UN Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal: Difference between revisions
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One hundred and five States and the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Final Act of the Basel Conference. On 22 March 1990, when the Basel Convention was closed for signature in accordance with its article 21, fifty-three States and the EEC had signed it. It entered into force on 5 May 1992 upon deposit of the twentieth instrument of accession (article 25)<ref name="Bas" />. | One hundred and five States and the European Economic Community (EEC) signed the Final Act of the Basel Conference. On 22 March 1990, when the Basel Convention was closed for signature in accordance with its article 21, fifty-three States and the EEC had signed it. It entered into force on 5 May 1992 upon deposit of the twentieth instrument of accession (article 25)<ref name="Bas" />. | ||
'''The Basel Convention''' was ratified by the EU via Regulation 1013/2006/EU on shipments of waste and was immediately applicable throughout each Member State. | |||
Each Member state was then required to transpose its own legislation relating to the penalties and enforcement surrounding the shipments of waste regulation; within England this was transposed as the UK Plan for Shipments of Waste, this has since been updated with the curent version being the [[UK Plan for Shipments of Waste 2021]]. | |||
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