1623 OF 2013

(April 29)

Official Journal No. 48.776 of 29 April 2013

CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC

By means of which the "Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Elimination of 22 March 1989" adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Geneva on 22 September 1995.

THE CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC

Having regard to the text of the "Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Elimination of 22 March 1989", adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in Geneva, on 22 September 1995.

(To be transcribed: Full and faithful photocopy of the text of the instrument, certified by the Secretariat of the United Nations).

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AMENDMENT TO THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

AND ITS ELIMINATION, ADOPTED AT THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES IN GENEVA ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1995

Insert a new paragraph 7a of the preamble:

" Recognising that the trans-border movements of hazardous wastes, especially to developing countries, are at a high risk of not constituting the environmentally sound and efficient management of hazardous waste that is perceived in the Convention ".

Insert a new item 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.

2. Each of the parts listed in Annex VII shall be phased out until 31 December 1997 and shall, from that date, prohibit all transboundary movements of hazardous wastes referred to in paragraph (a) above. (e) of Article 1 of the Convention which are 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 characterised as dangerous in accordance with the provisions of the Convention. "

" Annex VII

Parties and other States that are members of the OECD and the EC, and Lienchtenstein. "

The undersigned Coordinator of the Internal Working Group of the Treaties of the International Legal Affairs Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia,

CERTIFIES:

That the reproduction of the text above is a faithful and complete copy of the Spanish language version of the " Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their ", adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in Geneva, on 22 September 1995, a document which is based on the archives of the Internal Working Group of the Treaties of the Directorate for International Legal Affairs of this Ministry.

Dada in Bogotá, D. C., at three (3) day of the month of June of two thousand eleven (2011).

The Coordinator of the Internal Treaty Working Group, Directorate of International Legal Affairs,

ALEJANDRA VALENCIA GARTNER.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF PUBLIC POWER

PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC

Bogotá, D. C., June 24, 2008

Authorized. Submit to the consideration of the honorable Congress of the Republic for the constitutional effects.

(Fdo.) ALVARO URIBE VELEZ

The Foreign Minister,

(Fdo.) Fernando Araujo Perdomo.

DECRETA:

Article 1o. I endorse the 'Amendment to the Basel Convention on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their elimination on 22 March 1989', adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Geneva on 22 March. September 1995.

Article 2o. In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (1) of Law 7ª of 1944, the "Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Elimination of 22 March 1989", adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in Geneva, on 22 September 1995, which, under Article 1 of this Law, is adopted, will oblige the country from the date on which the international link with respect to it is perfected.

Article 3o. This law applies from the date of its publication.

Dada en Bogotá, D. C., a los ...

Presented to the honorable Congress of the Republic by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development.

The Foreign Minister,

MARIA ANGELA HOLGUIN HANG.

The Minister of Environment, Housing and Territorial Development,

BEATRIZ ELENA URIBE BOTERO.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF PUBLIC POWER

PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC

Bogotá, D. C., June 24, 2008

Authorized. Submit to the consideration of the honorable Congress of the Republic for the constitutional effects.

(Fdo.) ALVARO URIBE VELEZ

The Foreign Minister

(Fdo.) Patti Londono Jaramillo.

DECRETA:

ARTICLE 1o. Approve the "Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Elimination of 22 March 1989", adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Geneva on 22 September 1995.

ARTICLE 2o. In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 or the 7th Act of 1944, the " Amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, of 22 March 1989, adopted by the Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, in Geneva on 22 September 1995, which, under Article 1 of this Law, is adopted, shall bind the country from the date on which the International relations with the United Nations.

ARTICLE 3o. This law governs from the date of its publication.

The President of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

ROY MONTEALEGRE BARRIERS.

The Secretary General of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

GREGORIO ELJACH PACHECO.

The President of the honorable House of Representatives,

AUGUSTO POSADA SANCHEZ.

The Secretary General of the honorable House of Representatives,

JORGE HUMBERTO MANTILLA SERRANO.

COLOMBIA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

Communicate and comply.

Execute, upon revision of the Constitutional Court, pursuant to article 241-10 of the Political Constitution.

Dada in Bogotá, D. C., on April 29, 2013.

JUAN MANUEL SANTOS CALDERÓN

The Deputy Minister of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in charge of the functions of the Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,

BEATRIZ PATTI LONDONO JARAMILLO.

The Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development,

JUAN GABRIEL URIBE.