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Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention

Document type
Decision
Reference number
BC-12/5
Date
May 3, 2015
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Status
Active
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
International trade
Treaty
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal (Apr 5, 1989)
Meeting
Meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BC COP-12, RC COP-7, SC COP-7)
Website
www.informea.org
Full text
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Chinese.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Spanish.doc
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Spanish.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Arabic.doc
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.English.doc
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.English.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Chinese.doc
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Russian.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Russian.doc
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.Arabic.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.French.pdf
UNEP-CHW-COP.12-BC-12-5.French.doc
Abstract

The Conference of the Parties

1. Adopts, on an interim basis, the technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention,(1) on the understanding that the technical guidelines are of a non-legally binding nature and that the national legislation of a party prevails over the guidance provided within the technical guidelines, in particular in paragraphs 31, 42 and 43 thereof;

2. Requests the Secretariat to disseminate the technical guidelines to parties and others in the six official languages of the United Nations;