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(d) To consider and undertake any additional action that may be required for the purposes of the Protocol. ARTICLE 25 Secretariat 1. For the purposes of the Protocol, the Secretariat shall: (a) Arrange for and service Meetings of the Parties as provided for in Article 24; (b) Prepare reports, including financial data, on its activities carried out in implementation of its functions under the Protocol and present them to the Meeting of the Parties; (c) Ensure the necessary coordination with relevant international bodies, and in particular enter into such administrative and contractual arrangements as may be required for the effective discharge of its functions; (d) Compile information concerning the national laws and administrative provisions of Contracting Parties implementing the Protocol; (e) Cooperate with Contracting Parties and with relevant and competent international organisations and agencies in the provision of experts and equipment for the purpose of rapid assistance to States in the event of an emergency situation; (f) Encourage non-Parties to attend the Meetings of the Parties as observers and to act in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol; and | 115
| 116 (g) Perform such other functions for the achievement of the purposes of this Protocol as may be assigned to it by the Meetings of the Parties. 2. The secretariat functions shall be carried out by the Secretariat of the <strong>Basel</strong> <strong>Convention</strong>. ARTICLE 26 Signature The Protocol shall be open for signature by States and by regional economic integration organizations Parties to the <strong>Basel</strong> <strong>Convention</strong> in Berne at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland from 6 to 17 March 2000 and at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 1 April to 10 December 2000. ARTICLE 27 Ratification, acceptance, formal confirmation or approval 1. The Protocol shall be subject to ratification, acceptance or approval by States and to formal confirmation or approval by regional economic integration organizations. Instruments of ratification, acceptance, formal confirmation, or approval shall be deposited with the Depositary. 2. Any organization referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article which becomes a Contracting Party without any of its member States being a Contracting Party shall be bound by all the obligations under the Protocol. In the case of such organizations, one or more of whose member States is a Contracting Party, the organization and its member States shall decide on their respective responsibilities for the performance of their obligations under the Protocol. In such cases, the organization and the member States shall not be entitled to exercise rights under the Protocol concurrently.
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BASEL CONVENTION ON THE CONTROL OF
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 5 <s
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(“the Ban Amendment”) was adopt
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Waste minimization undoubtedly lead
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4. Wastes which derive from the nor
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(f) Require that information about
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(b) The wastes in question are requ
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the movement, or requesting additio
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9. The Parties shall require that e
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(e) that results in deliberate disp
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low-waste technologies and the impr
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ARTICLE 13 TRANSMISSION OF INFORMAT
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(f) Information on accidents occurr
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5. The Conference of the Parties sh
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(e) To communicate with focal point
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ARTICLE 17 AMENDMENT OF THE CONVENT
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(a) Annexes to this Convent
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Party accepting the same obligation
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ARTICLE 24 RIGHT TO VOTE 1. Except
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ARTICLE 29 AUTHENTIC TEXTS The orig
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ANNEX I CATEGORIES OF WASTES TO BE
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ANNEX III LIST OF HAZARDOUS CHARACT
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UN Class 5 Code Characteristics 6.1
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ANNEX IV DISPOSAL OPERATIONS A. OPE
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R12 Exchange of wastes for submissi
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