in conformity with Article 13 of this Convention. |
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Art.11.(1x).2 |
2. Parties shall notify the Secretariat of any bilateral, multilateral or regional agreements or arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and those which they have entered into prior to the entry into force of this Convention for them, for the purpose of controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes which take place entirely among the Parties to such agreements. The provisions of this Convention shall not affect place pursuant to such agreements provided that such agreements are compatible with the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes as required by this Convention. |
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Art.13.1 |
1. The Parties shall ensure that in the case of an accident occurring during the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or their disposal which is likely to present risks to human health and the environment in other States, those States are immediately informed. |
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Art.13.2 |
2. The States shall inform each other, through the Secretariat, of: |
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Art.13.2.a |
(a) changes regarding the designation of competent authorities and/ or focal points, pursuant to Article 5 of this Convention; |
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Art.13.2.b |
(b) changes in their national definition of hazardous wastes, pursuant to Article 3 of this Convention; |
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Art.13.2.c |
(c) decisions made by them to limit or ban the import of hazardous wastes; |
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Art.13.2.d |
(d) any other information required pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article. |
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Art.13.3 |
3. The Parties, consistent with national laws and regulations, shall set up information collection and dissemination mechanisms on hazardous wastes. They shall transmit such information through the Secretariat, to the Conference of the Parties established under Article 15 of this Convention, before the end of each calendar year, in a report on the previous calendar year, containing the following information: |
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Art.13.3.a |
(a) competent authorities, dumpwatch, and focal points that have been designated by them pursuant to Article 5 of this Convention; |
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Art.13.3.b |
(b) information regarding transboundary movements of hazardous wastes in which they have been involved, including: |
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Art.13.3.b.i |
(i) the quantity of hazardous wastes exported, their category, characteristics, destination, any transit country and disposal method as stated in the notification; |
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Art.13.3.b.ii |
(ii) the amount of hazardous wastes imported, their category, characteristics, origin, and disposal methods; |
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Art.13.3.b.iii |
(iii) disposal which did not proceed as intended; |
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Art.13.3.b.iv |
(iv) efforts to achieve a reduction of the amount of hazardous wastes subject to transboundary movement; |
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Art.13.3.c |
(c) information on the measures adopted by them in the implementation of this Convention; |
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Art.13.3.d |
(d) information on available qualified statistics -which have been compiled by them on the effects on human health and the environment of the generation, transportation, and disposal of hazardous wastes -as part of the information required in conformity with Article 4 Section 3 (a) of this Convention; |
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Art.13.3.e |
(e) information concerning bilateral, multilateral and regional agreements and arrangements entered into pursuant to Article 11 of this Convention; |
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Art.13.3.f |
(f) information on accidents occurring during the transboundary movements, treatment and disposal of hazardous wastes and on the measures undertaken to deal with them; |
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Art.13.3.g |
(g) information on treatment and disposal options operated within the area under their national jurisdiction; |
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Art.13.3.h |
(h) information on measures undertaken for the development of clean production methods, including clean production technologies, for the reduction and/ or elimination of the production of hazardous wastes; and |
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Art.13.3.i |
(i) such other matters as the Conference of the Parties shall deem relevant. |
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Art.13.4 |
4. The Parties, consistent with national laws and regulations, shall ensure that copies of each notification concerning any given transboundary movement of hazardous wastes, and the response to it, are sent to the Secretariat. |
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Art.16.1.b |
(b) to prepare and transmit reports based upon information received in accordance with Articles 3, 4, 6, 11 and 13 of this Convention as well as upon information derived from meetings of subsidiary bodies established under Article 15 of this Convention as well as upon as appropriate information provided by relevant inter-governmental and non-governmental entities; |
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Art.16.1.f |
(f) to compile information concerning approved national sites and facilities of Parties to this Convention available for the disposal and treatment of their hazardous wastes and to circulate this information; |
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Art.16.1.g |
(g) to receive and convey information from and to Parties on: |
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Art.16.1.h |
(h) to provide Parties to this Convention with information on consultants or consulting firms having the necessary technical competence in the field, which can assist them with examining a notification for a transboundary movement, the concurrence of a shipment of hazardous wastes with the relevant notification, and/ or whether the proposed disposal facilities for hazardous wastes are environmentally sound, when they have reason to believe that the wastes in question will not be managed in an environmentally sound manner. Any such examinations would not be at the expense of the Secretariat; |
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Art.16.1.i |
(i) to assist Parties to this Convention in their identification of cases of illegal traffic and to circulate immediately to the Parties concerned any information it has received regarding illegal traffic; |
