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Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Waigani Convention) Regulations 1999.

País/Territorio
Australia
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
1999 (2017)
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Desechos y sustancias peligrosas
Palabra clave
Residuos peligrosos Autorización/permiso Comercio internacional Control de la contaminación Gestión de desechos
Área geográphica
Asia y Pacifico, Australia y Nueva Zelandia, Océano Índico, Oceania, Pacífico Sur
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on 1 January 2002.
Resumen

These Regulations provide for giving effect to the Convention to Ban the Importation into Forum Island Countries of Hazardous and Radioactive Wastes and to Control the Transboundary Movement and Management of Hazardous Wastes within the South Pacific Region (the Waigani Convention). Export of hazardous waste to a Forum Island Country (defined in Article 1 of the Convention) is restricted under regulation 6 (excluding discharge of wastes from a ship). Regulation 10 concerns Waigani import permits (import of hazardous waste from a Forum Island Country), whereas regulation 11 provides for Waigani transit permits (transit of hazardous waste through Australia from a Forum Island Country). Conditions of permit are set out in regulations 13 to 15.

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.legislation.gov.au

Referencias - Legislación

Implementa

Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989.

Legislación | Australia | 1990 (2017)

Palabra clave: Residuos peligrosos, Autorización/permiso, Comercio internacional, Control de la contaminación, Gestión de desechos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX