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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