Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements

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6. “Competent authority” means one governmental authority designated by a Party to be responsible, within such geographical areas as the Party may think fit, for receiving the notification of a transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes, and any information related to it, and for responding to such a notification, as provided in Article 6; 7. “Focal point” means the entity of a Party referred to in Article 5 responsible for receiving and submitting information as provided for in Articles 13 and 16; 8. “Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes or other wastes” means taking all practicable steps to ensure that hazardous wastes or other wastes are managed in a manner which will protect human health and the environment against the adverse effects which may result from such wastes; 9. “Area under the national jurisdiction of a State” means any land, marine area or airspace within which a State exercises administrative and regulatory responsibility in accordance with international law in regard to the protection of human health or the environment; 10. “State of export” means a Party from which a transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes is planned to be initiated or is initiated; 11. “State of import” means a Party to which a transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes is planned or takes place for the purpose of disposal therein or for the purpose of loading prior to disposal in an area not under the national jurisdiction of any State; 12. “State of transit” means any State, other than the State of export or import, through which a movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes is planned or takes place; | 17
13. “States concerned” means Parties which are States of export or import, or transit States, whether or not Parties; 14. “Person” means any natural or legal person; 15. “Exporter” means any person under the jurisdiction of the State of export who arranges for hazardous wastes or other wastes to be exported; 16. “Importer” means any person under the jurisdiction of the State of import who arranges for hazardous wastes or other wastes to be imported; 17. “Carrier” means any person who carries out the transport of hazardous wastes or other wastes; 18. “Generator” means any person whose activity produces hazardous wastes or other wastes or, if that person is not known, the person who is in possession and/or control of those wastes; 19. “Disposer” means any person to whom hazardous wastes or other wastes are shipped and who carries out the disposal of such wastes; 20. “Political and/or economic integration organization” means an organization constituted by sovereign States to which its member States have transferred competence in respect of matters governed by this <strong>Convention</strong> and which has been duly authorized, in accordance with its internal procedures, to sign, ratify, accept, approve, formally confirm or accede to it; 21. “Illegal traffic” means any transboundary movement of hazardous wastes or other wastes as specified in Article 9. | 18
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Page 35 and 36: ARTICLE 13 TRANSMISSION OF INFORMAT
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Page 41 and 42: (e) To communicate with focal point
Page 43 and 44: ARTICLE 17 AMENDMENT OF THE CONVENT
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ANNEX VI ARBITRATION ARTICLE 1 Unle
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ARTICLE 7 The tribunal may hear and
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ANNEX VIII 7 LIST A Wastes containe
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A1120 Waste sludges, excluding anod
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A3060 Waste nitrocellulose A3070 Wa
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| 78 A4040 Wastes from the manufact
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ANNEX IX 16 LIST B Wastes contained
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| 82 B1060 Waste selenium and tellu
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| 84 B1120 Spent catalysts excludin
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| 86 B2020 Glass waste in non-dispe
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B3 WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY OR
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| 90 B3030 Textile wastes The follo
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| 92 B3060 Wastes arising from agro
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PROTOCOL ON LIABILITY AND COMPENSAT
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compensation is available for damag
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the same origin that causes damage
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(d) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a
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shall notify the Secretariat of the
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(d) Wholly the result of the wrongf
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ARTICLE 9 Contributory fault Compen
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for amounts not less than the minim
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(c) The defendant has his habitual
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(d) Where the judgement is contrary
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(d) To consider and undertake any a
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3. In their instruments of formal c
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ARTICLE 31 Withdrawal 1. At any tim
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28. Samoa 29. Sao Tome and Principe
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3. The amounts referred to in parag
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