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<p>Created page with &quot; 51 in out of 66! 15 to go! Basel Ban Amendment’s Legal Entry into Global Force At the 10th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention (COP10), the controversy ove...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> <br /> <br /> 51 in out of 66! 15 to go!<br /> <br /> <br /> Basel Ban Amendment’s Legal Entry into Global Force<br /> <br /> At the 10th Conference of Parties to the Basel Convention (COP10), the controversy over entry into force of Amendments was resolved with the adoption of the Country Led Initiative omnibus decision. The Parties resolved to adopt the fixed time approach which means that 3/4ths of the Parties that were present at the time of the adoption of an amendment are needed for it to enter into force. In September of 1995 at COP3, there were 87 Parties (all listed in the right-hand column of the table below). 3/4ths of 87 equals 66. So the Ban Amendment (Decision III/1) needs a total of 66 of those 87 that were Parties at the time of COP3 for entry into legal force. Currently we have 51 as indicated in yellow highlight below and in the Deposit Box above.<br /> <br /> <br /> Current Ratifications of Basel Ban<br /> <br /> Parties in 1995 that Adopted Basel Ban and Count toward the total of 66 Needed for Entry into Force<br /> <br /> Albania <br /> Andorra <br /> Antigua and Barbuda<br /> Argentina Argentina<br /> Australia<br /> Austria Austria<br /> Bahamas<br /> Bahrain Bahrain<br /> Bangladesh<br /> Belgium Belgium<br /> Bolivia <br /> Botswana <br /> Brazil<br /> Brunei Darussalam <br /> Bulgaria <br /> Canada<br /> Chile Chile<br /> China China<br /> Comoros<br /> Cook Islands <br /> Costa Rica<br /> Cote d’Ivoire<br /> Croatia<br /> Cuba<br /> Cyprus Cyprus<br /> Czech Republic Czech Republic<br /> Democtratic Rep. of Congo<br /> Denmark Denmark<br /> Ecuador Ecuador<br /> Egypt Egypt<br /> El Salvador<br /> Estonia Estonia<br /> Ethiopia <br /> European Community (cannot count toward entry into force)<br /> Finland Finland<br /> France France<br /> Gambia <br /> Germany Germany<br /> Ghana <br /> Greece Greece<br /> Guatemala<br /> Guinea<br /> Hungary Hungary<br /> India<br /> Indonesia Indonesia<br /> Iran<br /> Ireland Ireland<br /> Israel<br /> Italy Italy<br /> Japan<br /> Jordan Jordan<br /> Kenya <br /> Kuwait Kuwait<br /> Latvia Latvia<br /> Lebanon<br /> Lesotho <br /> Liberia <br /> Liechtenstein Liechtenstein<br /> Lithuania <br /> Luxembourg Luxembourg<br /> Macedonia <br /> Malawi<br /> Malaysia Malaysia<br /> Maldives<br /> Malta <br /> Mauritius Mauritius<br /> Mexico<br /> Moldova <br /> Monaco Monaco<br /> Montenegro <br /> Morocco <br /> Namibia<br /> Netherlands Netherlands<br /> New Zealand<br /> Nigeria Nigeria<br /> Norway Norway<br /> Oman Oman<br /> Pakistan<br /> Panama Panama<br /> Peru<br /> Philippines<br /> Paraguay <br /> Poland Poland<br /> Portugal Portugal<br /> Qatar <br /> Republic of Korea<br /> Romania Romania<br /> Russian Federation<br /> St. Kitt and Nevis<br /> Saint Lucia Saint Lucia<br /> Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia<br /> Senegal<br /> Seychelles<br /> Serbia <br /> Slovakia Slovakia<br /> Slovenia Slovenia<br /> South Africa<br /> Spain Spain<br /> Sri Lanka Sri Lanka<br /> Sweden Sweden<br /> Switzerland Switzerland<br /> Syrian Arab Republic Syrian Arab Republic<br /> Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago<br /> Tunisia <br /> Turkey Turkey<br /> United Arab Emirates<br /> United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland<br /> United Republic of Tanzania United Republic of Tanzania<br /> Uraguay Uraguay<br /> Vietnam<br /> Zambia Zambia<br /> 75 total ratifications 51 total (of 87)<br /> Yellow = the 51 already counting toward the 66 needed for entry into force thus 15 more needed<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Basel Ban Implementation<br /> <br /> The Basel Ban Amendment requires countries that are member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or of the European Union (EU), or Liechtenstein (Annex VII countries) to prohibit the export of hazardous wastes for any reason to non-Annex VII countries. There are currently 41 Annex VII countries. In terms of national implementation (as opposed to global entry into force) these are the important countries to ensure on the ground implementation. We are happy to report that of these countries a full 35 of them have ratified or placed within their national law, active text to implement decision III/1.<br /> <br /> For a country by country status report, see Country Status table.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Annex VII Countries<br /> <br /> Highlight in Green indicates Ratification or Implementation of Basel Ban Nationally<br /> <br /> Australia Liechtenstein<br /> Austria Lithuania<br /> Belgium Luxembourg<br /> Bulgaria Malta<br /> Canada Mexico<br /> Chile Netherlands<br /> Cyprus New Zealand<br /> Czech Republic Norway<br /> Denmark Poland<br /> Estonia Portugal<br /> Finland Romania<br /> France Slovak Republic<br /> Germany Slovenia<br /> Greece South Korea<br /> Hungary Spain<br /> Iceland Sweden<br /> Ireland Switzerland<br /> Israel Turkey<br /> Italy United Kingdom<br /> Japan United States (not Party to Basel)<br /> Latvia <br /> Total Ratified or Implemented<br /> 35 <br /> Total not Ratified or Implemented<br /> 6</div>

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