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Ministerial Decree No. 670 regarding the immediate arrangements for the realization of the Federal Law regarding ratification of Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their disposal.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Document type
Regulation
Date
1995
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Transboundary effects Transboundary movement of waste Waste disposal Hazardous waste Waste management
Geographical area
Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific
Abstract

This Ministerial Decree implements Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal. The Government decrees to prohibit import of hazardous wastes for the purpose of their burial or incineration on the territory of the Russian Federation. The competent authority envisaged by the Article 5 of the Basel Convention is assigned the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources which is entitled with the functions of: 1) organization and coordination of the fulfilment of the requirements of the Convention; 2) issuing permits for import, export and transit on the territory of the Russian Federation of hazardous waste to be used as raw materials; 3) notification of the governmental authorities of the respective states, carrying out export, import and transit of wastes of the projected transboundary movement of them; 4) representation of the Russian Federation at the conferences of the parties of the Convention, its other working bodies as well as at the proceedings of dispute settlement established by the Convention; 5) establishment of the modalities of control over transboundary movement and transit transportation of hazardous wastes and their disposal.

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