Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) (Waigani Convention) Regulations 1999. Pays/Territoire Australie Type du document Règlement Date 1999 (2017) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Déchets et substances dangereuses Mot clé Déchets dangereux Autorisation/permis Commerce international Lutte contre la pollution Gestion des déchets Aire géographique Asie et Pacifique, Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande, Océan Indien, Océanie, Pacifique Sud Entry into force notes These Regulations enter into force on 1 January 2002. Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legislation.gov.au Références - Législation Implemente Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989. Législation | Australie | 1990 (2017) Mot clé: Déchets dangereux, Autorisation/permis, Commerce international, Lutte contre la pollution, Gestion des déchets Source: FAO, FAOLEX