Proposal for a Council Decision on the submission, on behalf of the European Union, of applications for new entries in Annex VIII or IX to the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal

The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, done on 22 March 1989, establishes a control procedure for the export and import of hazardous wastes between Parties. The Convention entered into force in 1992 and now binds 175 Parties. The EU is a Party to the Basel Convention.

Pursuant to Article 58 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste, the annexes to this Regulation may be amended in accordance with the procedure established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council to take account of scientific and technical progress.

According to Article 58(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, wastes are added in Annex IIIA, IIIB, IV or V on a provisional basis pending a decision on their inclusion in the relevant annexes to the Basel Convention or to Decision C(2001)107/Final of the OECD Council concerning the revision of Decision C(92)39/Final on control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations.

Following an amendment of Annex IIIA, IIIB, IV or V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, it is necessary, in order to ensure consistency, to submit, on behalf of the European Union, the necessary applications for corresponding entries in Annex VIII or IX to the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)20: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:020:FIN

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