Considerations on COM(2013)93 - EU position amending the list of waste annexed to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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dossier COM(2013)93 - EU position amending the list of waste annexed to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous ...
document COM(2013)93 EN
date February 22, 2013
 
(1) The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal entered into force in 1992.

(2) Pursuant to Articles 17 and 18 of the Basel Convention, amendments to this Convention shall be adopted at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

(3) Five applications for new waste entries in Annex IX (List B) to the Convention were submitted in January and February 2011. These entries have been added, on a provisional basis pending a decision on their inclusion in Annex IX (List B) to the Convention to Annex IIIB of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste[3] by Commission Regulation (EU) No 135/2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 to include certain unclassified wastes in Annex IIIB thereto[4].

(4) Having taken note of the submitted proposals, the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) at its eighth meeting on 25-28 September 2012 agreed to forward to the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention for consideration at its Eleventh Meeting two draft entries to Annex IX of the Convention.

(5) The Eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention may decide to include in Annex IX (List B) to the Convention, any of the waste entries proposed in the applications, or any of the waste entries forwarded by the Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) at its eighth meeting, or any of the above entries containing modifications.