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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements

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low-waste technologies and <strong>the</strong> improvement <strong>of</strong> existing technologies<br />

with a view to eliminating, as far as practicable, <strong>the</strong> generati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> hazardous<br />

wastes and o<strong>the</strong>r wastes and achieving more effective and efficient<br />

methods <strong>of</strong> ensuring <strong>the</strong>ir management in an envir<strong>on</strong>mentally sound<br />

manner, including <strong>the</strong> study <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ec<strong>on</strong>omic, social and envir<strong>on</strong>mental<br />

effects <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> adopti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> such new or improved technologies;<br />

(d) Co-operate actively, subject to <strong>the</strong>ir nati<strong>on</strong>al laws, regulati<strong>on</strong>s and<br />

policies, in <strong>the</strong> transfer <strong>of</strong> technology and management systems related to<br />

<strong>the</strong> envir<strong>on</strong>mentally sound management <strong>of</strong> hazardous wastes and o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

wastes. They shall also co-operate in developing <strong>the</strong> technical capacity<br />

am<strong>on</strong>g Parties, especially those which may need and request technical<br />

assistance in this field;<br />

(e) Co-operate in developing appropriate technical guidelines and/<br />

or codes <strong>of</strong> practice.<br />

3. The Parties shall employ appropriate means to co-operate in order to<br />

assist developing countries in <strong>the</strong> implementati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> subparagraphs a, b,<br />

c and d <strong>of</strong> paragraph 2 <strong>of</strong> Article 4.<br />

4. Taking into account <strong>the</strong> needs <strong>of</strong> developing countries, co-operati<strong>on</strong><br />

between Parties and <strong>the</strong> competent internati<strong>on</strong>al organizati<strong>on</strong>s is<br />

encouraged to promote, inter alia, public awareness, <strong>the</strong> development<br />

<strong>of</strong> sound management <strong>of</strong> hazardous wastes and o<strong>the</strong>r wastes and <strong>the</strong><br />

adopti<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> new low-waste technologies.<br />

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