CONVENTIONS

Law 26,664

Approve the amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Elimination, which is signed in Geneva, Switzerland. Sanctioned: March 16, 2011 Enacted in Fact: April 7, 2011

The Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, meeting in Congress, etc., are sanctioned by law:

ARTICLE 1-APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR ELIMINATION, adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Geneva -SWISS CONFEDERATION-on September 22, 1995, whose authenticated photocopy is part of this law.

ARTICLE 2-Contact the national executive branch. -REGISTERED UNDER NO. 26,664-GIVEN IN THE SESSION HALL OF THE ARGENTINE CONGRESS, IN BUENOS AIRES, ON 16 MAR. 2011 JULY C. C. COBOS. -EDUARDO A. FELLNER. -Enrique Hidalgo. -Juan H. Estrada.

C.N. 456.1995.TREATIES-1 (Annex) Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Elimination, adopted at the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in Geneva on 22 September 1995. Insert a new paragraph 7a of the preamble: " Recognizing that transboundary movements of hazardous wastes, especially to developing countries, are at high risk of not constituting environmentally sound management and the efficient disposal of hazardous waste as provided for in the Convention. " Insert a new Article 4 A: " 1. Each of the parts listed in Annex VII shall prohibit any transboundary movement of hazardous wastes intended for the operations provided for in Annex IV A to the States not listed in Annex VII. the parties listed in Annex VII shall be phased out until 31 December 1997 and shall prohibit from that date all transboundary movements of hazardous wastes referred to in point (a) of (i) of the Article 1 of the Convention

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intended for the operations provided for in Annex IV B to the States not listed in Annex VII. Such cross-border movement shall be prohibited only if the waste in question has been described as dangerous in accordance with the provisions of the Convention. " 'Annex VII Parties and other States which are members of the OECD and of the EC, and Liechtenstein.'

Date of publication: 11/04/2011

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